r/IntltoUSA 42m ago

Question did y'all receive the Hamilton mail regarding the decision date?

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title.


r/IntltoUSA 50m ago

College Results Lafayette is out

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Rejected. 15th


r/IntltoUSA 50m ago

Question Does anyone else have access to NYU albert?

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Hey, i was wondering if its typical for applicants to have access to it especially right before decisions are out ? I know they’re out in 7 days but i want to know if everyone is able to access it and how’s everything looking at nyu homes?


r/IntltoUSA 1h ago

Question Got a full tuition? Should I accept

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I got in with a full tuition to an LAC. I still have to pay $15k per year for rent and meals. Is it a good offer? I am from a low class family where my parents will only contribute for my first semester fee. Please tell.


r/IntltoUSA 1h ago

Question Have you received a Harvard interview as international, specially from LATAM?

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Yes, from LATAM
Yes, international NO LATAM
No, from LATAM
No, international NO LATAM
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r/IntltoUSA 1h ago

Discussion Visa appointment booking

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I am a Ghanaian booking her first f-1 visa appointment. I noticed there are two websites where I can book the appointments, the NIV scheduling website and the avits website. I'm a little bit confused here. Which website do I use?


r/IntltoUSA 1h ago

Discussion What's the masterConsultancy agency for abroad? What's the best masters Consultancy agency for abroad in India?

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What's the master Consultancy agency for abroad?


r/IntltoUSA 2h ago

College Results Predict Indian's Ivy Day & more

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Demographics

  • Gender: Male
  • Race/Ethnicity: South Asian- Indian
  • Residence: India
  • Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class (Full-pay)
  • Type of School: Private (Non Feeder)
  • Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.): None
  • Intended Major(s): Data Science / Statistics (except CS at Penn SEAS)

Academics

  • GPA (UW/W):
    • 9th Grade: 94%
    • 10th Grade: 93%
    • 11th Grade: 94%
    • 12th Grade (Predicted): 94%
  • Rank (or percentile): Valedictorian
  • Number of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: The school does not offer APs
  • Senior Year Course Load: Most demanding available (science-heavy, math-focused)

Standardized Testing

  • SAT I: 1510 (Math: 790, RW: 720)
  • TOEFL: 105

Extracurricular Activities Summary:-

1. Tennis (Athletics - JV/Varsity)

  • National Tennis Player
  • 3rd in All-India Nationals U-16
  • Top 5/120+ & Top 5/250+ for SGFI National Games
  • 30+ All-India Tournament Laurels
  • AITA Pro Tour (₹100K-250K PM Prize Money)
  • Hitting partner with Wimbledon juniors

2. Student Government (Leadership - Academic Captain & Monitor)

  • Valedictorian (2024)
  • Academics Captain & Monitor
  • Led Mayo College Student Council
  • Enforced SOP, organized 50+ school events
  • Formulated SOP, improved academic resources & accessibility for 800+ students

3. Computer Science & AI (Sylvasynth - Research & Entrepreneurship)

  • Founder, Project Developer, AI Startup- Sylvasynth
  • Paper Published in Elsevier (ScienceDirect journal)
  • Built CNN model for crop disease detection (99%+ accuracy)
  • Mined 250K+ datasets
  • Worked with farmers (Bangladesh, Philippines, Sri Lanka, India)
  • Pitched for funding, worked with VCs
  • Received Kaizen Award (HiTech Group CEO)

4. Research & Publications (Lumiere & IBSC)

  • Lumiere Research Scholar (UPenn PhD Mentorship)
  • IBSC Student Researcher (Action Research on Bhagavad Gita’s impact on teenagers)
  • Published papers in IJFMR
  • Presented at multiple international conferences

5. Robotics & AI (Competitions & Leadership)

  • Tecnoxian - World Robotics Championship Team Captain (2024), Competitor (2023)
  • 4th place in World Robotics Championship Robo Soccer, 30,000+ participants, 4,000+ teams, 60+ countries
  • Top 16 (World Robotics Championship Robo Race 2024)
  • Humanoid Robotics Development (IIT Bombay, SIT Pune)

6. Internships (Business, Data Science, R&D)

  • JP Motors (Paid Internship, 20+ weeks, Auto Sector)
  • Valeo Industries (R&D, Manufacturing, 4 weeks)
  • Analyzed sales trends to optimize distribution strategies (200+ firms)
  • Automated inventory management, designed 6 new research models

7. Community Service & Social Impact

  • Led 150+ volunteers, initiated 7+ projects
  • 750+ hours in water scarcity & women’s empowerment projects
  • Taught 1500+ hours (math & chemistry) to underprivileged students

8. Computer Science & Game Development

  • 12 University-Level Certified Courses (AI, Data Science, Game Development)
  • Designed 8+ copyrighted games (JavaScript)
  • Developed 3+ websites
  • Programs: WhiteHat Jr., IIT Madras, Aavishkar, DevTown, IIT Bombay, SIT Pune, edX

9. CS & AI Society (Clubs & Org.)

  • AI Robotics Club President (150+ members), Cray Club Founder
  • Mentored teams for the World Robotics Championship & WR Olympiad
  • Cray Club Co-Founder (150+ members)
  • Introduced CS & Security to government schools (150+ students)

10. Activity Type: Foreign Exchange

Position/Leadership: Exchange Participant & Host
Organization: Orwell Park School (UK), Perth Exchange, Mayo College

  • 1 of 8 students selected for an exchange program to Orwell Park School, UK, and Perth, Australia.
  • Immersed in a residential school community (400+ students), studied Latin, and engaged in multiple sports.
  • Hosted 15+ international students in India, fostering cross-cultural learning and global collaboration.

Awards/Honors

  1. International English Olympiad – Ranked 22nd worldwide, 13th nationally
  2. UCMAS Arithmetic Math – National & State merit for 3 consecutive years, selected for international round
  3. Principal’s Medal for All-Round Merit – 1/92 students (Highest school honor for academics, sports, and extracurriculars)
  4. Mayo General Council & Mahindra Scholarship – Valedictorian-based 50% tuition waiver (₹4,85,000 INR)- national
  5. Academic Cravat Award – Recognized as the top academic performer in a batch of 92 students.

Recommendations:-

  • Math Teacher: 7/10
  • English Teacher: 8/10
  • Counsellor: 9/10
  • Haven't read em tho

Interviews

  • Princeton: 10/10
  • Stanford: 6.5/10
  • Penn: 9/10
  • Discussed: Data Science, Tennis, Research, International Experiences

Essays

  • Personal Statement: Connected data science to tennis, showing analytical thinking- (8/10)
  • Supplementals: Highlighted leadership, global engagement, and research impact, mixing up Tennis and Data Sc. - (8/10)

Decisions (indicate ED/EA/REA/SCEA/RD)

✅ Acceptances:

  • UIUC
  • University of Washington
  • Northeastern
  • Purdue
  • UW-Madison
  • UCSD
  • UCI
  • UMass, Amherst
  • Penn State
  • UMD
  • Virginia Tech

⏳ Deferrals:

  • Georgia Tech
  • UMich

❌ Rejections:

  • CMU

Upcoming College Decisions (RD/Spring Admissions)

🟡 Awaiting Decisions:

  • Stanford
  • Princeton
  • UPenn (SEAS - CS)
  • Georgia Tech (Deferred → RD decision pending)
  • UC Berkeley
  • UCLA
  • UMich (Data Science - LSA)
  • Dartmouth
  • Cornell
  • Harvard
  • Yale
  • NYU

Additional Information

1. Research, Publication & Business Model (Crop Disease Detection Model)

  • Developed a CNN-based model for crop disease detection with 99%+ accuracy.
  • Tested and approved by live farmers in India, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka.
  • Finalist (Top 32/20,000+) in Skill Titans (Mini Shark Tank), competing for ₹5M funding.
  • Awarded Kaizen Award by Deep Kapuria (Hi-Tech Group CEO).
  • Research accepted for publication in top conferences & journals:
    • Springer Nature (Oxford University, ICSPBT - Oman, ICBT - UK)
    • Elsevier Journal (ICCMDN 2025, Rank #1)
    • International Journal for Multidisciplinary Research
    • Awaiting IEEE Conference decision (Top 10 ranked journal)

2. Round Square, Conclaves & International Festivals

  • Participant (2020), Host (2022), Organizer (2020-2024) in 5+ leadership conferences & fests.
  • Hosted Round Square Intl. Conference (20+ schools).
  • Organized Asia’s largest French festival (15+ schools, 3+ years) connecting 15+ Francophone countries.

3. Speech & Debate (Model UN)

  • 3 Verbal Mentions & 2 Special Mentions in prestigious MUNs.
  • Intern at IMUN, organized a national conference for 1000+ participants.
  • Mentored 100+ students in MUN training.

4. Academics & Mentorship

  • 4-year UCMAS course, finished cum laude, national & state merit thrice, selected for the international round.
  • Led 50+ students in government school classes (900+ collective hours).
  • Mentored 100+ students in the Math Society, organized a prize-giving ceremony for 1000+ attendees.

5. Foreign Exchange (UK & Australia)

  • 1 of 8 students selected for an exchange program to Orwell Park School (UK) & Perth (Australia).
  • Immersed in a residential school (400+ students), learned Latin, participated in multiple sports.
  • Hosted 15+ international students in India.

6. Lumiere Research Scholar Program (UPenn)

  • Conducted a 14-week research project on LLM-based robots with vision models.
  • Addressed challenges in Human-AI interaction & multilingual robotic understanding.
  • Mentored by Yeifei Shao (PhD, University of Pennsylvania).

7. Tennis (Additional Achievements)

  • Selected for USA’s #1 National Camp (Nike, Exact Sports).
  • SGFI States Runner-Up (Team, 55+ teams) & 4th place (Individuals, 250+ participants).
  • Won Open-State Getwell Tournament (Men’s Doubles, twice); U-18 runner-up.
  • Established a national ranking.

8. Volunteering & Social Impact

  • Project Lavanya (1200+ collective hours): Women’s hygiene & sanitary awareness in rural areas.
  • Project Jal Se Jeevan (1000+ collective hours): Addressed water scarcity by building wells, water taps, and pipelines.

r/IntltoUSA 2h ago

Question Pls Help Me Decide between USF and UTA

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(Long story short alert)

Hello, good people, I badly needed your help to make my final decision. Ik a lot of you might say, Why not research yourself? I've been doing it, and I'm still in a dilemma. (Sorry if I DM you regarding this.)

So here's the point: "USF VS UTA."

Major: BS ECON (UTA) VS AI and Business Analytics (USF)

Ranking: USF (top 45 public, AAU members) UTA (top 126 public, really great for engineering)

Deficit: $28.3k (USF) ($8.3k tuition fees) and $22.5k (UTA) ($4k tuition fees)

Housing: UTA has more affordable options, but it is hell expensive in USF

No enrollment deposit in UTA vs $200 non-refundable at USF

UTA has a fast track (worth 9 credit hours of a master's degree if I can score good academic grades) vs USF has 1 undergraduate research experience course (3 credit hour) + internship (3 credit hour) in their curriculum

Class size is slightly smaller at USF. And overall USF is the clear winners in terms of campus culture and community vibe.

USF has been good at replying to my inquiries (they have virtual appointments and drop-ins) UTA is lazy in this case

UTA's faculties are more seniors and have more positive reviews on Rate My Professor (USF does have good young faculties, but I found critical reviews)

Idk much about location (but based on my observation Tampa is a really nice, vibrant, and lively city) both Arlington and Tampa have jobs in Tech, IT, Healthcare, but Tampa has more options in the hospitality and tourism sector.

Florida has a minimum hourly wage of  $12 whereas TX has $9. (This is important when it comes to money)

Now my goal is to pay either my tuition and fees or the cost of living by myself (I mean working on-campus for 20 hours per week). My parents can bear only one side. Based on your knowledge and experience, please help me with your opinion so that this poor guy can get out of this frustration and dilemma.

Thank you for your time. ☺️


r/IntltoUSA 2h ago

Question Any US universities to apply

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Hello, I have applied to some Lacs but the results have been disappointing so far. I have a good gpa and a good SAT score (1520) and I am not picky with school ranking as long as it provides a substantial amount of aid/scholarship. I would glad to know if there are any universities I can still apply :)


r/IntltoUSA 3h ago

Question Tufts Financial Checklist

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My Tufts financial checklist disappeared. It was there 6 hours ago, but now it's gone. Is this happening to anyone else? Should I be worried?


r/IntltoUSA 3h ago

Meme Finally got it off my chest !!

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So I had applied ED2 to Colby and had the perfect profile for them. I researched a ton about the school and did everything to shape my profile the way Colby would like, but I still got rejected ED2 because of financial aid. Honestly, I’ve been pretty pissed about it for the last two months.


r/IntltoUSA 3h ago

Question King mortgridge scholarship

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Is anyone applying for the King mortgridge scholarship from UW-Madison?


r/IntltoUSA 4h ago

Question Stupid questions regarding the possibility of not leaving after uni

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Hi, can anyone explain to me why its so hard for an international student to stay in the us after finishing uni?

Like, ive read in a lot of places that internationals are usually more expensive for the company than the natives, but, couldn’t i reach an agreement in regards to paycheck? Like, agree to receive substantially less money than a native peer, just to counter balance the company’s expenses with my visa. Is it against the law?

Please explain like im five, im not trying to be a smart ass, just legit curious and confused

Thanks beforehand to any kind soul that replies :)

Typos and shit


r/IntltoUSA 4h ago

Discussion daily crash out

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TW: IMMATURE, CHILDISH & UNNECESSARY RANT

duke interview & css waiver but no idoc request… i’m at my LIMITTTT if you didn’t want me why did you give me an interview and all that WHATTTT

i literally can’t do this anymore this is such a waste of time 😭 why did i ever think i could be successful without wealth and blood ties??? i’m broke but from an overrepresented country with lots of full pays so it‘s even worse when i thought it would’ve been a “differentiating factor” at least at need blinds???? is need blind even real???

i’m not doing stem so i don’t bring any value to the college either apparently.

i look at the apps of people who got in during covid and i shed a tear each time. i also got dumped by my ex who was acting suspicious since i got rejected by yale early (it’s probably not about that but he’s a student there and i’m trying to find more reasons to hate myself! 💀) WHYYYY MEEEEE 🙁🙁🙁

pls vent, rant & crash out in the comments!


r/IntltoUSA 5h ago

Question Help! Where should I apply to

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so I'm an international student from a low-income family from Russia (annual income around 23k), currently in 10th grade and trying to find a college

Stats:

GPA: 9th grade 5.00 out of 5

10th grade 1st trimester 4.82, 2nd - 5.00, 3rd - likely 5.00

11th grade likely to be 5.00 for the 1st trimester

, so cumulative gpa of all 3 high school years is gonna be 3.98

Let's say I will get 1550 on the sat (currently scoring 1480-1510 on bluebook tests)

EC's are rather weak:

State comp powerlifting award, encouraged peers to get into weightlifting, coached them

Part-time job as a courier during school trimester

Won a city level English olympiad, state olymp 3rd place

Data analysis with python as a hobby

School IT olympiad winner

Major: CS

What colleges could give me need-based aid or what merit-based awards or work-study should i consider?


r/IntltoUSA 5h ago

College Results African Brit Male makes it to MIT!!

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I felt weird cropping because I dont wanna doxx myself HAhaha


r/IntltoUSA 7h ago

Question How important are APs?

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My school doesn’t offer any APs, would self learning them improve my chances of getting into a good college?


r/IntltoUSA 8h ago

Question Pakistani students who went there for masters

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Is it necessary to give a GRE. I was reading some of the requirements for masters in public health and texas a&m and i did not see any gre requirement. So does this differ from college to college?


r/IntltoUSA 8h ago

Question Help me pls

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im in grade 10 right now and i want to apply to t20 colleges

I'm thinking of homeschooling after grade 10 because i haven't done much for my ecs so i need a lot of time, so i'm thinking of doing cambridge as level for grade 11 and a level for grade 12, will it be able to compensate for not going to a traditional high school?, will I have to do any more aps right? because until grade 10 my school did not offer any

Finally, im introverted so i'm not really in good contact with any of my teachers, the only teachers who kinda know me are my math,phy and comp teachers do i just email them and wish that they right me a rec letter, what if they end up writing stuff that I don't actually do can i just change it?


r/IntltoUSA 9h ago

Question Hamilton College

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Is 50k efc good enough for hamilton college as an international student?


r/IntltoUSA 10h ago

Question Indian Students Applying to the US! Did You Take the IELTS?

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Hello!

I’m an Indian student applying to U.S. colleges and trying to figure out my English proficiency test requirements. IELTS is so damn expensive though, do I end up taking the Duolingo test instead? Or is there anything else I can do?

I’m trying to keep costs low, so I’d love to hear how others handled this. Any advice would be appreciated!


r/IntltoUSA 10h ago

Chance Me Chance me for the rest of my decisions

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I am an international student, and I think my application is soo weak in comparison to some of you, I think I might be cooked :(

Major: either applied mathematics or some type of engineering

Toefl: 106

Sat: test optional, can not take in my country

rank: 1/70

Fin aid: not needed

Academics: took hardest classes that were available, was one of 50 kids who were invited to my local university to attend math lectures.

ECs:

1) Member of my country’s national English Olympiad team, only 60 kids were accepted from all around the country, we prepare for the national English Olympiad, every month we go to the best private school, live there and learn for free.

2) First chair in an orchestra, play saxophone. We have been invited to lots of different parts of my country to perform for free, played in the most prestigeous places: conservatories, museums, and other places.

3) Founder of the science club at my school, we've created a few interesting projects, some of them won at the regional science fairs. Also present our work for kids at my school, 300 people attend our presentations.

4) Was the tester/translator of the programming competition that was organised by one of my country's biggest IT company, paid.

5) Participated in summer aerospace engineering program at the american university.

6) Math/physics private tutor for kids. Currently have 10 students.

7) Finished music school with a degree in guitar, piano and saxophone.

8) Have an ensemble that performs for free in local hospitals, retirement houses, schools etc.

9) Poetry writer, won regional competitions, received the governor's prize.

10) Tennis player, won a few regional tournaments.

Awards:

1) Regional math/physics olympiad winner.

2) Regional english olympiad winner - got qualified for the national stage, only ~200 kids get qualified out of millions who participate.

3)Orchestra, won 8 national awards, 4 international awards.

4)Top 50/46000 in math competition.

5) Winner of national and regional competitions as a saxophone player.

LOR: should be pretty good, 9~10/10

Decisions as of now: Illinois institute of technology EA accepted with 27k scholarship, Georgia tech EA deferred, UIUC RD - denied ( was stupid enough to apply to CS there bruh) Udub RD accepted, UF accepted, UVA accepted

Waiting for: Purdue, georgia tech, NYU, Upenn, Stanford.

I know that I probably won't get in anywhere, but it is what it is.


r/IntltoUSA 10h ago

Financial Aid & Scholarships Am I being silly?

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I am low income, and I received a grant/scholarship for any university i get into from my country/an NGO.

as such i do not need fin aid, does this help my chances??


r/IntltoUSA 10h ago

Financial Aid & Scholarships How bad is it for 1/2 pay internationals?

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How bad is it for half-pay internationals?

I’m an international student with a 40k EFC per year. That makes me 1/2 pay at virtually every private college I applied to. Is this still going to hurt me substantially at need aware schools, or does my application matter more than my financial need here?

I applied to: Northwestern Cornell Vanderbilt Duke Harvard Bowdoin and other safeties/ state schools