First off thank you for chancing me , these are the colleges I’m applying to -
UCB,UCLA, UCSD, UCI, USC,NYU, WashU St Louis, GWU, Skidmore, Tufts, Emory, UNC chapel hill(EA),BU, Claremont McKenna
I study in India but I’m a permanent resident
Major- International Relations/Political Science
Stats- Sat score - 1500
SAT II Math Level 2 - 800
Class 10 Indian board marks - 94.2/100
Class 12 predicted board marks - 90/100(98 in main subject history)
ECs- 1. Varsity Soccer (4 years), Northwest regional winner ( India) , Captain of House soccer team(think Harry Potter if you don’t get house), Ranked top 8 in the state in 2015, won personal accolades like best goalkeeper
2. Head of the Quiz Club in school , organised meetings , held discussions, led society to best ever year and appeared on national television after coming in the top 27 out of 600 teams in a quiz competitiom
3. Theatre - Came third nationally in a street play competition , part of the street play team for two years
4. Was part of the heritage society in school for two years
5. Volunteered as a part of the organising team for managing a couple of school events
6. Guitar - Played guitar for the last two years, performed in a concert in front of a 100 people and was awarded
7. Social work- Started initiative called football for All , taught underprivileged kids football and held a drive in school to collect unused sports equipment , made a YouTube video for it
8. Internship- Interned at a public relations agency where I learnt key communication skills and interviewed media personnel
9. Have taken two online courses related to my major
Essays - Personal essay is good but is kinda cliched so 7.5/10
Supplements of most colleges are great -9/10
Recommendations - Two of my favourite teachers I’d say both are 10/10
Also took an interview at an interviewing agency which I’ve sent to some of the colleges which I’d say was a 8/10
What do you guys think?