<p>Okay I don't know how this post will be be taken but i wanna share my situation and looking for some encouragement. Okay first off, I am aiming for ivy league colleges. I am a student from India, I have a 9.4 CGPA in 9th and 10th, an 87% in class 11, 85.2 in class 12 mid terms and 89.2 in class 12 board exams cbse which i know all are ridiculously low scores. I have a 35 ACT, 2280 SAT, 2400 SAT II score. I have taken a gap year but haven't taken any APs. Ive pursued gardening since 9th and have held many informative workshops, I quizzed a lot in school and won 2 national level quizzes. I was the founder and president of 4 clubs in school, music, mun, quiz and IT club. I was also the headboy of my school and led a delegation from school to meet the president of India and discuss key issues I have 400 hours of volunteer work. I have written a book and have sent it to several publishers whom are yet to respond. I even started 2 websites in my gap year one of which now has 5 full time people working and is funded by an incubator, the other one has won an award by Headstart India as one of the most promising startups of 2014. I am pursuing research as well at the agriculture institute, I have applied for a patent on one of the devices I made. I have even done an internship at a BPO for two months. I have had bad grades in physics and chemistry throughout 11th and 12th, and i didnt take cs as it wasnt available in my school. I am in the top 10% of my school class. I took two MIT courses at edX and got an A grade in both from MIT. I really dream of attending colleges like Stanford and MIT but everyone unanimously has told me that my grades will ensure a rejection and i shouldnt hope any good college. Please Chance me for Stanford/MIT. Also I cleared the JSTSE and SOMT exams in 10th class</p>
<p>Your test scores are competitive for the most elite colleges, and so it really depends on the sort of classes you’ve taken in high school. Some foreign high schools are much more rigorous than American schools, and admissions officers might take that into account. Unfortunately, admissions for students from India is notoriously brutal. There is just too much competition for the handful of slots at colleges like Stanford and MIT, and all your compatriots with near-perfect grades are probably applying to those colleges, also. Assuming that you have some good options at home, and you are not concerned about finances (aid is inordinately difficult for international students to optain), then I recommend broadening your search somewhat. There are plenty of great colleges you can get into easily, so don’t get your heart set on the ones where your chances aren’t so good. </p>