Anxious about Clark and Colby. Chance me?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi Guys!

International(Indian)
Male
FA Needed.(Financial Situation has changed)

Academics :

SAT 1 : 2300 (800M,750CR,750W)
SAT 2 : 790M2, 790PH

9th : 8 CGPA(Out of 10)(~79%)
10th : 8.6 CGPA(Out of 10)(~82%)
11th : 86%
12th : 92%

Marks increased from an 80 to 82 in 10th then from 82 to 86 in 11th and 86 to 92 in 12th.

  1. Founded an App Startup with a over 50k downloads. -- Made 4 android apps. -- One of the apps lets you send a message to someone, while you’re driving without touching the phone. -- Took no formal training to develop these apps, all the skills were self acquired.
  2. Founded an initiative to spread awareness about the increase in rape cases in India. -- Made an app that lets you send a emergency message to someone, if you think you’re in danger or you are being followed, just by shaking your phone. -- Started a fund raising campaign for the initiative. -- Raised over $2500. -- Took no help from any adult whatsoever.
  3. House Prefect - Ravi House. -- Led to the victory of our house in various house events like Sports and Tech competitions.
  4. Team Captain - School cricket team. -- Led to the win of school team in Inter-School Cricket competition.
  5. Member - The Global Education and Leadership Foundation. -- Completed the tGELF course in 2 years.
  6. Intel ISEF-Semi Finalist. -- Submitted my research paper on Random Number Generation.
  7. I have been playing guitar for the last 6 years. [Recreational Level] -- Performed at a couple of small level concerts(around 200 people).
  8. I won the annual Inter-House tech competition in 10th Grade.

9.Research :
– Wrote 2 research papers on Machine Learning and AI published on High Impact International Journals.

  1. Survey Response Co-ordinator at CARE. -- Analysed over 200 surveys based on Women Issues in Africa.
  2. I have been playing Lawn Tennis since 7th Grade. -- Led to the win of school team in Inter-School Tennis Tournament.
  3. Coursera. -- Took more than 3 courses on coursera like Intro to Java and C++.

Awards :
• INTEL ISEF Semi-Finalist.
• Qualified for 2nd round of Vivekananda Competition.
• Pramerica Award for Community Service Award - Silver Award

Academic Honours :
• Scholar Badge recipient
• National Cyber Olympiad – Top 60 in State
• National Science Olympiad - Top 100 in State.
• Qualified for Inter-DPS Science & Maths Competition – Top 10 in School.

**Note: The olympiads mentioned above were organised by the Science Olympiad Foundation(SOF).

Thanks!

Schools I’m applying to :

  1. Colby College(3/2 Engineering program with Columbia) [ED]
  2. Clark University [EA]
  3. Grinnell College
  4. Harvard
  5. Princeton
  6. Stanford
  7. Drexel
  8. MIT
  9. Brown
  10. Colgate
  11. WUSTL
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Have you checked to see if these schools offer financial aid to international applicants?

That aside, you seem like a very competitive applicant. Your GPA (I’m assuming B average based on what you said) is low for some of these schools, but the other components of your applicant are very impressive. That said, applicants are not evaluated in a vacuum, we are often evaluated against other applicants similar to ourselves. I know the international applicant pool for schools like these is especially very competitive. Hopefully you can write a very strong essay to help you stand out.

Also, just curious, I see you’re interested in Drexel, so why not UPenn?

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I think this is my third time seeing this post

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@pineapple86 Thanks fro commenting!
Yeah I have researched about the schools which give financial aid to International Students. UPenn is very stingy when it comes to FA for Int. Students, but I’ll still be applying to Wharton without FA and might take a loan to fund my education.(Only in the case of Wharton)

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@pineapple86 Isn’t 81-90 an A and 91-100 an A+?
So in that case I have only one B.

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I think Haverford has a cricket team…

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In the traditional grading system, an 80-89 is a B and 90-100 is an A. I don’t know about your grading system though- it might be different. Just know some schools recalculate GPA and they will probably use the traditional system

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@pineapple86 Ah okay, thanks.

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Yes, Haverford has a cricket team.

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BUMP

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BUMP