Can we start a thread for admissions to US universities for students from India (Class of 2022)?
Alrighty let’s begin. Can everyone post their current school, stats(CBSE/ICSE/IGCSE/IB/SAT/ACT/AP) and ECs along with the colleges they are applying to and their preferred major.
My details are below.
Current Education System: CBSE
Consolidated Percentage of Marks (9th through 11th): 90%
95.47% in 10th grade, ICSE
SAT: 1380/1600
Subject SAT Math 2: 780, Chemistry: 740
Applying to
Purdue
UIUC
UT Dallas
UT Arlington
UT Austin
University of South Florida
Georgia Tech
Ohio State
University of Houston
North Carolina State
@cassanova Where are you applying to?
Current education system:Maharashtra state board
9:89%(cbse)
10:90%(cbse)
11:80%(cbse)
12: predicted 85%(still in high school)
Sat:1370 ebrw:620 math:750
SatII:Maths level 2(760) physics (750)
Applying for computer engineering/electrical engineering (both are actually pretty much same at undergraduate level)
Have pretty good LORs also
Applying to-
Uc irvine
Ucla
Uc davis
Ucsd
Ut austin
Texas a&m
Arizona State University
Carnegie mellon
University of Illinois at chicago
Ut dallas
Penn state
Uiuc
Georgia tech
U mass amherst
University of Cincinnati
Purdue
I know most of them are out of my league but applying can never hurt.
ECs are moderate:
National level football
School head boy
School council for three years
Board of directors in rotary(ngo)
Helping and teaching orphaned students at a ngo(ngo was visited by texas a&m students)
Invited to visit NASA by securing a rank in national astronomy Olympiad
2International Olympiad ranks
District level table tennis
Anchoring the junior students annual day and management head for senior students annual day
Selected by scouts for a football camp in Sweden
Also selected for International football tournament at nepal(Could not attend due to personal reasons)
2 months Internship in quality assurance department of a wheel-rims producing factory
Took professional course in C language programming
District level roll ball
Took professional course in german language know it till A1 level
Pretty strong in drama and acting(have participated in all drama avents in school and also won in some inter school competitions)
Played drum throughout my school life beginning 2 grade till 11 grade
If anyone can chance me in some of these then it would be great… also post your details too
I think Purdue, Arizona State and UT Dallas are sure shot places for admission…
What about texas a&m and penn state?
Hey guys I applied to the following schools:
University of Pittsburgh
University of Wisconsin- Madison
University of Minnesota- Twin Cities
Ithaca College
SUNY Binghamton
University of Delaware
Trinity University
Ohio State University
Purdue University
UMASS Amherst
Temple University
Miami University
I’ll be majoring in Accounting. I got a 1360 on the new SAT and 8 bands on my IELTS exam. Have been accepted to Pitt as of now.
Hey I got into UIC(university of Illinois at chicago) for undergrad computer engineering along with 40k scholarship distributed over 4 years
Hello,
My son is a US citizen. He is studying here in India. He would finish school here by April 2022. he goes to a IB board school now. I’m planning to change him to CBSE board or PUC ( state board of Karnataka) for his grade 11& 12. In case he writes the state board exam for his grade 12 is he still eligible for SAT?
2. Will US colleges recognize the state board exam of Karnataka or should he write only the CBSE board?
I would appreciate if you someone could help me out in this?
@Chitrasubbu For writing SAT it doesn’t matter what board you come from. The IB system has a very good academic reputation. When my daughter applied to Texas A & M there was a separate box to be checked if you had done IB. Most good colleges look at the rigor of the high school curriculum. I don’t know much about the IB diploma so can’t judge if it is more rigorous than CBSE or ICSE or any other state board. I don’t know how good PUC is ( We are US citizens living in Pune) but make sure you choose the tougher syllabus.
@Chitrasubbu - we are also US citizens in Karnataka. My daughter is doing IB. I would suggest you make a decision now.
If he is going to the US - continue with IB. NO other syllabus in India gives the kind of training in the writing he will have to do once he is in a US college. IB is also widely recongnized - there is a chance of advanced college credit for classes in which he gets a 6,7 in IB.
If he is going to be staying in India - then by all means switch to CBSE or PUC. While CBSE is known to US colleges, and kids get into US colleges from CBSE schools, I don’t think it provides a well-rounded enough curriculum to prepare a student for success in American colleges.
BTW - make sure you understand the restrictions for US citizens applying to colleges in India. I have many friends who had very difficult times because they had to go in under the OCI quota.
Just my two cents.
Here are my stats. Need advice on my chances to the universities I have applied for and what safe schools I should be applying.
SAT - 1440 (M-770, R-670)
SAT - Math II (800), Physics (760)
9th and 10th GPA - 10
Good ECs and decent app essays
Schools applied (so far): pls advise on my chances
CalTech
UI-UC
Cornell
Georgia Tech
UT-Austin
Wisconsin Madison
University of Michigan
University of Washington
University of California - UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UC-Irvine, UCSB, UC-Davis
Purdue
What good safety schools do you recommend I apply to?
applicantclass2022, based on what i have read in CC you have a good chance with UIUC(depending on your major), wisconsin Madison,UW (not sure where you have applied) , UCSD and UCD.
We have applied similar colleges for my D… lets wait and watch.
which is your ED?
all the Very best.
@UmaSridhar Thanks for your reply and guidance. I have mostly applied for computer science (college of engineering). Cornell is my ED school.
What are your daughter’s stats? Are you applying for computers as well? Good luck to you as well!
@applicantclass2022 computer science is very competitive is what i have heard…but you might never know…
My D ACT superscore 35, subject SAT 2 - 2390 / 2400(Math2 / Phy / Chem)… majority A1 and few A2s from 9th till 12th sem1. Studying in a CBSE school. Applied undeclared natural science
Upenn ED
UIUC
Gtech
UW
Texas austin
UCs
Cornell
Rice
Johns hopkins
USC
Duke
@UmaSridhar Agreed,hence I was wondering what other safety schools to apply for. All the best with the process! hope you start getting positive results soon!
@applicantclass2022 i know kids with very similar starts as yours last year got acceptance from UIUC / UCSD / Purdue and UW for CS… so we can hope the same or more for you 
All the very best… yes will share the results as we receive.
Not applying for financial aid, i understand plays a very important role for international students.
I’m applying RD to: NYU, Tufts, Brown, UPenn, Dartmouth, Columbia, Harvard, Yale, UCB, UCLA, UCSD, Boston U, Duke, Stanford and USC.
ACT: 33
SATII: Math 2: 790, Literature 710
IB: 43/45
I’m from Delhi!
Interdisciplinary Study in CS and Literature/Music