Demographics
- US Citizen living overseas
- India
- IB Diploma international School sending 80% of the class overseas for college
- Gender/Race/Ethnicity: Male, Asian/Indian
- Other special factors: Legacy at the University of Virginia
**Intended Major(s): Mathematics/Computer Science
GPA, Rank, and Test Scores
- Unweighted HS GPA: 38-39/42 on the IB Diploma. I tried to convert to GPA and got 3.89. My IGCSE was 7 A* 2 A.
- Class Rank: Not ranked
- ACT/SAT Scores: 1550 (770 English/780 Math) that superscores to 1570
Coursework
(AP/IB/Dual Enrollment classes, AP/IB scores for high school; also include level of math and foreign language reached and any unusual academic electives; for transfers, describe your college courses and preparation for your intended major(s))
(Grades 11-12) IB: Math AA HL, Physics HL, Chemistry HL, English SL, History SL, French ab Initio SL
(Grades 9-10) IGCSE: English Language, English Literature, Hindi, History, International Mathematics, Additional Mathematics, Global Perspectives, Physics, Chemistry
AP Scores: Statistics: 5, Calculus BC: awaiting (but probably a 5)
Awards
AIME Qualification
School Honour Roll
Verbal Mention at MUN
Extracurriculars
Social Sciences paper to be published in HS journal
Semi-prestigious Math Summer Program
Piano upto Intermediate level
Teaching Assistant for Math (~100 hours)
Won National Award at First competiton
TA for programming (~30 hours)
T20 summer program (though the consensus is that itâs not prestigious)
Summer program that required a good percentile on a test
Essays/LORs/Other
Counsellor: 7/10
Math Teacher: 8.5/10
Physics Teacher: 7/10
History Teacher: 7/10
Cost Constraints / Budget
*Full-pay
Schools
(List of colleges by your initial chance estimate; designate if applying ED/EA/RD; if a scholarship is necessary for affordability, indicate that you are aiming for a scholarship and use the scholarship chance to estimate it into the appropriate group below)
- Safety
Indiana University Bloomington - Likely
UC Davis
UMass Amherst
Purdue - Match
UIUC
Boston University
UC Irvine
UC San Diego
University of Virginia (legacy) - Reach
University of Michigan
Carnegie Mellon University
Rice University
UC Berkeley
UCLA
Duke (possibly ED)
Cornell (possibly ED)
UChicago
Princeton
I was wondering if this was too top-heavy and interested in some good safeties/likelies. Thanks!