This thread is for all Indian applicants applying to the US this fall. You can post your stats and all other CC’ers will try to rate your chances to your respective colleges ( not that we are experts by any means). Lets get it rolling.
And post your stats in this format.
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II:
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Grades in 9th
Grades in 10th
Grades in 11th
Grades in 12th
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Applied for Financial Aid?:
Intended Major:
State :
Country:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Colleges applying to:
I’ll get the ball rolling…
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2230{M-800, CR-720,W-710 (essay-8)}
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II: Math 2 -800 Physics-800
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/428
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
grades in 9th - 9.2/10
grades in 10th - 9.2/10
grades in 11th - 92% (1/428)
grades in 12th - 93% in midterms (2/428)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
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National Level Tennis player…Captained my state team for Interstate Nationals in U-14(2010),U-17(2011),U-19(2012 and 2014) over the the past 5 years
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Have won national level tournaments in the U-18 category in both singles and doubles
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Have worked in an NGO for street kids(teaching them basic math and stuff) for over 6 months
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Qualified for 2nd stage of NTSE ( India’s most prestigious exam and junior level) in 10th grade
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Played for school U-19 cricket team as wicketkeeper
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Got 43rd rank all over India at IMO(maths olympiad) conducted my Science Olympiad Foundation(SOF)…its not very prestigious though
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Can program in C++,Java pretty well(when I say pretty well I mean for a high school student), completed online courses on codecademy.com and learnstreet.com
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Got 99 percentile in an exam taken by all students of class 11th throughout India ( CBSE PSA)
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Got all India rank 329 out of 20000 students in FTRE conducted by FIIT JEE in 10th grade
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Got all India rank 475 out of 23000 students in FTRE conducted by FIITJEE in 9th grade
Job/Work Experience: None whatsoever
Volunteer/Community service: Teaching street kids at an NGO for over a year on weekends
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App essay was marvellous…Others were ranging between good to very good
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): Counsellor and teacher recommendations were as good as they come (at least according to them)…In other recommendation, a ex Harvard and Dartmouth professor of economics wrote a very strong recommendation for me
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes ( but can afford up to 45k a year)
Intended Major: Computer Science
State :
Country: India
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Colleges applying to:
1)Stanford
2) UT Austin
3)UCLA
4)UIUC
5)Cornell
6) Caltech
7)Dartmouth
8)Brown
9)Georgia Tech
10)Purdue
11)Harvard
12)Swarthmore
13) UMich
@michaelite I play tennis too. Do you play AITA tournaments.Im ranked top 50 in the country.Whats your name,I may know you
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):1810(680m,610w,520cr)
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II:
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Grades in 9th 83%
Grades in 10th 83%
Grades in 11th 71%
Grades in 12th 85%(predicted scores)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
1.top 50 in the country in juniors in tennis,ranked 329 in mens
2. have won many tounrnaments in juniors
3.school won the state finals
4.NlP course
5.tennis club state 1st division
Job/Work Experience:
1:one month internship in lemon tree hotels
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:NlP
Essays (rating 1-10, details):8to 9
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):8
Applied for Financial Aid?:no
Intended Major:finance
State :
Country:India
Income Bracket:200,000k$
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Colleges applying to:
1)Penn State
2)Purdue University
3)Fordham University
4)Michigan State(got accepted in 3days)
5)University of Massachussets
6)Miami university
7)Virginia tech
8)University Of Wisconsin madison
@ind1900 Yes I played AITA for 4 years, but have not played any in the past 10 months due to a debilitating back injury…and have lost I guess all my points …If you check previous rankings then you might find my name at about rank 110 on U-18 rankings…I’ll PM it if you want…anyway how do you rate my chances?
I think you have a very good chance in all the colleges try and contact the tennis coaches Pm me your name.I think I may know you
@ind1900 as for your chances, despite your slightly low scores, the colleges you have applied to are all comparatively easy to get into…so you should get into most of your colleges
And others keep on posting on this thread
High school graduate from India. (Graduated this year in 2014)
9th grade - 88%
10th grade - 93% ( top 5% in school, highest in Social sciences, 2nd in Science & Tech)
11th grade - 78%
12th grade (HSC) - 89% (top 5% in school)
School/ Board doesnt offer APs.
SAT - 2150 (Math- 790, CR - 700, Writing- 660)
TOEFL - 110
2 month long internship as a hardware support intern for a human resources agency, decent community service, vice captain of school’s football team, competitive gaming enthusiast ( Counter Strike), few other minor extracurriculars.
currently working on a web application, looking to get involved in competitive programming.
Essays ; 9/10
LOR ; 9/10
Intended major is computer science.
Applied/Applying to:
In order of preference
- Wisconsin Madison
- Georgia Tech
- Stony Brook
- NCSU
- Virginia Tech
- UMass Amherst
Chances??
@michaelite Your stats are pretty phenomenal! But so are the universities you’re applying to.
You’re pretty much in at Purdue, UIUC and perhaps even Georgia Tech. According to me, your chances are great at UMich, UCLA , UT Austin, Cornell, Darthmouth ( although cant say for sure about the ivies, public universities tend to accept more internationals for out of state tuition)
As is the case for everyone, nothing can be said about your chances at Stanford, Harvard, Caltech or Brown. But your sports history might prove to be a hook for some of the schools. FIITJEE rankings wont be taken seriously IMO.
Great set of universities though!
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):1990
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II: 2380(M2:790 P:790 C:800)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 20%
Grades in 9th: 88%
Grades in 10th: 94%
Grades in 11th: 78%
Grades in 12th: 78%(term II)
IELTS: 7.5
Have done my schooling ICSE and am currently studying in ISC curriculum. Globally recognized school, highly competitive. Drop in grades due to humongous workload.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
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Have represented my school in table tennis and chess tournaments.
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Represented school in tennis tournament in district level in 11th. Stopped coaching in 10th because I shifted to new place and I couldn’t any coach there.
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Have written scripts for Annual Day skits and stand-up comedies apart from participating in plays.
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Regular contributor to the school magazine.
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Discipline Captain for 1 year.
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Can code in C++ and Java pretty well.
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Have won prizes in State and national level competitions like PEAS program and GEOSCOPE.
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: LOL!!
Summer Activities: Wasted my time in solving useless JEE stuff.
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Pretty good essays, had stories and real life experiences for most of the topics.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): All the recommendations are pretty good, especially the MIT one, I think is great( as I have been told).
Intended major: Mechanical engineering with a minor in CS.
Financial aid: MIT and Cornell. Can afford others for two years.
Colleges applying to:
1)MIT
2)Cornell
3)UIUC
4)UCB
5)UCLA
6)Purdue(Accepted)
7)PennState(Accepted, have applied for SHC)
8)UT, Austin
9)Georgia Tech.
@fbhsfhthj I am sorry but I think you have very little chance at MIT, some, but still low chance at Cornell, decent shot at UIUC, ok shot at UCLA and UCB…UT Austin might be possible while Georgia Tech would be tough
@sjaayush You might get into UW Madison and Georgia Teach ( though the odds aren’t very high, in my opinion)…you should surely get into Virginia Tech and UMass Amherst…I don’t know about the others…your EC’s are slightly weak, though your grades and scores are quite upto the mark
@michaelite I graduated from a fairly obscure high school. Its actually not even listed in any of the lists ( SAT, ETS, CommonApp). So extra curricular opportunities were quite limited. I have mentioned this in my app. I’m currently in my gap year and have a really good story around it, so my personal statement is quite amazing (if I may say so myself :P).
I’m dead set on Wisconsin as my first choice, as my SAT is well above their 75th percentile: 2070, I thought that I would definitely be very competitive. I’m aware that my chances at Ga Tech are quite slim, had to try though 
Any thoughts/suggestions?
@sjaayush I can’t predict anything for certain, but you are a very competitive applicant for most colleges on your list…All the best…
@michaelite Yeah I am aware of my extremely slim chances And I don’t think I’ll be able to afford most of the colleges. So mostly I’m going to stick to Purdue. You are an extremely competitive applicant though. All the best!
@fbhsfhthj Can you retake your SAT I? 1990 is quite low for most, if not all, of the universities youre targeting. They place a much higher emphasis on your SAT I. Try to shoot for atleast a 2100 and you’re probably into UIUC and maybe Cornell too. With a higher SAT, you have a pretty good shot at UCLA too, as UCs are facing budget cuts and are trying to accept more international students who pay full tuition.
@fbhsfhthj Not to be discouraging, but, in my opinion, you should not apply to MIT, you will not be a competitive applicant. Around 500 people apply to MIT from India and less than 5 get in. Those students have close to perfect test scores, academics, international olympiads, have been start up founders, etc etc. And the bar is even higher for students seeking financial aid.
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2110( 620 CR, 800 M, 690W)
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II: 800 M 800Phy 790 Chem
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Grades in 9th: 81
Grades in 10th: 93 ICSE
Grades in 11th: 80
Grades in 12th: 96.2% (predicted ISC)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Quiz Team 7 years, Hockey 4 years, Debate for 3 years, School Student council for 4years. Pretty success full in all of them
Job/Work Experience: None!!
Volunteer/Community service: Project on the Rehablitation of Retinoblastoma Patients. Traffic awareness program for 1 month, Member of my school community service club did a lot of work in orphanages, old age homes etc.
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Commonapp essay 7/10 spoke abt my relationship with a charity eye hospital
Supp essays: ALL Freakin Fantastic atleast 8.5/10.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): Counselor rec was Awesome 9/10
English and math teachers: 8/10, pretty good
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep
Intended Major: Bioengineering
State :
Country:
Income Bracket:40K , not sure
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc: None.
Applying to: Rice
Dartmouth
UPenn
Duke
Uminnesota( Accepted)
UT Austin
Cornell
Amherst
Illinois IT
UCLA and UC Davis
