Shortlisting Colleges...So chances!

<p>So here are the statistics:</p>

<p>Class IX Scores(Grade 9):</p>

<li>English : 92%(A)</li>
<li>Hindi(Native Lang) : 88.5%(A)</li>
<li>Mathematics : 88.1%(A)</li>
<li>Science (Phy, Chem, Bio combined) : 95%(A)</li>
<li>Social Studies(includes Geography, History, Civics) : 83.3%(A)</li>
<li>Physical Education : A</li>
<li>Computer Science : A</li>
</ol>

<p>Rank : 1st</p>

<p>Class X(Grade 10):</p>

<p>1.English : 90% (A)
2. Mathematics : 87 (A)
3. Science

  • Practicals - 25/25
  • Theory - 72/75
    Total% -> 97%(A)
  1. Social Science
  • Project Work - 20/20
  • Theory - 73/80
    Total% -> 93% (A)</p>

<li>Work Experience : A</li>
<li>Physical Education : A</li>
</ol>

<p>Well in Class XI I have an avg of 80%</p>

<p>I will be appearing for my SATs in October. Been scoring around 2200 on the practice tests.</p>

<p>Major Awards :
**
-Special Appreciation by NASA during the NASA Student Involvement Program.</p>

<p>-Special Appreciation by Leprosy Mission.</p>

<p>-Special Appreciation by LIFE { Lower Income Family Emancipation }</p>

<p>-Founder of a Evolution Science Magazine{Ezine} Worlds first Ezine catering the interest of high school students.</p>

<p>-Honored by Indian Govt. for an All India AIDS Awareness Motorcycle Rally</p>

<p>-Co-Founder Comic Strips <a href=“http://lolzord.cfsquad.org%5B/url%5D”>http://lolzord.cfsquad.org</a> { Nothing major but yeah I enjoy that, you wont find much there because of a recent server crash}
**
Academics :</p>

<p>1. Gold Medal in National Informatics Olympiad {Conducted by a private foundation}.</p>

<li><p>3rd Rank in National Cyber Olympiad.</p></li>
<li><p>Secured 2nd Rank in 7th International Science Talent Examination conduceted by Bangalore Science Forum.</p></li>
<li><p>7th Rank in 'Assesment of Scholastic Skills through Education Testing.</p></li>
<li><p>Represented region with my science project{ An Operation System for education} at Indian Institute of Techonology. Secured 1st Rank.</p></li>
<li><p>Finalist National Environmental Quiz conducted by Environment Education Council for Children Delhi Public School Society.</p></li>
<li><p>Won state level debate conducted by Hindi Samaj.</p></li>
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<p>Leadership :</p>

<p>**1. School Captain. {Indian Equivalent of Student Body head} - 2 Years </p>

<li><p>School Prefect - Before I was promoted to School Captain. - 1 Year</p></li>
<li><p>Awarded ‘A’ certificate by National Cadet Corps {NCC > Indian Equivalent of ROTC}</p></li>
<li><p>School Basketball and Volleyball Team Captain. [2 Years]**</p></li>
<li><p>Head of student body at my previous school too {2 years ago, so not important I guess}</p></li>
</ol>

<p>Sports:</p>

<li>Represented region at state level for Volleyball and Ball Badminton {What is ball badminton? never mind}[1 Year]</li>
</ol>

<p>Others:</p>

<li><p>I have my own Linux Distribution used by a few schools in my city {Its geared towards education}</p></li>
<li><p>Founder of Linux User Group in my City.[ Completed 1.5 yrs]</p></li>
<li><p>Founder of inter school gaming club in the city.</p></li>
<li><p>Member Ubuntu Linux India Team.</p></li>
</ol>

<p>Recs are going to be stellar and I will try my best with the essays</p>

<p>I am an International seeking Aid</p>

<p>no reply! Am I this hopeless?! :)</p>

<p>Not many of us have experience judging international students, but I think it looks pretty good.</p>

<p>i think you got a great shot if that projected SAT score is right</p>

<p>Thanks you .</p>

<p>as long as your SATs are over 2000 (approx), you'll be fine, in my opinion</p>

<p>I hope so :)</p>

<p>Aid for internationals is very competitive. It is really hard to accurately judge such chances.</p>

<p>Yeah that is the only thing that bugs me. My father is an army officer, so there is no way he can afford my education given the fact that $1= Rs 50 ! :(</p>

<p>Bump .</p>

<p>It sounds good to me. You are tough to chance because most people aren't all that familiar with the educational system in India. Looks to me, though, that there is no such thing as grade inflation there! When my son's grade school class had 24 kids on the honor roll out of 26 kids in the class overall, that's when I figured inflation had hit the US system in a major way... I'm assuming there must be people in admissions that are well familiar with international standards--just seems much tougher in India than the US!</p>

<p>Everyone is an academic maniac here :D</p>

<p>Any other views about my chances?</p>