<p>Hey, I'm in the 12th grade right now in my second year of the IDBP program.
I'll get right to it. Born in Mumbai, highly competitive school(25+ students with 2250/33+ scores out of 100)
Appplying RD to UCLA</p>
<p>No financial aid or anything. Family income is high</p>
<p>Major: Computer Science, Alt Major: Computer Engineering
Courses+PGs:
Math HL-6/7
Physics HL-5/7
Economics HL-6/7
Computer Science SL(school doesn't offer HL)-7/7
Hindi SL-6/7
English SL-6/7</p>
<p>Total: 36/42</p>
<p>ACT: 33C,31E,33M,34R,35S
Super score is 34(Previous sitting I got 35 in math, 30C)</p>
<p>School Rank- Not provided</p>
<p>ECs:
-->Made a Movies,TV Shows,Music,Events recommendation platform along with a couple of friends: <a href="http://soupstick.co">http://soupstick.co</a>
-15000+ users / 400-500 daily active users
-Won best startup competition(award $2500)
-Wrote the main algorithm for the recommendations(over 50,000 lines of code)
-Machine learning incorporated along with keyword analysis
-Approached by 3 VC's for funding but we were very busy with our studies so we didn't have the time needed to continue the project</p>
<p>-->Made a couple of the blogs back in 9th grade that went on to earn $500+</p>
<p>-->Made school's MUN's website: Also the Head of Operations and Technology at the Event. It's a mjaor event held at a 5 star hotel with over 500 delegates</p>
<p>-->Made school's TEDx conference's website: Basic website following TED guidelines</p>
<p>-->Created a software for a printing company for adding jobs along with their specifications and then the specifcations would be transferred onto the onboard computer of the specific machine where the operator of the machine could change the status which would reflect on the owner's computer.</p>
<p>-->Created a E-Commerce website for a MIT media labs research collaborator(15 years old) to sell his low-cost 3D printer.</p>
<p>-->Passed the Trinity keyboard grade 1-4 with distinction</p>
<p>-->Won Best delegate award at a MUN</p>
<p>-->The streets of Mumbai are very dirty. 30 friends set out on a mission to clean up a few streets. Over 50 hours of cleaning the roads with our own hands. Also featured in a newspaper.</p>
<p>-->A close relative of mine recently won her battle against cancer. She had the best facilities and the best doctors. I felt bad for poor cancer victims and organised funds($5000) from members within my extended family and worked with an NGO for over a week. Played cards with the old patients etc...</p>
<p>-->Taught the basics of computers to young children at a public school(they lack basic facilities) and also installed a computer there. Also conducted classes for senior citizens at the same place after school hours.</p>
<p>--> Internship at hungama.com(One of the biggest music publishers and distributors) for one week. Highlighted faults in their website and increased the efficiency of the website by 0.2 seconds per page by reducing redundancy.</p>
<p>--> Part of the Recognised Users program at XDA(largest Android development forum). Part of a distinguished group of 1500 people out of 6 million. My ROMs(Custom softwares) for various smartphones have over 2 million views.</p>
<p>Thank you. I will chance you back if you reply.</p>