@Prabhu1998
Rice- No Idea
Dartmouth-Low chance/reach
UPenn-Low chance/reach
Duke-reach
Uminnesota( Accepted)
UT Austin-High match/decent chance
Cornell-High match/decent chance
Amherst-Match/good chance
Illinois IT-Safety
UCLA and UC Davis- UCLA would be difficult, UC Davis should be easy for you
In all your stats and grades are good, though the SAT is slightly on the lower side. However if you get into UT Austin, UCLA, UC Davis or Illinois IT, would you be able to afford it?
Dunno why I applied to UC. Illinois IT has a few merit schlolarships for internationals, should be easy to get.
UT Austin: Small departmental scholarships and a part-time job should be enough. I will try to establish Domicile in texas after a year to be eligible for in state tuition.
@Prabhu1998 Is that possible?..I too am looking for departmental scholarships at UT Austin
Other users, keep this thread alive. AND also please realise the fact that on this thread you are being chanced by fellow Indian students, so don’t take anything on face value or as certain. All of us are students like you. All we can do is give you a decent estimate of your chances, but college admissions are so unpredictable especially at the top schools that anything may happen, ie, you might get accepted at Stanford or you might get rejected at Purdue. But, this thread is just an endeavour to give everybody a general idea of their chances.
Also don’t release your personal information to anybody on this website, there are many jealous people around.
All the best, and keep this thread rolling.
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):800M,710W,650CR
ACT (breakdown):32C,35E,35M,29R,30S,8W
SAT II:790 Math 2,740 phy,710 chem
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):top 10%
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Grades in 9th-9.4/10
Grades in 10th-10/10
Grades in 11th-89/100
Grades in 12th-Predicted 94/100
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
1)Athletics Team for 3 years
2 silver medals, 1 bronze , qualification for nationals
2) MUN
participated in 6 , honorable mention in 1
3) Tennis
twice a week for 1 hour
4)Ran 10K marathon
Volunteer/Community service:
Ball KId in Dubai Tennis Championships for 2 years
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details):7-8 i guess
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
8-9
Applied for Financial Aid?:NO
Intended Major:Computer Science
Country:India
Colleges applying to:
1)UCB
2)UCLA
3)Carnegie Mellon
4)Cornell
5)Georgia Tech
6)UIUC
7)UW at Seattle
@vinvsv97 The fact that you did not apply for FA should get you into UCLA, GATech and UIUC. As far as other colleges(except UW) are concerned, I just don’t know how you can make it. Your ECs not at all show interest towards your intended major. Plus, the SAT 1 and 2 scores are on the lower end of the spectrum of the scores that you would expect the admitted international students to have.
@vinvsv97 Your SAT scores and grades are good, if not spectacular. Your EC’s , especially in athletics are good, so in all you appear to be a solid applicant. Only thing is your scores are slightly low for internationals, otherwise they are pretty good.
1)UCB - High Match/Slightly low chance
2)UCLA-Match/very good chance
3)Carnegie Mellon- Match/Good chance
4)Cornell-Low reach/low chance
5)Georgia Tech-High match (tougher form internationals_
6)UIUC-Match/should get in
7)UW at Seattle- No idea
@michaelite You do no that @vinvsv97 is applying to CMU SCS which is incredibly tough to get into in the first place. I wouldn’t call CMU a “match”
@mumbai98 On the contrary it has a higher acceptance rate than Berkeley and the fact that the is not applying for aid makes him a very well suited applicant in my opinion. Might be wrong though. As I said earlier, we are all amateurs in this.
@mumbai98 yeah… i do agree cmu will be a long shot. I really just hope i get into either ucb or ucla
@vinvsv97 UCLA has an international student acceptance rate of just under 30%. So if you don’t need any aid, I would reckon your chances are very high.
@michaelite That is good to hear. Thanks!
UCLA has an international acceptance rate of 17.66%. Google “Profile of Admitted Freshmen 2014”
Sorry to burst your bubble haha
@awoodenbowl Thats is the percentage of international students on campus…Acceptance rate is near 30%
@awoodenbowl Sorry…you’re right…I had seen the stats for 2012
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):2040(M-800,W-660,CR-580)(Super-scored)(Single sitting-2010)
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II:M1-800,M2-800,P-790( No prep)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):5%
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):NMTC Round 2-Top 19,NCO-International 7,State-1,City-1,CSI Young Talent search National Finalist-Top 10,TCS IT WIZ regional finalist,INOI-2014 and 2015,Robo Olympics-1st,Some more quizzes and olympiads
Grades in 9th:10
Grades in 10th:10(no upgrading)
Grades in 11th:Math-100,Computer Science-100, English-96, Chemistry and Physics around 85 (don’t remember)
Grades in 12th:School attested -97%
Others:5 in Calculus BC (ab subscore too)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Other than Awards- Assistant secretary of Trivia Club,Active member of Techno and Ramanujam Club. FIITJEE student.Robotics(School expos and competitions), Programming(contests), Chess(School -1st), Maths(contests).
Job/Work Experience:None
Volunteer/Community service:World Heart Day, Race against Cancer.Work with Orphanages.
Summer Activities:Reading, Coding, Math,Travelling and Gaming
Essays (rating 1-10, details):9-10
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):8-10.School csc teacher,Fiitjee Math Teacher, School Principal, and School VP-who also happens to be my Physics teacher.
Applied for Financial Aid?:No
Intended Major:Computer Science(AI)
State : Tamil Nadu
Country:Chennai
Income Bracket:<$100k
Colleges applying to:MIT,Stanford,CMU,Caltech,Georgia tech,Princeton
Also I don’t know how to go about financial aid so help would certainly be appreciated
@ronakice, did you apply this year or are you going to apply next year? Also, you might want to remove the FITJEE student off your EC list. That is plain absurd.
I applied. That part is not in my list ,no need to worry(not a really proud one tbh).
@ronakice Dude you would have been a very competitive applicant to most of your choices had your SAT score been decent. Sorry, if it sounds rude, but 2040 is just too low. Apart from Georgia Tech your chances are quite low. Other than the SAT your application is solid.
Also, for financial aid every college has its own process, so you would have to check on their websites, but one thing is common to all, the College Board CSS form, which you have to submit everywhere before 1st of February.
http://financialaid.stanford.edu/undergrad/apply/ thats the link for Stanford financial aid.
Yeah I understand no problems. I went down with a flu the day before SAT (the second time I took it) and I believe the ACT was a better fit for me.