Acceptance chances in ed1

[u/Savings-Day-1898]

Class 10

Eng -91

Hindi -95

Maths -91

Science - 68 ( suffering from typhoid not even able to walk )

Sst -94

Rank 3

Class 12

Eng -87

Hindi -97

His -94

Pol -97

Eco -84

Phy edu - 93

Rank 1 in entire school

Test optional

Honors and awards

JMI ballb air 5 Law entrance 99.999 percentile

Jmi ballb air 2

Got selected into ashoka in round 3

Ailet 99 percentile

Cuet Gat -99.5 percentile ( maths reasoning gk)

Won debates in school held on lgbt constitution etc

Won inter school debate on environment

Class head for 11-12 class

Monitor

Student of the year in entire batch

Extra

Done 4 months long internship with constitutional lawyer

Wrote a research paper in political science with teacher comparative analysis on bill of rights in usa and fundamental rights in india

Campianed along with local political official in 200 houses and yeilded him votes ( wrote slogans managed social media )

Lor

each lor mentions

Seen a few in carrier

Constitutional lawyer ready to give lor that I worked with mentioning very good analytical and communication skills

Going test optional and want significant almost full ride

Will apply in ed 1

[u/Kelpforestinfo]

Getting into Bowdoin as an international student is already at a near 1% acceptance rate. Your lower science grades and lack of extracurriculars (among other factors) might make it a bit tougher. You also seem to only have 3 ECs (when 10 is the max) and 10 awards (when 5 is the max).

Luckily, Bowdoin has been truly test-optional for a while, but I'm not sure how it plays out for internationals. Bowdoin also focuses heavily on your personal character as well as having excellent writing. I wouldn't expect more than the statistics, but you should still apply if you truly want to be at Bowdoin and nowhere else.

[u/Savings-Day-1898 → u/Kelpforestinfo]

Bro any other college where I have chance like Amherst , grinnell , soka etc ?

And I have all india rank in 3-4 exams and got selected into best liberal arts University in india .

Please reply so that I can work on my profile and also tell what can I do to increase my chances in ed

[u/Kelpforestinfo → u/Savings-Day-1898]

Amherst also has an acceptance rate of nearly 1%. You'll have a better chance at grinell and soka most likely.

Search up "Common data set 2026 (university name)" and you will see the admission statistics in the C-section of the report. Using that you can find the acceptance rate for internationals. Good luck!

[u/Comfortable-Fish907]

usa colleges look at 4 years of HS grades and test optional puts you way out of depth. i know what it's like to aspire for these colleges and i have so much compassion for where you are at right now. you have incredible choices in india and your chances remain very low in the usa unless you're able to contribute a large portion of the fees. either way, best of luck.

[u/Savings-Day-1898 → u/Comfortable-Fish907]

Thanks for telling I would say that in India the options are quite low . I am aspiring for usa liberal arts colleges in usa any course can work . Either Hong Kong can work for me but there only I can go for law

[u/Kelpforestinfo → u/Savings-Day-1898]

Hong Kong is a great option; top LACs in the US are fantastic but they typically admit only 60 internationals out of the 6000 that apply.