Chances for all Ivies (Especially Harvard and UPenn), Berkeley, Stanford, Chicago (ED UPenn)

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Hi! I am an 11th Grader studying in India. I would highly appreciate if you could chance me for the above colleges! I will chance back if needed :slight_smile:

ED: UPenn

Intended Major: Business Major
Other Subjects interested: Computer Science, International Relations

Academic Credentials:
10th Boards (ICSE): 97.4%
Current percent (11th and 12th): Approximately 93-95%
Current Class Rank (75 students): 1
SAT: Superscore 2330 (CR 760 M 800 WS 770), one sitting 2290 (760 760 770)
SAT Subject: Physics and Math 2, projected score 780+ in both
AP: Physics and Calculus

Sports:
– Have been playing tennis for the past 7 years. Have reached top 150 of country, have played for Pune Zone once.
– Soccer,Basketball, Cricket at inter and intra school level.

Public Speaking:
– Have taken part and won inter and intra school debate competitions in both Hindi and English
– Taken part and won intra school extempore events
– Founded a debate club in my present school
– MUNning Career: Will have completed around 15 MUNs by the time I apply. Till now i have won 3 out of 4. I have also worked for the biggest MUN in my city, Pune Model United Nations as an Assistant Director
– Have won prizes for best debator in English and best debator in Hindi in my previous school

Social Work:
– Worked for a few weeks for ‘Project Buniyaad’, a project to improve the lifes of children in underpriveliged communities in Pune
– Founder of President of an NPO ‘Utopia Pune’, which aims at tackling problems society faces. This was founded 3 months ago and has completed 4 projects on cleanliness, recycling paper, saving petrol etc. We will be doing several more projects in time to come (Please check our page ‘Utopia Pune’ on facebook )

Others:
–Interned at a software company ‘Calsoft’ where I worked on Open ERP development
–Chief Financial Officer at a web design company ‘Lycan Bot’ founded by my friend
–Served as House Prefect in 10th grade and led my house to a victory
–Will be going for a 20 day exchange project to Sweden where we will be working on a module to tackle superstitions and environmental problems
–Took part in FTC robotics championship in 8th grade where my school won the nationals and went on to participate India at St Louis.

Hobbies and Skills:
– Adept at English, Hindi, Marathi
– Skillful at playing the ‘Harmonium’ an Indian Musical Instrument(Have been playing it since 9 years, just as a hobby)

Letters and Reccomendation: Good
Essays: Good

Thanks in advance!

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No one can realistically predict your chances at those colleges.

When you represent your activities on Commonapp, opt for quality over quantity.

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@hezekiel‌ thanks :slight_smile: I heard that you can include only 3 ECs in Common App, so I was thinking of debating n MUNs (5 years), Utopia Pune and tennis(8 years). What do you think?

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There are 10 slots for activities, but I wouldn’t fill up more than 6-7 (Esp. if it is only intraschool competitions)

Go to Commonapp. Create an account now, but don’t fill up any details. Go through the questions you are supposed to answer, and collect everything you require (Eg. Your dad’s college and graduating year).

Commonapp deletes all accounts automatically, and you have to create a fresh account from August for your applications (2016 Fall admissions).

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Posted twice accidentally. So edit

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Thanks alot for the help :slight_smile:

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bump

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bump

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U have a good chance in all the universities!
wondering what % u got in ur junior year?!

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results must be out I suppose.

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Ya results came out a few days ago!
So I got 94.38% and stood 1st in class. That converts to a 10.0 GPA if you want to convert it (but we dont do that in 11th grade)

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Oh and if it helps, the 2nd and 3rd rankers got around 92.9% and after that all got below 87%
75 students in all

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@Samanta ^^

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Update:
SAT subject test:
Physics and Math 2: 800 each

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Just a quick suggestion here. I don’t agree with Hezekiel’s advice about ECs. Most USA students with your types of extracurriculars would definitely fill up all 10 spots on the Common App. Moreover, you might even consider amplifying on the ECs in the Common App Additional Information section, if you can’t fit your major accomplishments into the limited space available for each activity.

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Thanks alot @midatlmom ! That was very helpful and ill definitely look into it :slight_smile: