Chance a foreign student at these colleges?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>MIT
Stanford
UC Berkeley
Caltech
Cornell
university of illionois at urbana
purdue
umich - ann arbor
UT - Austin
Texas A&M</p>

<p>Intended Major - Mech Eng.</p>

<p>School performance : Top 10th of class in both 11th and 12th(so far in 12th)
11th - 94% over all exams
12th - 90% in my half yearly exams
My computer science scores pulled me down, though my physics, maths and chem scores are excellent.
As , I do not intend to do Comp Sc. in college, will this matter much?
Good performance in 9th and 10th grade ( my language pulled me down)
Courses are my systems equivalent of AP courses:
Maths - ALL YEARS
English - ALL YEARS
Physics and Chemistry - ALL YEARS
Language ( Hindi) - 2 Years
Computer Science - All years
Biology - All years
History , Civics , Geography , Economics - 2 years
Arts - 2 years
Phys Ed - 2 ears</p>

<p>Tests :-
SAT: 2280(730 , 760 , 790)
TOEFL - 115 ( 30,30,28,27)
SAT 2 MATH - 800
SAT 2 CHEM -790
SAT 2 PHY - IN OCTOBER , though I am getting 800 in practice tests</p>

<p>Resume:
4 National level debating awards
Participant at various national and international MUN's -Winner of best paper at GCIMUN New York(It is a very prestigious MUN)
International level scrabble player , with an award at the International World Yotuh Scrabble Championship
Best essay in entire Africa and Middle East region in the Bickel and Brewer IPPF competition
Student Council Member - Secretary of Council
Volunteer work - None ( I do not get opportunities to volunteer in qATAR)
Accomplished singer - I plan to submit an arts complement
Interschool and possibly district level circket player
Hobbies in various other sports , and chess.</p>

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<p>Both are reaches for everyone. </p>

<p>If you gave us some info about yourself, you may get better responses.</p>

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<p>Hey man , im so sorry … I hit the enter button before I could type all that I wanted to … I feel pretty dumb right now :/</p>

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<p>Publisher of various not too great but decent poems and short stries in online publishing sites , but I do not think this matters much</p>

<p>I also expect 2 dazzling recommendation letters from teacher, and my essays to be top notch, if possible.</p>

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<p>Bump for help?
Also, I will be done with my essays in like a week or so … can someone read them for me when they can ?</p>

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<p>MIT: Reach
Caltech: Reach
Cornell: Reach
Berkeley: Match
UIUC: Low match/Match
Purdue: Safety
UMI: Match
UT-Austin Cockrell: Low match/Match
TAMU Dwight Look: Safety</p>

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<p>Will stanford be a reach as well?
Also, by reach do you mean equal chances with other students or i will definitely not get in?</p>

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<p>Can i get another opinion please?</p>

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<p>Can i get another opinion please?</p>

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<p>Last bump , i guess …</p>

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<p>Stanford: Reach</p>

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<p>Thank you catria :)</p>

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<p>You have a shot at all but How much depends on financial need.
Purdue and TAMU are both academic safeties but not financial.
If you have zero financial need include michigan</p>

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<p>Which country are you from, as that might have an impact.</p>

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<p>I’m an Indian student from Qatar too! I was really hoping I wasn’t alone in my dream to study abroad! I am in Grade 10 right now and I have an EC list similar to yours - Over 10 National Debate titles, 2 International Quiz championships (On TV), over 120 public speaking prizes - a dozen or so of which are National. Awarded by the Supreme Council of Health for debates and awarded a position by the Supreme Council of Education for Scientific research in the prestigious National Student’s Research Fair. A CGPA of 9.6 in 9th (Or 96% overall) and a CGPA of 10 in 10th so far (or 100%) - All my grades this year have been A1.</p>

<p>I was the Best delegate in MESMUN 2012 - and will be applying to several international MUNs next year. I am working on a novel and also an economic thesis of my own. </p>

<p>Now that you’ve read about me, I would like to ask you a favour. Since you have tried and tested the application procedure, could you be my guide?</p>

<p>I rally, really need an experienced Indian student’s help to stand a chance of ever getting in. Could you please contact me soon? </p>

<p>By the way, which college did you get into?</p>

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<p>Hey aspirationist, I actually did not get into a college yet. I am in the process of applying to various colleges , and am in the 12th grade.
However, in my experience, as an Indian student in the middle east, the best thing you can do so far is work on your EC’s, which I must say are astounding. Hats off to you ! In the 11th grade October, write your SAT and if you are comfortable enough with your subjects, the SAT subject tests and your TOEFL , though I am not sure how long the scores are valid ( I wrote mine 2 weeks ago) . Your grades are important , from what my senior in Princeton told me , so work on getting a 9.8 or 10 in your 10th. </p>

<p>I would be glad to help you, so do contact me if you need help, but don’t really sweat it in 10th grade. Start thinking seriously from next year.</p>

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<p>@MYOS1634 , I do not have any real necessities for financial aid, though merit based scholarships would be nice if I can get them.</p>

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<p>@Londondad , I am an indian living in qatar ( middle east) .</p>

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<p>Hmm; I’m too international student with the same list of universities. You should know that colleges like MIt and stanford are reaches for everyone. I can just say that there are a lot of applicants from India, so it would be quite difficult for you.
By the way, what is your gender?</p>

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<p>Male , so that might make it worse :/</p>