If this helps, I got into Georgia Tech with terrible essays (full of errors) because I rushed them.
Your application looks really solid throughout. With my admittedly limited knowledge I would say you’ll get into at least on of your reach schools. if your essays and recommendations are great I’m sure you can get into all of them. Hopefully the need for financial aid won’t stand in your way. Good luck!
Chance me pleeeaasee? I’m really nervous. Schools: NYU Gallatin, Brown, Barnard, Pitzer, UMich, UVa, Haverford, USC, UCB, UCLA.
International Student in India
- School curriculum: IB
- Ethnicity: Indian
- School: Private international, ranking in top 10 IB day schools of India.
GPA: Roughly 3.9-4.0 (my school does not calculate it)
SAT: 2190 superscore
CR 710 M 740 W 740
SAT II - 710 M2 720 Spanish Reading
International so TOEFL: 119
30 Reading 30 Writing 30 Listening 29 Speaking
9 and 10 IGCSE Courseload and final grade:
English Lang - A*
English Lit- A*
Physics Extended- A*
Chemistry Extended- A*
Math Extended- A
Spanish Extended- A*
Economics- A*
History- A*
Information and Communication Technology- A
IB Courseload:
English HL
Economics HL
Physics HL
Math SL
Spanish B SL
Theatre SL
TOK
Predicted: Don’t know. But can be between 39-40/42
Awards:
- Highest academic achiever in grades 9 and 10
- Winner of TOEFL India Learners Awards- top 10 from all students in India receive a grant of $7000. More than a 1000 apply.
- Outstanding in community service
- Outstanding in English HL
Come from a non-competitive school. Otherwise, winner of national level spell bees twice, speech competition in 2010.
Community service: +200 hrs
Volunteer at:
- Operation Smile
- Dam project in India for displaced victims
- Habitat for Humanity
- Dance and theatre teacher for underprivileged
- Founder of arts non profit The Dream Project and Foundation and started a legacy of theatre festivals in my school
- Independent organizer of cancer seminars
ECs:
- Light and theatre set design - worked on Asia’s first production of Sunshine on Leith
- Marathon running
- Dance: Dancer on scholarship, train more than 10 hours a week in jazz, ballet, contemporary and Bollywood
- Pianist, Keyboard and Tabla player
- Mandarin, Italian and Arabic self-study
- Zumba: I’m one of India’s youngest instructors
- Co-founder and editor of my school’s magazine
- Member of Relay For Life organizing committee
- Head of Registrations for TEDxYouth@OIS
- Blogging on TheDesiBallerina
- Varsity badminton and basketball player
- Chair of Human Rights Commission and ECOSOC at MUNs including HMUN
Leadership role
- Founder of Dream Project - school’s first ever charitable theatre festival where I directed and supervised 6 plays and raised 100,000 rupees
- Zumba classes
- Self initiated runner
- TEDx
Internships:
- Digital Media Associate with The Indian Economist
- Social media manager with V Designs, India’s first vegan firm
- Overseas internship with Sudar Global FZE in Middle Eastern trade, did a lot of writing
Essays: CommonApp was very personal. Related it to being a superhero in my own way with my fascination with quantum physics and a very personal incident in my life.
Recs: Waived FERPA. But every recommender of mine knows me extremely well. The one from my dance teacher was apparently phenomenal.
You know you can create your own discussion…
Bucknell: idk
Colgate: match
Dartmouth: reach
Duke: match
Lafayette: match
Lehigh: idk
Northwestern: high match/reach
Vanderbilt: reach
Georgetown: reach
Bucknell: match
Colgate: high match
Dartmouth: reach
Duke: low reach
Lafayette: match
Lehigh: match
Northwestern: reach
Skidmore: match
Trinity: match
Tufts: low reach
Vanderbilt: reach
Georgetown: high match
You have as good a chance as any at all of these schools! Commenter above has a point, though:^ at some of these schools (i.e. Georgetown) take how much you can pa, if you are an international student, into consideration when looking at your application, so that’s something to think about. I think you have great chances at all of them. Good luck!
I thought Georgetown was need-blind towards everyone… it’s one of the reasons I added it to my list. It’s on their site. FA might prove my biggest weakness at some of these schools though
Bucknell: Match
Colgate: Match
Dartmouth: Reach. Doesn’t change for the most exceptional kids too
Duke: Low reach I guess
Lafayette: Match
Lehigh: High Match
Northwestern: Low Reach/Reach
Skidmore: Match
Trinity: I’d say high match.
Tufts: Match
Vanderbilt: Low reach
Georgetown: High match/Low reach
@jazzdancer2102 is spot on, overall your application looks good 
very strong and balanced
Thanks for the feedback
Bucknell:Low Match
Colgate: High Reach
Dartmouth: Match
Duke: Match
Lafayette: match
Lehigh: match
Northwestern: HIgh Match
Skidmore: Low match
Trinity: High Match
Tufts: Reach
Vanderbilt: High Reach
Georgetown: HIgh Reach
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1740329-computer-science-at-uiuc.html#latest
need blind will help - but you expect to pay 25k - did you run the contribution calculators in these schools web sites
Bucknell: Match (Reach with aid)
Colgate: Match (Reach with aid)
Dartmouth: Reach
Duke: Low reach (high reach with aid)
Lafayette: Match (Low reach/high match with aid)
Lehigh: no idea
Northwestern: Very high reach with aid
Skidmore: Highish Safety
Trinity: Safety
Tufts: Tough with aid, but they like good ECs. So high match (depends on essay)
Vanderbilt: Reach
Georgetown: Reach