<p>Hi guys, so here's the thing :</p>
<p>I'm studying in India in an Indian school and my grade 9 percentage was 65% due to personal reasons. However, in grade 10th, 11th and 12th, it's been around 85 percent consistently, which is considered very good. I'm scared, however, that my 9th percentage will be a major red flag to the colleges. I want to know if this is true, or will they see the improvement i've made in the subsequent years and overlook my 9th percentage? Please help asap :/</p>
<p>Your culmulative GPA is what will be examined. Thus your 9th will be averaged in with our 10th and 11th. It would be statistically neutral treatment. If you apply after your first term in 12th grade, your culm avg will be 79.3%. It’s not a condemnation of your 9th grade year per se but there will be many in the very competitive international pool who will submit high 90s GPA.</p>
<p>I see on another post that this is your list of colleges you’re targeting:</p>
<p>DREAM
Princeton
Brown
Amherst
U Penn
Yale-NUS</p>
<p>Regular
USC
CMU
NYU
UC Berkeley
Tufts</p>
<p>Safety
Brandeis
Fordham </p>
<p>I’ll be blunt with you: your list is too ambitous. Unless you have near perfect scores, your chances are nil at the first ten listed. Even Brandeis and Fordham will be iffy. It’s not a condemnation of your 9th grade year per se but there will be many in the very competitive international pool who will submit high 90s GPA.</p>
<p>I’m sure you’re a very capable student but given the ultra competitive pools of the first 10 schools you’ve listed, wisdom would dictate you broaden your selection list.</p>
<p>Allright, thanks! Such a relief! I am applying after my 12th first term, what do you think an overall high school percentage of around 80 says in terms of GPA? 81-100 is considered an ‘A’ in my school. Well, here’re a few colleges/universities i’m applying to : Brown, Amherst, USC, NYU, UCB, UPenn, Tufts. I have a SAT score of 2130 and two subject tests 710 each. What do you think, based on just my academics? My ECs and social service are pretty decent. Essays shouldn’t be a problem either.</p>
<p>Sorry that my last edit does not respond to your #3 post. Plz re-read my edited post #2</p>
<p>* Well, here’re a few colleges/universities i’m applying to : Brown, Amherst, USC, NYU, UCB, UPenn, Tufts. I have a SAT score of 2130 and two subject tests 710 each</p>
<p>my grade 9 percentage was 65% due to personal reasons. However, in grade 10th, 11th and 12th, it’s been around 85 percent consistently,
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<p>I don’t think the following schools will accept you…</p>
<p>Brown
Amherst
USC
Berkeley (considers GPA very highly, especially for non-residents)
UPenn</p>
<p>Tufts has a lot of int’l students, so maybe if you’re a full pay it might accept you? But will still be iffy.</p>
<p>What college are you applying to at NYU? If you’re full pay and not applying to Stern, then maybe.</p>
<p>I think you have too many super reaches, and not enough reasonable matches and safeties.</p>
<p>How much will your parents pay each year?</p>
<p>Thanks for your inputs T26E4, will keep them in mind. What do you suggest i do to bolster my application, so i have a chance, be it however small, of getting into these colleges?</p>
<p>@mom2collegekids: Yes, my family can afford the finances, so no, i won’t be applying for Financial Aid. I am applying to the College of Arts and Sciences at NYU; i hope to pursue a lberal arts study.</p>
<p>I think many of your “regular” choices are also very low or low odds based on their acceptance rates(percentages 32,30,23,22,21). You need to add a few more schools like Brandeis and Fordham, so that you will have a good range of choices if the most selective ones don’t work out for you. You don’t want to apply to 12 and end up with only 2 choices. I think that is what people are suggesting.
What are you planning on studying?</p>