Chance an Indian; get blessed by all indian gods :D

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<p>Chance for Wharton ED :). international applicant from India.
Not applying for Aid</p>

<p>ECs
cricket
*cricket commentary for 5 years ; Acclaimed and applauded by cricketing greats. Featured on news and entertainment channels like star news, headlines today, Star maaza and UTV. was a Part of junior anchor in IPL 3, the world's biggest cricket tournament.<br>
*regular feature in corporate cricket circles. Commentary in more than 350 matches over the course of 5 years.
*3 years varsity cricket.
* co-founder of a cricket related business
* master of ceremony of an Indian cricket board function
* conducted a cricket tournament as a fund-raiser and raised 40k
(great rec by an Indian cricket board official)</p>

<p>(if you don't know, Cricket is HUGE in India. As one CCer said, it's bigger than American football and basketball combined)</p>

<ul>
<li>advertising
*worked as copy writer for a renowned city ad agency
*worked as copy writer for the city branch of nation's best radio station: Radio Mirchi. Penned ads for many top brands.
*Started an ad consultancy.<br></li>
<li>doing a very interesting marketing related project with the food vendors of our city. Marketing products of small time business with potential for free. Featured in the newspaper.
*wrote jingles for the hawkers roaming around in mumbai locals. Also used a few principles of economics to maximize their business.
(eg. A guy earlier used to sell 1 'samosa'(an Indian snack) for 6 rupees and 2 for 12 rupees. After my intervention, he started selling 1 samosa for 8 rupees and 2 for 12 rupees. BOOM. After adding the decoy, his sales increased two fold.)</li>
</ul>

<p>-volunteering
*taught un-privileged slum kids on behalf national level organization for one year
* motivational speaker for the city branch of the same organization for one year
*in the PR dept. of the same org
* raised thousands (of rupees) in fund raising projects
* have been organizing an annual fashion show for senior citizens on senior citizen day.
* part of a save river campaign, We got the governments attention and it is actually being cleaned up.</p>

<p>Miscellaneous stuff
*Stand-up comedy. Been doing gigs. Performed at the Mecca of Indian standup comedy, canvas laugh factory. Opened for many prestigious comic troupes.
* house captain and school head boy
* theatre
* won lots of local debates and elocutions
* won a prestigious personality competition and became the youngest winner ever.
* won in Horlicks wizkids. </p>

<p>Now to the disappointing part. This is one area about which I'm concerned. </p>

<p>Are these academics going to get me rejected?
9th - 89% ; A grade ; top 5%
10th - 91.5 ; A+ grade ; top 5%
Changed my school. New school has horrible marking policies. 60-100 gets an A grade!!</p>

<p>11th - 90 ; A grade ; top 5%
12th - I got less. But if converted to grades, it's straight 'A' s.
(got a doc's certificate recommending rest during couple of papers which got my percentage down)</p>

<p>SAT 1 : writing October. Hitting 2200s in prac tests. Expecting 2200+</p>

<p>SAT 2 : maths 2, eng lit and french in November. </p>

<p>LORs : one from Indian cricket board vice president. LORs from teachers are exemplary. Class teacher says "one of the best I've ever seen". <em>blushes :p</em></p>

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<p>Hey!</p>

<p>i think Wharton is kind of reach for everybody! you have good stats though… i’m not sure emphasising cricket could be helpful for getting into business school! but if you think it is necessary or it means alot to “YOU” don’t listen to what i’m sayin!</p>

<p>as i said. wharton is kind of reach for every body… ALTHOUGH not applying for fin aid could be a significant help for your application. with good SAT I and IIs you can have a real shot…</p>

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<p>Hey thanks for your feedback fadaee. Hahah exactly, i’m not listening to that :stuck_out_tongue: yep, I’m working hard on them. Thanks again</p>

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<p>Any more opinions?</p>

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<p>I’m INDIANBOY!!! just like u but yeah its a reach but u got a shot</p>

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<p>Indianboy1234, thanks appreciate your deep insight :stuck_out_tongue: best of luck! any more?</p>

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<p>Hey guys. I’m international too. I heard that internationals don’t get aid if we apply ED. Is that true ?</p>

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<p>Bump 10 char</p>

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<p>^You do get aid, but they’re not need-blind when it comes to admissions (i.e. the amount of aid you need/request will impact your likelihood of admission).</p>

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<p>ED deadline is approaching D: bump</p>

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<p>ED deadline is approaching D: bump</p>

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<p>I’d agree in that not applying for Fin Aid could help you if you can afford paying full. Otherwise, I think you have some pretty great chances even as an international.</p>

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<p>Fortunately, I’m not applying for Aid.</p>

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<p>Forget wharton … go to harvard</p>

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<p>wow, I’ll be shocked if you don’t get in. ED results in two weeks! hope those Indian gods are powerful :)</p>

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<p>You’re definitely a strong candidate. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Very solid candidate buddy … I will be surprised if you don’t get in as long as your essays are decent</p>

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<p>Hey people, wharton1995 here. I can’t sign from that account don’t know why. Thanks so much your replies! just one little questions. I have my scores. SAT reasoning : 2140 (800 in maths)
SAT subject Maths level 2 : 710 literature : 600 :(</p>

<p>How bad is it? Can one bad score lead to an outright rejection?</p>

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<p>Definitely not, they will obviously take a more holistic view of candidates … Your EC’s might just save you</p>

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<p>It won’t lead to outright rejection no. Your scores need to be absolutely horrible to warrant outright rejection. Yes, your 600 in lit will hurt you, but this is a holistic process. So, your ECs will compensate but we don’t really know how the adcom weights everything but you still have a good shot.</p>