<p>International Freshman Student from India at Purdue
Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Major that I am aiming for : ECE/Comp Science</p>
<p>SAT 1: 730 CR 770 M 690 W
SAT 2: 760 P 740 C 740 M2</p>
<p>HS: One of the most prestigious in the country
Board Examinations : 95% in Standard 10 and 94% in Standard 12
* Valedictorian for all classes in high school GPA- 4.0/4.0
* School headboy
* School quizzing team captain
* School debating team captain
* School writing team captain
* School Computing team captain
* Treasurer/Secretary of the school quiz club
* Editor of School Magazine
* Editor of School newspaper
* Professional calligrapher
* Trinity College of London Pianist/Effective Communication Participant
* Awarded 2 merit scholarships at Purdue
* Awarded a number of national awards for all-round development and academics
* Won several national computing distinctions</p>
<p>College GPA - 3.5-4.0 ( Expected)
* In the Engineering Honors Program
* Research Project on Engineering in Cancer Care
* Research project on Nanotechnology in Optical Fibres
* Research Project on Computing Algorithms for Engineering Education
* Member of Entrepreneurial Learning Community at Purdue
* Member of Entreprenurial Team of Purdue SIFE ( Students in Free Enterprise)
* Active participant in Purdue's chapter of Business Professionals of America
* Active Participant in IEEE Computer Society Activities
* General Manager for College Mentor For Kids
* Member of Society of Business Engineers, Purdue University
* Developer at Apple Developer Connection
* Have an award-winning Entrepreneurial Business Plan - will probably start up a company based on it before next fall</p>
<p>Work Ex : Will probably secure an Internship with Rolls Royce for Summer 2008</p>
<p>RECS:
Stellar HS Recs
Excellent College Recs</p>
<p>Aiming for :
Harvard
Yale
Stanford
MIT
Columbia ( Fu Foundation)
Cornell
Dartmouth
Penn
CMU
Brown
UChicago
Duke
Michigan</p>
<p>Supplements: Business Plan/ Research Abstract</p>
<p>Was waitlisted at Penn before. Did not apply to Stanford/CMU/Dartmouth/Brown/Duke/UChicago/Michigan before. Rejected at others.</p>
<p>Could you guys please chance me? Also, what else could I do to improve my chances? Would rushing for a fraternity next semester help?</p>
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International Freshman Student from India at Purdue
Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Major that I am aiming for : ECE/Comp Science
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<p>If you want to major in ECE/Comp Sci, I wouldn't bother applying to Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Dartmouth, Penn, or Brown since Purdue has a much better EECS department than those schools.</p>
<p>Your chances are going to be based mainly on your college grades and ECs...High school record and SAT scores will be less weighted for transfer.</p>
<p>The only reason why I am applying to those schools is because of a personal fascination and the fact that I want to go to a top 5 business grad school</p>
<p>All of the schools you listed will be tough to transfer into, IMO. </p>
<p>Try to come up with a more compelling reason for transfer, other than because you think it will help you gain admission to a top 5 business school, and express it in your essays. Keep doing as well as you can in your classes, since GPA is critical.</p>
<p>Well yeah...while submitting my application i will obviously not give that reason. My reasons are primarily for transferring to X is : 1) Better academic environment than Purdue 2) More varied courses than Purdue 3) More hands-on work than Purdue Engineering which is really not very practical 4) Better Student-Faculty communication</p>
<p>Going to an Ivy will be much better for you in the long run, regardless of Purdue's program ranks. Cal kids never understand this. If you want to be successful in the bigtime east coast areas in the top professions (venture capital, private equity, etc) a degree from a top school is a tremendous asset. </p>
<p>slipper, before you give such ridiculous odds to someone, I suggest you do some research on what the actual transfer acceptance rates have been at the above colleges in the last 1-3 years. As an example, last year, Stanford and Harvard accepted less than 2% of transfer applications. In other words, transfer students had a 98% chance of NOT getting in to S or H. Dartmouth accepted less than 5%. It is far, far harder to transfer in to a top college nowadays than to be accepted as a Freshman.</p>
<p>@slipper1234 - thanks for the evaluation! i have a really hard curriculum and with the three researches, its pretty insane at times. i guess that is the only reason why i wont have a 4.0. wont the colleges look at the researches as a compensation for a 4.0? i have straight A's in every thing and just a B in a 5 credit hour calculus 2 honors course ( Purdue does not + or - grades - its straight As or Bs). Also would rushing for a fraternity help?</p>
<p>@menloparkmom - how could i boost my chances ? ( other than the GPA)</p>
<p>@stoneimmaculate - dont we join a fraternity as a whole? i mean wont i still be a part of the fraternity in the campus i <em>hopefully</em> transfer to? besides i haven't mentioned pledging. i might not like the frat while rushing</p>
<p>Having a top Gpa is the only way. And don't waste time applying to colleges that rejected you as a freshman applicant. And why would you apply to Chicago? They don't have an engineering program.</p>
<p>There are better schools to apply to for computer science than Chicago. Since Michigan is on your list, you should also consider applying to USC[U of Southern Calif] , which has an excellent Engineering school, and accepts a lot of transfer students.</p>
<p>You're welcome. I think with your stats you would get accepted at USC. My son has some very smart friends in the Engineering program there, including quite a few from India. USC also has a very good UG Business school as well.</p>
<p>We never understand this? Where on earth did it say in the original post that the OP wants to (1.) work on the east coast, (2.) wants to get a job in finance/banking, and (3.) wants to major in anything different?</p>
<p>Frankly, Purdue for EECS smokes any Ivy, except for possibly Cornell.</p>