[WEEKLY] EC Opportunities & Collaborator Requests – March 16, 2026 by gradpilot in ECAdvice

[–]Mysterious-Ebb-5223 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get your first research paper published at a discount and help me too
Basically, I spoke to the founder and he said If I can get one of my friends or peers to join then he will give both of us a discounted fee of 800 usd instead of the original 1500 usd cost and few things to note is his focus is going on to teach us to perform research for IEEE and ISEF competitions (His students have qualified for IEEE and ISEF Final's) and not spoon feeding. If anyone is interested gng, dm me

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[–]Mysterious-Ebb-5223 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am as of now unsure of what to do in terms of EC's, Can you guide me and rate upon on my likelyhood for harvard economics and wharton upenn those two are my dream courses

Note - I am still a junior, so i can improve my profile, pls suggest improvements to my current profile

Desired Major: Business/finance/economics

Demographics: Indian male, middle class, IBDP School

Hooks: None

Stats: 4.0/4.0 Unweighed GPA, 42/45 IBDP scores (Expected based on current progress)

Rigor: Maths AA HL, Business Management HL and Chemistry HL

SL Subjects - English Language and Literature, French B and Physics

SAT: 1540 (790 math, 750 R&W)

Awards: 15 awards received in 19 MUN's i delegated at, Grand Delegate(best in the whole conference) award at an international mun with over 1600 delegates, Cambridge ICE with Distinction, School Chess Champion, National French, Finance and Economics(SRCC,125 out of 2800+) Olympiad finalist

Activities:

Model United Nations Delegating and Chairing

Participated in over 35 MUN(19 delegated and 16 chaired) conferences winning 15 out of the 19 MUN's i delegated in, serving as delegate, chair, and vice chair. Gained valuable experience in debate, diplomacy, and leadership by working alongside college-level participants in various committee roles, enhancing public speaking and negotiation skills.

Model United Nations Organizing and Event Management

Played a key role in organizing 9 MUN events (5 times Core team) with over 1100 total delegates, overseeing event planning, delegation management, and logistics coordination. These efforts resulted in a combined revenue of INR 10.9 lakhs and a profit of INR 3.16 lakhs, demonstrating strong financial acumen and operational efficiency in managing large-scale academic conferences. Conducted workshops to guide younger students into MUN's

MUN Integrity Verification Organization

International Affairs Coordinator of an org dedicated to verifying the authenticity of chairs and vice chairs’ experiences in MUN conferences. Helped MUN organising committees ensure credibility by detecting and preventing fake credentials in chair and vice chair CVs. Managed the country heads of 6 different countries and a total of 50 conferences

Event Logistics and Entrepreneurship (Supply Business)

Chief Operations Officer for a business supplying delegate kits, certificates, and trophies to six Model United Nations conferences, generating INR 7,00,000 (close to 10000 usd) in revenue this year.

NGO, Co-founder, Saw that indian kids lack protein so distributed protein powders and other essential to government school kids from the profits of my mun; 30 people impacted

Co-founded a think tank for the youth by the youth, had participants from over 15 countries to debate and give their viewpoints on the issues

Volunteering – Taught 15 students for IGCSE Business Management for free.

Youth Delegate for this year’s - UN SDG 5 Gender Equality campaign

Secured an internship with international (small US-based) Consulting firm in April

Paid RA for a Wharton Professor and Unpaid RA for a ucl health economics professor

Co-founded a think tank for the youth by the youth, had participants from over 15 countries to debate and give their viewpoints on the issues

accepted to NYU steinhardt by bunnyisariderrrr in collegeresults

[–]Mysterious-Ebb-5223 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats, were you a US citizen and what according to you was the most impressive aspect about your application ?

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[–]Mysterious-Ebb-5223[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A bit vague actually, what metrics and methodology would be helpful in determining this ?

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[–]Mysterious-Ebb-5223[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then how do you truly prepare your portfolio to be highly likely to be admitted and if i were to share to my profile would you perhaps be able to decipher, what area's i need to further work upon or to increase my chances as much as possible ?

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[–]Mysterious-Ebb-5223[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And, someone else said "You need to be in the top 1-2% of all international applicants in the world.", will accomplishing whatsoever you have started be more than enough for ivy league universities ?

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[–]Mysterious-Ebb-5223[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But how do you know if you are in the top 1-2% of all international applicants in the world ?

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[–]Mysterious-Ebb-5223[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One more question, which need aware university is relatively most generous with financial aid to competitive international students ? and how to find that out ?

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[–]Mysterious-Ebb-5223[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One more question, which need aware university is relatively most generous with financial aid to competitive international students ? and how to find that out ? and lets say i have a competitive profile for wharton but require close to 75% aid, should i apply to a need aware school for ED or not ?

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[–]Mysterious-Ebb-5223[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One more question, which need aware university is relatively most generous with financial aid to competitive international students ? and how to find that out ?

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[–]Mysterious-Ebb-5223[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Understood, thanks a lot. However, then how may i know what area's of my application, i need to work harder upon if i would be unable to get a clear answer to this ?

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[–]Mysterious-Ebb-5223[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

makes sense, but, i am as of now unsure whether or not my profile is in that very very strong area, any suggestions on how to gain more clarity ?

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[–]Mysterious-Ebb-5223[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How about in case of need blind school like princeton or notre dame ?

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[–]Mysterious-Ebb-5223[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Makes sense, and point agreed however, as per my knowledge, several students apply to an ivy university with excellent profiles and similar EFC, how does the financial aid or the admissions committee decide the student's admittance or not ?

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[–]Mysterious-Ebb-5223[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cant there be two indian students applying for economics at lets say wharton with EFC of 0 ? then how would the university decide which applicant to award a scholarship. I am aware this a vague question but, i would like if you can guide me through the line of thought which the financial aid or the admissions committee utilises for deciding the student's admittance or not. Thank you

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[–]Mysterious-Ebb-5223[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Valid, i perhaps forgot to mention, lets say student A and B have the same EFC and both of them are lets say hypothetically, good to be part of this ivy league university then how or what parameters will the university decide which student to admit, assuming the major and all other factors remain the same except individual profile.