SAFETIES & TARGET UNIS for me
I am an Indian student applying for fall 2027. Please honestly tell me about which unis can I possibly consider as safety and which ones should I target for EA/ED/REA (more like what are options I have). Also note that I am unable to pay so I would need a full ride. I am thinking for applying at cornell in ED aiming for Tata Scholarship (specifically for indians) tho I am not sure if even my profile is good engouh to be selected considering its need-aware. Any private Ivies? Else ? What are my other options dor early and for regular.. I would be applying for Math.. My achievements :-
PROMYS India 2024 Alumini and have given a alumini lec at next year PROMYS(on Warings Problem) and in program report on Compositions.
INMO Qualifier (USAMO eq in India).
LIMIT Exam (ISI-B) India Rank 14
BMT 24 - DHM Algebra ; BMT 25 - DHM Algebra & Discrete.
Writer - Bulleteen - a STEM magazine by high schooler.
SRMC(Srinivasa Ramanujan Mathematics Competition) - and competition for collage ugs and high schooler conducted by IITM & IITB math dept; got Rank 77 in round 1(online) and all india Rank 20(offline) at IITB.
IITM Pravartak Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship Program.
I have also co-founded an Telegram Channel with 5000+ subs for olympiad stages in India with posting regularly questions, handouts (self made) and test series for IOQM/RMO (made with other co-founder).
Writing a paper on generalised k-th Power residues and expecting it to win at IRIS National Fair.
A good LOR from director of promys india :- a prof at UofT(i was also selected for junior counsellor role (overall 3 selected from program) for next year so damn sure that I would get a very good lor) and LORs from counsellor's of PROMYS.
Regarding SAT & IELTS, I am pretty weak in english so studying that tho I am pretty sure that I would atleast get a 1500+ SAT in next SAT . Thanks in advance!!