Chances please...

<p>Won a Gold Medal in International Informatics Olypiad conducted by Silverzone
1. Secured 2nd Rank in 7th International Level Science Talent Examination conducted by The Bangalore Science Forum.
2. Represented Delhi Public School Rajkot at 'LISTEN- The Worlds First Conference on Childs Concerns'.
3.Secured 3rd Rank in National Cyber Olympiad.
4. Secured 7th position in Assesment of Scholastic Skills thorugh Education Testing
5. Appointed School Captain recently.
6. Awarded 'A' Certificate by National Cadet Corps
7. Special appreciation by 'Leprosy Mission' for social work.
8. Represented K V at the State Science Fair at IIT Kharagpur.
9. Represented region at State for Volleyball and Ball Badminton.
10. Won state level debate organised by Hindi Samaj
11. Appointed school basketball and volleyball team Captain.
12. Appointed School Captain at DPS, Rajkot.
13. Choosen as a member of the Indian Ubuntu Linux Team.
14.Special appreciation by LIFE for social work.</p>

<p>NCC is like ROTC and I have got a recommendation from the commanding officer too</p>

<p>Well I have kinda messed up my junior years grades I have an avg of 70% but I have been getting As before right from freshman yr. My final exam is not over yet, so still hope left. By the time I apply I will have given 2 exams of senior yr so I guess I can show improvement there.I have really good recommendation letters too. So considering the above and that i get a decent score in SAT/SATII what are my chances? I really wanna get into aerospace engg.(since I was around 10 yrs of age)</p>

<p>Cheers!!!!</p>

<p>With your resume, you stand a good chance. If your junior year grades were somehow out of your control, explain that to someone.</p>

<p>my full stats:</p>

<p>So here are the statistics:</p>

<p>Class IX Scores:</p>

<ol>
<li>English : 92%(A)</li>
<li>Hindi(Native Lang) : 88.5%(A)</li>
<li>Mathematics : 88.1%(A)</li>
<li>Science (Phy, Chem, Bio combined) : 95%(A)</li>
<li>Social Studies(includes Geography, History, Civics) : 83.3%(A)</li>
<li>Physical Education : A</li>
<li>Computer Science : A</li>
</ol>

<p>Rank : 1st</p>

<p>Class X:</p>

<p>1.English : 90% (A)
2. Hindi : 63%(Oops) (B)
3. Mathematics : 87 (A)
4. Science
- Practicals - 25/25
- Theory - 72/75
Total% -> 97%(A)
5. Social Science
- Project Work - 20/20
- Theory - 73/80
Total% -> 93% (A)</p>

<ol>
<li>Work Experience : A</li>
<li>Physical Education : A</li>
</ol>

<p>Well in Class XI I have an avg of 75% but my final exams are not over yet, they are in march.</p>

<p>And yes my full list of ECs:</p>

<ul>
<li>Won a Gold Medal in Informatics Olypiad conducted by SIlverzone</li>
<li>Secured 2nd Rank in 7th International Level Science Talent Examination conducted by The Bangalore Science Forum.</li>
<li>Represented Delhi Public School Rajkot at 'LISTEN- The Worlds First Conference on Childs Concerns'.
3.Secured 3rd Rank in National Cyber Olympiad.</li>
<li>Secured 7th position in Assesment of Scholastic Skills thorugh Education Testing</li>
<li>Was promoted to School Captain from School Prefect recently.</li>
<li>Awarded 'A' Certificate by National Cadet Corps</li>
<li>Special appreciation by 'Leprosy Mission' for social work.</li>
<li>Represented region at the State Science Fair at IIT Kharagpur.</li>
<li>Represented region at State for Volleyball and Ball Badminton.</li>
<li>Won state level debate organised by Hindi Samaj</li>
<li>Appointed school basketball and volleyball team Captain.</li>
<li>Appointed School Captain at DPS, Rajkot.</li>
<li>Choosen as a member of the Indian Ubuntu Linux Team.</li>
<li>I have my own customized linux distribution geared towards education (similar to edubuntu to be specific)</li>
<li>Founder of Linux User Group in my city.</li>
<li>Partcipated in AIDS awareness drive.</li>
<li>Special Appreciation by LIFE(Lower Income Family Emancipation) for social work.</li>
<li>Successfully participated in Environment Week in our city.</li>
<li>Finalist of Environment Quiz Contest conducted by Environment Education Council for Children Delhi Public School Society.
20 4th Rank in State Level Quiz Competition conducted by Rajkumar College Rajkot.</li>
</ul>

<p>so anyone?</p>

<p>dude. this is IIT - illinois institute of technology not indian institute of technology - Let the CCers not fool u with their negativities. In such an unselective institute ur in. But i wont advise you to apply, becoz
1. its not very good by ur standards
2. i dont think it fulfills aid to ur requirement.</p>

<p>IIT - indian inst sucks man dont ask me why.</p>

<p>suggest me some other good colleges in US with aerospace major and fin aid. And also that is in my reach</p>

<p>yea ur damn rite Indian IIT suckss down to hell...i meant illinois is not like IIT in its selectivity...</p>

<p>For aerospace...Safeties-like Iowa State...cheap and cud give sum schols...
Purdue is a match, brilliant at aerospace and cheap.....dont know bout aid thou ...
For Reach,sky's the liMIT..</p>

<p>P.S..i dont think embry riddle gives aid, nor is it too reputed in aerospace..</p>

<p>Embry is the best aerospace college man! and yeah they do provide scholarships to intls. It is kinda easy to get in too :D </p>

<p>have a look at this <a href="http://messageboard.chatuniversity.com/erau%5Fug/default.asp?action=9&read=40051&fid=281%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://messageboard.chatuniversity.com/erau%5Fug/default.asp?action=9&read=40051&fid=281&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>its not. Its only the best in those colleges whose highest degree is a bachelor's or masters.
Check out the overall aerospace rankings..its way behind.</p>

<p>so which is the best?</p>

<p>dude check this out:</p>

<p>Gourman report
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?p=2552916%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?p=2552916&lt;/a> </p>

<p>US News
1.MIT
2.Georgia tech
3.UMich-ann arbor
4.Purdue - (has the 2nd most aerospacers to nasa, after mit)<br>
Caltech</p>

<p>I think embry riddle would be good as far as getting a job is concerned, but as a university...not much to it...</p>

<p>btw how much do u intend to pay urself?
I'm not sure about the amount of scholarships ER provides.</p>

<p>Another option that many people pursue is doing mechanical first, and then mastering aerospace..much broader..if u want it broader that is :p</p>

<p>well ER agreed to offer a good scholarship to me if i do well in SAT. Well I can at maximum pay $10,000. </p>

<p>any advantages of doing mechanical first?</p>

<p>I love Virginia Inst of tech man! I am gonna apply ED there.(i guess so) They are offering a double major in aerospace and ocean studies :D</p>

<p>Your feedback is welcome!</p>

<p>kul...10,000 is gud enuf for many colleges i think....if u could arrange 7000 more, u cud go to Purdue!</p>

<p>VA Tech course seems attractive...do they give enuf aid??
paying 10,000 is also gud enuf for Iowa state, i think they give as much as 10,000 schols...</p>

<p>Advantages of doing mechanical..not if u're really into aerospace...generally mechanical provides a much broader and stronger base for pursuing many types of engineering fields...but if u really luv aerospace,thats that!</p>

<p>how can i goto purdue with just $7000 more? i though they required $33000</p>

<p>yeah am really into aerospace only :D</p>

<p>oh yea...lol sorry:)...the tuition was around 18000 a few years ago...!</p>

<p>so what to do now?</p>

<p>o we have to send grades of the final examinations of the year OR a list of all the exams taken throughout the year in that grade?</p>

<p>Because here in India its the final exam that covers the full syllabus that has been taught throughout the year and has maximum marks. while the unit tests, conducted at alternate months just cover a few chapters and have max. marks around 40 while the final exam has max. marks around 100</p>

<p>What should I do?send everything or just the final exam grades of the year?</p>

<p>i stink on my 40 marks test I have an avg of 68% on them. But I was really cool on my finals!. What to do?</p>

<p>Do we have to send grades of the final examinations of the year OR a list of all the exams taken throughout the year in that grade?</p>

<p>Because here in India its the final exam that covers the full syllabus that has been taught throughout the year and has maximum marks. while the unit tests, conducted at alternate months just cover a few chapters and have max. marks around 40 while the final exam has max. marks around 100</p>

<p>What should I do?send everything or just the final exam grades of the year?? i stink on my 40 marks test I have an avg of 68% on them. But I was really cool on my finals!. What to do?</p>

<p>1st thing...US admission officers are flexible with international marksheets...coz they dont know the system in school-to-school detail. its an added advantage if ur from a skul where no one else is applying to the university. </p>

<p>i would suggest sending like, 2 marksheets of 11th(1st term or 2nd term perhaps), 1 final of 10th and 1 midterm of 12th, and final of 9th if they're really gud..coz they like to see more of the 11th marksheets...
the crux is that they shud look like all ur main maksheets, and not like you've skipped something.</p>

<p>Another thing...theres a lot of time for that...if u live near a metro city, visit one of the US University fairs organized in India, and talk to the admission officers of different universities of ur chances,etc, even if u're not applying to them. gives you a general idea of their mindframes ;)</p>

<p>and if they find out something is missing are they going to notify me or straight away reject me?</p>

<p>Adding to it is that my school doesnt send a transcript so they are going to do as I say! So I will tell them to print my half yearly marksheet and final marksheet of class XI. And will ask em to gimme a really good recommendation letter, my teachers are going to sign on anything I tell them to :D </p>

<p>Well what I have planned till now is I am going to apply to a few good ones including VT,WPI,RPI and Iowa state and purdue too.</p>

<p>If i dont get into the good ones I am going to take a purdue student loan for the first year and try and get an intership!</p>

<p>and yeah no one has ever applied and no one will ever will from my school!</p>

<p>all are into studying for iits BLEH!</p>