<p>Extra Curriculars:
Math team head
Environmental group head
Robotics team head
Set up school for underprivileged children
Cricket Team
Football Team
Made a robot that cleans the streets of a slum near my school
Play tabla (indian drum) since i was 5</p>
<p>Applying To:</p>
<p>Reach
1. MIT
2. Franklin W. Olin
3. Caltech
4. Stanford
5. Carnegie Mellon
Match
1. Harvey Mudd
2. University of Illinois (Champaign)
3. Georgia tech
4. University of Michigan (Ann Arbour)
5. Cooper union
6. Bucknell University
7. Rochester Institute of Technology
8. Rensselaer polytechnic
9. Rice University
Safety
10. Purdue
11. Kettering University
12. Lehigh University
13. University of Illinois (Champaign)
14. Worchester polytechnic</p>
<p>OP, Harvy Mudd will b tricky. I know someone with similar stats was put on wait list. They have a small class size (approx 250) and this yr they went out of their way to balance gender ratio. i think most other schools (except for rice, hmc and cooper) in ur match list r safeties.</p>
<p>i find ur robot pjt amusing. what an idea to send robots to areas where real human touch is needed. just joking but u might want 2 think about this angle if u try 2 include this in ur write-up.</p>
<p>hmm i guess you already chanced yourself by classing them as reach/match/safety…Some of your matches may be close calls like Harvey Mudd… and I would like to suggest you to consider UC Berkeley… It’s comp/elec engineering program is excellent.</p>
<p>@aniruddhc
thanks man @Tippu
my parents told me the same thing but i thought since no-one would pay to clean the slums a robot that does it for free is much better @Akshay
i wanted to know if my assessment of schools was ok and i donno about UC Berkley cuz apparently they have huge class sizes which is a big negative for me</p>
<p>and do u think that winning olympiads and competions is essential for a place like MIT or is participating good enough?</p>
<p>Rocky545, if winning/participation in olympiad comes across as a result of your passion for science/tech then it will help. important thing is exhibition of your passion through your writing and extracurriculars. this has been a common theme among people who got admitted to MIT this yr. </p>
<p>e.g., a kid from our school who got into MIT this yr was very unique. he didn’t have great stats. he was not a national merit semifinalist. his gpa was not in top 10. but he had great passion for math. i could see him working out math problems from obscure books whenever he had a spare moment. he did extremely well in AMC12 and USAMO. he was rejected by most elite schools except MIT.</p>
<p>^ Yes, admission officers in some schools would be willing to look at such things. It depends on the school and what you are trying to convey. BTW, these types of questions are routinely asked when these people visit high schools during October/November.</p>
<p>If your web site helps them to understand you better then it is helpful. If it appears like a grand editing job then no.</p>
<p>Without knowing what you have to share it is hard for me offer any more comments.</p>
<p>basically i was thinking i would put up a website with all this stuff ive made
im fascinated by high voltage and plasma so ive made like:
-plasma speakers
-jacobs ladder
-a plasma ball
-marx generator
and i thought id put a video of my robot in action</p>
<p>Harvey Mudd is by no means a match. And it’s a school you have to be sure of going to. I was accepted but I didn’t end up going 'cause I figured I wanted a real college experience, not high school v2.0.
And only 5 people from India got accepted for 2013.</p>
<p>I think you need to be a US resident to apply to Cooper Union.</p>
<p>I’d say GTech is a safety - I’ve seen people with horrible stats get in.</p>
<p>You should apply to more reaches - I’d say consider Cornell and Northwestern. I know for a fact that recruiting and faculty at both places is amazing.</p>
<p>Your very competitive but your decisions will come down to your essays as always. Convey your passion - that will really separate you from the other 95%.</p>
<p>“I was accepted but I didn’t end up going 'cause I figured I wanted a real college experience, not high school v2.0.”</p>
<p>A peculiar statement. Do you feel this way because of the size of the school? If so, I think you mean you wanted a “real” university experience.</p>
<p>thanks guys
well i just checked the cooper union website and u have to be living in the US to apply so that’s off the list and carnegie doesnt offer aid to international students so i guess that’s out
so harvey mudd should be a reach? does northwestern have a good computer engineering program?</p>
<p>@Suin: Yes, i needed the traditional “big” college experience. From what I gathered from people there, the size of HMC would have made it eerily like my high school. I loved the academics but I just couldn’t see myself spending 4 years there.</p>
<p>Wait, if you need Financial Aid, you’ll need to eliminate every state college eg. UIUC, GaTech etc - they do not give aid to internationals at ALL.</p>
but i thought since no-one would pay to clean the slums a robot that does it for free is much better