Predict: MIT (EA), UCB EECS, Georgia Tech, etc.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Colleges: MIT (EA), Georgia Tech (EA), UIUC (Priority), Harvard, Princeton, UCB EECS, UCLA, CMU (SCS & CIT), Jerome Fisher Program at UPenn, Harvey Mudd (There’s more, but I want opinions on these places).

International student, male, no FA needed.

Stats:
– 34 ACT, 800 Math L2, 700 Physics. (Single Sitting)
– 3.95 GPA (Rank 1/320; Toughest course available)
– APs aren’t offered at my school

ECs:
– Published research x2 in CS (but impact factors of journals aren’t that high). Worked on math research x2 (results are fairly significant, will publish in high impact journal).
– Teach CS (programming, app development, web development) to underprivileged children through my NPO. Nationwide presence (>10 cities). Handle national operations on a daily basis as well as personally teach in my city. Built a network of 100+ volunteers across the country.
– Manage my own startup which I founded with a few friends. Employ 14 people. Raised money (not that significant though). I also specifically learnt iOS development so that we could save money on employing engineers.
– Debate club (President), CS club (President), Math club (Member)
– Head Boy at my school (highest position on the student council), house captain at my older school (3rd highest position on the council)
– Played varsity sports (soccer and basketball; captained both teams) till 10th grade (wanted to start rec team at new school, but it turned out to be a dud)
– Perform card magic (at small events)

Awards:
– ISEF 2016 Semi Finalist in my country (Two of my projects got selected*, top 15 in CS category and top 8 in math category out of an estimated total of 15K submissions this year)
– Qualified the equivalent of AIME in my country
– Top 40 rank at national computing olympiad
– Some state level examinations (which aren’t that significant)
– Some school awards (award for ranking first (overall) in junior year, award for highest grades in CS, etc.)

Additional Notes:
– All the research was done by me. I did have mentors for my math projects, but I was the one that reached out to them through emails and continued collaboration. They’re at some of the topmost research institutes in the world and I have a rec from one of them, if at all it matters.
– No support in starting the startup as well as the NPO. My friends and I did it by ourselves.
– Hopefully good essays. I’ve had trouble getting them reviewed (because of lack of people who can, nevertheless, I have done my best in the essays).
– I qualified for the ISEF Semi Finals in both the categories with different projects, but rules dictate that one can only present a single project at the national fair. So I’ve decided to proceed with my math paper as the results are more significant.

Thank you for your time! Have a great day!

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Georgia, UIUC, UCLA are matches, UCB is a high match, and the rest are reaches

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You’ve done exceptionally well in all facets of your life, it seems. You have balance, something lacking these days, from what I’ve observed. Though your stats are competitive and your ECs stellar, the fact that you are an international applicant will severely damage your chances at public institutions like UCLA.

I think you would be within reason to expect an admission to Georgia Tech, CIT, MIT, and Harvey Mudd, but don’t think less of yourself if you receive a rejection - the admissions process can be quite unpredictable at these Unis. Whence do you come? The country might make a difference.

Regardless,
Here’s mine: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1825819-for-my-list-extensive-p1.html

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@cappex What does high match mean? And keep in mind that I’ll be applying for EECS

@SirPepsi Thank you for your kind words. But I’ve certainly not done well in all facets of my life. I do not want to reveal my country as then people would be able to easily find out my real identity, but let’s just say that I do not come from an underrepresented country. I also commented on your thread.

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@anotherdude High match means the school is a tad lower chances than a match. A match is about 50:50, a HM is more like 40:60

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I think you have a good chance for MIT , remember they are very selective, but good luck!

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Your CS startup and teaching is impressive though

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@cappex Thanks. Hopefully the adcoms look at it the same way

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