I know I'm doing this a bit early, but had quite a few questions, as I've detailed in my post. Will be glad if someone could answer them. Thanks!
Sorry, this is gonna be long, but please skim through and lmk your views. Thank you!!
Will be applying next fall, graduating HS in the Class of 2023
Demographics: Male, Indian, private school, top 6-7 in the country, kind of a feeder, sending 20-25 kids to T20s, and 1 or 2 to Stanford, Harvard every 2 years, 2-3 to Uchicago every year, although idk anyone from the past 10 years who's gotten into Wharton (btw 80% of these ppl who get in are IB kids, but I'm ISC, so lmk if you think this makes a difference. But many say its just self-selection, since ISC kids don't wanna go abroad)
Hooks (URM, first generation, legacy, athlete, etc.): None, except sibling legacy at Uchicago
Intended Major(s): Finance/Economics, with a minor in CS/STAT
ACT/SAT/SAT II: Not given yet, but practice tests on ACT showing 35
UW/W GPA and Rank: School doesn't weigh, follows the ISC-ICSE system in India. School sends decile ranking, so I'm 1st decile (10%)
9th: 92.5%
10th: 95%
11th, 12th: NA, but should be 90+
Coursework: AP/IB/Dual Enrollment classes, AP/IB scores, etc
We don't have IB or Dual enrollment, but my subjects are:
English, Math, Accounts, Physics, Economics
APs: Macro (4)(gave this in 8th grade lol), Micro(5), Giving CompSci A, Calculus BC, Stat this year, expect 5 on comps, and either 4 or 5 on calculus and stat
Awards:
- Young Entrepreneur Award 2021 given by the Indian Achiever's Forum, affiliated with the Government of India for activity #1
- Havard Business School International Case Competition organized by (Redacted) Institute from HBS. Won Best Delegate, with a cash prize and networking sessions with HBS grads, Citi, and other corporates
- 1st in 5 national economics and business competitions with 50+ best schools across India, but idk if they're considered prestigious cuz they were organized by other high schools as events. Pretty tough to win anyway. These were start-up pitches, stock simulations, and other economic events and competitions. these were rlly fun tho
- National Creative Olympiad - 4th in the country, 1st in the state, and 1st in school, among 9000+ students from 800 schools (this isn't considered v prestigious tho, so lmk if you think I should put this on my app)
- Received acceptance to Georgetown's 3-week summer Economic Policy Academy, with a scholarship - c
What are your thoughts about the bashing of indian idol that's going on for over a month now? Kinda feel like its being done to promote india pro music league. Thoughts?
PS: I didn't really get any feedback on the questions I wanted advice on in this post, so reposting it. Pls give any feedback you have + if you could answer the questions I have. Thank you!!
Sorry, this is gonna be long, but please skim through and lmk your views. Thank you!!
Will be applying next fall, graduating HS in the Class of 2023
Demographics: Male, Indian, private school, top 6-7 in the country, kind of a feeder, sending 20-25 kids to T20s, and 1 or 2 to Stanford, Harvard every 2 years, 2-3 to Uchicago every year, although idk anyone from the past 10 years who's gotten into Wharton (btw 80% of these ppl who get in are IB kids, but I'm ISC, so lmk if you think this makes a difference. But many say its just self-selection, since ISC kids don't wanna go abroad)
Hooks (URM, first generation, legacy, athlete, etc.): None, except sibling legacy at Uchicago
Intended Major(s): Finance/Economics, with a minor in CS/STAT
ACT/SAT/SAT II: Not given yet, but practice tests on ACT showing 35
UW/W GPA and Rank: School doesn't weigh, follows the ISC-ICSE system in India. School sends decile ranking, so I'm 1st decile (10%)
9th: 92.5%
10th: 95%
11th, 12th: NA, but should be 90+
Coursework: AP/IB/Dual Enrollment classes, AP/IB scores, etc
We don't have IB or Dual enrollment, but my subjects are:
English, Math, Accounts, Physics, Economics
APs: Macro (4)(gave this in 8th grade lol), Micro(5), Giving CompSci A, Calculus BC, Stat this year, expect 5 on comps, and either 4 or 5 on calculus and stat
Awards:
- Young Entrepreneur Award 2021 given by the Indian Achiever's Forum, affiliated with the Government of India for activity #1
- Havard Business School International Case Competition organized by (Redacted) Institute from HBS. Won Best Delegate, with a cash prize and networking sessions with HBS grads, Citi, and other corporates
- 1st in 5 national economics and business competitions with 50+ best schools across India, but idk if they're considered prestigious cuz they were organized by other high schools as events. Pretty tough to win anyway. These were start-up pitches, stock simulations, and other economic events and competitions. these were rlly fun tho
- National Creative Olympiad - 4th in the country, 1st in the state, and 1st in school, among 9000+ students from 800 schools (this isn't considered v prestigious tho, so lmk if you think I should put this on my app)
- Received acceptance to Georgetown's 3-week summer E
