Chance me for UPenn, Cornell, Stanford, UCB and Carnegie Mellon?

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<p>Hello everyone, I'll be applying to the following schools as a reach and would be really elated if I got into any one of them!
I was just wondering if you could chance me for them! Also, I would I really appreciate it if you could recommend some other schools for me in the US. I will be majoring in either Economics, Computer Science, Criminology or Astrophysics! (Varied Interests, right?!?)</p>

<p>So, without wasting any time, here we go! </p>

<p>INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT, APPLYING FROM INDIA</p>

<p>SCORES -</p>

<p>SAT 1 - 2360</p>

<p>ACT- 34 Composite</p>

<p>SAT 2 -
Physics - 800
Math 2- 800
Chemistry - 800
Literature - 780
World History - 720</p>

<p>APs - Calculus BC - 5
Physics B - 5</p>

<p>High School % -</p>

<p>Course - CBSE, Indian Education Board (RIGOROUS)</p>

<p>9th Grade - 90%
10th Grade - 10 CGPA without any upgrades, basically 90+ in all subjects.
Subjects Take up in 11th Grade - Physics, Chemistry, Math, Computer Science, English
11th Grade - 88%
12th Grade (1st Term) - 93%
Predicted % by teachers - 96%</p>

<p>Extracurriculars -
1. Debate Champ with over 10 major awards.
2. Participated in a German Exchange programme sponsored by Bosch with full expenses paid.
3. Proficient in German with B1 Certificate by Goethe Institut.
4. One of the top 20 toppers of FIT in Deutsch 2 in my region.
5. Organized a marathon run for charity raising over 7,000 $
6. International Olympiad of English Language - International Rank in 2ND Round - 7
7. Have interned at 4 local companies with fields ranging from Technology, Social Outlook, Finance and Real Estate.
8. President of Interact club at my school, organized various charity events as part of my responsibilities.
9. Excellence in theatre as I have played the lead role for several plays.
10. Attended the highly selective Yale Young Global Scholars Programme
11. Attended the Harvard US India Initiative in Delhi and actively took part in the event.
12. Have volunteered with various NGOs with fields ranging from Animal Welfare, Women Safety to cleanliness of Environment.
13. Member of the Student Council.
14. Participated in exchange programme to England organized by the British Council.</p>

<p>P.S. - I will not be requiring aid, actually I don't think I'll be offered any!</p>

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<p>I hope you have counted your hours of a day. :p</p>

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<p>@AmericanDream69‌ Why do you think you won’t be offered aid ? Your application looks sold :0 </p>

<p>@sidshah9‌ I saw you in other thread, what do you mean by that ? </p>

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<p>its self-explanatory</p>

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<p>I think I wouldn’t be offered any financial aid because my dad’s a businessman and his documented annual income is 60 lakh per annum plus we own property.</p>

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<p>^You won’t get need based aid I think, you can still get Merit based aid.</p>

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<p>Your credentials are good. But all these schools get almost similar applicants like you. So it is a chance. You may get into at least one. But apply to some other top universities. You don’t have problem of paying for the application fees :wink:
you don’t need aid, that is an asset for some colleges to offer you. Just be cautious about listing all the ECs. Your total hours should justify your other academic achievements also. </p>

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@AmericanDream69‌ Did you get any of these?

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How did you get to go for these exchange programmes? I’ve always really wanted to, can I please know where you signed up? @AmericanDream69

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you probably wont have to worry much about carnegie or cornell with that near perfect SAT assuming you can pay, also i like the 69 in your name