This post is an extension of my previous, a lot of people told me to have some reaches. I am really confused at this point in differentiating what a reach or a target would be. I’ll appreciate the people’s advice here as they seem to know more than I do. Sharing my stats once again.
Demographics
- International
- State/Location of residency: Indian
- Type of high school (or current college for transfers): Independent high school - state board based
Cost Constraints / Budget:
Family can contribute upto 10-12k USD per Annum, It is pretty low. Hence I am seeking colleges which are either need-blind or need-aware.
Intended Major(s)
GPA, Rank, and Test Scores
- Unweighted HS GPA: 3.78
- Class Rank: 1
- SAT Scores: 1560+ (predicted oct score, waiting for result)
List your HS coursework
my school uses a state board type of framework.
MATHS - 2A
MATHS - 2B
SANSKRIT
ENGLISH
CHEMISTRY
PHYSICS
Awards
none in the national level, just a few school ones.
Extracurriculars
Received an appraisal letter from the Prime minister’s office regarding an essay about environmental preservation for future generations
President of an AI club in my school, thru which I hosted a informational event and headed 50 of my peers in creating data sets for training purposes. Over 1000 people attended this event.
Currently involved in an informal small scale research on technology and it’s effects on adolescents.
Head of an intercity technology club, in which fellow tech geeks share everything about what’s new.
Freelanced digital art work, and sometimes contributed my work to charity.
Volunteered at an orphanage with the help my school to supply food, toys and other essentials.
Student president with a school over 700 people, created a solarpunk environment in my school.
Youtube channel which made over 4k USD and 1.7M Views, in which I showcased how to design art but mainly it was aout entertainment in gaming.
Essays/LORs/Other
Pretty good LORs from my Teachers.
Have to work on my essays.
Schools (Please let me know which schools to replace, I mainly added these IVY leagues schools because they are need-blind)
• Brown (ed)
•Amherst
•Umiami (ea)
•ponoma
•bowdoin
•Duke
•Swarthmore
•Yale
•Rice
•Caltech
•Columbia
•Dartmouth
•Northwestern
•Princeton
•Uchicago (ea)
•UPenn
•Vanderbilt
•Harvard (might replace)
•Carleton (might choose middlebury instead)
•Cornell
Some schools in this list might sound out of reach for my stats, but there are not many colleges that offer good aid to international students. Hence, I am left with limited choices.
I believe all the advice that I receive, will have a great impact on my career. I cannot thank you all enough.