Please Chance Me??

International Students
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Can anyone chance me about my choices??

I have the following Choices:
Cornell
Brown
UPenn.
Dartmouth
UCLA
Berkeley
Caltech

Here are my Grades and EC’s till June 2015( what i have did and what i plan to do)

Gender: Male
Nationality: American

I Dont Require Financial Aid

1.Learnt and Practiced Taek-wondo for over 5 years from Class 5 to Class 9 with a Yellow Belt
2.Came 3rd in the Inter-School Debate Competition and won multiple medals in 2014 in Class 10
3.Was the Class Leader and Monitor of his 10th Class in 2014-15
4.An Active Member of Mathematics and Photography Club in 2014-15 in Class 10
5.Got Selected for the Inter-District Science Quiz in 2015 in Class 10
6.Got 99 Percentile in the PSA Exam conducted in 2014 in Class 10
7.Played for his School in the U-14 Inter-State Cricket Tournament in January 2015 in Class 10
8.Have written scripts for Teachers Day & Annual Day skits and Participated Actively in Class 10
9.Got 3rd position in Intra-School Painting Competition in 2014 in Class 10
10.Represented his School in the Intra-School Carroms Competition in 2013 in Class 9
11.Have worked in an Government (Thatichetlapalem) for the needy children for 5 months from 2014-15 in Class 10
12.Worked at Shubham Bookstores as a Cashier in 2015 during Classes 10th and 11th
13.Worked with Several musical instruments such as Guitar and Tabla for 3 Years till Class 9
14.Cleaned the streets of Vizianagaram during Holidays which got published in a Telugu Local Newspaper ‘‘Varalu’’

I’ll also take many other EC’s later this year.

Class 9 - 6.8/10 (Slacked Off)
Class 10 - 9.6/10 (Got 0.4 Reduced Because of Adding of Class 9 marks) (Got a letter from Principal stating I got CGPA 10 in 10th Grade only)
Class 11 - Expecting around 93-95%

SAT 1 : 2270/2400
SAT 2: I Will take it soon expecting around 2300

My School does not give APs

Excellent Essays according to my English Teachers
I Know Spanish,Persian,Urdu,Telugu and Gaelic if that matters

School Ranked Top 5 in India

Can you all please grade me and suggest any improvements to go to the Colleges i mentioned? Please I desperately require your inputs. I’ll definitely grade you back. Please help me :slight_smile:

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Dont predict SAT scores. SAT is very unpredictable.
You have an ok academic record, and good scores, but weak ECs. Although you have a large list there is no visible passion and dedication; most things seem to be a ‘one time affair’ Dont include anything before 9th grade in your appl. It comes off as resume padding. Looking at your list, none of the ECs are good, sorry about that :confused:
All colleges are mid-high reaches. Ur best shot is UCLA where you do have a chance though. Best of luck!
Oh and which school is this which is in the top 5 of india?

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I think you can do better in SAT 2. Most Indian applicants to top colleges easily score 780+ . The grades show signiificant improvement, which can substantially compensate for your weak 9th grade.

Being a US citizen, quite a few colleges are need blind , so not requiring aid may help only at a few places.

Nothing before 9th grade counts, unless it is some huge national/international achievement.

If your English teachers know quite a bit about the admission process, then their comments regarding your essays can be very valuable, but if they don’t, their perspective might be entirely different from that of an admissions officer, who is not looking for a paper-like essay, but rather a story.

No. of ECs don’t matter. Instead of adding ECs, focus on things you already have some achievement in, and improve those. Your ECs are very scattered. Try to group them into 6-7 activities (max. 10). Also, intra school activities, or participation in interschool events honestly doesn’t matter.

With a high SAT score, consider merit scholarships.