Chance Me!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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Hello, I am a prospective international student from Bangladesh. I applied RD for the class of 2020. WPI is one of my top choices and I would really like to know how I stand in terms of getting accepted with scholarships and aid of course. My intended major is Mechanical Engineering. Here are my stats :
Igcse O’Level :
English-A
Bengali-A*
Mathematics-A*
Further Pure Mathematics-A*
Biology-A*
Human Biology-A*
Physics-A*
Chemistry-A*
AS level-
Biology- A(273/300)
Physics-A(292/300)
Chemistry-A(290/300)
Maths-A*(583/600)
SAT: 2090 (CR-660, M-780, W-650)
IELTS: 8

ECAs:
1.Debating for almost 5 years. 1 time Quarter Finalist and 2 time Octo finalist in multiple national tournaments. Representing the school in the National Debate Championship held by Bangladesh Television. Shortlisted as on of the top 15 debaters in the country 2015. Will be convening the inaugural intra school debate championship.
2.Striker in the school’s soccer team. Playing for about 2 yrs. Reached quarters and semis in a few inter school tournaments.
3.Coordinator of the school’s community service club. Afterschool teaching of students from classes 6-9. Organized wonter clothes distribution for project for the underprivileged.
4.Co-executive of the school’s science club and organized the annual science fair 2015. Assisted in organizing the intra school physics olympiad.
5.Teaching assistant at a private coaching centre of IGCSE O’level Biology.
6.Participated in 2 maths olympiads.
7.Hosted a few award giving ceremonies for the school events.

It would be difficult for me to pay anything above 20k/yr. So if you could tell me where I stand in terms of getting such scholarships/aid then it would be really helpful.

Your opinions will be highly appreciated .
Thank you.

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Your marks look excellent. I’m assuming A* is the highest mark in IGCSE. Your SAT scores are also good. You should get into WPI.

As for scholarships, apply and find out. There is no formula to predict how much aid you’ll be getting as an international. The international pool is quite competitive. Some international students who get very large scholarships performed well on national or international-level competitions or were near the top in their home countries. Your marks look excellent, so you might get a large scholarship as well.

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Thank you for taking your time and reading my post. Thanks for the positive feedback as well. Been stressing out lately due to the decision dates closing in :expressionless: hopefully i can get a decent scholarship with these grades and maybe the ecas can play a part too. :confused: wish me luck! and thanks again! :smiley:

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Get at least a few recommendation letters from those who you did your ECs. Good luck to you.