Chance Me???
Indian OOS
Intended Major: CS/CE
GPA UW/W: 3.85/4.37 (school reports W)
SAT: 1540 (800 math, 740 English)
SAT Subject Tests: 770 Math (retaking for 800) ___ Physics (Not taken yet)
IB Courses: HL Engineering, HL History, HL Math, HL Physics (max is 4 HL’s), SL Lit, SL Spanish
Other Courses: All other courses are honors level courses
Awards: Regional Computer Fair (1st), qualified for states, WHYY Young Journalist Video (2nd) Across all of Philadelphia, TSA Regionals: 1st (Arc. Design), 4th (Eng. Design), 5th (Biotech. Design), Qualified for states for all, qualified for nationals for Arc., looking to place at states and nationals for eng and arc this year, 4X National Piano Guild winner, Honors DSMTA Tests for 10 years, 3rd at Regionals for DECA, qualified at states, placed at FBLA regionals and states,
Extracurriculars: Varsity Speech and Debate Captain, Key Club Executive (raised $2,000 and $3,000 from blood drive and other in-school events, Started Programming club in school, Created a district wide tutoring app that all students use to this day, created an app that submits timesheets faster and more efficiently at the place I work, work once a week as a swim instructor, TSA, FBLA, DECA, Research for 3D Printing Firm for 3 years, Volunteering for local senior center and library once a week (100+ hours of community service)
Schools Looking At: Georgia Tech (#1), Cornell, CMU, Ann Arbor, Virginia Tech, UIUC, Purdue
In general, your EC’s seem to be pretty engineering/design-focused, which will help your application for tech-oriented schools. With that being said, many of your awards are at the regional level, which provides an almost negligible benefit to your profile. GPA is a bit on the weaker side for many of the schools you’re looking at, however, your test scores seem to be pretty good assuming that you get an 800 on SAT Math II and 760+ on SAT Physics.
Considering that you’re out-of-state, Indian, and applying for engineering, I think CMU, GT, Cornell, uMich, UIUC are reaches. Purdue and VT are targets for you. Think about adding a uWis or Minnesota just so your application has a few safeties.