Chnace me for these CS ( Computer Science) colleges

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi everybody</p>

<p>I am currently a 12th grade student in India. I was willing to know what are my chances to get into the following colleges for CS:-</p>

<p>1) Stanford
2) Harvey Mudd College
3) Cornell
4) Carnegie Mellon
5) UC - Berkeley/LA/SD
6) University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
7) University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
8) University of Washington - Seattle
9) University of Texas - Austin
10) University of Virginia (UVA)
11) Georgia Tech</p>

<p>Grades:-
Class 9: 6.2 (On a 10.0 scale)
Class 10: 9.6 (On a 10.0 scale)
Class 11: 75%
Class 12: 83% (Predicted)</p>

<p>Testing:-
SAT Reasoning: 2170 (M-780, WR-710, CR-680)
SAT 2:-
Math 2-800
Physics-800</p>

<p>Work experience:-
1) Interned for 4 weeks in a software company. (Grade 11)
2) Created a website for an interior-designing company. (Grade 11)
3) Wrote all the material for a company's website. (Grade 12) (PAID)
4) Interned for 8 weeks in an application development company. (Grade 12)</p>

<p>Social service:-
1) Volunteered with MAMTA, a national level NGO committed to integrated health and development issues in the context of poverty, gender and rights.
2) Selected as ‘Bus-buddy’ to help and calm SEN (Special educational needs) children during the bus rides to and from school.</p>

<p>ECs:-</p>

<p>1) Robotics:-
- Competed in an inter-school robotics competition
- Made line following , crane, pulley, claw ,touch sensor, infrared sensor robots.</p>

<p>2) Programming:-
- Competed in 2 inter-school robotics competitions.
- Round 1: Google CODE JAM
- Competed in various online competitions.
- Completed online challenges.
- Developed 2 gamed with enhanced lighting, intuitive controls playable on mac/linux/windows and the web coded in C#.
- Developed a software for a retail store.
- Developed a variant of the much played 2048 game with an undo button.
- Published 3 applications coded in java and C# on the google play store. (2 games and 1 utility)
- Developed voting web-app for school student council elections and an alumni portal.</p>

<p>3) Writing:-
- Created a blog on creative writing for myself and anybody willing to share their works.
- Content editor at thefootballchronicle.com (80,000 + views)
- Articles published in the school magazine.
- Head article collector for the school magazine.
- Part of the editing team.</p>

<p>4) Leadership:-
- Founded IT club in school.
- Organized IT competitions in school.
- Student in charge for my school at an IT competition held at another school.</p>

<p>5) Miscellaneous:-
- Competed in various inter-school keynote competitions.
- Passion for trekking (4 treks in 2 years)</p>

<p>I'll appreciate the responses and chance back.</p>

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<p><em>bump</em></p>

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<p>2170 is not a competitive SAT score for those schools. Your EC’s are only IT-based and, check these posts-every Indian student comes in with “IT” experience. </p>

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<p>Your GPA looks rather low and your SAT is not that high. Most, if not all, of these schools would be reaches for you. You should try Purdue.</p>

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<p>1) Stanford = high reach
2) Harvey Mudd College = reach
3) Cornell = reach
4) Carnegie Mellon = high reach
5) UC - Berkeley/LA/SD = B/LA is reach, SD is high match
6) University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign = match
7) University of Michigan - Ann Arbor = low reach
8) University of Washington - Seattle = match
9) University of Texas - Austin = low match
10) University of Virginia (UVA) = match
11) Georgia Tech = match</p>

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<p>^ UIUC CS in Engineering is the most competitive major there with single digit admission rate last year. The chance would be even lower than UMich CoE.</p>

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<p>1) Stanford = Highest reach
2) Harvey Mudd College = reach
3) Cornell = high reach
4) Carnegie Mellon = high reach
5) UC - Berkeley/LA/SD = B/LA is reach, SD is high match
6) University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign = high reach
7) University of Michigan - Ann Arbor = high match
8) University of Washington - Seattle = high match
9) University of Texas - Austin = match
10) University of Virginia (UVA) = high reach
11) Georgia Tech = reach</p>

<p>thanks for the format @puzzled123‌ </p>

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<p>UMich would also be a reach due to the poor GPA. If apply, try LSA which also has CS major and it would a lower reach for you.</p>

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<p>Will applying to the reach universities for a different (relatively higher acceptance rate) course, rather than CS, increase my chances?</p>

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<p>Right, but you want CS. Why apply and get into CMU for theater? You won’t then be able to transfer into SCS.</p>

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<p>You have chances at UIUC and Georgia Tech. Your GPA is a little weird.</p>

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<p>@AkashGoel‌ - In May you wrote that you were a senior at a high school in California, and now you state that you are 12th grade student in India. Which one is true? </p>

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<p>OP, based on the info you have provided, unfortunately you are at best a “Reach” for all those univs for CS, even for the State schools especially if you are an OOS applicant.</p>

<p>For example, at UIUC, as @Billsho has mentioned in one of his posts, the acceptance rate for CS was in the single digits and for the COE overall it was around 20%. For Gtech, the mid 50% SAT score is 2050-2240 and this includes over 50% apps from GA itself and around 50% of non-Engg. or CS applicants .</p>

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<p>@BldrDad‌ This is true.
@mnm111‌ Is transferring between schools not possible at all? If so, then what if I apply for an easier course in the same school as the one offering CS. Would that be helpful?
@i012575‌ What if I can manage to get my percentage up to 90%. I have exams in December.</p>

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<p>@AkashGoel - SCS is far more selective than the other CMU schools (it’s on par with MIT and Caltech). However it is definitely possible to transfer into SCS from another school at CMU, and the requirements are clearly stated:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.csd.cs.cmu.edu/education/bscs/transfer.html”>http://www.csd.cs.cmu.edu/education/bscs/transfer.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>You also wont receive any funding from the state-funded university programs.</p>

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<p>There are some state universities like U of Alabama or Troy University that gives partial tuition to full tuition if you have 3.5GPA and 1210~1400+ CR+Math SAT(which you have), but I have no idea if your GPA is enough for that.</p>