Almost all applications sent. So let’s play a game. Chance me with either Accept or Reject (as I already know these univs are all reaches), and let’s see how many you get right at the end!
Here’s my college list:
Univ of Pennsylvania (M&T Program plus Wharton backup)
Harvard
Stanford
Yale
Brown
Cornell (AEM in CALS)
UCB (L&S)
UCLA
Northwestern
Duke
Univ of Michigan (LSA + Ross pre admit)
Babson
Univ of Virginia
UNC Chapel Hill
Fordham
Ive applied for business majors where possible, otherwise econ/undecided
Academics:
SAT I: 2330 (CR 760 M 800 WS 770) One Sitting 2290 (760 760 770)
SAT 2: Math 2 800 Physics 800
9th Finals: 87.2% (Major grade deflation, explained briefly)
10th Boards ICSE: 97.4%
11th (CBSE): 94.4%
12th (CBSE): 96.2%
12th Boards Predicted (CBSE): 97.2%
(Note: Dont confuse the above percentages with Unweighted/Weighted GPAs, India doesnt have that. This is basically an average of 5 subjects where you get marks out of 100)
Rank: 1 out of 75 ish (Major gap between me and rank 2)
Curriculum: Most Rigorous Available (Indian CBSE Science Curriculum at a higher level)
Extracurricular activities:
Business/Entrepreneurship
-- Independently organised an MUN Conference (Founder and President) with no support from adults.Generated roughly Rs 1.6 lakh as revenue. Had over 150 delegates.
-- Founder of a Startup that sells art services of young artists, connecting them to potential customers
--Co owner at a web design company where I handle finances, accounts, client management, etc. We are now expanding into graphic design
-- Worked as Assistant Director at the biggest MUN conference in my city (Has over 800 delegates annually)
Community Service
-- Founder and President of an NGO. Have run this quite some time now and have completed several projects such as recycling and making notebooks from rough material, holding various awareness drives, etc. Recognised in local and national newspapers.
Debate/Speech
-- 90% win record across several debates throughout high school and before. Recognised as best debater in English and best debater in Hindi. Have won debate competitions at semi-national level. I also coach younger debaters in my school and am the school debate head.
--75% win record at MUN Conferences around city. Also been committee chairperson for a few
Tennis
--Have been playing for several years. Have represented the city team in all 3 categories (U14 (City rank 5), U17(3), U19(1)), and zone team (neighbouring cities) twice (U17, U19). Was also nationally ranked.
School Leadership
--Current School Head Boy, organise various cultural, sports and other events, along with general head boy work.
-- House Prefect in 10th Grade, led house to victory in house cup and sports cup
Foreign Exchange
-- Went for 20 day student exchange program to Sweden where we worked on a project in collab with Swedes about 'The Bystander effect'
Coursera:
-- Completed 5 online courses on 'Coursera' including Whartons Business Specialisation (Marketing, Finance, etc) and International Leadership
Soccer:
-- School Soccer Team Captain (11,12)
Music:
-- Playing the harmonium for the past 10 years (Recreational level)
Counselor Recommendation: Smashing. Crazy recommendation
Teacher Recs: English: Wrote an even better rec than counselor.
Math: Glowing rec which brings out diff aspect of me.
Essays: They are all quite good. I’m not a phenomenal writer so probably wouldnt be the best, but they are quite strong
Gender: Male
International Applicant from India (But I am a US citizen!)
When people in these threads say, “Do you really think you’re one of the best students in India? That’s what HYPSM are looking to admit,” they’re probably thinking of students of your caliber as the best.
IMO you should be a really strong applicant for most of these. Are you in need of financial aid?
@awesomepolyglot I have applied for financial aid, but that shouldn’t matter as I am a US citizen thus most of these schools are need blind for me (All, I think, except for Fordham) @GMTplus7 There has been alot of confusion over this, and I’m still not sure what the answer is! Penn had told me that for admissions purpose I am an international, but for fin aid I am domestic. On the other hand Brown says I’m domestic, so no idea
Would either of you be able to predict ‘Acceptance’ or ‘rejection’?
First of all congratulations on all your achievements. Your stats are phenomenal.
Even though the Ivys are crapshoots for everyone, you’ve got a really really good chance at each of them.
You might just get rejected from harvard stanford or yale( though i doubt it) just because of their extremely low acceptances, but you are a very strong applicant!
For all the other schools listed i think you will get accepted.
So thats a rejection from almost everywhere? @billcsho
Edit: By that logic, it would be safer to bet no on every school with a <50% acceptance rate. I think the applicant quality weighs in in making such predictions!
I’m aware of that. Still, chances are that one would get accepted to one, or probably more than one of the above colleges if they are strong enough. Keeping that in mind, why not predict an accept or reject for fun?
Wow, these are some amazing stats! IMO you are much stronger than many of your peers.
Keep in mind though that if you’re classified as an international applicant (I’m not sure how you can be that AND a US Citizen), you face wayyyy more competition… Last year I had an international friend who placed very high in International Math AND Physics Olympiad and still getting rejected from HYPS… He got into MIT
That being said, if the rest of your app (recs, essays, etc) is stellar, I think you have a decent chance of getting into several of these schools, save HYS… (After all, they only take 5 people out of every 100…) By that I don’t mean you won’t get in, just that they are really really unpredictable.
So yeah, I wouldn’t expect too much from the top ivies/Stanford, but I think you do have a great chance. No matter how many schools you get rejected from, be proud of all your hard work and achievements!
Remember, if a school decides that you don’t deserve them, it means that THEY don’t deserve you either.
Univ of Pennsylvania (M&T Program plus Wharton backup) - reject
Harvard - reject
Stanford - reject
Yale - reject
Brown - reject
Cornell (AEM in CALS) - either possible
UCB (L&S) - either possible
UCLA - either possible
Northwestern - reject
Duke - reject
Univ of Michigan (LSA + Ross pre admit) - accept
Babson - do not know
Univ of Virginia - accept
UNC Chapel Hill - reject
Fordham - do not know
You honestly remind me of the main character in a mini movie clip, “Acceptance” (based on a true story), on youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r93LEFjpCA). He has everything going for him, but then gets rejected from all of the ivies, and eventually gets into Harvard in the end haha. Anyways:
Univ of Pennsylvania (M&T Program plus Wharton backup) - possibly
Harvard - reject
Stanford - don’t know, I don’t really identify a specific passion that stands out even though all of your EC’s are amazing
Yale - reject
Brown - maybe
Cornell (AEM in CALS) - probably yeah
UCB (L&S) - probably accept
UCLA - accept
Northwestern - don’t know
Duke - don’t know
Univ of Michigan (LSA + Ross pre admit) - accept
Babson - accept
Univ of Virginia - accept
UNC Chapel Hill - 50/50
Fordham - don’t know
@ayyyyyyy
Come on man I’m not like the Acceptance Guyyyy xD Believe me, my essays are all honest and make me seem human (MY recs are also really helpful there) unlike the Acceptance Guy who seems like a robot.
Actually, I believe I have highlighted passion: Entrepreneurship, Business, Leadership with a love for Sports. Also, my essays have really succesfuly highlighted my entrepreneurial passion everywhere!
Thansk alot
(But I am a US citizen!)
