A school in Bangalore got ED 2 CMU, 2 UPENN. Another school got 1 NYU.
One of my friends in Doon School got deferred from Stanford REA, 1 Upenn ED and 1 Cornell ED from my school in Delhi.
That’s got to be impossible. 2 UPenn Ed is just not right. You’d have heard it in the news by now. Plus UPenn have been damn strict like Yale this time and have had record low acceptences this year
Can anyone post stats of the students that got into Stanford or any of the ivy’s? Except sahiti
Current Board : Maharashtra State Board
9th 8.8 CGPA (cbse)
10th 9.4 CGPA (cbse)
11th commerce- 87.6 (3rd in class of 800 students)
12th TBA
SAT 1420
Universities applied to-
- Ucla
- Ucsd
- Penn state
- Minnesota
- Boston
- UIC
- 5 more not so famous unis
Straight from my resume…
WORK EXPERIENCE
Omega Events, Pune, Oct 2016 – Present
Founder President
Co-Founder, Omega MUN Club, Pune, Oct 2016 – Present
Youngest person in Pune to own a MUN Club, a non-profit organization
A Writers Haven, Nov 2016 – Jun 2017
Head of Marketing
World Peace Conference, Allahabad, Jul 2016 – Sep 2016
MUN World India, Jul 2016 – Jan 2017
Trainer for MUN ROPs - trained over 150 kids since August 2017
PROJECTS & PAPER PRESENTATIONS
• Business Studies: Working of the E-Commerce Industry in India & Working of Consumer Courts in India
• Economics: The Process of Creation of Money & An Analysis on the emergence of commercial banks in India since NEP
• Accountancy: A Report on the procedure of opening a DeMAT Account
ACHIEVEMENTS
• Received 111/120 on TOEFL, 2017
• SAT score of 1420 with 650 on Verbal and 770 on Quants
• Won awards in 7 MUN conferences as a delegate
• Awarded a Scholarship from the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation worth ₹10,000/- in 2016 for getting more than 85% in class 10th Board Examination.
• Qualified for Round 2 of Speak for India, Maharashtra Edition in 2016. Ranked 10 amongst 200 other participants
• Scored 12/25 on the RBI Quiz in 2015. Ranked 25 amongst 90 other university student participants
• Vice – Captain of the school cricket team from 2014-16 (P – 10, W – 5, L – 3, NR – 2)
• Captain of the House Cricket Team from 2014-16, final round participants, winner in 2015-16
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
• Participated in multiple MUN conferences since June’15
o Once, as a part of the secretariat, four times, as a part of the Executive Board & ten times, as a delegate
• Actively contributed in various donation camps across the city
o 25th of December’16 – Prerana Orphanage
o 15th of August’17 - Akurdi Station Camp
• Took part in Traffic mobilization program by the Maharashtra Police with 5,000 other students from the city in Oct 2016
• Participated in NASA’s Student Experience program at Orlando, USA, in May 2015. Learned about SpaceX simulator and a zero-gravity experience.
• Contingent leader for Badminton U-19 College team, during 2016-17
• Completed level 4 drum lessons.
Did anyone apply early to UMich?
Current Board: CBSE
Location: Lucknow, India
Intended major: Economics
Stats:
9th: 10 CGPA
10th: 10 CGPA (Both from schools abroad)
11th: 90%
12th: 95% (Predicted and Mid Terms)
Class Rank: 1/43
SAT I: 1430 (690EBRW 740M)
TOEFL: 105
No other subject tests.
Extracurriculars:
Student Council: 3 years
Editorial Board: 4 years
MUN: 2 years
International Rank at Olympiads
National Winner of Business Competition
School Parade: 3 years
Commerce Merit Receipient
Other literary achievements
Community Service:
Served Indian community abroad, recognized by the High Commission. (2 years)
Cancer Aid Society: 5 years
Other involvements too.
Strong essays and LORs.
Chance me for UCs!
@justarandomuser0 Your profile is good, but it could be much better. If you had subjects tests and APs, that would be a huge boost to your application. Most colleges are only subject test optional becuase they feel that it may hinder poorer students from applying. If you are financially well-off, lack of APs and Subject Tests is a huge strike against you.
Does anybody here know how many people got deferred from Stanford in REA from India? I’ve heard the number as low as 7-10 to as high as 30-40. Anybody here has a reliable range? I only know of two people that got deferred (Via reddit) - One is from The Doon School, Dehradun and the other is from Delhi Public School, Chandigarh - both of whom from their resume look like superstar applicants with god level ECs, strange that they got deferred.
Current Board: CBSE
Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat
School: Delhi Public School, Bopal
Intended major: Mechanical Engineering
Stats:
9th: 9.6 CGPA
10th: 10 CGPA
11th: 85%
12th: 95% (Predicted and Mid Terms)
Class Rank: 22/ 280
SAT I: 1440 (780-Maths & 660-English)
TOEFL: 96
MATHS LEVEL 2: 780
PHYSICS: 760
Extracurricular Activities:
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Research project at Physical Research Laboratory(PRL)
-Working under Dr. Goutam K Samanta on a research project based on Controlling Circular Polarization state of Light using polarizers with negligible loss in IntensityInternship at Ozone PB Spintex Ltd., Ahmedabad
- Worked as assistant lab technician for quality control and yarn fabrication process
- Observed the process of product quality inspection and assisted with machinery maintenance work
- Analyzed the current market scenario for various company products
Science Bowl
- Core-Member of School Science Bowl team
-Represented the school at various regional level inter-school science tournaments- Won Certificate of Distinction in Igniting Science Competition
Director of Research & Innovation Club
- Conducting Inter-School Science Fairs
- Collaboration with National Innovation Foundation (NIF) to promote grassroots innovation among students
- Mentoring students for National Level Innovation Competitions such as Ignite & Inspire Awards
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Lions Club of Sidhpur
Tutoring sessions for Underprivileged Students
- Created viable solutions for development in educational sector for underprivileged students
- Weekly volunteered at local slums, held tutoring classes for underprivileged students of grade 3-6
- Helped students in their Math & Science courses and explaining them its real-world applications
- Promoted activities to develop positive peer interactions
- Received Spirit of the Community award for active volunteering
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Health Campaigns
- Spread awareness regarding general hygiene, food safety and clean drinking water
- Improved sanitation conditions in towns and urban areas.
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SPORTS ACHIEVEMENTS
• Represented Ahmedabad Racquet Academy at various Inter-Club and District Lawn Tennis Competitions • Member of School Team for Lawn Tennis • Won Silver Medal at U-17 Championship at Regional Rajpath Club Cricket Championship-2015
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Academic awards & Honors:
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NASA AMES Space Settlement Contest
- Top 15 in Grade 11 Honors Category for NASA AMES Space Settlement Contest for designing an orbital space-settlement proposalNational Science Concours
- Cleared Level 2 of National Science Concours 2016-17
Scholars Award
- Won Scholars Award for 3 consecutive years, starting from grade 9
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Strong essays and LORS
Universities Applying:
• University of California-Berkeley
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Princeton University
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
• Cornell University
• Carnegie Mellon University
• Northwestern University
• University of Texas-Austin
• Georgia Institute of Technology
• University of California-Los Angeles
• University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Texas A & M
• University of Washington
• Purdue University
• Virginia Tech
• University of California-San Diego
• Ohio State University
Your profile is pretty strong! Just a suggestion, try taking the TOEFL test again. The competitive students at the ivies generally have scores higher than 100, matching their respective sub scores. My sister got rejected from an ivy league university because she failed to meet the requirements of TOEFL sub scores.
Otherwise, all the best, mate.
@whizboye Could you send me the link to the actual thread on reddit? I’m really curious to know !
[News from Jaipur]
No ED/EA admits from Ivies except for one UPenn ED confirmed (SEAS).
Yale has been pretty damn strict this year
In delhi, as far as I know there’s been a Duke ED, a Brown ED, a Yale ED, two Upenn ED, two Cornell ED. University of Michigan has been really strict this time, they deferred nearly everybody in India. Do let me know if someone has been admitted to UMichigan.
@Runictable3626 a guy from Bangalore on Reddit got into UMich
Anyone into Caltech from India?
I am just curious… most of the chance me profile have more than 90% in 11th, my D is studying in a very popular CBSE school and they are very strict internal corrections and paper setting and so her overall aggregate for 11th is just 88.7% and she will be in her school top 3 rank if they have a ranking system. Will this hurt her chance? Will colleges be able to normalize based on passed students who have joined them from these institutes? Her 10th grade was full 10 with out any elevation from school.
@UmaSridhar I think the university admissions is aware of the widely varying standards in school grading across schools in India. It helps if the university has historically had a lot of students on a regular basis from a particular school. Even so I doubt they have the resources/time to check back to arrive at a nuanced understanding of the grading system for a specific school. Even if they do, they’d be reluctant to hold that either for or against a current applicant. My sense is that they would only consider common/national exam results (10th & 12th) and ignore the rest. It doesn’t help that CBSE awards 10 CGPA so generously in the 10th Grade. So it will be down to SAT/ACT/SAT Subject Scores to establish your academic credentials, and the essays, ECs & achievements to push you over the bar.
thanks @India2018 the entire admission process is so daunting for me 
especially when you get deferred from the only safe school in your list.
@UmaSridhar agree with India2018 response. Also, they get an idea of performance in high school from teacher recommendations. So as long as her recommenders communicate that she is academically strong in high school,that would help. Good luck!