<p>I wanted to ask how useful are patents in College Admissions
for eg: i have 3 patents in line along with 2 innovation and trademark rights....will that help</p>
<p>LOL patents can give you a slight advantage in terms of “extracurriculars” but what really matters the most is your high school grades</p>
<p>I think patents (having them, not necessarily being in line for them) would give you a much greater edge, depending on what they are, of course. Assuming they show decent innovation and creativity, I’d think they’d be quite an asset.</p>
<p>all my patents are in the field of science
they have helped to bcome an ISEF national finalist in my country
will that help?</p>
<p>Yes, its something that makes you unique.</p>
<p>I’m sure it will help, but it’s not going to make you automatically get in.</p>
<p>well it really depends on what type of school you are applying to
if you are applying to a school like Harvard or MIT, I’m sure many students have impressive resumes so it would be harder to stand out there. You would definitely stand out though at a slightly lower level private school.
As for public schools, they really could care less what extracurriculars you do. Some schools don’t even require you to list extracurricular activities, many large public schools base their decisions on GPA/SAT scores only.</p>
<p>i guess it would help me at techie schools like MIT
btw
which schools do u consider best for me
provided i have the following stats:</p>
<p>Gender: Male
Location: India
High School: Private
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>
<p>Academics:
School does not have a GPA system but i have listed my board examinations:</p>
<p>GPA - Unweighted: 93.00
GPA - weighted:i don’t know how to calculate
Class Rank: 2
Class Size: 250 approximately</p>
<p>Scores:
SAT I - 720(W),750(M),750(CR)
hoping to give sat ii this year: Practice tests 2400(Maths Level II c,Physics,Chemistry)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:</p>
<p>Significant Extracurriculars:
winner of the city level science fair
winner of the state level science fair
winner of the regional science fair
winner of the national science fair(IRIS)
Two times national finalist for Intel ISEF(hoping to represent my country this year…)
Winner of 6 national debates including runner up at the prestigious All India Frank Anthony Memorial Debate
Active member and finalist at the NASA Astrobiological Programme Contest</p>
<p>captain of college debating team
captain of the school quiz team
captain of the school science team
member of the community service club</p>
<p>prefect of the school
member of the literary board of the school
member of the school magazine “constantia”
member of the community service club</p>
<p>Athletic Status -
swimming :school level
hockey :school level
table tennis: school level
badminton : school level</p>
<p>Honors and Awards:
recipient of the micfest award
recipient of the literary fest award
winner of the quanta competition
winner of the McFair competition
winner of the Gulu Thadani Award for excellency in behaviour and good conduct(for two consecutive years…)</p>
<p>some more stats:
national winner at IIT kanpur(in school events)
national winner at IIT guwahati(in school events)
(the IIT stands for Indian Institute Of Technology)</p>
<p>many more events…will write later</p>
<p>Teacher Recs: Amazing(i hope so) one from Research Scientist</p>
<p>any other colleges which you all suggest???</p>
<p>thanks in advance!</p>
<p>along with that i have one patent and three commodity papers published and one patent in running too…</p>
<p>rt_08 what are you interested in studying in college?</p>
<p>well i would like to Major in Physics and minor in International Relations
:)</p>
<p>bump…</p>
<p>best schools for physics:</p>
<p>MIT
Stanford
Caltech
Harvard
Princeton
Harvey Mudd
UC-Berkeley
Cornell
University Of Chicago
Illinois
UC-Santa Barbara
Columbia
Yale
Maryland
Michigan
UPenn
UCLA
UC-San Diego
Texas
Wisconsin
Johns Hopkins
Colorado
Washington</p>
<p>could u plz rate my chances at these colleges
thnx in advance 
:)</p>
<p>in case you don’t know:
reach = a school that you really want to go to or are interested in but do not think that you have a very high chance of getting in (not impossible chances but very slim chances)
match = a school that you really want to go to or are interested in that you think you have an excellent chance of getting in.
safety = a school that you really want to go to or are interested in that you are definitely sure that you can get in. </p>
<p>MIT - reach
Stanford - reach
Caltech - reach
Harvard - reach
Princeton - reach
Harvey Mudd - reach
UC-Berkeley - reach
Cornell - reach
University Of Chicago - reach
Illinois - safety/match
UC-Santa Barbara - match
Columbia - reach
Yale - reach
Maryland - match
Michigan - reach/match
UPenn - reach
UCLA - reach
UC-San Diego - reach
Texas -match
Wisconsin - match
Johns Hopkins - reach
Colorado - safety
Washington - match</p>
<p>i guess all the ivies are reaches for me :(</p>
<p>For you and everyone!</p>
<p>I would say patents would be very impressive for a high school kid. When you say you have “patents”…have they actually been awarded…something which took 4 to 6 years for mine…or have you just started the process? If you have actual patent awards, how old where you when you applied…12 or 13?</p>
<p>well all my patents are in the process of being published…
while i have actually been sponsored by the Government of my country to do reaserch
plz chance me</p>
<p>just to clarify, I really didn’t factor the “patents” part into the reaches/matches/safeties because I am not quite sure how they would affect your chances at each school, I just used your GPA/SAT scores. Also most ivy league schools are reaches for everyone unless you have an A+ average haha</p>
<p>bumpity bump</p>