Chance me for UChicago, Wharton, NYU Stern, UC Berkeley, etc

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Indian Male. International Applicant

  • GPA: 9th - 97%, 10th - 97.6%, 11th : 92%, 12th: 97.8% (predicted)
  • School Topper in maths each year
  • SAT : 1540
  • AP: 5 each in microeconomics, microeconomics and calculus BC (Self studied - school offered none)

ECs:

  • Silver medal at the International Economics Olympiad and 2nd highest in economics section (there are 3 sections : econ, business and finance). All India rank 1 in the qualifying round for the same
  • 100 percentile in National Commerce Olympiad
  • 1st in National Economics Olympiad organized by a top indian college
  • cleared NTSE first round (top 5000ish from a million students)
  • 200+ hours of volunteering
  • Internship at edutech startup, worked on pricing and finances (for approx 2 months now and ongoing)
  • Distinction - Grade 8 electric guitar
  • placed 3rd at national level battle of bands judged by renowned Indian band
  • Won best guitarist twice and won several accolades as part of a band at regional level competitions
  • President of Quiz club at School : conducted tech quiz for 4 years with more than 20 participating teams from Delhi
  • Semi finalist at a National level quiz aired on a popular news channel. Won several other regional quizzes including one at IIT Delhi with college students
  • President of Economics and finance society: organized symposium with 30 participating schools
  • mentored juniors in econ and quizzing
  • Best delegate at one MUN (participated in a few only)
  • Winner, Indian national space settlement design competition, Runners up - asian regional space settlement design competition
  • several online courses
  • academic awards (best in matbs, english etc)
  • all rounder in grade 9th (school stopped awarding them after it due to covid)
  • one of the 100 students selected from India for a workshop on social entrepreneurship by a top indian university

Strong LORs including one from olympiad coach (dean of economics at University)

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You are a qualified and will be a competitive candidate. However, that still is likely single signet chances for Chi and Penn. What state are you in, make sure you have a good list of match and safety schools as well

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What Novacat says - you’ve put yourself in a wonderful position but as an international student it will be tough.

14 US colleges offering generous financial aid for international students - AgentBee

10 Universities That Offer International Students the Most Financial Aid | The Short List: Colleges | US News

Others give partial aid.

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You’ve done everything that could give you an edge in the process. Congrats :slight_smile:
What’s your budget?
You’re likely to get into NYU, uCB is reachable, U Chi and Wharton are too competitive to be predictable.
What’s “etc.”?

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I agree with everybody else as to your chances at these colleges. However, what is your budget? If you can be full pay, that increases your chances at a wider range of colleges. If you need financial aid, you should have a somewhat different list, depending on how much financial aid you will need.

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Your stats and scores are solid. To improve your chances even more, I would suggest to apply binding ED to one of the choices above. Wharton has only ED1. UChicago has ED1, ED2 and EA. NYU Stern has both ED1 and ED2. Berkley has only RD.

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