Chances for Cornell, CMU, UCB, UCLA, UIUC

<p>I am a high school student from India, and I'm interested in Computer Science & Engineering courses.
I will be applying to colleges this year. Here are my stats:</p>

<p>SAT I:
M:790
CR:680
WR: 700
Composite: 2170 (Two Sittings)</p>

<p>SAT II:
Physics: 800
Maths Level 2: 800
Chemistry:790</p>

<p>AP:
Calc BC 5/5
Physics Mechanics: 5/5
MacroEconomics: 5/5
Chemistry 4/5
Environmental Science: 4/5</p>

<p>School Grades:
Grade 9th and 10th CGPA: 10/10
Grade 11th 89/100
Rank: Top 5%</p>

<p>ECs:
President of Maths Club - Participated and won Mathematics competitions as part of Math Team of school.
Vice President of Computer Club - Organised inter-school competition in which 20+ schools participated.
Part of School Cabinet
Participated and won several inter school competitions in Video Editing/Digital Presentations/Digital Imaging etc.
Internships: NGO (5 months), Energy Company (3 Weeks)
Came 3rd in NASA competition
Member of Environment Club of school
Other organisational stuff.</p>

<p>Honors:
Awarded Junior Science Talent Search Examination scholarship (Govt. competition)
Good ranks in other national Olympiads.
Gold Medalist in school(For excellent academic record).
AP Scholar with distinction etc.</p>

<p>Teacher recs. and essays should be excellent.</p>

<p>My SAT I score is a little less. Should I take ACT?</p>

<p>Should I apply ED to Cornell? Where should I apply Early Action?
I'm open to suggestions for more colleges.</p>

<p>cornell : low reach
cmu :match
ucb: high match
ucla,uiuc: sure thing
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<p>You have great stats-- I wouldn’t bother taking the ACT since you already have great scores. Raising your SAT won’t make a big difference.
UCB + UCLA - high match
UIUC - safety
Cornell - low reach
CMU - low reach because their computer science program is super competitive. </p>

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<p>You should apply ED to Cornell if it is absolutely your top choice and you will be able to afford it. Be aware that they don’t offer a ton of aid to international students.</p>

<p>Unless OP is from IL, UIUC would be a low reach for CS/Engineering. Same for UCB/UCLA.
You guys need to learn more about the admission stat of these engineering schools and their admission rate for international students.</p>

<p>Your SAT is quite low for these schools, but admission committees will understand because you are an international student. I am 90% sure you will make Cornell ED, but you really want to ask yourself whether you want to be bound to such a school. In my opinion, the tuition for Cornell is very high for its value- you have a good chance at Berkeley as well (my friend from singapore made it with 32 ACT), which has a better engineering program at a lower cost. </p>