Hey everyone!
I’m an international student from Bangalore, India, and I’ll be applying to college in the US this year. (Intended major- econ)
Stats-
I’ve been studying in the Indian CBSE system since kindergarten, and I’ve chosen the Commerce (Accountancy, Business Studies, Economics) with Math stream in grades 11 and 12.
Grade 9- 9.0 CGPA
Grade 10- 10.0 CGPA
Grade 11 finals- Aggregate of 92%, best 4 subjects- 96%
Grade 12 predicted- 97%
ACT-
33 in attempt 1, 34 with 11 in writing in attempt 2 (35 superscore)
I’m not in the US curriculum but I took APs during my summers this year anyway. I’ll also be taking Subject SAT Lit in October.
AP Calculus BC- 5
AP Microeconomics- 5
AP Macroeconomics- 4
Subject SAT Math 2- 800
ECs-
- Co-founder at Jazba, a non-profit that organises artistic competitions across my city to raise funds for specific causes. We’ve raised over 140,000 rupees till date. We’ve also been featured in a documentary by a national news network called India Today about social entrepreneurs, and been covered by several other news outlets nationally.
- Director of the '#NotAlone' campaign- an online forum for victims of sexual assault to share their stories anonymously. Launched as a wing of Jazba and went viral in India, becoming trending topics on Facebook and Twitter in 3 days. Survivors can essentially use a feature on the website to submit a piece anonymously, and we share it on our pages and websites to raise awareness and initiate a conversation about assault.
- Ashoka Youth Venturer under Ashoka India. Also an ambassador of their 'Lead Young' programme.
- Avid MUNner, won several national level conferences. Also served as Assistant Director at Harvard Model UN India and Harvard Model UN China.
- MUN coach at Parikrma Humanity Foundation, a school for economically disadvantaged kids. Team attended first city level conference this year.
- Current Model UN President at school. Vice Captain in grade 11, Music Association President in grade 10.
- Music- competed at several city level competitions, Indian Carnatic Junior level distinction holder.
Apart from these, I have won school level sports and commerce related events. I’m anticipating good recs and working hard on essays.
What are my chances at Penn and Dartmouth?