International student, No hooks, Full pay
Intended Major(s): Engineering Physics / Physics
- Test scores: ACT - 36
- Grades - consistently in the top 2-5% of the class.
- Grade 10: 11 IGCSEs (10 A* and 1 A)
- Currently pursuing A levels with predicted 3A* and 2A
Awards
Golds in a few STEM British Olympiads & Hackathons
Awards in Classical music
Extracurriculars - (keeping things vague here)
- summer course in Advance collegiate level Math & EPSc from a US college last yr - GPA 4
- Summer Immersion program at UChicago Molecular Eng. GPA - 4. Got a reference letter from the Prof
- Paper (publication due) under the mentorship of Oxford Prof. Topic related to Astrophysics.
- Research Intern at a National University. Assisting a Post-doc student
- Volunteering & Team lead for a health focussed organisation (motivation being I suffered from the same health issue as a child). Raised funds and mobilised ~30 volunteers from school.
- Advanced diving certified
- Part of a national Indian classical music choir. Have given ~10 public and ticketed performances / part of various Western choirs
- Certified proficiency in “Intermediate level” of German
Essays/LORs/Other
Essays - Overall 8/10
LORs - 9/10 (Counsellor confirmed the LORs are great)
Schools
ED Cornell - Rejected
EA:
UChicago
UMich
UIUC
Georgia Tech
UC - Berkeley
UCSB
UCSD
UCLA
RD:
Harvey-Mudd
UT Austin
U Washington
Stanford
Caltech
Note - Didn’t apply safeties as they are in the home country