College suggestion for an indian international student applying this year
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**Hello everyone,**
Im a high school senior going into the final year of highschool in a few days.
i aim to apply to US/UK/Cancadian Uniersities this year
***I am in desperate need of some sort of advice related to the universities i should apply to, the anxiety is killiing me***
***I need help in assessing and maybe add colleges to my list.***
***the colleges currently on my list for US include the ones taht offer need based aid and i want to add some which could provide me generous aid based on my stats***
***i can only pay 10-15 or maybe 20-25k(with loan) usd per year and i would appreciate if i can get suggestions as to which colleges i should apply to based on some past trends***
right now my list consists of the following
**US -** Ivies, Caltech, Stanford, MIT, WASHU,TUFTS,UT DALLAS,ARLINGTON,VANDERBILT,WASHINGTON AND LEE,RICE,NORTHWESTERN,NORE DAME,SWARTHMORE,CASE WESTERN,AMHERST,CLARK,Marquette,Lafayette college,Duke University,trinity
USM as safety
**UK -** Oxford University,University College London,King's College London,University of Warwick,IMPERIAL
**Canada -** University of Toronto,University of British Columbia,York University
**Note : I have applied to YYGS as well and if i dont get in, ill try to expand my portfolio in the summer break**
**Demographics**
* Gender: Male
* Race/Ethnicity: Indian
* Residence: India
* Income: 10k USD (can contribute max 10-15K/year -> 40-60k for four years)
* Type of school: Private
**Intended Major:** Robotics/Mechatronics
**Academics**
GPA: NA
Class Rank: NA
India CBSE board
Class 9: 91.4%
Class 10: 96.2%
Class 11: 97.6%
**Test Scores**
SAT I: 1420 (640 ERW, 780 M) will retake to improve erw
**Extracurriculars**
**Robotics** \- Built over 25 robots ranging in use cases from combat robotics, pick and place, line follower, robo-race, etc. Winning several regional and state level events and podium finishes on national and international events
**Founder and Captain** of **school robotics team/club** where we have represented our school in over 50 interschool competitions winning approximately 25-30 of them
Selected as my school's representative in a **1.5 week long german exchange** program
Lead mechanic and **"Bot-Builder"** for **"Team Mechanics"**, participating in numerous national and international events as well as selling Ready to use Robots to other young enthusiasts **(approx. 1500$** in sales in 2 years)
**Idea pitching and Entrepreneurial activities** \- Regular participant at Idea pitching competitions at a national level, presenting my idea related to spinal and back health, (**applied for a patent** last year), and have got a **funding of 2500$** from the govt. and a local collegeto develop and enhance the idea
Member of school student council since 5 years, holding positions such as **Captain of the editorial team**(In-charge of producing the school magazine, social media posts and circulars), **Captain of School Computers club and science Club** (organizing and coordinating interschool events, and tutoring my juniors on topics related to robotics, Computer Science etc)
Ameteur Web-Dev, Software Eng., AI/ML - most imp. creation is my postfolio website [runeking12.github.io](http://runeking12.github.io/)
Founder of my personal robotics team "The Professional Idiots" where i participate in competitions on my own taking in some of of classmates or juniors
State level winner in GO-Karting and Bowling in the region of Delhi NCR
(this one is just to fill up the slot and show a part of my personality,) Avid gamer with an interest in story based games like Elden Ring, BMW, God of war, etc. and also a high ranking valorant player n stiff like that
**Awards**
INSPIRE MANAK AWARD by govt. of India
Winner of National Pitching contest at BITS PILANI YEB 2025
2.5lakh rs. ($2500) grant to enhance and improve one of my projects to refine it into a product
4th position at National Robo soccer competition at IIT Bombay Techfest with participants from all over the world
9,10,11 - Academic axcellence award in School, scholarship on school tuition, next winner of school wide award for scietific temprament
**LORs**
I would say that i would be able to get excellent LORs from my teachers as most of them know me pretty well and have a good insight on my achievements
**Essays**
I would say i have and could write decent essays, maybe 7/10 or 8/10