International Freshmen

Colleges & Universities University of Chicago
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<p>Hey i m an international Applicant and want to join University of Chicago for my undergraduate studies … here are some of my particulars …</p>

<p>Ethnicity : Indian
Gender : Male
School : St. Anselm’s School
SAT I : - 2200
SAT II : Maths I - 800 ; Maths II 800 ; Chemistry - 760 ; Physics - 780
Subjects and courses :- Physics 4 years , Chemistry 4 Years , Biology 2 years , Computer Science 4 years , Maths (core) 5 years (Almost all subjects studied on high school level as well as beyond it too)
EC’s : - Sports - Basketball,Lawn Tennis ,Badminton ,Soccer , Pool , Cricket , Swimming etc.
Academics - currently 3# in class (can reach 2# this semester),been in various Olympiads both national and international level (including IMO,IJSO,IPhO etc.)
School doesn’t provide clubs still Head boy of the school
~60 hours + social service (on school level)
Not much of a instrument player
Head Programmer for the school programming/computer competitive team
Currently in XIIth grade …</p>

<p>Any other information needed please let me know i m not too good at all this
Any comments,suggestions,requests or anything will be highly appreciated and well heeded </p>

<p>Thanks,
Aman</p>

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<p>Do you need financial aid?</p>

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<p>“including IMO,IJSO,IPhO”</p>

<p>That is impressive.</p>

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<p>IMO IPhO IJSo at international levels?
Wow you are impressive you definitely stand a chance </p>

<p>But a lot depends on how you handle the essays and how you express yourself in them.</p>

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<p>Well yes i have been in these olympiads … and i will be applying for financial aid too … well i still haven’t done much work on the essays … but i can be pretty sure that i will be doing good …
well do i need something else apart from that … and do i have to present my original certificates of olympiads or just mentioning them in the form ??</p>

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<p>You have a very strong application. However, I don’t think many international applicants with financial needs are accepted because UChicago is only need-blind within the U.S. If you don’t need aid that badly I wouldn’t request it, but then again I’m sure a certain portion of the internationals do get admitted financial aid and all. And with IMO, IJSO, and IPhO as your credentials, you stand a good enough chance of admission that it is definitely worth a shot regardless of whether you request financial aid or not.</p>

<p>You should also look at these ~6 schools which are need-blind for international applicants.
[Need-blind</a> admission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“Need-blind admission - Wikipedia”>Need-blind admission - Wikipedia)</p>

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<p>well thanks for that information first of all … But i will still be applying for financial aid … so do i still stand a chance … and if yes … is there anything i can do to improvise on it …</p>