<p>First of all, my academics suck.
I am from India and my high school grades range from average to above average.
they are in the 70s(/100).
my sat 1 score is 1850. Yes,terrible.
But I somewhat have good extracirrs.
First of all,
I run an Advertising firm. Which is extremely rare for an 18 year old in India. (I actually do have clients) the company is doing decently.
Then I play the sitar and the guitar - I would think well. I have played for the school society and have several state performances in my cv.
I have also co-authored a paper in psychology. Not published. but will send it in.
I was computer editor of my editorial board. (apparently prestigious).
Table Tennis vice captain.</p>
<p>Then theres alot of useless show-off stuff. But these are the things that matter.
I want to study the humanities. And I studied science in school... thats why my grades sucked. I had this bizarre idea that i wanted to be a scientist whereas i don't enjoy it - at all. </p>
<p>Now I would like to go to a large university with a small liberal arts college inside. I love cornell and uchicago. But i know i most prob. wont get in. so people please tell me where i have some sort of a chance if my essays are good. I would love to go to yale. but no chance there. </p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>please help. anyone?</p>
<p>So let me get this straight, when you say your are from India does that meant you went to school entirely in India, or are just of Indian descent? </p>
<p>Starting your own firm looks great on your app. I am guessing your a senior…?<br>
There are many great schools in the US which one does not need the best of the best academics. If you are a senior I guess it’s too late to re-take the SAT, and honestly grades in the 70’s aren’t very attractive. I would look into schools such as Arizona, Clemson, Drexel, Temple, and perhaps even Villanova. </p>
<p>As long as you write great essays, you could possibly have a shot at any of these schools.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>oh ive been born and brought up in india so yeah.</p>
<p>Nice! </p>
<p>College admissions people will look at this in two possible angles. </p>
<p>1) They will think your from India, that’s great. Admitting this student will broaden our diversity.</p>
<p>2) There is a lot of competition in India due to the fact that there are a lot of students. The standards, so to speak, are higher in India. A student with 70%ish average’s is probaply in the middle if not in the lower part of the pack. When colleges admit people from India they treat them as royalty. They are coming to the US to start their dream, and have extremely high expectations. Just a stereotype more or less.</p>
<p>well i think my sats are more of a prob than the grades. My first two yrs of high school were much better academics-wise. then i took up science. anyways ppl from india have gotten into stanford and mit with 70 but their sats were way better like 2100-2300…</p>
<p>Really? People have gotten into Stanford with straight C’s? I kind of doubt that, but if you say so.</p>
<p>I really think that your SAT is much higher proportionally than 70’s grade point average.</p>
<p>I think that in some countries outside the US 70’s are the equivalent of an A. Years ago I attended a university in the UK and learned this first hand. I am not sure about India but I assume that this is the case.</p>
<p>70 in india is a-/b+</p>
<p>well if 70’s are the equivalent of an A, what is 100 equivalent to lol</p>
<p>usually an a-. i had an 81% in grade 9 that was a2/a-. its my schools grading system. c in india is 50-55. no joking.</p>
<p>well ok, so an 81% = a/a- and a 70% = a-… Well in america if you have a chemistry test and get only 70/100 right that’s a C, a low C… I’m not sure how that would equal an A in India. a C is average, so getting 50 or 55% of problems right would be failing…</p>
<p>Very strange to say the least haha</p>
<p>ah to be specific it goes like this -
89-100 a1
78-89 a2
68-78 b1
60-68 b2
etc…
i don’t know the general norm but this is the grading system in my school.</p>
<p>Btw. At the delhi university a 60+ is a first division(a1).</p>