<p>@collegeapp -> Is it so competitive that there isn't any real point in trying?</p>
<p>To the OP:
I agree with post #14.<br>
To sum up:</p>
<p>(1) for merely a <em>recognized</em> school (I don't mean hugely popular or highly regarded -- just a decent school), internationat'l acceptances are few, & very competitive. Therefore, it would be a long shot for you, for a <em>recognized</em> school.
(2) The same applies to financial aid. Most even great internat'l applicants (with all the right academic recognitions) have less chance for aid if applying as an internat'l than if applying as a U.S. student.
(3) The best chances for college financial aid belong to:
(a) The highly accomplished student who is also
(b) a U.S. student, and is also
(c) applying as a freshman entrant (from high school senior year or single-year gap year)</p>
<p>The following may not help you for financial aid, but the truth is also that Canada has a number of affordable colleges & really do not care much about extracurriculars & athletics, etc. Their application process is simpler, & there's a lot to choose from in style/program. However, I don't know about the immigration considerations.</p>
<p>There's one more thing I'm not sure about. In our school (or any other here, for that matter), we don't rank, and we don't use the GPA system.</p>
<p>Will colleges want marks from every single test I've taken, or just my Grade 10 and Grade 12 final exams?</p>
<p>I'm asking because I did well on my Grade 10 finals - an average of 81.2% (incl. Sanskrit - second lang.) with a 95% in Math.</p>
<p>Your 10th grade GPA comes to 3.2 on a 4.0 scale, and not much towards extracurricular activities, other competition activities which I understand is not the requirement in India for college admission. But when looking to come here, you should have started early on or if you started now, it should have had strong GPA. Still everything is not lost. You can calm down, consult with your well wishers and focus on graduating with high GPA in BSc., then it will be much easier for you to get good admission and get satisfaction. I was just telling from a practical and realistic point of view.</p>
<p>A lot of competitive high schools in the U.S. don't rank, so you don't need to worry about tht.</p>