<p>I am an Indian student and the only American universities I know about are:
1. Harvard
2. Princeton
3. Yale
4. MIT
5. Caltech</p>
<p>I want to do a major in Engineering (Aerocpace or Mechanical or ...).</p>
<p>My profile goes down as below:</p>
<p>Class Subject Grades
IX Science A
IX Mathematics A
IX Social Studies B
IX English B
IX Hindi B
For Class X as well I got same grades with the same subjects.
XI Physics A
XI Chemistry A
XI Maths A
XI English B
XI Physical Education B</p>
<p>Rank:</p>
<p>Class IX and X : 1 of 100+
Class XI : 2 of 867</p>
<p>Percentage:
Class IX : 89.2%
Class X : 84.2% (I got jaundice right before exams.)
Class XI : 91.2%</p>
<p>I am immensely interested in Cricket and have played for the my house team in Class IX and X.
Also I have participated at the Inter School (state level) Debate Competetion emerging 8th of 80 candidates, and have been part of the debating team of the school for two years.
I have been selected in the Indian National Physics Olympiad (which selects top 30-35 students from the whole country. After that they select 5 to represent on the International Physics Olympiad. They dropped me there. Hope to get selected this year.) </p>
<p>I require financial aid.</p>
<p>Will it be enough to get in any of those 5 institutes?</p>
<p>Kindly post me of any other elite institution in Engineering.</p>