Chance My Junior Profile, Please

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Please chance me for Princeton, MIT, Caltech, Cornell, UC Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon.
I know getting into these univrstities is hard, so these are my reach schools. I've kept some safeties, too.(UIUC, UT Austin, and a few more). Will narrow the list down later. I also need to choose an EA/ED school.</p>

<p>I'm still in my junior year, so any suggestions to improve my resume are welcome.
Also, my preferred major is Computer Science.</p>

<p>SAT scores are yet to come out(December SAT; expecting 2000-2100. Will get 760-800 in M for sure)
Haven't given subject tests yet.</p>

<p>Extra info: US Citizen in India</p>

<p>Grades are above average(I'd say top 10-15%), nothing stellar(due to the new system adopted by our school)
9.4 in 9th and 10th
77% average in 11th midterms(92.5% in Computer Science, I can easily get that to 95-96% in my finals)</p>

<p>Zonal Level 1st at science exhibition organized by the government(robotics in applied math using coordinate system)</p>

<p>State level science exhibition(Will be participating since I automatically qualified on winning the Zonals)</p>

<p>300 hours community service(a 14 day visit to Orissa, India, to teach children(4 hours a day) , and making audiobooks for the National Association For the Blind, and working with the kids)</p>

<p>Took part in my school's first MUN(just need this for the Range part of ECs)</p>

<p>Basketball Team- 4 Years, 2 years
State Level
One Zonal 1st, one 2nd.
Inter House Basketball Tournament Winner. </p>

<p>Awarded Delhi Student Of The Year by Times Of India(India's biggest newspaper). This was in 2006, though.</p>

<p>2 first prizes in Programming; 3 second prizes, 1 3rd prize, and a lot of Top 6s in quizzes(all were technology/computer quizzes; expecting atleast 4 more 1st prizes in programming next year)
One 3rd prize in Inter House Science Quiz</p>

<p>Vice House Captain of my house
Will be trying for Head Boy, House Captain next year(Chances for Head Boy are bleak, but can easily become House Captain)</p>

<p>Computer Club President</p>

<p>Organized Inter School Computer Fest(Prepared and hosted the quiz, too)</p>

<p>Guitar- 2 years</p>

<p>Drama Club- 2 years</p>

<p>Prizes in Brand Advertising</p>

<p>Interned at Web Designing, Mobile Application Developing company.</p>

<p>Recs- Computer Science teacher- This one will be very good, since I have been organizing everything for competitions.
English Teacher- This rec won't be stellar, but I'll try to cajole my English teacher next year into giving me one which is at least half decent</p>

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<p>very strong ecs, get a higher sat and raise your gpa this year. your awards will definitely help yo uwith MIT and caltech.</p>

<p>chance me back please</p>

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<p>Most of your schools are unrealistic reaches given your rank and if you’re anticipating a 2100 SAT score. As an Indian candidate (even though US citizen) you would need to be in the top couple of percent in your class, have a 2300 plus and one very strong EC to begin to be competitive at the ivies.</p>

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<p>I’m afraid I agree with Waverly: you may need to recalibrate. Your reaches are probably going to be out of reach if you’re in the second decile of your class, one of your teacher recommendations is likely to be less than stellar, and your SAT is around 2100. Since you’re not a Texan, I don’t think you can consider UT Austin anything like a safety, either; three quarters of UT’s freshman class were in the top decile of their high school class.</p>

<p>It’s OK to have as many reaches as you can afford. If you want to take a chance on Princeton, MIT, et al., go ahead and good luck. What I’d worry about more, if you were my kid, is that your safeties might not be all that safe. They’re public universities, and you’re not a resident of Texas or Illinois.</p>

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<p>@Sikorsky- I’ll be able to get my SAT up to the low-mid 2200s by the time I apply, since I gave the test after giving the first diagnostic at The Princeton Review(I got a 2050, and one of my friends told me that TPR makes the tests tougher than the real one, so that those who enroll see huge gains), so that’s how I approximated my score.
As for being in the top decile, I think I’ll be able to manage. From what it seems to me, the admissions process is a bit easier for US Citizens residing in a foreign country; my brother was able to get into UIllinois and UT Austin with a 1950, and 720, 730 in his SAT IIs. His major was the same, too.
@Waverly-Could you tell me what depth/range I could add to them?</p>

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<p>Yes, it’s a bit easier for US citizens. So that means Princeton takes 6% rather than 2% of internationals.</p>

<p>With a 2200 and top 10%, as long as you’re full pay, CMU and Berkeley become good shots. I can’t even imagine what MIT and Caltech want fom Indian candidates today, and they are swarmed by them, so you will need some truly exceptional national level awards.</p>

<p>Cornell also get loads of Indian applicants because they have some endowed funding for them (wouldn’t count for you as a US citizen) and you’ll be compared to that pool so a 2200 just top 10% will not be very competitive. Princeton? Probably not with no stand out EC.</p>

<p>If you really want to come to school in the US, add some less competitive schools. If you need aid, far less competitive.</p>

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<p>Umm, let me guess.
You’re from MIS, right? :stuck_out_tongue: XII-C?</p>