Chance me, drop suggestions, criticize, anything really.

Colleges and Universities A-Z Wesleyan University
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<p>Hello! </p>

<p>I am an Indian student applying to the class of 2018 as a freshman. I completed high school in May earlier this year. I took a gap year to work on a start up that didn't work out because I don't have enough funding, and people find it hard to trust a person without a college degree.
Well, that's that. I am planning to apply again. I will be needing nearly 90% financial assistance. <---Please note again that I am an international student.</p>

<p>Stats: </p>

<p>SAT I: 2150 (W-700, M-780, CR-670) I am taking it again in October this year.</p>

<p>SAT II: 790 (Physics) 800 (Math II)</p>

<p>AP: 5/5 in Physics B, Physics C (E&M), Calculus BC, Chemistry, Computer Science A</p>

<p>1) Ranked in the top 1% of the indian equivalent of the GCSE, as well as the GCE equivalent.
2) Rank in the top 1% of my class.
3) ECs: MUNs, National Cadet Corps, President of School Science Club, Reader's club.
4) Gap year activities- Worked a little on that start up I was talking about. It was aimed at providing a solution to the multiple rapes that occur in the city of Delhi, and other parts of the country. I teach math and science to underprivileged children; I teach boolean algebra and Java programming through lectures on youtube. I tutor a few of my juniors from school. I am working on a small website that'll integrate my java programming lectures and an IDE that'll let students type programs while watching videos.
5) Awards- Received a national scholarship worth $1300 for ranking in the top 1% of the Indian equivalent of the GCE; was invited to a science camp for ranking in the top 1% of the GCSE equivalent examinations; i am a certified NCC cadet; received multiple awards within school for academics; I ranked 497 in an international Mathematics Olympiad.</p>

<p>Prospective CS Major.</p>

<p>Please feel free to chance me, drop any suggestion, criticize, anything. I would love an honest opinion and would request you to remember that I am an international student looking for financial assistance.
Thank you in advance.</p>

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<p>Well, let’s dispense with the bad news first: Wesleyan is not need-blind for internationals. As a practical matter that means, you are not only competing for a seat in the class, but for funding, too. That drags the admissions rate for internationals who need aid down into the single digits, making Wesleyan as difficult for them to get into as Yale or Harvard.</p>

<p>Even with that in mind, however, I’d still say you are a competitive candidate, and that’s the good news: you seem like a good fit, with your high scores in two different STEM subjects, self-reliance and political sophistication.</p>

<p>There is a thriving South Asian community at Wesleyan, thanks in part to its world-renowned world music program and it is one of maybe two small liberal arts colleges that award STEM degrees through the doctoral level.</p>

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<p>Thank you for the feedback, I really appreciate it. I will keep it in mind as I wait for my decisions.</p>

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<p>Well actually there is one single way to get money if you really need it-it’s called the freeman scholarship. I do not know whether it is available in India, but here in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and some other southeast asian countries, a student from every nation or region could apply for this and be exampted of their tuition. But like circuit said, it’s extremely hard. I know a girl who got into Harvard, Princeton, Northwestern, Brown, Cornell and Wellesley who did not get that freeman scholarship.</p>

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<p>Freeman is not open to Indians. But thanks for taking a look!</p>

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<p>With such scores and high school reports, you can get into FSU. FSU is good for CS. I would say you apply to FSU. But check the deadlines first.</p>