This yr probably has maximum elite crowd

As someone who already networked with half the crowd, this year's crowd is CRACKEDD. There's no way they'll prefer a CBSE applicant to these international board applicants- who have 5+ research papers, interns, etc. I already talked to people from these schools:

The Cathedral and John Connon Senior School(Mumbai)

Ascend International School (Mumbai)

Hillspring International School (Mumbai)

The Shri Ram School, Moulsari and Aravalli (Delhi)

Pathways International School (Delhi)

Gd Goenka Public School (Delhi)

Aditi Mallya (Bangalore)

Harrow International School (Bangalore)

Mallya Aditi International School (Bangalore)

Apl Global School (Chennai)

Chettinad Hari Shree Vidyalayam (Chennai)

Also, fyi- many of them have also put a deposit here as a backup for abroad. I could never-