UC - Berkeley, Sandiego, LA, Davis, Santa Barbara
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT (Computer science major) Apply for Financial Aid? No
Gender: Male
Race: Indian
Country: Qatar
Income Bracket: 100,000 - 110,000$/year
GPA: We don’t have GPAs in our curriculum but we’re expected to send our predicted score. Regardless, i’m a straight A student. My predicted aggregate score is 93.5%, every subject is 90%+
SAT I : 740M 590R 690W
SAT II: 780 Math 2
IELTS : Bandscore 8
Class rank: Not usually given my school, but in common app 4 out of 44
Extra-curricular:
President, VP and Head of IT, and founded the first MUN of our school. Active member for 4 years.
President and VP of local Gavel Club. Active member for 4 years.
Varsity Basketball - Captain for 1 year, Player for 3 years.Won 2nd position in the country level competition twice.
Varsity Handball - Vice-Captain for 1 year, player for 1 year. Champion for the country level competition (Qualified to play in the India National level tournament) and Won 4th position in the country level competition once.
School swimming team. Multiple positions in multiple categories.
School track and field team. 2nd and 3rd position in intra-school high jump competition.
School deputy head boy and house captain
School robotics team for 1 year - placed 5th in Qatar.
7 years of karate training, obtained a diploma in Karate from the Japanese Karate Federation. Much more, these are the notable ones.
Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award - Silver level
Volunteering:
80 hours in local hospital
26 hours in the local daycare center
So far i’ve got rejected by GaTech, UMich and UIUC so these are my last options.
I’ve gotten a Letter of Recommendation request from UC Berkeley. I submitted 2, one from my principal and one from my math teacher who is also the head of the math department. Both LORs are amazing