I applied to the following universities which give merit scholarships to International Students
University Of Alabama, Huntsville
University of Miami
Troy University
SAT score- 2010(M 760 W 640 CR 610)
TOEFL IBT- 103
9th and 10th combined gpa- 10/10 (CBSE)
11th grade- 93%(CBSE)
Your profile is decent!!! In fact I recognize you as one of school’s toppers.
So why didn’t you apply to top tier universities??
Good private unis. and publics like uw madison also provide generous aids…
@jessie777 Your stats are promising!! In fact I recognize u as one of school’s toppers, one of the ones who have their names and photos on big board!!!
So why didn’t you apply to top tier universities?
In fact private unis. and some publics like uw madison also provide generous money?
I want to study in US only with full or partial tution scholarships based on merit. I’m interested in Aerospace Eng,Astronomy,Astrophysics and Marketing but I’m gonna attend introductory classes once I go to college and then decide my major.
TBH you have no chance at Harvard, Vanderbilt, Cornell.
Top tier UCs i believe include UCLA and UCB- I don’t see any chance there for you as well.
Penn State is in no way a safety for engineering for a low SAT 1 score.
Not trying to criticise but you should’ve filtered your list. But well I guess you’ve applied so I hope that you get into atleast one of the good ones
University of Georgia(Accepted)
University of Minnesota Twin Cities(Accepted)
University of Wisconsin Madison
UIUC
University of Maryland- College Park
Boston University
Well done…
But I dont agree wd ur NO CHANCE there! My essays are super and after all there is much more to it than just sat scores! And penn state avg. Score is much lower than mine!!! But thnxx for ir advise and gud luck!! Great to see Indian students do sooo good!!
I am a international student from India .
ACT- 32 (M-29 Sc-31 R- 36 E-33)
SAT (Superscore)- 2100(M-690 CR-740 W-670)
SAT(single)- 2070 (same as above with 710 in CR)
Toefl ibt -115
9-91%(Icse)
10- 94.8%(ICSe)
11-92%
12(Mid)-94.8 %
Extracurriculars
Published in 5 International Research Journals on Articles on Biometrics and Systems Security, E-Waste and Simulation of solar cells , and alternate authentication systems.( Mentioned in Google Scholars)
Five year state Computer Science Olympiad Gold medal holder
Interned at a Web Development Company and helped as a junior coder in development of a website which was appreciated by a professor from Stanford.
Advanced Certification in Java C++ and DBMS
Member of IEEE Computer Society and ACM India
Life member of Vigyan Bharati
Volunteer work at Vigyan Bharati and taught to girls rescued from militancy
Universities Applied To
UCLA UCB UCSD UCD
UIUC
CORNELL
BOSTON UNIVERSITY
NYU
JOHNS HOPKINS
U Pennsylvania
Stevens institute of technology
UT Dallas
Univ of Pennsylvania (M&T Program plus Wharton backup)
Harvard
Stanford
Yale
Brown
Cornell (AEM in CALS)
UCB (L&S)
UCLA
Northwestern
Duke
Univ of Michigan (LSA + Ross pre admit)
Babson
Univ of Virginia
Fordham
Ive applied for business majors where possible, otherwise econ/undecided
Academics:
SAT I: 2330 (CR 760 M 800 WS 770) One Sitting 2290 (760 760 770)
SAT 2: Math 2 800 Physics 800
9th Finals: 87.2% (Major grade deflation, explained briefly)
10th Boards ICSE: 97.4%
11th (CBSE): 94.4%
12th (CBSE): 96.2%
12th Boards Predicted (CBSE): 97.2%
(Note: Dont confuse the above percentages with Unweighted/Weighted GPAs, India doesnt have that. This is basically an average of 5 subjects where you get marks out of 100)
Rank: 1 out of 75 ish (Major gap between me and rank 2)
Curriculum: Most Rigorous Available (Indian CBSE Science Curriculum at a higher level)
Extracurricular activities:
Business/Entrepreneurship
-- Independently organised an MUN Conference (Founder and President) with no support from adults.Generated roughly Rs 1.6 lakh as revenue. Had over 150 delegates.
-- Founder of a Startup that sells art services of young artists, connecting them to potential customers
--Co owner at a web design company where I handle finances, accounts, client management, etc. We are now expanding into graphic design
-- Worked as Assistant Director at the biggest MUN conference in my city (Has over 800 delegates annually)
Community Service
-- Founder and President of an NGO. Have run this quite some time now and have completed several projects such as recycling and making notebooks from rough material, holding various awareness drives, etc. Recognised in local and national newspapers.
Debate/Speech
-- 90% win record across several debates throughout high school and before. Recognised as best debater in English and best debater in Hindi. Have won debate competitions at semi-national level. I also coach younger debaters in my school and am the school debate head.
--75% win record at MUN Conferences around city. Also been committee chairperson for a few
Tennis
--Have been playing for several years. Have represented the city team in all 3 categories (U14 (City rank 5), U17(3), U19(1)), and zone team (neighbouring cities) twice (U17, U19). Was also nationally ranked.
School Leadership
--Current School Head Boy, organise various cultural, sports and other events, along with general head boy work.
-- House Prefect in 10th Grade, led house to victory in house cup and sports cup
Foreign Exchange
-- Went for 20 day student exchange program to Sweden where we worked on a project in collab with Swedes about 'The Bystander effect'
Coursera:
-- Completed 5 online courses on 'Coursera' including Whartons Business Specialisation (Marketing, Finance, etc) and International Leadership
Soccer:
-- School Soccer Team Captain (11,12)
Music:
-- Playing the harmonium for the past 10 years (Recreational level)
Counselor Recommendation: Smashing. Crazy recommendation
Teacher Recs: English: Wrote an even better rec than counselor.
Math: Glowing rec which brings out diff aspect of me.
Essays: They are all quite good. I’m not a phenomenal writer so probably wouldnt be the best, but they are quite strong
Gender: Male
International Applicant from India (But I am a US citizen!)
SAT 2080 (Pretty low but GPA compensated)
GPA UW 3.87 Our school system is one of the hardest and counsellors know that (Singapore)
Did not take SAT II
Tons of extracurricular: Robotics, soccer and many leadership involvements
No ranking in our school
Looking at aerospace engineering
Colleges accepted at
Purdue (will be attending in fall)
Umich
ASU
Univ of Colorado Boulder
Ohio state
And I also wouldn’t call Penn state UP a safety per say. Although they are lenient on their SAT scores, it only accounts for 1/3 of the whole process. You gpas and extracurriculars also matter a lot.
@skyblade1234 No! I’m waiting to hear the decision from Boston University as it happens to be my top choice. If I don’t go there though it is 95% going to be University of Minnesota
