u/smiley_miley3128

1. Demographics:

 

Female, Indian International (Unhooked), Can pay around 50k USD a year

2. Intender major: Either Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering / Biochemistry

3. SAT: 1 attempt 1570/1600 (780E 790M)

4. Grades and Coursework

9th, 10th: IGCSE - 6A* -96% - my school only offered 6 subjects

Mathematics (Extended) - 98% - A*

Chemistry - 98% - A*

Biology - 98% - A*

Physics - 97% - A*

First Language English - 92% - A*

Global Perspectives - 93% - A*

11th IBDP, predicted 41/42

Biology HL 7

Chemistry HL 7

Mathematics AA HL 6

English LnL SL 7

French ab initio 7

Business Management 7

5. Awards

• International: Silver Award, Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition
• International: Gold Award, Horizons Academic Essay Competition
• School: Highest Aggregate Percentage in Year 10 (1/350 students) + Highest in Math, Physics, Biology, English, Global Perspectives 
• School: Shield for the Best Interactor (1/150) + Best Girl Guide Award (1/100)

1. ECs

• Research Intern @ a tier 2 private college
  • Worked under a faculty mentor on a research project, assisting with data collection, literature review, and preliminary analysis. Gained hands-on exposure to academic research methods and lab workflows
• 3x New York Academy of Sciences Junior Academy Participant
  • Led a multidisciplinary team of six to develop an innovative, low-cost solution aimed at improving global accessibility to solar energy. Used NREL’s SolTrace tool to model how different dust levels affected our design and pushed the team to build a concentrator that stayed efficient even when dirty. Our work focused on optimizing efficiency, affordability, and scalability, with the long-term goal of enabling sustainable energy adoption in underserved regions.
• President, School Interact Club
  • Led 100+ members of the School Interact Club, associated with the Rotary. Helped organise 5+ food drives, fundraisers and community engagement events. Raised Rs. 2 Lakhs for various national causes.
• House Prefect
  • Co-mentored around 50 students in the Intermediate and Junior category in various athletics, sporting and literary events. Was part of a team of 8 that led my house to the House Cup victory.
• Research Fellow, YLAC Young Researchers
  • Worked in a team of 5 under a mentor in order to conduct primary and secondary social science research on the inclusion of transgender individuals in digital spaces. Produced a 15 page research paper examining the barriers and opportunities transgender individuals face online, especially in accessing essential services. It includes case studies, expert interviews, and reviews of inclusive initiatives, concluding with actionable recommendations for policymakers, educators, and tech developers. Also created 2 infographics that were used as advocacy materials by DEFIndia - a national NGO.
• Girls Who Code Pathways Program
  • Part of the Girls Who Code Sisterhood since the 2025 Summer Pathways Program, where I attended virtual sessions with Industry leaders from Pfizer, RTX, IBM and more. Gained exposure and experience in applications of AI, data science and computer science in real world industries. Completed multiple coding projects:

 

(1) Designed and coded a personal website using HTML and CSS

(2) Built a Python-powered machine learning model that predicted certain disease risk based on patient factors like age, blood pressure, gender, etc.

(3) Developed a neural network that recognised American Sign Language hand symbols and converted them into text output.

(4) Created a data storytelling board about the oppression of women in underserved communities.

• Student @ Ashoka University, Summer Program
  • Participated in Ashoka University's Horizons Achievers Program - an online summer school. Completed a university-level course in "Data Science, AI and Machine Learning" under CSIR PhD and was selected as one of three Top Achievers out of 25 students. Built a capstone project: a machine learning drug classification model, Pill-o-sopher using Python.
• Mentor for TED-Ed Club
  • Helped organize my school’s TED showcase, coordinating logistics and content. Mentored 4 peers through drafting and refining their speeches, and wrote/recorded my own talk for the event.
• Virtual Internship with Institute of Chemical Engineers on SpringPod
  • Completed 10+ hours of virtual work experience with the Institute of Chemical Engineers on SpringPod. Completed real-world engineering assignments and gained employable skills in chemical and process engineering. Completed modules on Clean Energy, Food and Drink, Safe Drinking Water and Pharmaceuticals.
• Volunteer at a play based organisation
  • Spent 60 hours in a team of 5 to create a critical thinking and collaborative game for children. Played firsthand with 2nd graders in municipality schools to understand their play needs.

1. Teacher recs: nothing extraordinary, i switched schools beggin beginning 11th so they don’t know me as well as i’d like.

Chemistry IB: 8/10

Math ib: 7/10

Colleges

Princeton — shot in the dark ik

Purdue

GeorgiaTech

WashU StLouis

USC

Babson

Duke

Case Western

Wake Forest

UMD college park

NUS/NTU

Cambridge

hii, talaria was supposed to reach out to selected individuals on march 1st about interviews. has anyone heard back from them?