Engineering Chances at Berkeley,Stanford SCEA,MIT,Cornell

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>My first post is a chances thread. :o
Stats:
SAT
Best Scores: 2310 (Math:800,CR:750,W:760)
Single Sitting:2260(Math:750,CR:750,W:760)
I retook it and scored lower,will that affect me negatively?. :( 2220(Math:800,CR:700,W:720)
SAT 2's
Math 2c-800
Physics-770(Retaking in October)
Chemistry-Taking in October-they postponed it for india</p>

<p>GPA:97.5% School doesn't weight (cos they don't offer APs)
Rank-1/330 (tied with another person)</p>

<p>APs:
School doesn't offer them but took them all studying on my own.
Calculus AB-5
Physics C (Mechanics)-5
Computer Science A-5</p>

<p>EC's-
Great Internship at a Fortune 500 software company (was one of two students selected from the state for this,learnt alot)-Writing essay about this-Summer between 10 & 11
I volunteer at a local. hospital-Lot of interaction with patients-mostly kids.-writing another essay about this.-9,10,11,12
Captain-Basketball Team-9,10
Captain-Chess Team-9,10(I know lol)
Red Cross-Blood drives,AIDS awareness project,other miscellaneous stuff-9,10,11,12
President of Student Body,Literary Secretary -10</p>

<p>Awards-
We have board exams at the end of each year - I was ranked 7th out of ~700,00 in these tests.
Ranked in top 0.1% Math olympiad, Science olympiad 10,11
Won lot of debates
Awarded Educational Scholarship for 11 and 12 grade education</p>

<p>Other-
I go to high school in India but I am a US citizen so I will be applying as a domestic applicant. Like I mentioned in the thread title, I'm interested in EECS at Berkeley and I am applying to Stanford SCEA. In addition to these schools I am applying for computer science to-
MIT
Caltech
Cornell
UIUC
Univ of Michigan
GeorgiaTech
Duke</p>

<p>Can you guys give me some sort of rough percentage chances? Appreciate it.</p>

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<p>Berkeley - Match
Stanford - Reach
MIT - Reach
Caltech - Slight Reach
Cornell - Match
UIUC - Low Match
Univ of Michigan - Low Match/Safety
GeorgiaTech - Low Match
Duke - Slight Reach</p>

<p>The schools I tagged as reaches and slight reaches are reaches and slight reaches only because their admit percentages are so low (between 10 and 20%). However, you'd be a strong applicant at each of these schools, and you have a better than average chance at each of them. I expect you'll get into at least a couple of the reaches/slight reaches.</p>

<p>By the way, have you considered Carnegie-Mellon? It's one of the top tech schools in the U.S.</p>

<p>Also, don't worry about scoring lower the second time around on your SATs. Schools always take the top scores in each section among all your sittings.</p>

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<p>collegejunkie:</p>

<p>UCB: Match (out of state, Engineering)</p>

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<p>Berkeley - Match
Stanford - Reach
MIT - Reach
Caltech - Reach
Cornell - Slight Reach
UIUC - Safety
Univ of Michigan - Safety
GeorgiaTech - Safety
Duke - Slight Reach</p>

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<p>i thought about CMU but it's in pittsburgh and i really can't stand the cold(really hot home weather:D). It's not known as widely as the other colleges or am i mistaken? i'm not sure if i'm in-state for cal or not becuase i was born in cali, we still maintain a home there and my dad travels back and forth frequently.I am probably there for 3 months of the year. Does that make me in-state? </p>

<p>@datadriven, is cornell a reach for me? i thought it was more of a match.</p>

<p>could you guys suggest some more good tech schools? thanks a lot. :)</p>

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<p>i just found out that i'm considered a california resident. :) will that affect my chances greatly?</p>

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<p>CMU...[is]in pittsburgh and i really can't stand the cold(really hot home weather). It's not known as widely as the other colleges or am i mistaken?</p>

<p>You're right about the weather in Pittsburgh but you are mistaken about Carnegie Mellon's reputation. It very well known, especially for tech. It's got a top 10 engineering school and one of the best, if not the best, computer and electrical engineering progams in the country. It also has a top ten B school (Tepper) and is ranked #21 by U.S. News, the same rank as UC Berkeley.</p>

<p>Other schools you might want to consider:</p>

<p>Case Western Reserve
Rensselaer Poly Tech</p>

<p>Both would be safeties for you.</p>

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<p>you could get into IIT with those grades :O</p>

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<p>collegejunkie:</p>

<p>UCB: Safe Match (Engineering)</p>

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<p>MIT:Reach
Stanford:Reach
Berkeley:Match
Cornell:Match
UIUC:Safety
Univ of Michigan:Safety
GeorgiaTech:Safety</p>

<p>Have you considered Harvey Mudd?</p>

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<p>Big BADA Bump!!:)</p>

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<p>that makes no sense, u cant stand the cold in pittsburgh but u can stand the cold at MIT and cornell which are considerably colder?</p>

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<p>I'm applying to MIT because it's MIT and to Cornell because my sister's an undergrad student there already</p>