Indian applying to Stanford, MIT and Ivy league colleges

Chance Me / Match Me!
1

Hey, I am an Indian in the 11th grade studying in Dubai.
Please chance me for the following colleges : Stanford, MIT, Harvard, Caltech, UC Berkeley, Georgia Tech, Purdue, Princeton and Columbia. (accepted, deferred or rejected). And please tell me what I can do to increase my chances.

Here is my profile:

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Composite Score-2250 Math-800 Critical Reading-700 Writing-750

ACT (breakdown): Not written yet but planning to

SAT II: Math-800 Chemistry-800 Physics-800

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10% of my class

Grades in 9th - CGPA-9.4
Grades in 10th - CGPA-9.8
Grades in 11th - 88% (was concentrating on extracurriculars so my percentage dropped)
Grades in 12th - 95% (aiming for)

APs

  1. Computer Science - 4
  2. Chemistry - 4

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

Music : Successfully completed all 8 grades of Keyboard with a distinction. I have participated in many competitions winning many accolades and also given many stage performances in school and outside. I also reproduce and compose music. I also have a channel on youtube. I have also been part of my school’s Brass Band for 4 years, me being the lead Saxophone player.

Computer and Technology : I have successfully completed courses on web development (PHP and MySQL), web designing(Adobe Dreamweaver, HTML, CSS), Adobe Flash, Adobe Photoshop and Animation (3ds Max) (All certified by the World Multimedia Association). I also learn several programming languages (Java, Javascript, C, C++) myself with books and the internet. I also edit video and music, having participated in several movie making competitions. I have also completed the course of learning the Python programming language from school which is part of the CBSE syllabus. I officially develop Android apps and have developed 5 so far.

Sports : I had learnt Karate till the black belt and won several accolades securing the 3rd position in a national level for a Karate competition. I am also a very ardent basketball player and often play cricket, squash and football too.

Puzzles : Speedcubing is also a very ardent hobby of mine. I can currently solve the 2x2, 3x3, 4x4 and the 5x5 Rubik’s Cubes. I have participated in several national competitions in Dubai and have come among the top 20. I often play chess too.

Art and Dance : Have participated in several art and dance competitions in senior school and have acquired certificates.

Other : I have participated in the F1 in Schools competition and have gone till the national level. (i have a certificate for that too)

Job/Work Experience: Web development, app development and video and audio editing.
Volunteer/Community service: None yet
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Not written yet
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major:Computer Science
State :
Country:Indian living in Dubai

2

All reaches, but worth shots. These three are unpredictable.

Do you have any safeties in India? I am glad that you can pay, and if you really want to study in USA you need some matches.

3

Remember this thread from 4 days ago?

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1730804-indian-applying-to-the-top-colleges-in-usa-what-are-the-chances.html

Good job getting your SAT up to 2250 from 2050. No need to keep asking the same question. You’re a junior. Get your grades up (they slipped) and try to improve your actual SAT score.

For all of your computer science expertise, you should have gotten a 5 on the AP.

4

@paul2752‌ How do I get matches?

5

@mnm111‌ Ok got it. What grades should I bring up?

6

@Deebthik‌
What do you mean, “what grades should I bring up?”???
Is there any other grade other than school GPA or something equivalent?
Matches: school that you have a good chances of getting in with some degree of certainty

7

@paul2752‌ Ok got it. One more thing, do you think I should apply REA or Regular for Stanford. If I apply early my 12th second term marks won’t be sent, but if I apply Regular, it will. What should I do? Will applying in REA give me an advantage of any sort?

8

Will your 12th marks help your application?

9

@Deebthik‌ First get the 2250 and then see haha

10

@octatoan Yeah I guess…

11

Stanford: High reach
MIT: Reach/High reach
Harvard:Reach/High reach
Caltech:High reach
UC Berkeley:Reach
Georgia Tech:Reach
Purdue: No idea
Princeton: High reach
Columbia:Reach/Low reach

You need to improve:
SAT score (Academics)
More awards
And since your main EC’s are technology and karate based, you need more diversity - i.e. photography or other related.
More leadership

Good Luck!!

PS- I also did F1 in Schools! haha

Chance back?
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1730451-will-chance-back-please-help-chance-for-an-international-student-for-basically-ivy-leagues-p1.html

12

Hmmm a high schooler who can chance other people but not his/her own…

13

@Dizichen‌ Okay I will definitely improve those. And BTW music is also one of my main ECs.

14

What does “high reach”/“high match” mean? I know that a “reach” is a school that is difficult to get into and that a “match” is easy to get into, but what do the “high” and “low” mean here?

15

High reach: much harder
High match: not easy definitely but still certainly worth