Chance me for RD - Duke, Dartmouth, Stanford, UCLA

Chance Me / Match Me
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International Indian IB
Intended Major: Undecided-STEM preferred
UW: 4.0 Weighted: 4.6
Predicted Scores: 44/45
TOEFL: 110
Rank 1 consistently from 10th-12th grade
Combination: HL: Phy,Math,Eco SL: BM,Eng, French
Ap Calc BC-4
SAT- 1540
SAT MATH Lv2:800
SAT Phy: 800

Extracurriculars:
Accepted for publishing(Jan 2019) Prof. Supervised Mathematics research paper at Louisville conference, 2 papers accepted in IJME(Indian Journal of math edu) on theoretical maths, 1 in IJSAER(International Journal of Scientific and Engineering research)
A lot of theater and drama from 10th to 12th
National Level middle distance runner- Treble district gold medalist and 1500 m record holder- Hold 6 school records-Athlete of the year award-12th
National Level Coca-cola league football team captain quarterfinalist-8th- State level Men’s league Div A Team captain
City level badminton finalist-10th
Intern as a data analyst for 6 weeks- 60 hours/wk
College summer courses-Econometrics(Erasmus),Multivariate calculus(Imperial),Data Analytics(Rice),Data Science(IBM)

Leadership:
Literary and cultural secretary in 11th
School captain in 10th
Introduced Mathematics club and the concept of ECA Clubs in school,TEDx Youth,Organised Tennis Tournament,Headed a research project to Educate village on fuel sources, Attempted to startup NGO , “Dont waste food&water” campaign,Organised state math expo and led math dept. during annual day, Creative writing team editor

Community Service:
Volunteer,Agra Wildlife SOS, CORD education- 800 hours of service-Tutored math for 3 kids,Built shelters for animals, Tutored uneducated rural kids

Academic Honors:
Math Research Paper selected final stage (Prof. Syam) among top 3 youth Indians to represent India at MAAMathFest-Reviewed by PhD John Alongi Northwestern and PhD Gilbert Strang MIT-International
Qualified from RMO to INMO(Mock IMO) & scored 100%(Distinction) in National Math Olympiad India
Recipient of full scholarship by Next genius Program- 20 among 10000 students over India
ICSE 97% School Record in 10th,All-India Rank 10,“Student of the year” Award for Academics,leadership,sports,music,values
Preboard-98% “Proficient Scholar” Award,Consistent unweighted rank 1-Gr 10-12

LORs:
Counselor:10/10
Math teacher: 8/10
Physics teacher: 8/10
Professor Reco: 10/10
Coach Reco: 11/10 (Incredible)

Essays: Common app is impressive-It highlights the struggles I faced in running and how I overcame it
Additional Info highlights my research and the fact that I prepared for 5 APs along with IB but was unable to take them due to school reasons
Duke why essay clearly indicates why i want to go-talks about gap year program and trinity profs
Optional diversity essay about me being brought up in poverty and shifted between 9 schools and 2 countries

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But I am RD :frowning: and I need Financial Aid…

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All the APs were self taught btw over the course of 3 month- I had no teacher and we hadn’t been taught calculus at the time

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Your standardized test scores are average for Duke…
Coming to your extra-curriculars, DANG! Sports, leadership and community service- all are great.
Academic Honours and LORs are also pretty impressive; let’s hope the adcom loves your essays.
Best of luck!

PS Which school do you go to, if you don’t mind saying? Just curious

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Thank you so much! Was never great at tests…
Chinmaya International Residential School I’m from…

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I thought so, recently heard about it CIRS

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You can pretty much forget about UCLA as they offer no financial aid for non-California residents.

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about CIRS?

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Yes, some other student I saw on this site also goes there