Hey Guys!
I’m a student from india who is applying to Yale, Stanford, Cornell, UPenn, UMich, UIUC, UTAustin, Georgia Tech and Purdue. My intended major is Computer Science. What are my chances of getting in Regular Decision?
SAT I (breakdown) : 1450
ACT (breakdown) : NA
SAT II : 710 M2, 700 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0) : 3.83
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable) : Unofficial rank is 2/80 in CS
AP (place score in parenthesis) : Not given at school
IB (place score in parenthesis) : Not given at school
Senior Year Course Load : Chemisty, Physics, Math, CS, English
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.) : Check EC’s
Extracurriculars, Community service and Work Experience:
Note that most of these were leadership positions and hence didn’t indicate separately.
I’ve been involved with all the activities for all 4 years of high school.
Total Community Service hours comes to 450 hours approx.
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RELATED TO INTENDED MAJOR
• Cultural Secretary of the school; Member of the Student Council.
• Organised and hosted multiple inter-school competitions with 1200+ participants from 25+ schools spread across the city - worked with ISO restrictions, called judges and celebrities as chief guests, helped design logos, trophies, t-shirts, got sponsors and raised funds
• Helped organise The School Science Fest, The School Diamond Jubilee Celebrations, School Farewell, General Assemblies and other events.
• Active member of multiple clubs – Volunteer in disaster relief, gathered volunteers for Blood Donation Camps, Part of various Awareness Drives, Workshops and Camps.
• Won 18 awards in public-speaking events at interschool competitions and contributed towards 7 overall trophies for the school.
RELATED TO INTENDED MAJOR
• The only school student to have undergone a month long internship and industrial training program with TATA AUTOMATIONS LIMITED, PUNE - working in the R&D department of the robotics and automations division of the company. Tata Automations Limited is the largest tech-giant in the nation and is part of TATA group - India’s largest conglomerate. Interacted with individuals who worked in companies like KUKA or ABB, Attended seminars by IIT Professors, Analysed Hardware and Software, Saw and helped Development in various fields and published a complete report.
• Core Member of the team that built the only robot in the world that cleans beaches - featured on Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s website and in over 25 different articles of National and Regional Newspapers, magazines, multiple radio shows and interviews.
• Asked to lead the Indian Robotics Team that was selected to represent the country at multiple robotics events across the globe – RoboGames (USA), First Tech Challenge (USA), Singapore Robotic Games (SINGAPORE), Bitva Robotov (RUSSIA) and the World FMB Championship (CHINA).
• Widely recognised individual across the country for winning over 20 prestigious events at college level technical fests. Holds the title for being the youngest ever champion to have won a Robotic event in IIT history and was given the opportunity to work with a professor on certain projects whenever he wants to.
• Completed - with distinction proficiency - a 10 LEVEL Intensive course on Robotics (112 hours) conducted under the aegis of Anna University - College Of Engineering, Chennai. The course consisted of core mechanical, electronic, programming and algorithm subjects.
• Wide areas of knowledge in fields related to technology, robotics and development. Currently working on multiple projects and have submitted proposals to the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO).
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Essays (rating 1-10, details) : 8.5-9/10 [Extremely emotional and everyone who read it cried]
Teacher Rec #1 : 8/10
Teacher Rec #2 : 8/10
Counselor Rec : NA as our school doesn’t have a college counselor
Additional Rec : NA
Applied for Financial Aid? : Yes
Intended Major : Computer Science
Country (if international applicant) : INDIA
School Type : Private
Ethnicity : ASIAN
Gender : MALE
Income Bracket : 70-80k