Chance me, please?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi!</p>

<p>I'm an Indian National, who will be applying in 2012 (as international) for an undergrad in Engineering/Computer Science.</p>

<p>Background:
I lived in San Jose, California for 7 years, from KG to 5th grade, before moving back to India.
However, I had a green-card, which has since expired, so no citizenship.
Presently, I'm attending a private high school, in India.
I'm starting my senior year this month.</p>

<p>About Me:</p>

<p>GPA (/4.0) - 11,12th - 3.8 & 9,10 - 4.0
Rank - Top 5%, class of 90 students, So I rank in the top 3.
In my Junior+Senior years-
Core Subjects - Math, Science,Physics,Chemistry
Languages - English, Hindi
<-- Subjects are comparable or at higher levels than US equivalent APs.</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>-MARRS International Spelling Bee - International Level Qualifier (1 year) State level Qualifier (1 year) (It's pretty popular in Asia)
-Okinawa Karate - Black Belt (9 years - since 2nd grade in the US)
-National Science Olympiad - City topper (3 years)
-National Interactive Science Olympiad - National Rank 53 (1 year)
-on School Basketball and Handball teams (throughout High School)
-In student council/government - 9, 10th grade
-House Vice-President - in 9th grade
-House President - in 10th grade
-Won numerous school-level, inter-school-level Debate, Essay and Speech Competitions
-Won various other competitions throughout High School - Science & English mainly
-Active participant on forums - quora.com and techguy.org (worth mentioning?)
-GATE, California student - when I was in the US. Also, was on student council and peace-keepers committee.</p>

<p>What else can I do to improve my resume for an undergrad? - in Engineering/Computer Science</p>

<p>Can you recommend any colleges that I might have a good chance of getting into, with Financial Aid? My budget is around 15,000$ p.a.Cost of Attendance.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Might wanna put this here: [College</a> Search & Selection - College Confidential](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/]College”>College Search & Selection - College Confidential Forums)</p>

<p>Your app looks impressive enough, though you don’t appear to have any devotion to ECs besides karate… probably too late for that now.</p>

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<p>Hi!</p>

<p>@tedders83 -</p>

<p>Well, though it wasn’t formal, I was part of the school literature (essay, debate, spelling) team, as well as science and other competitions teams, since I won a few for the school. Worth mentioning?</p>

<p>Any other ideas to strengthen this? I have roughly 6 months left to when colleges open admissions.</p>

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<p>take SAT/ACT</p>

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<p>Oops. Sorry, I missed that;</p>

<p>I wrote the SAT 1 - 2170 (700/760/710). I’ll be writing the SAT 2 in October.</p>

<p>Any thoughts on my resume?</p>