Chance an applicant who has fell in love with CUHK - BBA in Global Business Studies (GBS)
Basically gng, I recently heard about CUHK - BBA in Global Business Studies and I was mainly locked in for ivies preparations but my parents want me to have few options in india and south asia so I came across HKUST.
I would need at least 50% scholarship to attend but if I get this bba then, willing to take a loan too for the degree + are the salary after this bba GBS actually that crazy or just hyped up ?
Desired Major: Business/finance/sociology + AI
Demographics: Indian male, middle class, IBDP School
Hooks: None
Rigor: Maths AI HL, Business Management HL and Chemistry HL
SL Subjects - English Language and Literature, French B and Physics
GPA (biggest problem) -
9th grade - 4/4 - 4 A stars, rest all A's (FLE) - IGCSE
10th grade - 3.92/4 - 2 A stars, 4 A's and 1 B (FLE) - IGCSE
11th grade - 3.2/4 (32/45) - Ik gng i messed up again
12th grade - I expect to score 40+/45 predicted (got tutors and all) and the teachers understood why my grades were so low and am scoring accordingly in 12th grade.
Extracurricular Activities
- Independent Researcher
Sole-author of 4+ studies on AI, labor markets, and institutional decision-making; developed original governance frameworks and quantitative indices, open-sourced research code, presented findings publicly, and earned acceptance to Krea University's RSFE Finance Track.
I hope to get at least one published in a journal since my prof directly helped me out.
- Research Assistant – Oxford Saïd Business School
Conducted a qualitative literature review on public vs private markets and corporate delisting; analysed 30+ academic papers, developed a structured delisting table constituting of 400+ companies, and synthesised findings for regulatory application. The report was submitted to the Financial Reporting Council; worked directly under faculty guidance.
- AI Recruiting Intern
First high-school intern at a U.S. recruiting firm; sourced and screened 75+ candidates, advanced 5 finalists to leadership, introduced AI-powered recruiting workflows, and helped expand sourcing capacity through automation, process design, and talent intelligence research.
- CFO – MUN Logistics Business
Directed operations for a conference supply venture serving 16 MUNs; managed end-to-end procurement, budgeting, and client acquisition, generating ₹7,00,000 revenue at ~24% margins; built scalable vendor and fulfilment systems; implemented advance payment protocols after contract failure as a means to improve financial risk control.
- MUN Secretariat Leadership
Led operations across 9 MUN conferences (1100+ delegates), serving in senior secretariat roles including Deputy Secretary General (3x), Head of Outreach, and Financial Advisor; managed 80+ member secretariats, built SOP-driven hiring systems reducing recruitment time by 33%, secured partnerships (UNHCR, G20, NITI Aayog), and generated ₹10.9L revenue with ₹3.16L profit; resolved high team attrition through structural engagement systems.
- MUN Integrity Verification Organization
International Affairs Coordinator for a global initiative verifying chair/vice-chair credentials across 50 conferences; led 6 country heads, built verification workflows using centralized databases and network validation, and supported organizing committees in detecting fraudulent applications.
- HR Intern – (Mental Health NGO)
Conducted 35+ structured interviews and redesigned the recruitment pipeline using AI transcription and parallel processing; reduced time-per-hire by 50% and recruited 26+ interns, significantly increasing organisational capacity.
- MUN Delegating & Chairing
Participated in 33 conferences (19 delegate, 13 chair/vice-chair roles) including prestigious conferences such as Oxford and Harvard MUN; secured awards in 15/19 conferences as a delegate; engaged in high-level committees alongside university participants in 7 MUN’s, strengthening negotiation, policy analysis, and public speaking.
- Paid Independent Adjudicator – IPDC 2026
Selected adjudicator for the 7th International Parliamentary Debate Competition; evaluated competitive debate rounds and research motions; compensated per round(15$)
- XXXXX (NGO Co-founder) (Can't name it)
Founded a small-scale nutrition initiative addressing protein deficiency in government school students; funded through MUN profits and distributed supplements to 30+ students; developed a replicable low-cost intervention model.
Awards/Honours
- Ascend Berkeley Stock Pitch Competition – Grand Finalist & India Champion
Level: International
Grand Finalist (Top 5/55+, 8.93%); Champion – India Team; led team in fintech stock analysis using Monte Carlo simulation and financial modelling
2.Grand Delegate & Best Delegate (DMUN USA)
Level: International
Grand Delegate (1/1200+, 0.08%) and Best Delegate (1/140, 0.71%) in WTO Committee; highest overall distinction at international conference; represented South Sudan
- National Economics Olympiad – Finalist (SRCC)
Level: National
Finalist (127/2600+, 4.88%); self-studied economics using only competition resources with no prior background
- Singapore & Asian Schools Math Olympiad (SASMO) – Gold Award
Level: International
Global Rank 25; National Rank 10 (Grade 11); Gold Award (Top 8%); School Rank 1 in rigorous international mathematics competition.
More deets
Submitted my delisting paper, which was an extension of my work as a Research Assistant under the Oxford professor to Research Symposium on Finance and Economics 2026 (Accepted) and the 18th Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking Conference (Accepted here too)
Delisting Paper accepted to International Conference on Applied Economics and Business 2026.
Acceptance into non-trivial partner programmes - Leaf’s summer cohort - 10% acceptance rate from thousands of applicants with full tuition fee waiver.