International student
Indian nationality
Low income (6k$ PA budget)
Intended Major(s)
Physics
GPA, Rank, and Test Scores
- Unweighted HS GPA: ~92%(the least grade is 9th the rest are all above 90)
- Class Rank: 3 (School’s Valedictorians are often in top 10 Nationally)
- SAT Scores: expecting a 1500+ (I have 790 in math but I need to get a 710 in R&W by October SAT)
List your HS coursework
Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, English
Comp Sci (9th, 10th grade)
Physical education (11th, 12th grade)
All courses done according to ISC & ICSE curriculum
4 AP Courses (self studied, school does not offer)
AP Chem, AP Phy 1, AP Stat, AP Calc AB
Awards
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2nd at State level, Top 500 in the national level in the largest research exam in India.
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3rd in ISRO National World Space Week Quiz
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1st in Regional level, 1st in Zonal level quiz, Qualified for national level (10/2750), national level at the near future.
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AP Scholar with honor.
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2nd in CISCE Zonal debate competetion.
Extracurriculars
- Co author — I-manager
Research | 11th, 12th Grade
Worked as a co author under the guidance of local university prof to work on algorithms to find and predict student dropout rate.
Also working on an independent paper, would be posted on arXiv soon.
- MCQ Creator — Gumbi software
Job | 10th, 11th, 12th Grade
Created powerpoint feeders for animations, curated hundreds of mcqs for Gumbi software - a ed tech company which provides satellite based education to tribal and rural schools of India.
- Teacher — Community School
Community Service (Volunteer) | 10th, 11th, 12th Grade
Taught students of underprivileged schools using technology and presentations. Helped increase creative though processes among children. Understood the real life concern of unaccessible education.
4)Co founder of the highschool quiz club
Other Club/Activity | 11th, 12th Grade
Founded the Senior School (classes 9th, 10th, 11th,and 12th) quiz club. Conducted daily talks and sessions, producing talent that won 6 state, regional/zonal and competetions and 4 National qualifications in the same year(room for a bigger number because there are still many competetions).
- Vice President of Student Council — Student cabinet,
Student Govt./Politics | 10th Grade
Coordinated the school cabinet of around 50 members to efficiently govern the school. Led them to successfully conduct prestigious events like CISCE national chess tournament and many more successfully.
- Soccer team Midfeilder, School chess Team — CISCE sports and games
Sport | 12th, 11th Grade
School soccer team midfeilder. Put on passes to the forwards and the defenders and led to victories like bronze at the zonal level. Represented the school at chess at state and zonal level.
- Co founder and drummer — Band amethyst
Music: Instrumental | 11th, 12th Grade
Co founder and the drummer of the School band. Led the band to play at school and ngo fundraisers- five events till date. Played at cafes part time for passive income.
8)Head of the Debate club
Debate/Speech | 9th, 10th Grade
Co Founded the debate club of the school. Conducted weekly debate sessions. Started the tradition of participating in zonal level competetions, produced State and National contestants.
- School commander NCC
9th, 10th grade
Commander of the Second wing of school National Cadet Corps. Commanded the March in the Corps camp to get the 1st position.
There are other activities but I don’t know if they have a good impact.
My profile has undergone SEVERE CHANGES especially because all the Senior year activity results are coming out. All the earlier activities which I thought we’re useless are now becoming pretty significant.
Essays/LORs/Other
Lors from the professor under whom I did the research, from the school councellor who helped manage all my clubs, from my physics teacher
Schools
Im applying to
AMHERST College (ED)
W&lee (ED)
BEREA(EA)
Humble me. Please do suggest colleges i SHOULD consider for ea/ed.