am an Indian(asian student) applying for US colleges for fall 2019
Major:CS
ACT:34(M:36,E:32,R:33,S:33)
TOEFL:103
Course work Physics, Chemistry , Information Practices(cs),english,maths
top of the class got 92% in which is really good because this course work is very hard (CBSE COURSEWORK)
SAT 2 MATHS:800 PHYSICS:800
EC:
Published a game called POXLE on google play and earned revenue
Developed an accounting software for school fete. By using the program the school had paperless ticketing and coupon boots.
Programmed and published a game ‘Poxel’ on Google Play. Poxel was modified to teach mathematics during Math Expo; attended by over 1500 people
Pioneered the advent of a Robotics club in School. Teach Programming of the Robots to Juniors every week. First time some student started his own club in my school
Intern at big MNC
Played Drums during various cultural programs at school. Also jammed and played at some non-school Events.
Participated and won several Chess Tournaments at the State Level. Represented School as well as trained juniors on the team.
Conducted rallies against alcohol abuse and did a clean up drive in the nearby village, taught differently-abled kids
Co-Scripted Annual Drama Festival Play. Directed the play, Executed production and managed Properties and backstage operations.
Organised and led an adventure camp during various activities like trekking, mountaineering, para-gliding and other nature trails excursions.
Represented School in Various Model United Nations Simulations. ChennaiMUN( Chennai) -2017, Harvard MUN ( Hyderabad)-2017, IIMUN (Kodaikanal) -2016
Colleges:Georgia tech,CMU, UWASHINGTON, UIUC, UCs, USC,Virginia tech,Purdue,ASU,STANFORD,UMASS,NORTHEASTERN
Certificate of Merit in all five subjects awarded by Government of India GRADE10
All India Rank One awarded by Government of India GRADE10
Certificates of Merit for Outstanding Performance in Physics, Chemistry and Information Practices Grade 12
Certificates of Merit for Outstanding Performance in Chemistry and Information Practices Grade12
LORS
IP teacher 8/10
Physics teacher 10/10
Counselor 9/10
Essays
CommonApp 8/10 draw a parallel between drumming and cs
No financial aid
Male
Unusual Circumstances :
Got jaundice in grade 12 did’nt perform s well in grade 11 exams go 86% (still very good got a class top rank) and predicted 96-7% amazing for my course and missed 2 months grade 12 important coursework.
my school is best in india for CBSE grade 12 results and i am topper of current grade 12
Please suggest good colleges and my chances in my colleges
I am assuming you are planing way ahead, and trying for 2020 admission, not fall 2019.
Your list is good, you included two super selective reach schools for CS ( Stanford and CMU) , reach like USC, GaTech and UW Seattle for direct admit CS, and some that you are very likely to get into like Arizona State, Purdue and UMASS Amherst. Apply early, by Oct 15, of 2019, to GaTech for best chance… Can you go to summer school the summer before freshman year at GaTech? If you can pay for that, check the box that says you will start GaTech in the summer, and that may help you get into GaTech. You will then get to start in June of 2020, instead of August 2020 at GaTech only. I don’t know if other public programs offer summer start or not, but look into that.
Colleges are often wanting to fill up their summer classes and that helps for admission to some but not all public programs. Will not help you at CMU or Stanford at all, private schools don’t care about filling summer classes, they have high school students paying full price to fill up their summer school at CMU and Stanford.
At Carnegie Mellon, look at adding a second choice major of statistics/machine learning. Its located in Dietrich instead of the School of Computer Science, and will be easier for admission.
please tell me for fall 2019
i have sent my application
and yes no financial aid