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All New Applicants- The Process and Timeline
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Creating Your School Profile
Sample High School Profile
Remember this is just a sample and your school can use it as a guide. So if your school has not sent students to foreign universities yet, you can use that to highlight that you are the first applicant from your school. That can be shown as a "first" and is a positive, as an initiative, doing different, aiming high....along those lines. Being subtle and boastful at the same time.
And I am not the first from my school to apply to foreign universities. Couple of students have done it earlier. But I am the only one from my batch. Could this help?
Since your school has had applicants in the past, I absolutely agree that it helps. But School Profile is always good.
This helps a lot
"Why Do Colleges Care So Much About Extracurriculars?"
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1546857-why-do-colleges-care-so-much-about-extracurriculars.html
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/pay-for-college/financial-aid-101/how-to-complete-the-css-financial-aid-profile
The FAFSA, CSS Profile, and Other Financial Aid Documents | College Countdown
PROFILE Goes Global
""The Qualities Colleges Want
What is it that makes you unique, and how will you contribute to the life of our campus? Thats what admission officers want to know. To gauge what students can bring to their campus, they look for these types of qualities:
Leadership
A willingness to take risks
Initiative
A sense of social responsibility
A commitment to service
Special talents or abilities
Overall, colleges want a mix of students to create a rich campus community.
My question is does it help if a child joins NCC National Cadet corps.All these above mentioned skills and much more are taught to a cadet which starts at the age of 13.
thanks in adavnce.
I am Indian student looking forward for undergraduate studies in USA and Singapore. I want to major in Computer-Sciences. I am confused as I am unable to decide which university to apply for ?
MY SAT-I was not as good as SAT-II.
SAT-I in January CR:450 W:470 M:800 TOTAL=1720
SAT-I in May CR:480 W:560 M:740 TOTAL=1780
SAT-I IN June CR:490 W:610 M:750 TOTAL=1850
SAT-Highest with all 3 sittings CR:490 W:610 M:800 TOTAL=1900
SAT-II in first sitting in November
Maths Level 2 : 800 Physics : 800 Chemistry : 800
I obtained 9.6 cgpa off 10.0 in 10th grade. I am sure to secure above 90% in Indian 12 standard CBSE exams.
I am also good chess player who has won gold-medals at district level competitions and participation at state and national level competitions
I was selected Best-Chess player and captain of school's under-19 chess team.
I have won MS-PowerPoint presentation competitions at inter-house, inter-school and tri-city level competitions
I was selected Best-computer wizard of the school and the house.
I have been student body head of school newsletter publishing department and reported directly to vice-principal and house mistress.
Now, the problem I am facing is that I dont know which colleges/universities I should apply to. With perfect scores in SAT-II some of my friends told me to apply to elite colleges like Ivy league, but I think they are crazy. Some people say with 1850/1900 in SAT-I you are not going to get into even good universities like UCSD and Ohio State university what to talk about Ivy league.
You have not mentioned anything about your Class 9 and 11 scores.
Yes your SAT -I is on the lower side. But sometimes the universities will look at your Subject SAT because it is related to your Major. But I would worry a little about the low CR score.
Your ECs are fine.
Aiming for Ivy, my personal opinion, is great. But it is not the end all, be all. Remember of the 3000 odd colleges in US if you just aimed for the Top 50, you are in a good place. All of them offer great education, environment, opportunities. And with your scores and ECs you should be able to get into one of those. Although SATs are one of the first filters of your application. But great academic GPA and SAT Subject scores should make up for that.
Why I say Top 50, is because as a parent, if I am spending insane amount of money on my child's education it better be one of those. Otherwise I would advise to get an undergrad degree from India and go for Master's to US.
So expand your options. There are many wonderful colleges. So make a list of about 20 Colleges, 5 Dream ones, 15 Match and 5 Safeties. And then rank them through your filters of Location, size, major, Recruiter Ranking, Placement Stats, Tuition...and others that you can think of. Then on the basis of this exercise trim that list down to 10-15 colleges. You are sure to find your fit.