Chance Me!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am planning to apply Early Action to the following universities: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois at Chicago, Purdue, Ohio State, UT Austin, University of Michigan, and University of Minnesota: Twin Cities. Please tell me what my chances are.</p>

<p>General Info:
Grade: 12th
Ethnicity: Asian - Indian
Gender: Male
Major: Aerospace/Aeronautical Eng or Mechanical Eng
Country:
US Citizen (However, studying in India since 6th grade)</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1940 - Math: 670, CR: 630, Writing: 640 (Grammar: 68, Essay: 7)
I'm going to take it again in October. I'm expecting a 2100.</p>

<p>SAT II: Going to take in November (Math Level 2, Phy, Chem) Expecting 700+ in all 3</p>

<p>9th Grade: 9.8/10 GPA (CBSE)</p>

<p>10th Grade 9.8/10 CGPA (CBSE)</p>

<p>11th Grade: 427/470 (91%) (AP State Board)</p>

<p>12th Grade: In progress</p>

<p>ECs: Unified Cyber Olympiad 2012 - Good Performance (All India Rank 1516), 10th Grade
2011 International Assessments for Indian Schools - High Distinction in English (Top 1 Percent), 9th Grade
2011 International Assessments for Indian Schools - Credit in Computer Skills (Top 23 Percent), 9th Grade
2011 International Assessments for Indian Schools - Credit in Mathematics (Top 19 Percent), 9th Grade
ASSET - Distinguished Performance (Percentiles: English - 98.4, Math - 95.8, Science - 88.6), 9th Grade
Meridian School, Madhapur - Elected Helios House Captain, 8th Grade
International Informatics Olympiad 2010 - Class Rank: 2, State Rank: 26, Olympiad Rank: 1067, 8th Grade
Meridian School, Madhpaur - Elected Head Boy, 7th Grade
Unified Cyber Olympiad 2009 - Excellent Performance (All India Rank 531), 7th Grade
ASSET - Creditable Performance (Percentiles: English - 99.2, Math - 97.9), 6th Grade
2008 Dupage County Spelling Bee - 3rd Place, 5th Grade
Co-founded a Website and currently running it - Burst. (burst.co.in), 10th Grade
Co-hosted School Annual Day, 9th Grade
Unpaid Internship at ACD Communication Pvt Ltd (4 months), 12th Grade
Volunteered at Blind School for 3 months (Taught kids), 12th Grade
Danced and Marched at School Sports Day, 10th Grade
Mithras House Cricket, Soccer, and Dodgeball Teams, 9th and 10th Grades
I know there's some middle school stuff on there. Tell what I should take out of my app from 6th-8th grades. The stuff I included from middle school is stuff I thought was significant or related to state/national recognition. I also wrote a pretty good, original writing piece in 11th grade for fun and put that on my app. Is that okay or should I remove it? I just put in on the app to highlight my interest in English Literature and Writing. </p>

<p>Teacher/Counselor Recommendations: Great
Essays: Good</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Bump</p>

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<p>As long as you have above a 4.0 and a 2000 you can basically count on entrance into U illinois UC. I’m looking at a graph of admissions from my school and 100% of people above a 4.0 got admitted (regardless of SAT/ACT).</p>

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<p>Urbana Champaign (Aerospace)- Reach
Chicago- Safety?
Purdue- Match
Ohio- Don’t know much about it
Austin- Not sure, probably match
Michigan- Reach
Minnesota- Probably match-low match</p>

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<p>@nickchan1 Yeah, but I want to get into engineering at UIUC and I heard that’s much harder. And in India there’s no GPA on a 4 point scale. Also, for applicants from India, UIUC only considers the grades of the 10th grade cbse board exams and the 11th grade final exams because those 2 are the only external assessments (conducted directly by the education board). So they’re only looking at the 9.8 and 91%. Do you think I’d get in with a 2100? </p>

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<p>Apologies, I didn’t read your major. You’ve got a shot, but it’s not a great one. I’d still apply though. If you do end up getting a 2100 and a 700+ on your SAT IIs you’ve got a good shot, but it’s way easier said than done.</p>

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<p>Yeah I guess you’re right. I’m confident about the SAT II but not the SAT. I usually mess up the Math section even though I’m pretty good at Math and I can’t seem to break 8 on the essay.</p>

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<p>No one else? C’mon guys.</p>

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<p>Bump</p>

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<p>Bump</p>