Chance an average student?

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<p>9th - 3.4 GPA (UNW - Highest is 4.0) (studied in california)
10th - 8.4CGPA (CBSE boards)
11th - Overall 74.5%(Ranked 12th in class out of 67 students)
12th - currently enrolled.</p>

<p>EC's - </p>

<p>-Basketball District and State Player. Won numerous prizes and awards representing my school and private teams. School team captain and district team co-captain. Avid Swimmer, Billiards, and Badminton Player.
-Tabla player since 8 years. Won many individual and group performances and prizes in the US and in India.
-Guitar player since 3 years. Gave performances in my school for annual programs and concerts.
-School house captain for senior class for past 2 years. Was co-head boy in my 10th grade.
-Have worked with many underprivileged children with various organisations. Going to villages and teaching them english for a couple days.
-Leo Club Treasurer in Class 9. Attempted to start one branch in my county here, but closed down due to inefficient participation.</p>

<p>that's all guys. I know its not great, and Im not aiming for top Ivies. I just want to get into a decent college of my choice, that is good for either aeronautical engineering, or MBB/Biochemistry. </p>

<p>Any college suggestions would be fine.</p>

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<p>Anvesh, are you taking a gap year? Or do you intend to apply as a transfer student?</p>

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<p>Umm, no? I am in 12th right now, as in I just started 12th. Finished 11th last week.</p>

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<p>Bumppppp 10char</p>

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<p>I’d recommend Georgia Tech or UIUC. Both reputed and not particularly difficult to get into.</p>

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<p>Yeah, they both are on my list. </p>

<p>I forgot to include my SAT Scores - </p>

<p>SAT Math 2 - 760
SAT PHYSICS - 710 (Retaking in June)
Also going to take either bio or chem along with physics.</p>

<p>SAT 1

  1. 2060
    2)(Projected Score - taking in may) - 2190. On all my practice tests, i scored above 2200.)</p>
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<p>Oh sorry, I forgot that the new session has already started in India. Anyways, UIUC and Georgia Tech, as mentioned before. You could also try CMU and Penn State.</p>

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<p>You think I can get into Penn State and CMU? Im seriously doubting my chances in UC’s too. I feel like Im going to get into some very bad college, and fail in life. :P</p>

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<p>College, undergrad especially, is not be all or end all. I friend of mine got rejected from most of the universities she applied to and ended up going to a community college in California. She recently finished her masters at Berkeley.</p>

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<p>CCCs and the UCs are an entirely different topic altogether :P</p>

<p>Check out the UC Transfers forum on CC.</p>

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<p>Wow. </p>

<p>@tizil: Im just enrolled in 12th. I’ll be graduating next year, so im not going to applying as a transfer student!</p>

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<p>Bump 10 char!</p>

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<p>come on, helpme out?</p>

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<p>your EC are very good especially in sports! So you could even try for admission on athletic ground. And you still have time to improve your score!</p>

<p>you definitely have a chance at GTech, UIUI, Michigan etc. and they are all good universities for engineering.</p>

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<p>Do you still qualify as a California resident? If you do, then definitely apply to Stanford(around 45% Californian students only), Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD. The last two should be fine even if you aren’t. </p>

<p>p25 and Tizil have given good suggestions, check out RPI, WPI, Lehigh to name a few. Wisconsin-Madison is worth a look too.</p>

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<p>@p25 - Thanks! I also was wondering about any other suggestions you might have. I have a year left.</p>

<p>@tastycycles - Im not sure about that. I lived there from 1998 to 2010. Then I lived in india from 2010 to 2013. Yeah, I’ll look at those. Stanford with those scores and grades? I don’t think so…</p>

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<p>If you’re a US citizen, and your parents pay tax in California, you’re a Californian resident.</p>

<p>And if you are, Stanford will as much of a reach as it is for someone with higher scores because 45% of their class is Californian - and the average scores for this section of students is lower than the overall average. So it’s worth a shot, no matter how long that shot is. Plus, if you write good essays, you never know ;)</p>

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<p>Yeah, you don’t. Where did you find that out? About Residency?</p>

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<p>Cal admissions officer visited my school back in November :)</p>

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<p>But I just saw a site that says you need to live there a year prior to the year you’re enrolling.</p>