Chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I've applied ED at Cornell Engineering to do Chemical Engineering and I'm ****ing myself waiting for the results...as most of my fellow applicants proabably are.</p>

<p>I'm male, Indian, bent upon doing Chemical Engineering (shown this in my essays)
What do you think of my chances?
SAT1 - M 720 V 610 CR 610 (1940) (3rd Attempt - 1st was 1530 and 2nd was 1750) Would this go against me?</p>

<p>SAT II - Maths 2 710 and Chem 690</p>

<p>TOEFL iBT- 116/120</p>

<p>I'm an International Applicant doing A-Levels. I'm predicted straight A's *highest grade possible) in Maths Physics and Chem. These are probably the hardest subjects/combination possible. Already got an A in Computing.</p>

<p>GCSE's - 4A*'s (Maths, ICT, Business Studies, French) 4A's (Drama, English Language, Double Science Award) 1B (English Lit)</p>

<p>Hook (If you can call it one) - I'm an Indian living in the gulf travelled to over 20 countries dealt with many different types of people. The largest multicultural school in the region etc...</p>

<p>EC's - Been a part of the Dubai Tennis Open for the last 4 years. First as a Ballkid, then a Ballkid Captain (in charge
of 10 kids) and then a Ballkid Supervisor (in charge of all 150 kids). Played competitive tennis with a fair bit of success. School Prefect. Grade 7 liason (help they come into the new school etc) Duke of Edinburgh Award. Won the Best Young Enterprise company in our school. I was part of the sales team and our story got covered in many newspapers. We basically set up and ran our own company and donated the profits to the Gulf 4 Good Charity. Internship in the summer at Indian Tobacco Company (subsidary of British American Tobacco) Printing and Packaging Plant. I cocahed tennis to kids aged 6-10 in the community tennis courts for more than a year and a half.</p>

<p>My essays were decent. Really concentrated on why chemical engineering is the right field for me.</p>

<p>Recs were pretty good. Additional Rec from the guy who ran the Dubai Tennis Open.</p>

<p>Main thing is how is being an International Student going to affect my chances?</p>

<p>I'm also applying/have applied to UC-Berkeley/UCLA/UCSD, Wisconsin-Madison, RPI, Drexel, Purdue, Michigan - Ann Arbor, Carnegie Mellon, Columbia, Dartmouth, UT-Austin?</p>

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<p>Your SAT score is really on the edge for many of those schools. Also taking the SAT 3 times may hurt somewhat... SATII's are ok, TOEFL ok (this is a pass/fail basically), excellent ECs. </p>

<p>Your chances as international will be affected by whether you applied for aid or not--no aid has a higher chance of getting in than requesting aid. But since you've applied to UCB/UCLA/UCSD I assuming that you're paying. </p>

<p>UCB: Reach+
UCLA:High Match, Reach
UCSD: High Match
Carnegie Mellon: Reach
Columbia: Reach++
Dartmouth: Reach+++
Michigan: Reach
UT-Austin: Match-High Match?
The rest, I don't know.</p>

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<p>Thanks. Your right...I'm not applying for aid. I've also applied to Cornell ED. (I wrote it riht at the beginning...my mistake) I'm applying to reach's mainly since I've got some offers from decent UK universities as well. </p>

<p>PS. Is my TOEFL only an 'Ok'? Do many people get higher than this (116/120?) I have a feeling you may have misread it.</p>

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<p>Cornell - Big Reach
Drexel - Low Match
Purdue - Match</p>

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<p>inshallah:</p>

<p>UCB/UCLA: Reach (out of state, Engineering)
UCSD: Slight Reach (out of state, Engineering)</p>