Chance an International For Stanford SCEA

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Hello, fellow CCers! Senior Here.
Chance Me! Demographics: Middle Class Indian International Student attending a renowned private high school.
Financial Aid : Required. Family Income is ~90,000$
Test Scores & Academics: SAT 1 : 1500 (800 M / 700 R&W)
SAT 2 : 800 Math 2 & 800 Physics
10/10 CGPA in Freshman and Sophomore Year.
91% in Junior Year
Class Rank : 1/250
National Merit Scholar

ECs :

  1. Published 11 Apps On The App Store : 4 Apps have reached the top charts. One app became the No.1 Top Paid app in 5 countries. Received 30 million views and made $60k in profit. Another App became the no.1 top paid app in 1 country. 2 sticker apps reached no.2 on the top paid charts of 3 countries. The apps have gained international recognition and articles have been published by various media houses.

  2. Blogging : I developed my own tech blog and write weekly. The blog has been visited by 100,000 unique visitors from over 180 countries.

  3. Beta Testing : I have beta tested products for various companies and startups. One major product was for a hongkong based startup in which I also helped them in raising over 150,000$ on kickstarter.

  4. Student Council : Head Boy for 2 years. Founder & President of IT Club, Founder & President of Entrepreneurship Club etc.

  5. Volunteer Work : Have volunteered for over 200 hours at my local Nursing home.

Honors and Awards :

  1. Apple’s WWDC Scholarship Winner
  2. Infosys Hackathon Winner (1st Prize) : Competed with over 250 students from 29 colleges and 7 schools.
  3. State Science Exhibition Winner (1st Prize)
  4. Awarded the title of “Young Achiever” by a leading national daily. Published my interview in their Newspaper.
  5. All India Rank 10 in a cryptic hunt competition (Won’t go in detail) That’s all folks. Please comment honestly.
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Hi, I’m a Stanford student for class 2021 and for some reason I’ve decided to visit college confidential again. First of all chance me posts don’t work! Especially for a school like Stanford. I am/was a international student when I applied to Stanford, MIT and Berkeley. Many friends/teacher and online reddit users thought I had no chance due to my GPA. I had near perfect Sat1, perfect Sat2, attended wwdc just like and more, previously interned at the universities I applied for undergrad but everybody ignored those accomplishments and focused on my GPA. I can assure everybody that as long as you follow your passion and write some great essays to express your accomplishments then Stanford, MIT or any addimissions committee that follow a holistic process will give you a fair shot. Looking at your description, it seems like you fit the qualifying bit of the process but from my experience that’s just the beginning. The best advise I can give you is do your best and let the addmissions committee work on the other end.

Btw you apps seem very impressive. Do you submit them on iTunes connect as a single user or as a company. I would love to try it out so if you want please send me a private message on this accounts (if it even possible on college confidential)

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If you are making a lot of money from your apps why do you need financial aid?

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I would accept you but I am not an adcom.

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your apps are amazing!! are you applying fall 2018?

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@njagadam Yes!

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What is a “National Merit Scholar”?