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I am a junior at a large catholic school in long island. I am also asian Indian.

Acadmeics:

SAT- V-750, M-700 (I will be taking it again in November, expecting 1500+)
GPA- 3.81(will increase with senior year grades hopefully)
SAT 2’s- us history-760
Math 1c- 700 (wiil retake)
Biology- 740
Chemistry-740
Writing- 680 ( will retake)

School doesn’t rank but guessing around top 2-3%

8 AP classes by the time I graduate. Expecting 4 or 5’s in all except calc ab, which I think I did horrible on. Expecting a 2-3.

Have a B in AP chem for a final grade.

Clubs:

Ping Pong club founder
NHS
Science Club
Quiz Bowl

Sports:

JV Tennis (captain) 9th
Varsity Tennis (co-captain 12th) 10,11,12

Club Tennis 7th-12th
USTA- 9th-12th
Ranked 20th in the region. Will increase this summer hopefully.

Won second place in catholic school state tournament for the past two years.
All-League

Outside of School:

Hospital Volunteer- 4 years 200+ hours
Research- 2 years,
Editorial board of a science journal
Volunteer in India for 2 years with deaf and blind children
John Hopkins Summer Program 10th
HOPEFULLY Siemens Westinghouse and INTEL semi finalist.

Very good essay and awesome recs form ap us teacher and research mentor.

By Moonsurfer21 (Moonsurfer21) on Saturday, August 07, 2004 - 12:35 pm: Edit

first of all, what do you look for in a school? public or private? size? location? etc.

By Surfer87 (Surfer87) on Saturday, August 07, 2004 - 02:17 pm: Edit

im really interested in more liberal arts schhols like amherst and william and mary. I want to apply to brown ED, and i have nyu and george washington Univ as my safeties.

By Surfer87 (Surfer87) on Sunday, August 08, 2004 - 04:11 pm: Edit

bump

By Andrew1218 (Andrew1218) on Sunday, August 08, 2004 - 05:03 pm: Edit

well it looks like u just made your on list...

Brown ED
Amherst
William and Mary
George Washington
NYU

add maybe a couple reaches like Harvard and Yale, add another LAC like Harverford, and another safety of your preference and i think you're good.

By Alexandre (Alexandre) on Monday, August 09, 2004 - 08:19 am: Edit

Dude, with your grades and scores, you have a reaslitic shot at many schools.

Amherst
Bates
Bowdoin
Brown
Carleton
Colby
Dartmouth
Davidson
Grinnell
Haverford
Macalester
Middlebury
Oberlin
Pomona
Reed
Washington and Lee
William and Mary
Swarthmore
Vassar
Wesleyan
Williams

NYU and George Washington are not exactly in keeping with the rest of your list. For safeties, I would look into:

Colorado College
Dickinson College
Gustavus Adolphus College
Sarah Lawrence College
St. Olaf College