Please chance a very worried International for ED

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<p>Hi,I’m an International Student from India applying this year.I want to apply to Brown ED but I’m not sure if I’ll get in since I need full Financial Aid…I’d be very very grateful if you could tell me where I stand. </p>

<p>SAT 1-Taken this October.I know I’ll get atleast a 2100,I cannot say for certain anything beyond that.Also,please don’t tell me you cannot accurately chance without it because that would be of no help to me.The above score is the minimum I can get.(My practice tests were in the range 2100-2260.I hope this helps).</p>

<p>SAT 2- Chem-750. Taking PCM in November.</p>

<p>Class Rank- Our school ranks in a different way,but it’s top 2-4/250 every year.</p>

<p>Senior Year Courseload- International Curriculum.I’ll just say it’s the toughest available.</p>

<p>EC’s,etc.</p>

<p>1) Table Tennis
15 hrs/wk;9 months/yr;6 yrs(2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010) </p>

<p>•Team Captain-5 years
•Selected to represent Delhi state in Inter Command Air Force Sports Championship(National Level).</p>

<p>•(National level)- Gold Medallist at Inter Command Air Force Sports Championship-2007 in Delhi
•(National Level) Silver Medallist Inter Command Air Force Sports Championship-2008 in Punjab; featured in national news channel.
•Selected to represent Delhi state in 2009 in Gujarat-tournament cancelled.
•Winner for past 5 years in regional tournaments held by Delhi School Sports & Activities Board.
•Awarded Outstanding Girl In Table Tennis Award-2007,2008,2009.</p>

<p>2) Table Tennis Coaching
10 hrs/wk;3 months/yr;2 yrs (2009,2010) </p>

<p>Conducted Morning Coaching for Junior Team members/team hopefuls(20 students) during Summer Break.
Conducted Morning coaching for Junior Team members/team hopefuls(20 students) during school year.</p>

<p>3) Interact Club(Under Rotary Club of Delhi Southend)
4 hrs/wk;9 months/yr.;2 yrs (2009,2010) </p>

<p>•Vice-President
•Awarded Rs. 1,00,000 by Ministry Of Environment and TERI due to our environmental efforts.-2010</p>

<p>•Was in charge of utilising aforementioned money to conduct competitions for 2880+ students and to raise environmental awareness. Featured in National Newspaper-Times Of India, Navbharat Times, Jansatta -2010
•Was in charge of doing Mapping of whole school region and surrounding regions -2009
•In charge of Fundraising for Rotary Polio Villages. Raised Rs. 5000+. Visited said villages to oversee distribution of funds.
•2nd prize-Made short film on pollution of the Yamuna River. Aired on television(NDTV Metro Nation)-2008
•Raised Rs. 4000+ for Widows of armymen.
Fundraising for FoD(Family of the Disabled) , CRY(Child Rights and You) , and HelpAge India.
Hosted Commonwealth games mascot and conducted programs about the Commonwealth games.</p>

<p>4) Tutoring
5 hrs/wk;8 months/yr;2yrs. </p>

<p>•Tutor poor neighbourhood children(8) in Science, English, Maths at very low fee. </p>

<p>5) Debate/Declamation
14 hrs/wk;6 wks/yr.6 yrs. </p>

<p>•State level-Won Declamation competition held by Ministry Of Environment and Forests.Cash prize+Research Trip to Ranthambore National Park,Rajasthan.Over 40 schools participated.-2008
•Winner school’s Swarnanda Debate-2009,2010</p>

<p>6) Bharatnatyam Dance
9 hrs/wk;All round yr;11 yrs. </p>

<p>•Disciple and student of Dr. Yamini Krishnamurthy at Yamini School of Dance, Hauz Khaz, New Delhi.
•Nritya Kasturba Award-Twice. This is awarded to very select students in the institute.
•Performed in many Yamini Dance School displays.</p>

<p>7) School Editorial Board
3.5 hrs/wk;All round year;4 yrs(Class 9-12)</p>

<p>•Co-Editor.
•Articles/poems regularly published.</p>

<p>8) Dramatics
25 hrs/wk12 wks/yr.1 yr. </p>

<p>•State Level-2nd Prize in Dramatics competition held by SAKSOI and Dept. of Science and Tech., Govt. Of India-2008
•Lead Role-schoolproduction-Hairspray-2007</p>

<p>9) Conferences/Internships/Research trips </p>

<p>•Fully funded Research Trip to Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan. Worked with and learnt from 4 Scientists of the Ministry of Environment and Forests for 7 days(8 hrs/day).
•Attended Workshop on Green Buildings held by Embassy of Switzerland in India-3 days-2009
•Represented school at CNDP(Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace) Conference in Delhi(my city)-2008,2009
•Selected for & attended Science Internship at Jawaharlal Nehru University,Delhi for 5 days.(8 hrs/day). </p>

<p>10) Academic Awards </p>

<p>•University of New South Wales, Australia-Awarded Distinction in English and Credit in Science in International Assesment-2007
•Chinta Gunta Endowment Fund-Scholarship for Best Student of Class 10-given to a single student every year.
•Best All Rounder Student-2007,2008,2009 for each class.
Participated in Sanskrit Olympiad and Green Oly.But then Participation hardly counts.</p>

<p>School Type- Private.
Gender-Female obviously.No guy would have the name ‘perfectpixie’.
Income Bracket-Low.Shall be requiring full fin. aid.
Hooks-Not a major hook,but…maybe the income bracket?And my mom’s a single parent.</p>

<p>Thank you in advance! I repeat your help would be very much appreciated and is very much required!</p>

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<p>If that is all accurate, you seem to have a damn good chance. Make sure your essays reflect your passions and involvements. I wish I was that good at ping-pong…</p>

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<p>Yes, it is all accurate. Why wouldn’t it be? I’ve even listed the exact names and places, because I was too lazy to erase them after copy pasting from my mock resume.</p>

<p>Thanks for your opinion jjjjoseph! I hope you said that keeping in mind that I require full FA. :)</p>

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<p>Bump please!</p>

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<p>So you are trying to convince schools that you spend " 50.89%" of most weeks of the year doing all the table tennis, tutoring, clubs, and debate…Considering you go to school a minimum of 6 hours per day, and maybe you scratch by with 6 hours of sleep…lets do the math…</p>

<p>You do extra stuff more than twice the time of combined school and sleep.</p>

<p>i call BS. I understand this is not near every week of the year, but still…not possible</p>

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<p>Um no.The TT hours are completely accurate.Coaching during and after school.Dance accurate.The Drama was during school hrs,I missed all my classes for 2 months,why do you think I left it after a year?Interact and Ed. Board might not be accurate.I had never really thought of the amount of time I spent on them.So I just put an estimate,obv a wrong one.These are during school hrs too though.</p>

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<p>And before you ask,yes I’m hardly in class during school.
Still,do you think I should lessen the time?
Thank god for CC,I’d never have got to know this otherwise! :)</p>

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<p>The full need bit is going to work against you. In cases like these (few internationals apply ED with full need), they might decide to defer to the RD round; in which case you’re in for some serious competition for money.</p>

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<p>Chance threads are for those who are too worried to be confident in themselves. Trust in your ability to do well, and you will. Get worried about all the ways you’ll fail, and you will, unless worrying about your failure makes you turn a switch and succeed. Getting other people’s opinions, especially those who don’t know you, and are mostly high school seniors who don’t really understand the process either, is naive and pointless.</p>

<p>All I know about the application process is I gained respect from people for trying, and more respect for realizing how little chance I had, but putting my best foot forward, and making the most out of whatever situation came my way.</p>

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<p>chsowlflax17- That was a very good piece of information and I’m glad you made it to Brown! I shall keep your advice in mind.
However, I come from a background where hardly anyone knows about getting into a US college much less Ivy League. I have no idea if my stats are at par with a Brown aspirant or not. On the other hand, the high schoolers here are more familiar with that and they can provide me with a rough ‘estimate’. I know it’s only advice by high schoolers but it’s probably a better estimate than I could get anywhere else.</p>

<p>Lobzz- Thanks for the info!</p>

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<p>Also, I agree with chsowflax17; I think chance threads are useless. All you need to do is present yourself to schools in the best light, and apply to a wide range of places where you’ll be happy. At the end of the day, none of the people on here are going to be evaluating your candidacy.</p>

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<p>Perfect, I think you are very strong, and just go an apply! I am also a int’l needing FA, and I know brown is mostly likely not going to accept me, but I will follow my heart, or I will ask “what if” all my life! Your future is in YOUR hand, and then to some extend, in the admissions officers’</p>

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<p>Thank you for your opinions everyone!</p>