Demographics
- International student
- State/Location of residency: India
- Type of high school (or current college for transfers): Private IB School
Cost Constraints / Budget
17k/year for fees + whatever the living cost is
Intended Major(s): Computer Science
GPA, Rank, and Test Scores
- Unweighted HS GPA: 3.97
- Class Rank: Valedictorian
- ACT/SAT Scores: 1530 (740RW/790M)
List your HS coursework
| Subject | Grade |
|---|---|
| IB English Lang and Lit SL | 6 |
| IB Spanish ab initio SL | 7 |
| IB Business Management SL | 6 |
| IB Physics HL | 7 |
| IB Computer Science HL | 7 |
| IB Mathematics Analysis and Approaches HL | 7 |
Extracurriculars
Work (Paid) 9, 10, 11, 12 Year 15 hr/wk, 20 wk/yr Continue Collaborated With Global Clients as a Freelancer, Independent/Varied Collaborated with clients from the US, UK, Australia, etc.; developed professional e-commerce and CMS websites; Negotiated payment & development terms
Internship 12 Break 50 hr/wk, 4 wk/yr Continue Highly Competitive Internship, Helping Mine Safety, IIT (ISM) - TexMiN (A section-8 company) Worked on AI/ML-based mine-safety tools; Designed and developed websites; Recognised by Dy. Director; Tools made mines safer for thousands of workers.
Computer/Technology 11, 12 School 8 hr/wk, 12 wk/yr Continue Built âhorizonâ, an AI-powered note-taking app Designed, engineered, and developed an AI-powered note-taking and decision-making app; Coordinated lower costs per token with the model provider.
Journalism/Publication 11, 12 Year 5 hr/wk, 6 wk/yr Authored and Published a Book About Programming, Lulu Press Inc. Wrote and published âCtrl Z: Undoing the Programming Messâ, critiquing traditional methods of teaching programming and proposing practical approaches.
Computer/Technology 9, 10 Year 10 hr/wk, 30 wk/yr Developed and Engineered Verified Discord Bots Identified best approaches and developed commands; Managed Hosting; Handled cybersec
Other Club/Activity 12 School 10 hr/wk, 4 wk/yr Continue Organised and co-led âEntrepreneurship E-Bootcampâ, Oversaw the meeting - assigning participants to breakout rooms, meeting security; Developed token-based access-control and team assignment websites.
Community Service (Volunteer) 9, 10 Year 4 hr/wk, 45 wk/yr Continue Taught and Organised Contests for Underserved Kids, Government of India and Bharat Coaking Coal Ltd. Taught students under the ICDS of GOI; Organised contests for mine-workersâ children; Sent participants to district and state comps; Recognised by BLO
Robotics 9, 10 School 4 hr/wk, 30 wk/yr Continue Led School Robotics Club Qualifying IIT KGPâs YIP, Led the robotics club; Mentored peers in advanced programming; Sent teams to IIT KGP YIPâs 2nd stage; Worked on early breast cancer detection systems.
Computer/Technology 11 School 14 hr/wk, 1 wk/yr Continue Secured 2nd Rank in Discord Cryptography Hackathon, The Coding Academy (Discord Server) Achieved 2nd rank in pool of 150+ participants in hackathon for developing cryptography-themed Discord bot; Made story game for asymmetric encryption.
Athletics: JV/Varsity 10 Break 5 hr/wk, 3 wk/yr Continue Other Sport, Competed in State Carrom Competitions, District Carrom Association Represented the carrom team for district at state and inter-district competitions; Recognised by the president of district carrom association.
Essays/LORs/Other
Decently good essays, some exceptionally good ones like the Stanford roommate essay and Penn thank you note.
Great LORs from teachers - one from my computer science teacher and another from my business teacher
Schools
MIT
Stanford
Harvard
UChicago
UPenn
Cornell
Dartmouth
Brown
Yale
Columbia
Duke
Northwestern
Vanderbilt
Notre Dame (Deferred)
Rice
Georgetown
Emory
Georgia Tech
UW Madison
UIC (Accepted, Honours)
Bowdoin