<p>I hail from a middle class family. My father is an Army Officer in the Indian Army. I want to pursue my higer education at a good US univ.(aerospace engg.). The only hinderance is my financial status. My parents cant afford the costs. They have an annual income of $7000. I am listing a few of my achievements so that you can asses my credentials:) :</p>
<ul>
<li>Won a Gold Medal in International Informatics Olypiad </li>
<li>Secured 2nd Rank in 7th International Level Science Talent Examination conducted by The Bangalore Science Forum.</li>
<li>Represented Delhi Public School Rajkot at 'LISTEN- The Worlds First Conference on Childs Concerns'.
3.Secured 3rd Rank in National Cyber Olympiad.</li>
<li>Secured 7th position in Assesment of Scholastic Skills thorugh Education Testing</li>
<li>Appointed School Captain recently.</li>
<li>Awarded 'A' Certificate by National Cadet Corps</li>
<li>Special appreciation by 'Leprosy Mission' for social work.</li>
<li>Represented K V at the State Science Fair at IIT Kharagpur.</li>
<li>Represented region at State for Volleyball and Ball Badminton.</li>
<li>Won state level debate organised by Hindi Samaj</li>
<li>Appointed school basketball and volleyball team Captain.</li>
<li>Appointed School Captain at DPS, Rajkot.</li>
<li>Choosen as a member of the Indian Ubuntu Linux Team.</li>
</ul>
<p>I am in dire need of financial aid. I will be finishing my high school in 2008.
I plan to apply to the following colleges :
1. MIT
2. Stanford
3. Embry Riddle Aeronautical Univ.
4. UCLA
5. University of Texas, Arlington</p>
<p>Work for the SATs(I and II). And also maintain a good GPA. You can't do anything about your financial status so don't worry about it. Do you best and forget about the rest.</p>
<p>Since you're finishing school in 2008, you've plenty of time ahead of you and that can't be bad. Now's a good time to research a lot of colleges and find out which ones are the best for you, so you don't necessarily have to stick to the list you mentioned. Also start planning on when you want to take the SATs., TOEFL etc.</p>
<p>Oh i would like to apologise for not being precise...... the International Informatics Olympiad I am talking about was conducted by Silver Zone Inc.</p>
<p>Sorry for the misunderstanding</p>
<p>Anyways why dont you all suggest me other better colleges for aerospace engg.?</p>
<p>try some of the ivies. with those stats u have a good chance of getting in (and they are more then happy to give full scholarships to students like u).</p>
<p>I heard somewhere, that Stanford gives you free access ( full fee waiver) to their university if ure credentials are outstanding and ur in financial difficulty. </p>
<p>Not sure about this though^^^ kick ass Ec's though</p>