The Ultimate Chances Thread!!!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>i’m applying as an int’l to harvard, p’ton, jhu, williams, swarthmore, brown, dartmouth, cornell, penn, chicago.</p>

<p>SAT
CR: 750
WR: 750
M: 790</p>

<p>SAT 2
Chem 800
Math 2 800
Bio M 760</p>

<p>School record: 1st in class from 9 onwards. toughest curriculum.</p>

<p>Academics

  1. NTSE Scholar. It’s a (prestigious?) govt scholarship program in india, like (or maybe better than?) nat’l merit scholar in us
  2. part of the nat’l program for youth leadership in science organised by the council for scientific and industrial research, india.
  3. one of the few students from all over the country invited to the indian institute of chemical biology for a workshop. chosen on basis of 2ndary school record.</p>

<p>Volunteer Work

  1. Founded the ‘teenage Voice on Alzheimer’s Program’ with the local chapter of the alz. and related disorders society of india (ardsi). the program spreads awareness on alzheimer’s among school students through presentations and competitions. ive also worked with alzheimers patients. also helped organize the 100th world alzheimer’s day awareness drive in my city.</p>

<li><p>helped organize a blood donation camp once. done my share of volunteering in hospitals.</p></li>
<li><p>helped out with a cancer awareness program organized by the rotary club.</p></li>
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<p>Writing

  1. got a certificate of merit at the World Federation of UN Associations (WFUNA) Global Essay Competition on Peace & Disarmament. not bad considering few of the thousands of participants (which included college students) got it. hope it helps.</p>

<li>ive written reports on the activities of my local chapter of ardsi which have got published in the newsletter of the alzheimr’s disease int’l, the world body on alzheimer’s.</li>
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<p>OK, enough with the alzheimer’s.</p>

<p>i’m also in the school debate and quiz teams and have won events throughout the country. i’m vice-presidents of the school quiz club and mentor junior debaters and quizzers in my school.</p>

<p>i believe the teacher’s recs were pretty good…</p>

<p>my common app essay is pretty, umm, sentimental. it’s about this old lady i was close to who got alzheimer’s and couldn’t recognise me. she actually kept asking people where i was even as i stood in front of her1 that explains the alzheimer’s fix.</p>

<p>for supplementary material ive sent little cartoons with one-liners. each set of cartoons deals with the college ive sent it too.</p>

<p>HOOKS

  1. supplementary rec. from the prez of the alz. and related disorders society of india (ardsi)
  2. the UN essay thingy
  3. can’t think of anything else.</p>

<p>i want to study molecular bio or its equivalent.</p>

<p>and i’m asking for financial aid…there go my chances!!!</p>

<p>don’t ask me why im not applying to yale.</p>

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<p>You will have a 50% of acceptance into all those schools.</p>

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<p>Great shot
Still, why not Yale, I'm just curious hehe.4give me if I sound bad</p>

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<p>Do you need financial aid? It matters for international students.</p>

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<p>yes...there go my chances!!!</p>

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<p>chance me please!!!!!!</p>

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<p>U have a pretty good shot everywhere. Ur lack of sport might hurt u tho. Oh, and the ivies are need blind so financial aid won't matter.</p>

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<p>but dont get your hopes too high because</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=168529%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=168529&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Only Harvard, Yale, and Princeton (as well as MIT and Middlebury and some others) are need-blind to international applicants. Despite its need-blind status, MIT said it's harder for international applicants for admissions (~4% instead of 11% accepted). I don't know about Harvard and Princeton, but all the schools are pretty reachy because of financial aid.</p>

<p>The US financial aid system sucks for international. Even if you live in the US for years without a green card, parents pay taxes, and you fully intend to be a US citizen after graduation, you still don't qualify for federal and many institutional financial aid.</p>

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<p>i guess i'm screwed then!!!!!!</p>

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<p>no ur not. even at the schools which arent need blind, they will still give u good financial aid.</p>

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<p>is this true??? ANYONE???</p>

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<p>u'll get in at least 5 of those schools, the rest are all matches
no gpa?</p>

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<p>no...our school follows the cisce board, so we have marks...i got 95.6 % in my ICSE (Class X board exam)...let's see if that helps in any way!</p>

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<p>chance me pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee</p>