<p>EC's:
Internship at manufacturing company
Volunteer work at hospital-300 hrs
Camps for population awareness-100 hrs
Organized a awareness program for hemophilia patients
Varsity Cricket- 4 years( captain of team for last 2 years)
Guitar- 2years
Global Awareness Program
Karate- 3 years
Programing course in C++ ( wrote my own program also)
Science fair
Intensive IIT program for 2 years</p>
<p>Academic Awards/honors:
Distinctions in National Math and science olympiad
97 percentile in AITS
99 percentile in AISSE
Certificates for Academic excellence every year
75%- merit based scolarship for senior school due to good performance in enterance exam
Gold medals for MAths and IT in Board exam</p>
<p>You sound like a very strong applicant with a good chance. However, you failed to include your ethnicity and the school you applied to, which can make a big difference. Especially if you are asian, it can work against you (it happened to one of my friends, she got rejected). Nonetheless, you should be proud of yourself and you still stand a strong chance of getting in regardless.</p>
<p>@Jalmoreno - I am an International applicant ( North Indian to be specific)
I am applying to the College of Engineering
How will it work against me?</p>
<p>Haha. Yeah, judging from the way Violator wrote (nice name, too -.- any reason you picked that name?) I would also guess he is Indian. What is Math A and Math B, I’m curious. Is it like Calc 3 and Linear Algebra or even higher? o.O</p>
<p>Jalmoreno, how do you not know that he’d be applying to the College of Engineering? He said “Mechanical Engineering” - unless that was an edit?</p>
<p>Okay, chances now:
Crap. You got awesome SATs. Higher than mine, heh. Good SAT II scores (not sure how much they take those into consideration). I am thinking that the only thing that can hurt you is the fact that you’re an international student.
Low reach/Match</p>
<p>The chances will be higher if you have good essays. :D</p>
<p>sorry for missing the engineering thing. IDK about Cornell-specific for international applicants, but I can tell you about MIT. MIT has specific quotas for international applicants, and especially since there are so many qualified applicants from Indian (and Indian applicants within the US), it is especially hard for Indian candidates to get in. Cornell may be similar, or very different, I don’t know. But, Cornell does have a scholarship specifically for Indian students (I believe it’s called TATA) so it does mean they get some nice number of Indian acceptees. Also, are you a man or a woman. Woman get a benefit on admissions into science programs (there is a serious lack of women in US science).</p>
<p>Oh, and the reason it can be beneficial or detrimental is because race and ethnicity truly does help or hurt for college admissions. Basically, minority students (principally black or hispanic) have higher chances of getting in because it is seen as adding to campus diversity and equalizing for previous socio-economic greivances. Asians, however, tend to have strong records academically so they don’t get the same benefits (however, they still benefit from more scholarship oportunities.)</p>
<p>Regardles, you have a strong record and strong chances. But at top schools like Cornell, you can never be certain. Just make sure to apply to other schools it’s easy to get into, including in India, so you have back-ups.</p>
<p>Yeah, I kinda predicted you’d be Indian from a camp about population awareness.</p>
<p>But that aside, you’re pretty much a reach, assuming you can pay for it (which I think you can assuming that that manufacturing company internship is your company).</p>
<p>@HONORLIONS- I do not own that company( i didn’t think my company’s internship would come across as impressive) but still i will not be applying for financial aid.</p>
<p>@Jalmoreno- Im only applying to similar schools as my parents are not interested in spending a fortune for me to go to just any college. My only safety was Ann Arbor( i got in EA).How would i fare at all these colleges( Upenn, Brown, Princeton, MIT,Caltech, CMU,)?</p>
<p>ok, I think you should feel as good with UPenn as Cornell; however, I’m not sure if being international changes this. Brown is surprisingly exclusive (I think the acceptance rate is 11 %). Not to say it shouldn’t be exclusive, but I think it’s acceptance rate should be closer to 15-20%. If CMU is Carnegie Mellon you should feel good about (36 % acceptance) I think you’ll get in there unless they have ridic international rules. </p>
<p>MIT I mentioned b4. They have strict quotas with international students and India has a very qualified pool of applicants. Honestly, you’re more than qualified, but don’t expect anything. I don’t know about Caltech, they have a higher acceptance rate than MIT but they are also more self-selective and admissions is less delfated due to less random unqualified kids applying. Caltech is smaller than MIT and, I believe, more rigorous in coursework (thus, its lower popularity and higher acceptance rate). Also, Caltech works on a trimester system, so there are pros and cons. You get to take more courses; however, the classes are either lacking in depth or faster paced. To me, MIT seems like more fun, but you have to make that decision yourself.</p>
<p>Princeton is also exclusive, and it is not that strong in engineering (Cornell, MIT, and Caltech definitely beat it, I’m not sure about CMU or UPenn, and I believe Princeton beats Brown but I may be mistaken). Also, Princeton is more heavy in humanities, which depends on your preference. Their admissions is probably the most exclusive overall, but I’m not sure how your international status affects the process.</p>
<p>PS, I applied to MIT, Princeton, Cornell, and UPenn, so I may see you there ;)</p>
<p>No… UPenn is definitely a lot further up than Cornell. I can say with ease it’s more competitive, and much tougher to get into. Though looking at your SATs and other ECs, you also have a pretty good shot there as well. I’d say it’s a mid-high reach.</p>
<p>How is your safety UMich Ann Arbor? That’s still a great school.</p>
<p>Really, HONORLIONS… you can “say that with ease.” What evidence do you have to support that very bold claim?</p>
<p>With his stats/rank, UPenn is most certainly not a high reach. I would call it a low reach–his rank is exceptional (top 1%) and his scores also set him apart (1530/1600).</p>
<p>Never said it was a ‘high reach’, I said it was a Mid-High reach. Perhaps a mistake on my part for leaving it rather ambiguous, but I meant it’s not a full on reach, but not a high reach either. In between those two, perhaps leaning slightly to the normal ‘reach’.</p>
<p>And yeah, I can pretty much say with ease that UPenn’s more competitive than Cornell. Look at the quantitative stuff like average accepted SAT/ACT scores, UPenn’s much higher rank than Cornell, and surfing through this forum, the subjective stuff like ECs. UPenn regularly is applied to by students who are top 1%, and even valedictorians. They even regularly turn those exceptional students down.</p>
<p>Cornell also turns down students in the top 1% frequently. I agree with you that UPenn is more selective than Cornell, but UPenn is not “much tougher to get into.” There is a marginal difference in selectivity between Cornell and UPenn (I believe there was only a 4% difference in admissions rates last year). At that point, people should not be calling one college “better” than the other. Both Cornell and UPenn have their respective strengths and both are highly regarded Ivy League universities.</p>
<p>I have to agree with Hornilons though both Cornell and Upenn are amazing schools i would always select Cornell over Upenn being that it is a better fit for me( not that upenn is a bad school)… if u guys would have to guess just for the sake of it which college i would get into??
@ Hornlions - I got in UMICH early…</p>
<p>To people boasting about UPenn over Cornell, I would like to note that their admissions rates are extremely similar (19% Cornell, 18% UPenn) and that UPenn only slightly beats Cornell in SAT (by only 30pts if u combine CR and M on the high end of the middle 50% statistic) For engineering and the hard sciences, Cornell is the victor. For business, UPenn’s wharton is the finest. They are both good universities and are comparable.</p>
<p>I’ll do this, but consider that I mainly have knowledge of domestic admissions, except for MIT.</p>
<p>UPenn - accepted
Cornell - accepted
Princeton - high-reach, don’t hold your breath. You are qualified, but it is tough for anyone.
Caltech - IDK, don’t know enough for a good opinion, the data for Caltech can be misleading and I cannot draw a concluion
Berkley - accepted However, I think Berkley is really big about accepting in-state students in, so this may hurt you. Also, Berkley makes it difficult to switch between different engineering disciplines once you’re there, so keep that in mind. You have to be sure about Mechanical Engineering and that you will not switch to civil, electrical, etc.
Carnegie - accepted
Brown - see princeton
MIT - rejected, you are qualified but being an international student from India makes it highly unlikely</p>
… hoping theyll come true at least half…</p>