Hello, everybody! I am an Indian High School Junior and would love some feedback on my performance. I am looking for top colleges with Financial Aid.
Ethnicity-Indian (Male)
High School- Delhi Public School Eldeco, Lucknow
Schools- MIT, Stanford, Yale, Princeton, Brown, Harvard, Carnegie Mellon, Boston University, Georgetown, Columbia etc etc
Major- Most probably Computer Science
Financial Aid - Yes
GPA - 10/10 (Till Sophomore Year; School gives CGPA on a scale of 10)
ACT - 35
SAT II - Maths 2 : 800; Physics : 790
AP - I haven’t taken any (should I? I don’t care about college credit)
Academic Awards :-
- Mathematical Genius Award 2015-2016 Sophomore – All India Rank 12; State Rank 2
- International Science Olympiad (SOF) Junior – International Rank 218 (98.77 percentile)
- Certificate of Merit from CBSE India for Performance in Junior and Sophomore Year 10/10
- National Creativity Olympiad Sophomore – All India Rank 32
- Qualified in Second Level of DPS Science and Mathematics Talent Examination 2014-2015 Junior
Extra Curricular :-
- MIT Launch / Yale Global Young Scholars / Brown Leadership Institute (One of them in 2017 Summer. Not yet decided)
- Senior Prefect in School Student Council
- Made two websites for School – One for School MUN, one for School Alumni
- Freelance Graphic Designer – Worked as Head of Design at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Model United Nations 2016 and many others.
- Secretary General of my school’s Model UN – Senior Year
- Under Secretary General of my school Model UN – Junior Year
- Played Basketball since 2012 for the school team, Participated in many District, State, National, and International Level 8. Championships. (Bronze in Rural International Games Championship recognized by the Government of India).
- Playing Piano and Guitar for 8+ years, part of school band, participated in National Music Competitions
- Volunteered in a Mobile Eye Treatment Van that goes to villages and offers free eye care to the poor
- Self-Taught Java, Completed MIT Launch-X Course
- Several awards in Model UNs, debate competitions, quizzes etc.