<p>So I'm basically a senior at one of the best private high schools here in Pakistan (international student) and I'm going to be applying to America for undergraduate studies. I can't decide where to apply early decision to so could you please tell me my chances at the following universities ? </p>
<p>MIT
Harvard
Yale
Dartmouth
Amherst
Williams
Wake Forest
University of Richmond
Colby College
Connecticut College</p>
<p>GRADES : Straight eight A's in my Cambridge International Examination O'levels which equals a 4.0 GPA. My old high school was really remote and pathetic so that's going to be to my advantage, since I got the best grades in my school's history.</p>
<p>SAT SCORE : 2230 in SAT 1 - Still need to give SAT 2.</p>
<p>Extra Curricular :
President Debating Society
President IT Club
President Urdu Poetry Club
Vice President Physics Club
Managing Editor at college magazine
Deputy Director IT at National Arts Spectrum
Director IT at the High School MUN
Executive Director at High School's UNESCO affiliated NGO
Vice Chairman CEEF (NGO working for children education)
Assistant Director General at an Organization working for youth empowerment in the country
Freelance web designer and IT consultant
Managing Head, of my city of a national student body
Student of the year at my old high school
Co-founder of a national online portal on child health for parents
CEO and Founder of Pakistan's first free web hosting company
(this is really big, we are now serving more then 100,000 hits per month on our servers and I'm hopeful to get some national media coverage before I apply)</p>
<p>I'm a community leader where ever I go and I move a lot due to my fathers job, never staying at one place for more then two years. I'm also a wiz at IT and computers (built my first website when I was twelve) and that's what I want to major in as well.</p>
<p>MIT: Reach
Yale: Reach
Harvard: Reach
Dartmouth: Reach
Wake Forest: Safety
Amherst: Reach
Williams: Reach
U Richmond: Match
Colby: Match
CT College: Match</p>
<p>Many of these schools are questionable at best for computer science/engineering. Perhaps you can change Dartmouth for Cornell (or U Richmond for Berkeley, UIUC or Georgia Tech unless you couldn’t afford full-freight at any of those)…</p>
<p>I can’t afford full-freight anywhere, that’s why I’m only going to apply to full need colleges. You’ve marked all the Ivyies and Amherst as reach, could you tell me what do you think is missing ? I was hoping for going to Amherst in ED since my GPA and SAT’s are near their top 75% percentile.</p>
<p>Could you also share some good Computer Science schools that offer full need ?</p>
<p>Amherst’s acceptance rate is 13%, and the Ivies are in that range or below. Go ahead and ED at Amherst. Not that I see any problem with your file, just that there are thousands of applicants with that sort of files that apply to those schools.</p>
<p>I get your drift. Its like I have a chance at all of those schools but it comes to my recommendations and essay, right ? Amherst has an admission rate around 30% for early decision so I’m hoping I stand a better chance in ED.</p>
<p>You’ll def want to look at Carnegie Mellon for sure, as well as Georgia Tech (as mentioned) for comp science and engineering. Cornell Engineering is also a good bet for such fields, and early decision there would make you a near admit; Northwestern and some of the UCs would be worth looking into. Caltech’s a reach, but might as well squirm that into your list (why not).</p>
<p>CMU and Georgia Tech don’t offer financial aid for international students. Caltech requires tofel which I don’t want to give because I don’t have the time. Cornell ? You really think I have a chance for ED in Cornell ? </p>
<p>I’ll look into Northwestern. Thanks for the help ^_^</p>
<p>Wow, your stats look really good! Especially the work you’ve done in your field of interest and your scores are amazing as well! I think you have an amazing shot at all the top universities, to be honest. All the best :’)</p>
<p>Its hard to tell with international students. The ivies are hit or miss with anyone so I think you have a chance but nothing is guaranteed. The other ones look good just do well on SAT IIS</p>
<p>Your stats are impressive my friend…
The first five are a reach for anyone…but I think the last three are a good shot…but don’t go on my post for EDing to Cornell just because I’m doing it lol</p>
<p>The ED acceptance rates for all those colleges, including Cornell, are low considering the rigor of the applicants…so don’t think Cornell is easy EDing just because of me haha…my stats are not high enough for Cornell as I said ;)…plus I don’t think I suggested it lol</p>
<p>LOL no someone else did suggest Cornell above in the thread.
Dude, Cornell has pretty decent ED statistics and the admission rate for early applications is 32.7%!
Faaaar better then most of the other Ivyies in my opinion.</p>
<p>32.7% overall. CoE is known to have the lowest acceptance rate between all colleges at Cornell. You’re applying ED for the wrong reasons though. Don’t apply to Cornell ED because they have a high acceptance rate. Try to do some research, and if you like it after that, go right ahead. But remember that it’s binding. So only apply ED if you actually want to go there over any other school.</p>
<p>My main concern is getting accepted into an Ivy League school, I’m not really that picky about which school. Thus I’d like to ED to a school where I know I have the highest chance of acceptance. Any ideas which school that may be ?</p>
<p>If you were not an international applicant, I’d say you have as good as a chance as any for the ivies, if not better (that company will help a lot). I don’t know personally what the international acceptance rates are but they are even lower than the non international. So basically, ask the ivies and MIT are a reach, but they are a reach for everyone. I know someone who won the Intel STS and got turned down by Stanford. You said you wanted to major in something along the lines of computer science, well UIUC has a program in the top five and it being a state school they have a very high acceptance rate and accept a lot of international applicants. Perhaps you could consider going there (it would be close to free after scholarships) and go to graduate school at a more internationally recognized university.</p>
