Bhatia, Kunal

FY RD Fall 2020 04/18/2002 CEEB: CAID: 24545045

FERPA: Waived

Profile
Personal Information
Name Bhatia, Kunal
Sex, Birthdate Male, 04/18/2002

Contact Details
Email, Phone kunal18042002@gmail.com, +91.8800175377, Mobile, +91.9810298345, Mobile

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Permanent BD-76 JANAKPURI NEW DELHI - 110058 NEW DELHI, Delhi, 11058, IND
Address

Demographics
Military Status
Hispanic or Latino
Race
None
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Asian (India)
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Language
English Speak, Read, Write, Spoken at Home
Hindi First Language, Speak, Read, Write, Spoken at Home

Geography & Citizenship

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Citizenship Status Other (Non-US)

Birthplace New Delhi, India (0 Years US, 17 Years Non-US)
Other Citizenships India
Current US Visa B-2 Tourist, L9280557 Issued: 05/12/2017
Intended US Visa F-1 Student

CA Fee Waiver
Fee Waiver No
Requested

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Family
Household
Parents Married
Home Both Parents

Parent 1
Mother
Name Mrs. Deepa Bhatia (Bajaj)
Birthplace India
Email, Phone kunal18042002@gmail.com, +91.9910443103, Mobile

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Address the same as my home address
Occupation Other, Counsellor, Unemployed
Education Graduated from college/university
Bachelors (1999), Correspondence, IND

Parent 2
Father
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Name Mr. Deepak Bhatia Sr.
Birthplace India
Email, Phone bhatiadeepak4u@gmail.com, +91.8800175377, Mobile
Address the same as my home address
Occupation Writer or journalist, Employed, Chief General Manager, Anand Sankeshwar
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Education Graduated from college/university

Bachelors (1990), Govt. School, IND

Bachelors (1993), Delhi University, IND

Siblings
1. Shaurya Bhatia, Age 10, Brother, Some grade/primary school

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Education
Current or Most Recent Secondary School
Delhi Public School dwarka, Delhi Public School, Dwarka, Sector 3, New Delhi, Delhi,
IND, Public (04/2006 - 05/2020)
Counselor Hema Joshi, Counsellor
Progression No change in progression
Graduation Date 05/2020

Colleges & Universities

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Grades
Rank na / 324

Current or Most Recent Year Courses

First Semester
English - (REG)

Maths - (REG)
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Second Semester
English - (REG)

Maths - (REG)
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Physics` - (REG) Physics` - (REG)

Chemistry - (REG) Chemistry - (REG)

Computer Science - (REG) Computer Science - (REG)

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Honors
First prize in swimming State/Regional 9, 10

Future Plans
Computer programmer or analyst, Masters

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Testing
SAT (March 2016 or after)
Evidence-based 530 12/07/2019
Reading and
Writing
Math 680 12/07/2019
Essay 13 12/07/2019
Taken 1
Planned 0
SAT Essay Yes

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Leaving Exams
Yes, Taken 0

IELTS
Listening
Reading
Writing
8
6.5
6.5
11/12/2019
11/12/2019
11/12/2019
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Speaking 7 11/12/2019
Overall 7 11/12/2019
Taken 1
Planned 0
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Activities
Internship
12 Summer Intern, Femme First Foundation
Break Interned at a non-profit organisation that promotes equality for women in India.
15 hr/wk, 6 wk/yr Designed logos, websites and interfaces for this organisation.

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Other Club/Activity
12 Tech Head at IONSTA ~ Chemistry Club
Year Made and Designed website, logos, and certificates for this club and Managed

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10 hr/wk, 17 wk/yr the Annual Inter School event

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Other Club/Activity
9, 10, 11, 12
Year
15 hr/wk, 24 wk/yr
Member at C.O.R.E IE
C.O.R.E.is the official computer club of DPS Dwarka. I have made websites,
created illustrations and represented my school at various events via this.
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Foreign Exchange
10 Student
Break Completed Astronaut training experience based at the Kennedy Space Center,
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100 hr/wk, 4 wk/yr Florida at NASA during 2017 summers. Represented my school at NASA

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Computer/Technology
11, 12 Open source contributor at Google-Code-in
School Successfully contributed to open source platform at SCoRe Lab completing 41
28 hr/wk, 9 wk/yr tasks at Google-CodeIn 2018 and coming top 10 Internationally in SCoReLab.

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Computer/Technology

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10, 11 Project => Algo.api
School Algo.api is an extensive library of Algorithms and Data structures. Won 1st prize
20 hr/wk, 8 wk/yr at tech symposium for Idea pitching held at Mount Carmel School

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Computer/Technology
12 Project ~ Tabú
Break Top 10 in Esya, Annual techfest at IIITD@Design360/Hackathon. Led my own
15 hr/wk, 4 wk/yr team.

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Computer/Technology
11 Project - Cybus
School Won 3rd Prize at IdeaPitching which is an AI operated app that suggests you
10 hr/wk, 3 wk/yr
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what to make and provides you with the recipe based on your ingredients

Community Service (Volunteer)

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9, 10, 11, 12 Member
School Volunteer at Fit India Plog run tributing Mahatma Gandhi and promoting
4 hr/wk, 2 wk/yr cleanliness around us i.e. picking up garbage.

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Other Club/Activity
12 Leader of my team at cryptic hunt IIIT Delhi
School Won 1st Prize for cryptic hunt at National Annual tech symposium of IIIT Delhi
16 hr/wk, 4 wk/yr where we had to find clues all over our city.

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Writing
Personal Essay
The lessons we take from obstacles we encounter can be fundamental to later success. Recount a time
when you faced a challenge, setback, or failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the
experience?
As I sat waiting for my recess to commence, my English teacher popped open the

classroom door and called me outside. She wanted to know if I would agree to

being cast in a play. I said Yes before she could even bat an eyelid. The onset of

puberty had given me the gift of a throaty voice, and thus, my teachers were

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forever willing to give me the stage.

As a child, I had stage fright. I dreaded public speaking. Even though I was

academically sound, my fear of large groups and anxious nature, kept me away

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from all kinds of classroom activities and discussions. During middle school, this

fear transitioned into an intense phobia. I experienced my first panic attack while
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standing on stage, trying to fight my fear of public speaking.

When the opportunity to become part of a play presented itself to me, my first

thought was: I couldn't do it. However, I didn't want to go through life, defeated by
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fear. I, thus, without thinking much said yes. We had only a week to prepare

ourselves, and our team was up against six other teams who had been practising for

over a month. We decided to go with Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing.' I

was playing Claudio, a young emotional jock. As we began practice, I realized not

only was I a bad actor, but I also kept forgetting my lines. Early modern English is

tough. I stayed up all night every day of the week and repeatedly rehearsed every

dialogue until I could say every dialogue even while sleeping.

The day of the competition arrived, and I was nervous, anxious, and sweaty. I

wanted to quit, but something inside me kept me going. We were the last to

perform, and as soon as I walked to the stage, the nervousness began to crawl back

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in. I started saying my dialogues but kept forgetting them midway. I persisted for a

few minutes, but then I blanked out. An eerie silence filled the room for twenty

seconds and was broken by my partner, who finished my dialogue and ended the

scene.

When I climbed down from the stage, I felt terrible. The fact that I had forgotten

my lines troubled me far less than the fact that I was the person who messed it up

for others. My father, later, made me feel better about who I was when he made me

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realize that even in my worst moment, I was thinking of others and not me. We did

not win, but I realized every experience in life is precious. The experience made

me realize that nothing, ever, goes to waste. Even when we are talking or listening,

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our mind grows and accumulates information. Whatever we do adds to the way we

grow. The pace of growth may vary from person to person, but the act of growing

itself is the same for all.

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After the play, I decided to do whatever it took to overcome my fears. I began

actively participating in school competitions. I forgot my dialogues again several

times, and then one day, I didn't. The day I didn't forget my dialogues, I overcame

my fear. My struggles, albeit small, proved to me the that most important

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relationship I have is the one I share with myself. They also taught me to approach

people with a kind heart when they are dealing with a difficult situation. Forgetting

my dialogues on stage taught me that it is vital to live every day with courage,

confidence, authenticity, vulnerability and joy.

Additional Information
I have done various courses online and here are some of the courses I have completed

IBM - Python for Data Science

Johns Hopkins University - Single page Web Application with AngularJS

Google Analytics

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Udemy - Adobe Illustrator

Udemy - Web Development

Udemy - React with Redux

Here is my linkedin profile

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kunal-bhatia-970223189/

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Education Progression
Education progression details
No change in progression

Disciplinary Information
Have you ever been found responsible for a disciplinary violation at any educational institution you have
attended from the 9th grade (or the international equivalent) forward, whether related to academic
misconduct or behavioral misconduct, that resulted in a disciplinary action?
No

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Courses & Grades
Grade 9
Delhi Public School dwarka, Delhi Public School, Dwarka, Sector 3, New Delhi, Delhi,
IND, Public
School Year 2016-17
Schedule Yearly
Grades (1-10) Credits
Subject Course Name Level -- -- -- -- Final -- -- -- -- Final
MATH Mathematics REG 7 N/A
ENG English REG 8 N/A
HIST Social Science REG 8 N/A

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SCI Science REG 7 N/A
OTH/ELE Hindi REG 7 N/A

Grade 10

IND, Public
School Year 2017-18
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Delhi Public School dwarka, Delhi Public School, Dwarka, Sector 3, New Delhi, Delhi,
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Schedule Yearly
Grades (1-100) Credits
Subject Course Name Level -- -- -- -- Final -- -- -- -- Final
MATH Mathematics ACC 89 N/A
SCI Science ACC 76 N/A
HIST Social Science ACC 86 N/A
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ENG English ACC 82 N/A

OTH/ELE Hindi ACC 83 83

Grade 11
Delhi Public School dwarka, Delhi Public School, Dwarka, Sector 3, New Delhi, Delhi,
IND, Public
School Year 2018-19
Schedule Yearly
Grades (1-100) Credits
Subject Course Name Level -- -- -- -- Final -- -- -- -- Final
MATH Mathematics ADV 64 N/A
PHYS Physics ADV 71 N/A
CHEM Chemistry ADV 68 N/A
COMPSCI Computer Science ADV 70 N/A
ENG English ADV 62 N/A

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Grade 12
No courses reported.

Other Courses
No courses reported.

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Purdue University Questions
General
Entry Term Fall 2020
Round Regular Decision
Do you intend to Yes
pursue merit-based
scholarships?
Purdue Fee Waiver I do not qualify for any of these options
US Military N/A
Honorable
Discharge?

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Scholarship, Yes
award, or prize
Do you have a No
parent who lives in
Indiana who
provides financial
support?

Academics
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College, School, or College of Science
Program
Campus Main Campus - West Lafayette
Major/Program of Computer Science
Study-First Choice
If we cannot admit I do not want to select a second-choice major
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you to your first

choice major,
would you like to
be considered for a
second choice?
Pre-Professional None
Studies Interest

Activities
Activity 1 Music: Other Instrumental
Activity 2 Dance: Competitive
Favorite Activity/Experience
I interned for Femme First Foundation during the summers of 2019 which is is a non-partisan, non-profit
organisation committed to amplifying women's leadership. I reached out to them looking for opportunities and
community service. During my 2 months tenure of internship here, I designed logos for the organisation and
learned various new concepts. My design skills were vastly improved. As the organisation was new they didn't

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have their own website. So I designed the website for Femme First Foundation. The founder of the company was
quite impressed with my work. I designed various user interfaces, certificates, and videos whilst here for the
organisation. I learned how nonprofit works and as we know the status of women in the world and how they are
discriminated against. I supported the organisation even after my internship was over and helped them in
designing certain things.

Throughout the engagement I learned a lot and this had a huge impact over my skills. My skills majorly improved
and I gained a different perspective towards equality of women in the world. I learned how unfair the world is and it
our responsibility to make this world a better place for the upcoming generation.

Contacts
Previously Applied No

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Contact 1 College Fair
Consent to I consent to be contacted by Purdue University at the mobile phone number provided
mobile/text contact below
Mobile Phone +91.8800175377
Number:

Family
Sibling applied No
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Relatives attended No
member

Residency
Do you believe you No
may qualify for in-
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state tuition?

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Why Purdue?
I have been commonly known as a computer nerd in my friends’ circle. My dream has always been to be known
for my knowledge expertise in this field and I am confident that Purdue is the best STEM college for me to
showcase my talent. I wish to join the Honors College, where I hope to immerse myself in a group of similarly
motivated scholars. And it is not just the academic possibilities that await me but the chance to join the famous
athletics club at Purdue is a major attraction for me.
Why Major?
I remember my father introducing me to PC frameworks in his office during my childhood. Amused, I bombarded
him with questions and thereon the seed of this dream was planted in me - that I want to know all about
computers. When I got my personal computer, I would sit on it for long hours, exploring new things every day. I
learned my first programming language - Visual Basics, in sixth grade and ever since my love for the subject has
never stopped breathing.
Criminal History No

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Affirmations
By submitting this application, I affirm my understanding of and agreement to the statements found here:
http://www.commonapp.org/affirmations.

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