Chance Me , 2012 , International

Colleges and Universities A-Z Dartmouth College
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<p>International Applicant : India</p>

<p>Applying for Full Need Based Scholarship
(Parents can afford only $1500 per year)(I know it is very very low)</p>

<p>High School Grades : Board CBSE</p>

<pre><code> 11th standard (junior) : 82%
12th standard (senior) : 80%
But my mid year reports are a little low in individual subjects ( have a 75 and 80 %)
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<p>GPA : Converting CBSE to US GPA : most probably 3.75+</p>

<p>School Rank : School doesn't have ranking system ( maybe top 10 to 15%)</p>

<p>SAT :
General : 2360
Subject 1(Math 2):800
Subject 2(physics):800</p>

<p>EC:
NON ACADEMIC:
1)3D animator , Graphic Designer :
Was called for the post of associate trainee in a multimedia company in my 11th grade
(Maya,Mudbox,phtoshop,aftereffect)
2)Pianist:
Played at lots of school cultural and at hotels for pay
3)Painter:
Oil painter with prizes in state level , and recognition at international level , was a
school representative for painting
4)Drummer(mirudangam : classical instrument)
Learn t it both from school and private organization : won prizes at school level and
staged a lot of stage performance at city and school level
5)Basketball player</p>

<pre><code>ACADEMIC:
1)Computers:
c,c++,SQL,Linux,HTML,Java(amateur)
2)Took 2 years private classes from UCLA physics PhD graduate on university physics
3)Took 4 college level courses (mainly self study with lots of help from above mentioned):
Quantum mechanics 1
Special Relativity
Tensors
General relativity
4)Created a Physics Blog and Write my ideas and current trends in modern physics
5)University level books completed:
University physics
Resnick halliday
IE Irodov
Feynman Lectures On Physics : All the 3 books
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<p>WORK EXPERIENCE:
Work experience for 2 hours per week on 4 different categories</p>

<p>ESSAY:
A very strong essay that portraits my passion for physics which i keep following from 7th
standard
Ex:I read 'Barton zwieback : Introduction to string theory' which is a graduate level text
book , I understood very little but I stuck on it and read till the last page
Ex:Read and understood all those popular books on general relativity ,quantum mechanics
,string theory,
I sacrificed my full life studying only physics (loop quantum gravity,gauge field theory)</p>

<p>RECOMMENDATION:
I have argued with my teachers a lot of time on the lame methods they use when solving physics problem so I am not very popular among teachers</p>

<pre><code>Average Recommendation from 2 school teacher
Very Good Recommendation from UCLA graduate
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<p>RESEARCH :(completing soon)
1)Written my theories on Black Hole event horizon
2)Big Bang Chaotic inflation
3)Hypothesis on some physics topics(completed)</p>

<p>THE END</p>

<p>1)Do you think I have a chance at Yale , Harvard , MIT , Princeton , Amherst college , Dartmouth ?
2)Do i have a chance with my poor financial condition?Will my 100% need be met?
3)Even without submitting a research paper , Do i have a chance with 100% need met?</p>

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<p>please help me out guys…</p>

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<p>MIT sounds very reachable, although really I’m not sure about your other schools. Probably Princeton, Dartmouth, and Yale? I don’t think Harvard is very impressed by purely science achievements.</p>

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<p>it’s really hard to tell, though you have an impressive resume. Overall, most of these colleges are hard to get into and are “reach” schools for anyone, even with credentials like yours. You will need to try and find a way to make yourself stand out in the essay. good luck! i am a '16 dartmouth hopeful as well!!</p>

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<p>Your financial condition won’t really matter because all the institutes you listed are need-blind for ALL international students. And yes, they guarantee to meet 100% of demonstrated aid.</p>

<p>I can’t speak for your chances since I’m not well-versed in this. I’m a '16 Dartmouth hopeful as well! Your profile is stronger than mine, although I’m applying to the English dept and not the Physics one :)</p>

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<p>One does not apply to an academic department at D or at most US schools. A well-developed talent in a particular subject may be attractive to admissions, though. If you have a truly outstanding, unusually sophisticated research paper you might want to see if you can get it–or an abstract-- evaluated by a member of the department. I’m not sure how to do that: perhaps you would have to try to develop a personal correspondence with a faculty member whose interests seem to align with the subject.</p>

<p>Have you asked you mentor for advice? Does s/he have an contacts anywhere?</p>