Chance me for an average kid aiming for the stars

[Chance Me] International IB Student from Netherlands, Full Pay

Background: 17M, Assyrian/Turkish, Netherlands. Full pay international, no US ties. Applying Fall 2026.

Academics: IB Diploma, predicted 41/45. Physics HL: 7, CS HL: 7, Math AA HL: 7, Economics SL: 7, English A SL: 6, Dutch A SL: 5 (context: placed in native speaker track as a non-native speaker — Dutch B wasn't permitted). Math EE: B, TOK: B.

ECs:

• Founded Automation Business, workflow automation for car mod businesses, low five figures revenue
• Math research on Fourier series truncation error, derived MSE scaling N^-3, posted to SSRN
• Technical contributor at a medical AI startup, built a boolean query search algorithm
• Technical research intern at a Metrology Institute under Physics PhD looking at coriolis flow measures in temperature chambers
• Co-founded free peer tutoring center, 9 tutors, 30+ students
• Founded STEM Club (23 members)
• Competitive tennis, multiple U17 regional tournament wins
• MUN on Board of Directors at a conference with over 2000 people
• Leiden Univeristy PRE-Class program Computer Science (acceptance rate of about 15% competing with high-achieving students)
• Independent project on computer vision, created a medical AI that can detect pneumonia and COVID-19 in lung X-rays

Awards:

Don't have much except

• ISMTF math competition, 1st place in school and qualified 3/28 students, high score internationally in top 30.

Essays: Really happy with them.

Additional info:

From age 10 to 16, my family situation required me to take on significant responsibilities at home. My father lived in Turkey for work during that period, and my mother traveled frequently for work as well. As the older sibling at home, I often managed day-to-day logistics, looking after my brother, keeping the house in order, planning meals, and doing groceries, which reduced my free time outside school.

Applying to: UCLA Math of Computation, UC Berkeley Applied Math