Can someone chance me please

Colleges and Universities A-Z Berea College
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<p>Could anyone please chance me for the following colleges :-</p>

<p>College - Berea College</p>

<p>Preferred major : History or Political Science or Philosophy</p>

<p>Career goals: Politics</p>

<p>Essay 1: How a deep family crisis since late 2010 shaped my political ideology, ambition and goals, why I feel that the present Indian socio economic structure needs to overhauled and how would a top liberal arts college in the US help me to develop into a dynamic political leader.</p>

<p>Additional Information: Synopsis of my books and details of my awards. I also say that 2011 was a jinxed year and I underachieved in both my boards and SAT but I will definitely score a 2400 in three SAT subject test ( 1 in US history - a subject which I don’t have much knowledge since it is not taught in Indian schools ) just to prove that the jinxed year is over and I am back to my very best.</p>

<p>Additional Essay: A memorable trip to my ancestral village where I discovered that I belonged to the family of the first democratically elected leaders ( 11th century ) of modern Indian and the Naxal threat.</p>

<p>Recommendations - All my three teachers would most probably speak about my intelligence, love for social sciences, political ambitions, nationalism and my brilliant leadership qualities and visionary mind which helped me to bring sweeping changes to the school’s functioning and helped it to become a top class school.</p>

<p>Additionally My counselor has promised me to add a note why my board results slipped even though I was a class topper throughout my academic career.</p>

<p>Class IX - 90+, Class X - 87.5 ( A1s in all subject except french ) , Class XI - 90+, even 90+ in Class XII preboards ( I requested my counselor to send every single score including preboards with my transcripts so that the colleges know I was never a bad student. )</p>

<p>Class XII CBSE - 77 % ( Yet CBSE topper in English and among the top 3 scorers of my school in Maths )</p>

<p>ECs</p>

<p>President and founder of Student union of my school
President of student government
President and Founder of Youth Bank
President and founder of Eco Club
President and founder of school disciplinary committee
Founder of various extracurricular clubs for students
President, Founder, Speaker of Economics and Political club of my school
RWA President
Teacher of adult literacy campaign
Teacher ( Maths, Social Sciences and Painting ) for underprivileged kids
Chief Artist and group leader of our school’s art club ( won many painting competitions )</p>

<p>My SAT Score very poor - 2030 ( Only 660 in Maths - a subject in which I never scored less than 95 :frowning: :frowning: ).</p>

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<p>For this college a couple of other factors.</p>

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<li><p>Are you a resident of Appalachia and if so, Kentucky? As I understand it, Berea keeps about 80% of spaces for these kids. It seems you are an international student, if so then you are not in that 80%.</p></li>
<li><p>Do your parents make less than about $60K a year? If not, you can’t go there, period. Not sure on the exact number, but they have an estimator on their web site. </p></li>
<li><p>Last year Berea only took 13% of all applicants, this year it will probably be less. So their acceptance rates are Ivy-like. If you live in their “service” area, those stats would be impressive for them. Probably impressive even if not, but especially for students outside Appalachia, Berea becomes a real lottery school.</p></li>
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<p>I assume you’ve read this? <a href=“http://www.berea.edu/admissions/international/[/url]”>http://www.berea.edu/admissions/international/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks</p>

<p>Ya I am International.</p>

<p>My father’s annual income is way below $60K … It’s just $3000. I hope I am eligible.</p>

<p>Just hoping for the best</p>

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<p>Best of luck to you - it is a unique place!</p>