"Chance me" please

<p>Indian Male</p>

<p>Currently in the 2nd year of the IB Diploma Programme</p>

<p>Made some mistakes such as not taking the SAT I earlier, so I'm taking it in October, and if necessary re-taking in December. Shooting for a 2100+. Assume atleast a 2000.</p>

<p>Rank 1 Year 11 and 12.</p>

<p>Year 9 Average: 71%
Year 10 Boards: 79.2%
Year 11 Average (IB): 37/42 82.2%
Year 12 Subjects (Predicted Grades in the bracket)
Chemistry HL (7)
Maths HL (6)
Physics HL (7)
ITGS HL (7)
English A1 SL (6)
French ab initio (7)</p>

<p>EC's are not that great:
National level tennis until Year 10
Football team year 11, year 12.
Head of the student council
School newspaper editor
20+ hours volunteering at a children's orphanage
etc</p>

<p>Applying to the following:
Purdue (hoping for Engineering honors + Valedictorian scholarship + Academic success scholarship)
GATech
Wisconsin-Madison</p>

<p>Will have good recs from Physics and English teacher.</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

<p>1 more question.. on the Purdue site, for their scholarships they have mentioned that the class rank must be in the top five percent .. any idea if your rank has to be in the top 5% all throughout high school or just in year 11/12? Looks like it includes year 9 and 10 too.. damnit</p>

<p>Sorry for the double posting.. I can't edit my earlier post for some reason :S</p>

<p>From what I know Purdue does not provide aid to internationals.</p>

<p>Purdue- in (if you get that SAT score)
Gatech- match</p>

<p>Thanks..</p>

<p>Internationals are eligible for some merit scholarships..</p>

<p>No idea. I lost interest in Purdue long ago!</p>

<p>They might have changed their policy :)</p>

<p>Good for you :p</p>

<p>S33D, schools that don't provide need-based aid but merit scholarships to international students usually require all applicants to send in proof for their ability to pay full tuition (since it's not sure that you'll receive any merit aid).
I don't know if it's the case for Purdue though.</p>

<p>No problems, I can pay without aid too, it'd just be nicer with aid :P</p>

<p>Thanks :D</p>

<p>@ajayc: where are you applying?</p>

<p>S33D : <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=380699%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=380699&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>