Crazy fear & sleepless nights: Chance Me

International Students
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<p>Hiii I am applying to Princeton, Columbia, Brown, UPenn, Cornell, UMich, Rice, USC, CMU </p>

<p>SAT: ( M - 760, CR- 730, W- 630)
SAT 2 in Math 2 and Physics both expecting 700+</p>

<p>Top 10% at a VERY competitive high school ( Last year school sent 1 - Harvard, 2 - Yale, 1 - Columbia, 1- Berkeley, 1 - U Chicago, 2 - Emory, 1 - Barnard )</p>

<p>9.5/10 GPA </p>

<p>POSITIONS HELD:
Jr. Student Body President (9th Grade)
Jr. President, Cultural Club (9th Grade)
Jr. Director, Theatre Club (9th Grade)
Sr. Coordinator, Cultural Club (10th Grade)
Sr. Secretary, Cultural Club (12th Grade)
Treasurer, Chemistry Club (12th Grade)
Coordinator, Physics Club (12th Grade)
Editor In Chief, Physics Newsletter (12th Grade)
Student Council Nominee ( Didn't get elected though )</p>

<p>AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS:
Award for the best all rounder student.
Awardee All India Scholarship (7-8 selected each year)
Auctioned a painting for International Congress for Women
Research work on Changing Trends in Indian Media
Exchange Programme to Singapore
Highest marks in Mathematics</p>

<p>WORK EXPERIENCE:
Summer Internship at an Architecture Firm
Assisted on a project at Innovative Design Consultants: Sustainable Art
IRecognizeTibet campaign founder </p>

<p>COMPUTER SKILLS:
Computer Aided Design (3 Months)</p>

<p>EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:
Initiated Cultural Newsletter
Organizer Cultural Week featuring eminent artists (6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th)
Annual Fund Raiser at the School Winter Fest
Organizer Physics Symposium (Over 40 schools participated in 6 events)
Organizer Chemistry Symposium (Also a founding member) </p>

<p>DRAMATICS, MUSIC, PAINTING and DANCE:
Theater workshop with renowned theater actress Isabelle Martin
Theater production with Thespian Theater Club
Theater Production “The Twelfth Knight”
Theater Production “Cinderella”
Theater Production “Comedy of Errors: Wild in the Jungle”
7 years of Jazz - Elementary Advanced (Highest student level)<br>
Indian classical Vocal - 1st year with distinction 2009
Organized over 35 events featuring artists from different genres of Indian classical music and dance to promote Indian Culture.
Learning painting under Mr. Abdul Khan since 4 years
Contributor: “Arts and Astronomy Exhibition” Contributor: “Inter House Exhibition, School” </p>

<p>COMMUNITY SERVICE:
Volunteered at a local NGO: 3 hours a week (Taking care of and teaching little kids)
English teacher at a nunnery
English teacher for children of daily wage laborers of a small scale industry</p>

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<p>Anybody? BUMPPPP !?!?!</p>

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<p>Those are good stats but you need something to set you apart. Chances are honestly a waste of time. What you should do is decide what you are going to highlight thru the app (seems like you are an artsy person-- maybe send in a supplement?) and make your essays kickass… Good Luck!</p>

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<p>For those schools, you would need near perfect SAT scores. Are you applying for financial aid? That would be a major factor as well.</p>

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<p>I am very realistic, I am definitely not expecting anything from upenn, columbia, brown and princeton. But I dont see any harm in taking the chance right?
@Chibby I agree completely. Thanks !</p>

<p>@Fall2016parent No I’m not applying for fin aid.</p>

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<ol>
<li><p>You need to decide what program you want to pursue</p></li>
<li><p>You need to get a list of top 25-30 colleges offering that Course/Program</p></li>
<li><p>Make a list of about 10-12 out of those where you would like to go based on location, size of college, class size, acceptance rate, diversity, tuition, job placement, and any other factor that you might want to consider while making that list.</p></li>
<li><p>You need to match your SAT scores to mid 50 percentile range of the colleges that you want to apply to</p></li>
<li><p>You can also select 2 in top 25 percentile as dream colleges</p></li>
<li><p>And have 2 in bottom 25 percentile as safeties</p></li>
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<p>Remember College admissions are a lottery, the more match(4) colleges you have on your list ,you better your chances accordingly.</p>

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<p>Great post anialways. </p>

<p>TanArch, for the top Ivies, say Princeton, their freshman profile says 148 students from 48 countries (and 20% of their admits had 2300+ SAT). That makes it 3 students /country. So you really have to compare yourself to the TOP person in your country (I think you need to be in the top 1% to even have a chance). Your ECs are great and you are not applying for FA. So I think USC/Rice may be more of a match. But like anialways says, go look for the list of 30 colleges (depending on your intended major) and choose some ‘dream’, some safety colleges.</p>