Hey there, I’m planning on doing my undergrad in the U.S and I plan on starting in Fall 2017. I’m in my 12th grade. I have a 9.5 GPA in Xth. And 96.8% in 11th. I expect the results to be similar in 12th grade too. I took the SAT (new) and scored a 1460 (equivalent to a 2090 on the old test) with little to no prep. (I’m re-taking it in October but I don’t think the results will be out before I apply so hopefully an improvement in my scores will beef up my scholarship options) I plan on majoring in CS and have a stringent budget of 80 lakh INR (inclusive of cost of living) i.e roughly translates to about 120,000 US$.
It’d mean a lot if one of you experts analyze my profile (and budget) and tell me the kind of universities I can aim for. Please note that I can compromise a bit on rankings if it translates to higher scholarship opportunities.
I’m aiming at the following universities for now:
- Vanderbilt University
- University of Southern California
- UPenn (The ivy league one)
- CORNELL
- Michigan State
- Uni of Cincinnati
- North Carolina State Uni.
- Purdue
- Uni of MInnesota, Twin cities.
- Uni of Winscosin, Madison.
- Boston Uni
- Uni of Maryland, College Park.
P.S: By scholarships, I mean both merit-based and need-based aid.
My extra-curricular activities are as follows:
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
• Bagged a silver certificate by ranking 74 all over India in Technothlon (International school championship organized by IIT Guwahati in association with UNICEF)
• Completed all levels of Abacus with A+ grade by the age of 11.
• Shortlisted for National Geographic Junior Hunt-3 (city level) at the age of 10.
• Stood Second in the city in Multimedia Presentation conducted by over 60 branches of Gowtham Model School throughout the state at the age of 9.
• Stood first in all inter-school quiz contests from 6th to 10th grade.
• Stood first in all Essay writing contests from 7th to 10th grade.
• Stood first in story-writing contest in 6th grade.
• Won all elocution contests from 8th to 10th grade.
• Won all debates between 7th grade and 9th grade.
• Stood first in the extempore contest 7th through 9th grade.
• Won spell-bee in 7th and 8th grade.
• Built a working-model of a dam (that actually produced power) as a part of a science exhibition in 10th grade.
• Took interest in sketching (Won consolation prize at a city level competition conducted by Wall Hearts)
• Mental math demonstrations in front of small-medium audiences. (in front of school and outside audience)
POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
• Elected as Head Boy, Gowtham Model School, 2014-2015.
• Elected as Deputy- Head Boy, Gowtham Model School, 2013-2014
• Valedictorian, Gowtham Model School : 2014-2015
• Captain of GMS School U-15 Cricket Team, 2013-2014
• Vice-Captain of GMS School U-13 Cricket Team, 2012-2013
• Class Prefect in Grade 1 through Grade 10.
• House Captain of ‘Raman’ House, Gowtham Model School, 2012-2013
• Group Captain of various Science Projects including Gnyandeep: The Science Exhibition; lead a team of 7 peers and made a working model of a dam.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
• Raised funds for the welfare of the visually impaired at the age of 11 (for The Institute for Training, Relief, Rehabilitation of Disabled, Distressed, Disinherited Children)
EVENTS ORGANIZED
• Valedictory Function, Gowtham Model School, 2013-2015.
• Teacher’s Day, Gowtham Model School, 2013-2015.
• Cultural Festival, Gowtham Model School, 2014-2015.
• Literary Festival, Gowtham Model School, 2014-2015.
• Independence and Republic Day’s, Gowtham Model School, 2013-2015.
• Various inter-school competitions.
EXAMINATION RANKS:
• Unified Cyber Olympiad : Rank - 427 (all age groups); Scored :42/50. (Average score was 24) at the age of 8.
• TRACK RECORD OF INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH OLYMPIAD (Conducted by SOF in association with the British Council)
Class Seventh Eight Ninth
School Rank 1 1 1
City Rank 25 110 51
State Rank 270 920 295
International Rank 3617 12970 4620
• National Cyber Olympiad (Sixth grade, Age: 11)
School Rank: 1
City Rank: 8
State Rank: 153
National Rank: 1943
• National Science Olympiad (Sixth grade, Age:11)
School Rank: 2
City Rank: 14
State Rank: 390
National Rank: 6000
STUDENT MEMBERSHIPS
• President at Science Club, Gowtham Model School, 2012-2014
• President of Student Council, Gowtham Model School, 2014-2015.
• Vice-President of Student Council, Gowtham Model School, 2013-2014.
• President at Computer Club, Gowtham Model School, 2012-2015.
CULTURAL PARTICIPATIONS
• Performed a song (with instrumental) dedicated to Teachers at Annual Day, Gowtham Model School, 2013-2014
• Delivered speeches on special occasions including Teacher’s Day, Independence Day, Republic Day etc.
• Mic hosted all the cultural programs, Gowtham Model School, 2012-2015.
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SPORTS PARTICIPATIONS
• Under-15 cricket team, Captain, Gowtham Model School, 2013-2014
• Wicket Keeper and Batsman, Under-13 cricket team, Gowtham Model School, 2012-2013
• Under-13 cricket team, Vice-Captain, Gowtham Model School, 2012-2013.
Guitar player
Extra-Curricular activities
• Learnt web-designing and web languages (HTML and CSS) in order to gain a better understanding of the Internet.
• Learnt basic programming syntax and jargon of C and Python.
• Tech Blogging (3 years) (started at the age of 12)
links: 1. https://web.archive.org/web//weirdotech.com
2. https://web.archive.org/web//techravers.com
3. https://web.archive.org/web//navneetstechblog.com
• Ran a tech Youtube channel : https://www.youtube.com/user/AskNavneettutorials
• Online freelancing (Helped people write articles, design blogs, design logos/infographics, social media optimization and search engine optimization)
• On-going internship at Rivi Group. (http://rivigroup.com/about-us/)
Thanks for reading through.