Chances for Ivies and other top Engineering Universities?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Nationality: Pakistani and Canadian

Major: Engineering (electrical/electronic/computer) / Computer Science

SAT 1: Superscore: 2220 (1480) Highest Sitting: 2180 (1440)

October: 2110

CR: 660
Math: 760
Writing: 690

November: 2180

CR; 720
Math: 720
Writing: 740

SAT 2: Pending (estimate: 2250+ across 3)

Chemistry ?
Physics ?
Math II ?

High School Grades:

[Started at US curriculum high school]
Freshman Year: 4.0

Sophomore Year: 3.95 (Salutatorian)

[Switched to British curriculum school]
AS Level: 3As

A Level: Predicted 3A*s

Overall High School GPA: 3.96

Extracurricular Activities and Awards:

Varsity level football (soccer) and cricket player representing school teams in three different countries over the past decade
1st position in regional inter-school football competition
Founder and president of school debating club
Best Presentation award in Science at exhibition chaired by the Director of the National Natural History Museum
Best end of year school projects in English and Science with letter of appreciation from regional school director (largest school system in the country)
Community service with CDA, Pak Red Crescent, SOS Village
Member of 4-H at the only 4-H registered center in the country
Self sponsored fund raising organizer
Studied in 4 different nations (diversity as +ive?)
2nd position in competitive robotics event
Merit school scholarship with certificates of academic excellence for high achievement (school level)
Writer and football correspondent for SportsPulse
Participated in World Wide Fund for Nature sponsored Eco-Internship
Head of school online social media network

Essays and Recommendations: Great essays , Good recommendation letters.

Financial Aid: Required (lets say I can afford say, $15,000 p.a max)

Target Universities:

Cornell University
Duke University
Brown University
Boston University
New York University
Northwestern University
Northeastern University
Illinois Institute of Technology
Texas A&M University
Purdue University
Rice University
The George Washington University
University of Colorado Boulder
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Miami
University of Rochester
University of Southern California
University of Michigan
University of Pennsylvania
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Vanderbilt University

How do my odds stack up for the list above? Any suggestions for other unis to look into for aid?

2

Your SAT I and II math scores are rather low for top engineering programs, especially the SAT II math score. Many students have 800s in both.

3

I haven’t given the Math II yet. I’m expecting 770+. Would a 760 SAT 1 and 780 SAT Math II still be too low?

4

I would highly suggest narrowing that list down further. Agreed with the above post, your math scores are on the low end for engineering applicants

5

I figured 760 SAT 1 would suffice. I can still get 800 in Math II, would that and 760 SAT 1 still keep me out?

6

Look at the middle 50% scores for the schools you’re wanting to go to. If you’re applying RD, your scores should be aimed at being near the 75th percentile for Math

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From my research, the 760 is at least average at the unis I listed. Even for Brown, Cornell and Duke and Penn its certainly closer to the 75th percentile than the 25th. Easily higher for the rest. Bit worried that it’s an issue in your eyes, thought that was one hurdle I cleared :confused:

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I’ll be completely objective with you, based on the available statistics on the Internet:

It’s scaled from 1 to 10, 1 being the easiest and 10 the hardest.

Cornell University=8
Duke University=8
Brown University=8
Boston University=6
New York University=5
Northwestern University=8
Northeastern University=6
Illinois Institute of Technology=4
Texas A&M University=2
Purdue University=1
Rice University=8
The George Washington University=6
University of Colorado Boulder=4
University of Massachusetts Amherst=3
University of Miami=4
University of Rochester=6
University of Southern California=6
University of Michigan=3
University of Pennsylvania=8
Worcester Polytechnic Institute=4
Vanderbilt University=8

If you’re wondering, Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Williams are the 9’s and 10’s.

9

Thanks. What do you think is holding me back? Is my SAT an issue for the 8s? Is my math score fine?

10

Perhaps you should narrow and re-think your list for more engineering/CS focus, and include UT, Waterloo, UBC and Queens since costs will be much lower for a Canadian citizen. You will go completely crazy trying to apply to so many universities. You also won’t have to deal with the visa hassles.

Since you are a non-US citizen you will be very limited for FA except at the well funded private universities. There are not many scholarships available for internationals at public universities ; their interest is to subsidize domestic students.

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Im applying to Canadian unis too. That’s plan A. The US is a more all or nothing option. I figured theres no reason not to try my luck if I have a 2200+

12

@Mminjjae, Williams is definitely not a 9 or a 10!

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Except for Cornell, the Ivies are not top engineering schools.

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Yeah I’ve heard, but I don’t have much of an option given the aid requirement and LACs being out of the question.

15

Most of your ECs sound rather unimpressive. Focus on the important ones more, such as the Eco-Internship. In my opinion you have way too many safeties. Parse down your college list.
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