<p>am from India studying in one of the best schools and its really competitive.
SAT Score - 2280 (Reading-750, Math-760, Writing-770)
SAT 2 Math Level 2- 800, Physics and Chem not given but I expect 780-800 in them also
AP Calculus AB, Physics C, Chemistry- all 5s
Class ranks
9th grade-10 (I am afraid about this year dragging me down)
10th grade-3 (This is really good for Board Year in India...)
11th grade-3 (Phew 11th is tough in India!)
12th grade- Results due in October for midterm exams</p>
<p>I have a post in my school which is equal to the President Student's Council in the American system so you can compare...</p>
<p>Done 200 hours social service but its not sustained, I worked with 2 diff. NGOs for 3 months each this year and last year but I did solid work.</p>
<p>I am a proficient writer- 5 articles have been published in prestigious newspapers (I wonder if you have heard of The Statesman or Hindustan Times Next?), won story writing competitions and national level essay writing competetions and received a red blazer for excellence in creative writing from my school, written great poems and helped to bring out my school magazine last year</p>
<p>Debating and MUN(heard of this?...its great fun!)- Won inter and intra school debates, won international MUN conferences, well known in my school for this!!</p>
<p>Sports- Practiced Kickboxing for 2 years, but I am not a blackbelt or anything</p>
<p>I have not won any mathematical olympiads or science awards, but I will have very good recommendations and will write great application essays( I am a writer!)</p>
<p>I may not have a lot of stuff but I am very ambitious and would love an Ivy...Please be honest in your opinion, ruthless if necessary because I want good advice</p>
<p>As far as the Ivy schools, while your stats are good, there are thousands of people with stats like yours. I believe that your application will need to rely mostly on the essays, which based on the above information shouldn’t be too much of a problem for you.</p>
<p>i agree with u but just factor in the fact that in India opportunities are lesser as the focus is more on books and universities know that. Thx anyways! Atleast u chanced me! I reaaly needed this. If u send me the link I ll chance u if u ever need me to!</p>
<p>being an international will hurt your chances…but your stats are very strong.</p>
<p>which school are you applying to? CAS might be a good choice, especially with your experience with the articles</p>
<p>essay will be a deciding factor</p>
<p>wait so you can chance other people but you can’t chance yourself?hmmmm</p>
<p>thx for the post. i am considering engineering from cornell, princeton or michigan as my reach schools.</p>
<p>I’d say you are a great Engineering candidate.</p>
<p>Stats are very similar to mine, so if you go for Engineering, then you have a good chance. Just make sure those essays are jaw-droppingly excellent.</p>
<p>You look like a good ivy league candidate (though not necessarily a great engineering candidate). It might be wise to present yourself as someone that is looking for a little more rounding out than a standard engineering candidate might be.</p>
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<li><p>Your SAT scores are VERY competitive. Students with scores lower than yours study at Cornell, so you’re in very good shape.</p></li>
<li><p>Your class rank and GPA seem to be in line as well.</p></li>
<li><p>Cornell has a soft spot for international students from India. Ratan Tata (I’m sure you’ve heard of him) serves on Cornell’s Board of Trustees, and recently signed a pledge with President Skorton to sponsor scholarship students from India.
Link: [SAJAforum:</a> PHILANTHROPY: Ratan Tata makes $50 million gift to Cornell](<a href=“http://www.sajaforum.org/2008/10/philanthropy-ra/comments/page/2/]SAJAforum:”>http://www.sajaforum.org/2008/10/philanthropy-ra/comments/page/2/)</p></li>
<li><p>Your EC’s are quite impressive as well. Stress as much as you can that you have worked for established NGO’s…that will come across very well and definitely set you apart. Your debate and journalistic credentials are also pretty good. Again, use your accomplishments to set yourself apart from other applicants.</p></li>
<li><p>You definitely have a great shot at Engineering!</p></li>
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<p>guys i m thinking about international relations as my second major coz i have a good Model UN backgroun</p>
<p>Hey I chanced you for NYU! Good Luck!</p>
<p>any more opinions guys??..</p>
<p>You’ll chance me back? Hahahaha</p>
<p>“ill chance you back” basically means “i’ll stroke your ego back”</p>
<p>if you get those predicted SAT II scores, you’ll have a good chance id say</p>