u/Karim_Makki

Academics:

1550 sat first try (school avg is 1100)

4.0/4.0 gpa uw (weighted not offered)

Valedictorian

Aps not offered

Ecs (kept abit vague):

2 published research papers (prefer to keep them anonymous but werent literature reviews and won in multiple intl competitions)

Research intern at 3 university departments and at Alexandria's medical research institute, worked with 4 professors/ phd students

MTC summer program scholar (Medical research institute's research training program exclusively for college students, became first every high schooler to be accepted and given full tuition waiver to attend)

Deci scholar (egypt full scholarship for stem high-achieving students to take stem course training and start independent projects

Yygs scholar

Leadership in an orphans-dedicated nonprofit which organizes community-based events for 3000 orphans yearly, includes 300 volunteers, 30 sponsors, and given 9 national awards

Mun president

400+ students at organzied conference, train 100+ delegates weekly, 6+ regional awards

Student council founder and president

Introduced 12 afterschool clubs (and the first ever club system into school) for 400+ students, helped organzied multiple events and trips to lower grade students and high schoolers.

Medical Convoy volunteer in rural egypt and gaza

Awards:

Isef finalist

John Locke institute Science& Tech global finalist

EISTF (intl science fair in egypt) bronze medalist

BASEF (national fair) 1st place in entire fair

Blastoff (national fair #2) 2nd award

Academics:

1550 sat first try (school avg is 1100)

4.0/4.0 gpa uw (weighted not offered)

Valedictorian

Aps not offered

Ecs (kept abit vague):

2 published research papers (prefer to keep them anonymous but werent literature reviews and won in multiple intl competitions)

Research intern at 3 university departments and at Alexandria's medical research institute, worked with 4 professors/ phd students

MTC summer program scholar ( Medical research institute's research training program exclusively for college students, became first every high schooler to be allowed to enter and given full tuition waiver to attend)

Deci scholar ( egypt full scholarship for stem high-achieving students to take stem course training and start independent projects)

Yygs scholar

Leadership in an orphans-dedicated nonprofit which organizes community-based events for 3000 orphans yearly, includes 300 volunteers, 30 sponsors, and given 9 national awards

Mun president

400+ students at organzied conference, train 100+ delegates weekly, 6+ regional awards

Student council founder and president

Introduced 12 afterschool clubs (and the first ever club system into school) for 400+ students, helped organzied multiple events and trips to lower grade students and high schoolers.

Medical Convoy volunteer in rural egypt and gaza

Awards:

Isef finalist

John Locke institute Science& Tech global finalist

EISTF (intl science fair in egypt) bronze medalist

BASEF (national fair) 1st place in entire fair

Blastoff (national fair #2) 2nd award

Or should I just read the page with all the words and try to memorize them?

Academics:

4.0 uw gpa (weighted not offered)

1/54 class rank for the past 5 yrs

Aps not offered at school

Ecs(since they're asking for top 3):

- Research intern at multiple departments in Alexandria's medical research institute (MRI). Worked under 4 professors in those faculties: biophysics, physics, microbiology, biochemistry to develope a research paper (not written yet)

- accepted into nyas

- founder + president of school's student council and introduced 15+ clubs to my school for 400+ students (cause my school didnt have)

Awards:

John locke science&tech global finalist

Cambridge re:think global honorable mention (top 10% globaly from 15000+)

Mun 5x regional best delegate

Deci scholar (given full scholarship from egypt's tech ministry to pursue higher stem courses and start stem projects of my own

I have a Research idea and I was able to secure a mentor for my project.. however I am very confused about the process of the isef forms needed...

1. Where and when do I submit them? Do i submit before or after my first fair? There isn't much transparency about this in my country

2. I have my isef idea but it is subject to great change bc resources are very limited here and we planned on taking the process step by step, but the forms seem to want us to have a full road map ready for our project which isn't really feasible in my situation.

3. The additional wet lab approvals, ethics approvals, SRC, etc, should be to who?

Would greatly appreciate if someone can help.

I know that the process for intl students seeking full aid is very hard, but my question is whether my profile is considered a qualified candidate for these schools or not

Stats:

1550 sat

4.0 uw gpa (weighted not offered)

Valedictorian (1/62)

Ecs (kept them kinda vague):

Published research in waveform-coded magneto mechanical ferroptosis in glioblastoma multiforme (worked with PhD that i cold-emailed)

Published another research in nanocellulose hydrosponges

Research intern at multiple university Labs

Data analyst and lab assistant volunteer (also Published a literature review)

Developed an app to help provide free sat, act, and egyptian exam resources and guidance to underprivileged students (used by 100+ users including 60 members of the SAT club that i founded)

DECI scholar (given a full scholarship from egypt's ministry of technology to pursue stem related projects)

Supervision head of an orphans nonprofit with 3000 orphans involved, 300 volunteers, 9 national awards, and 30 sponsors

Mun president

Student council founder and president (introduced 15+ clubs to 400 students, cause school didnt have clubs before)

Volunteer at a cancer dedicated hospital

Awards:

Isef finalist

2x national science fair 1st place awards

John locke essay finalist science& technology

Cambridge re:think essay honorable mention (top 10% globaly fron 15000+)

So my project involves nanotechnology + oncology and i wanted to create a professional, animated visualization of how the nanoparticle interacts inside the body. However, i have no experience in editing and animation softwares like blender/ cinema 4d, etc and wanted to know what is a beginner friendly way for me to create the video on a platform without a steep learning curve? Or any tips/help on how to use blender/ cinema 4d because I'm very confused and there isn't really a good tutorial out?

I'm looking for a website that has past sat exams on their site and preferably free, because i really cant find anything rn. If someone knows any website that helped them alot in their exam pls share it if its ok.

Academics:

1550 sat

4.0 gpa (weighted not offered)

Valedictorian (1/65)

No aps offered at school

Ecs (kept them kinda vague mb):

Published a research on a novel nanocarrier payload for melanoma (qualified for isef)

Published another research on nanocellulose hydrosponges

Resesrch intern at a cancer biology lab

Data analyst and lab assistant volunteer

Developed an app to provide free standardized testing resources (for sat, act, egyptian sat aka est) for students from underprivileged backgrounds. Used by 100+ users

DECI scholar (egypt's governemnt tech scholarship for high-achieving stem students)

Did yygs

Student council founder and president (introduced 15+ afterschool clubs for 400+ students)

Mun president

Supervision head of Boie.future (a nonprofit with 9 national awards, 30 sponsors, 300 volunteers, and designed to organize "fun" activity events for 3000 orphans yearly).

Also did some volunteer work

Awards:

Qualified for isef

1st place at national science fair

3rd place at an international science fair that happens in egypt

John locke essay high commendation

Cambridge re:think global essay finalist/ honorable mention (top 10% from 15000 students from 50 countries)

Edit 1: I'm applying to all the ivys and need blind schools, and im still thinking on whether to complete the "20" max colleges list on the common app or not.

I have an isef project idea and i am ready to talk with it with my mentor, but I wanted to know how long would a nanocarrier project typically take to complete? I asked AI to help estimate the total time and he told me 8 months??? Is this true?

Many ppl before gave me opinions that have really discouraged me fron applying. I know that its extremely hard to get a full ride at a t20, but with my stats should i still apply? I've worked hard for the last 4 yrs and i dont really want my hard work to feel all for nothing...

Academics:

1550 sat

4.0 gpa (weighted not offered)

Valedictorian (1/65)

No aps offered at school

Ecs (kept them kinda vague mb):

Published a research on a novel nanocarrier payload for melanoma (qualified for isef)

Published another research on nanocellulose hydrosponges

Resesrch intern at a cancer biology lab

Data analyst and lab assistant volunteer

Developed an app to provide free standardized testing resources (for sat, act, egyptian sat aka est) for students from underprivileged backgrounds. Used by 100+ users

DECI scholar (egypt's governemnt tech scholarship for high-achieving stem students)

Did yygs

Student council founder and president (introduced 15+ afterschool clubs for 400+ students)

Mun president

Supervision head of Boie.future (a nonprofit with 9 national awards, 30 sponsors, 300 volunteers, and designed to organize a "fun" activity events for 3000 orphans yearly).

Also did some volunteer work

Awards:

Qualified for isef

1st place at national science fair

3rd place at an international science fair that happens in egypt

John locke essay high commendation

Cambridge re:think global essay finalist/honorable mention (top 10% from 15000 students from 50 countries)

What do u guys think? Cuz i really am confused if it's still worth it to apply.

I am an international student who will need a full ride to be able to attend. I have 30+ colleges in mind but need to filter them for the top 20 as the common app limits them to 20 and I want to apply to other countries too. (If anyone has any other college not in my list that would be good for aid pls tell me)

Ivy league + need blind:

Harvard

Yale

Princeton

Stanford

MIT

Dartmouth

Brown

Cornell

Columbia

Upenn

Amherest

Bowdoin

Notre Dame

Washington&Lee

T20s/top LACs also considering:

Nyu (for NYUAD and nyu/nyush as extra consideration ig)

Duke

Uchicago

John Hopkins

Rice

Vanderbilt

Williams

Swarthmore

WashU

Northwestern

Tufts

Pomona

Vassar

Wesleyan

Haverford

Berea college

Middlebury

Many ppl are saying they also got shortlisted so if the percentage of shortlisted ppl is high I'm afraid that the "prestige" of being shortlisted will be significantly lower... am I right to worry?

Edit: also where are our certificates?? Wtff?

I wanted to know if its possible for me as an international from egypt to get into rsi if i didnt participate in isef or olympiads. I

expect to start 2 resesrch projects soon, im currently building 2 apps, i have a resesrch internship, i have a tech scholarship from the egyptian ministry, i founded 3 science clubs in my school for 200+ students, and idk but i was thinking on applying to nyas junior academy but idk if itll help.

I barely have any awards stem related as of now but i expect to join a big international/ national science competition in november and i hope i win an award.

I have pretty nice humanity things also

Am i cooked?

I wanted to know if its possible for me as an international from egypt to get into rsi if i didnt participate in isef or olympiads. I expect to start 2 resesrch projects, im currently building 2 apps, i have a resesrch internship, i have a tech scholarship from the egyptian ministry, and idk but i was thinking on applying to nyas junior academy but idk if itll help.

I barely have any awards stem related as of now but i expect to join a big international/national science competition in november and i hope i win an award.

Am i cooked?

I was pretty nervous in the interview. i kinda didnt maintain eye contact that well because it felt weird looking at my laptop's shining green light and not the ai interviewer, i stumbled and stuttered alot and i probably looked nervous, not to mention that the first half of the interview was the ai constantly disconnecting so i was just sitting there awkwardly. Will this impact my shortlist result?

Its very unclear what is the starting fair. I live in alexandria and wanted to know if you have like a school-level science fair that u need to attend in like early october-november or do u immediately join the BASEF fair in january? Please help me i would greatly appreciate it.

I would also like to know how u guys were able to get a mentor to help u in ur project, was it too hard?

So recently I've spent my 1st week kinda exploring around kdp to get a grip of how it works, and I eould like to start doing my own mid content books now. I saw alot of ppl profiting heavily from color books, word searches, mazes, and other puzzle games, but i wanted to know which one could typically be more successful? Any advice is very appreciated

I'm a rising junior from egypt and i wish to get into any of these 2 programs but i do have some problems:

1. I dont have an ultra prestigious stem award like isef/olympiads cuz all my good awards are humanities (i want to join bio/chem related competitions but everything in egypt is either math or robotics...)

2. I dont have a published research yet

Can someone please tell me what i could possibly do to significantly elevate my profile?

I will start my isef 2027 project soon (secured a mentor), I have a lab internship, I'm thinking of possibly starting a 2nd research project alongside my isef one (water related to be submitted to sjwp), I have a technology scholarship from the egypt ministry, And i want to start building my own app and website soon.

What else do u think i should do this summer?

I did not receive the interview email from JLI, but i can still access the interview. Will the email come later? Is it an indicator if u will get shortlisted or not?