Engineering at UIUC, Cornell, GaTech, etc.

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Demographics: Male, Indian, studying an Indian curriculum (ISC).
Intended major(s): Mechanical Engineering
Academics:
    SAT: first attempt, 2000; second attempt, 1980; Superscore: 2040.
    ACT: 33E/35M/35R/36S/ Composite:35
    Class Rank: Top 2.
    Marks: 11th grade: Three semester average for math is around 94; Chemistry Physics and Economics around 90; English around 85. All of this is out of 100. One of the most rigorous syllabuses in the world. 12th grade first term of 90+ in everything.
    SAT II: 800 in both Physics and Math.
Awards: IInd in Math and Chem in 11th grade. Medals for rock climbing. First place in an inter school product launch.
Extracurriculars:
    Trekked over a 100 kilometers over 9 days in the Himalayas.
    Did over 50 hours of Muay Thai
    Attended three Model United Nations. Special mention at one of them.
    Cycling and basketball coupled to over 500 hours a year. Played at an interhouse level in school.
    Social services back in ninth grade.
    Summer program held at the University of Cambridge. Studied basic Engineering concepts for two weeks; taught by a PhD in the Imperial College of London.

I know my Extras aren’t that great but I can’t recollect a few. Also my curriculum has a ton of portion (including a fuck ton of calculus and geometry and probability and binomial theorem and so much more).

Schools: UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UIUC, Cornell, GaTech, Carnegie Mellon, Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, UMich - Ann Arbor.
Questions/Comments: When I mean we have a large syllabus, it's freaking crazy. Each of our textbooks are 1000s of pages and we have extra school on schooldays and saturdays to complete portion but we still have around 12 left in Physics. Further my marks do have an upward trend, and my essays sounded professional and clearly displayed my desire and motivation for engineering and the sciences.
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UCB, Cornell, CMU, Northwestern - reaches (the acceptance rate for engineering at UCB and CMU is lower than their general acceptance rate), but still possible
GaTech - match
can’t say for the others

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Don’t submit the SAT that ACT is way better

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Cornell and other schools require ALL scores to be submitted.

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I would recommend not applying to those schools, then. That is a significant difference and would likely be a liability.

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Oh please. They’ll still see the 35 and infer that OP is better at one test than the other. Like many other people.

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You are within the admission range for those schools even they have low admission rate. Give them a try.