My chances of getting into an Ivy League/Stanford with a scholarship? (south-asian student)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Seeing the multitude of AP classes and different awards has kind of intimidated me as i’m not sure what would be an equivalent of it for me who belongs to a small developing country in South-Asia. I’m currently done with my O-levels (older, and tougher version of IGCSE’s) and will start my A levels soon.
Grades: I gave two exams the previous year and got an A and A* (4.0 GPA equivalent from what i’ve heard)
And I’m expecting atleast 4 As this time around (I gave 6 this year)
What I was particularly worried about was the fact that many of the people that got into Ivy Leagues from my country had like 10+ As. The only reason I didn’t take up extra subjects was due to my school being new when I was admitted into it, and therefore didn’t provide many opportunities for me to take up extra subs. In my school examinations, however I secured the highest marks in Economics and English which is a good thing I guess.
For my A levels, I plan on taking atleast 4 subjects (the compulsory amount is 3) and acing them.

I also plan on applying for Stanford and Harvard’s summer programs next year as I hope those courses will make up for the (apparent) lack of subjects I appeared for in O levels. It also seems like a great experience that’ll groom me so I’m not just going there in hopes of increasing my chances at the Ivies.

SAT:
I’m taking up summer classes for SAT at this amazing SAT prep institute. I’m definitely aiming for a 1500+.

ECs:
Head of the student council
Was the event head for the school’s anniversary, basically did all the work including organizing and sorting out all the kids into teams, organized the stalls and arranged all the things needed)
Volunteered at my city’s TedX
Ran the school’s cafeteria for a week with my classmates, the proceedings went to charity
Organizer at my school’s yearly Olympic games (2 years)
Organizer at my school’s MUN
Art Club (2 years)
Music Club (1 year)
Volunteered at this local youth organisation (mainly fundraising and running a facebook page)
What i’ll be doing in the future/this summer:
2 Paid Internships (both related to my major of choice)
100 Hours of community service (teaching kids at a local NGO)
Currently filming a documentary on children of the slums for an NGO (which may lead to a 2 week internship in England if the NGO head likes it!)
Going to start our own fundraiser for children’s books and stuff with a few of my friends
Will participate in MUNs and different competitions in the coming year

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Can’t chance without actual scores.
What can you afford?

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They do not give merit scholarships so any scholarships given out will be from need based aid

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Are you one of the very top students in your country?

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@“aunt bea” @shawnspencer My parents’ incomes fall under the “below $60k” bracket.
@ClarinetDad16 Well, I’m not quite sure about that haha. Although, I was hoping to make up for that with EC’s.

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If you want to get a rough estimate of how much financial aid you would receive, check out the “Net Price Calculators” on each of the college websites.

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Net Price Calculators are geared towards estimating costs for DOMESTIC applicants.

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How are you going to afford this fancy SAT prep school and the summer school programs?

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@shawnspencer Thanks for the input! I went to a private councelor once and they told me that it’ll be around $70k-80k, but need based scholarships can be attained. Do you think with my current stats I’ll be able to get into an Ivy?
@mathyone The SAT prep isn’t that fancy at all actually, it’s an 8 week course for around $180. And i’ve been saving up for the summer school program for quite a while now, and i’ll also apply for aid.