US citizen, but international student (live elsewhere)
India
ICSE (9-10), IB (11-12)
Mechanical Engineering
No GPA (ICSE/IB)
9th grade: 67% (I know it’s ■■■■)
10th grade: 92.4%
11th grade: 37/45 (6s in all HLs)
12th grade (predicted): 41/45 (7s in HLs)
SAT: 1530 (790M, 740RW)
Physics, Math AA, Chemistry (HL)
Business Management, Hindi B, English A (SL)
Awards
Certificate of Excellence in Math, Physics, and Hindi (school)
1st place in science fair (interschool)
2nd place in entrepreneurship competition (national)
3rd place in science fair (school)
Extracurriculars
Invented brick that captures & converts wasted heat into usable energy
Wrote a paper on using bioluminescence for energy generation
Theorized and made a proof of concept on irrigation of water using only solar heat. Calculated distance of reach to be 200+km.
Self taught pianist.
Taught 2 adults music theory and conducted evaluations.
Registered Ayushman health insurance for 50+ BPL; Led food drive, distributed sanitary pads to 65+ women, clothes, blankets to 50+ street dwellers
School soccer team captain
Student council
Essays/LORs/Other
Essays are great.
LoRs are also pretty nice. Math LoR includes how I found a mathematical way of predicting the year on which a date lands on a specific weekday, Physics LoR includes my projects and how I created my own version of Biot-Savart Law for helical conductors.
G-Tech (EA)
U-M Ann Arbor (EA)
Purdue (EA)
These are the important ones.