Hello. I’m an international student studying in Pakistan at the moment. As of now, I’m doing A Levels at a mediocre-ish institution. I’m in junior year, I believe. Alot of the kids in my city go to unis like HYP etc. A good proportion of them are not admitted on financial aid. The problem is that it will be very difficult for me to pay for my college education at any university, be it in USA or Pakistan. I am a single child being raised by a single mother. My father passed away when I was 2. Since then, my mother has taken care of me. The only relative that I have left to take care of me is my mother. My maternal grandparents have passed away. My paternal grandparents are not worth mentioning, since they did some horrible stuff to my mother after my father’s death. My mother is a simple housewife. We have a very low income range. If I had to estimate, <7000$. I’m only studying at my school thanks to a massive scholarship. Now, I would like to get into an Ivy, mostly because I want to meet my mother’s expectations and give back to her, becuase she has done way too much for me. As of now, my grades are good. I think CC is a more American based site, so I don’t know if people would be able to breakdown my O and A Level Grades. I will say that I had straight A*s (better than A’s) in my O Levels, with a few difficult subjects. In my A Levels, I again have taken some challenges. I love Maths, writing here and there, video games (obviously), and helping others. I just gave the ACT and got a 35 first try. The biggest problem is that I have a very VERY limited ECs, since less than 6 months ago we had not even considered applying go Ivies let alone to the US. I have started participating in some Internships and Community Service programs. I do teach my cousins for their exams sometimes. I write random articles in my spare time. I do some on and off blogging. I help my mother out alot; cooking, cleaning, chores etc. I heard that Ivies consider various stuff during admissions. I just wanted to know what my chances are. Also I will be giving some SAT 2s like Maths 2, Physics and Literature. As for ECs, I think I already mentioned that. 