Should I apply to Stanford or MIT for Aerospace Engineering?

College Search & Selection
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I am Gohar from Pakistan, I received my elementary education in small one or two room school, I hails from a rural village my ancestors and local villagers has not received any formal education, sadly I am after Malala yousafzai is the only one getting any education after civil war in our village swat.

I had 8A* in my 9th/10th class which is 4 unweighted GPA, then I attend IB world school for IB diploma program with mostly science subjects and got 42 points in first year of internal exam then the school did not teach Math HL anymore therefore I switched to another IB school and secured 37 points in internal exam but the school lost their IB licence and could not facilitate IB exam and now I appear for A level 3 Subjects privately.
My SAT score is 1350.

EC activities.

  1. Research Paper Published in international Journal and conference proceedings on nuclear propulsion.
  2. Best research poster presenter in International conference on Aerospace sciences and Engineering
  3. Stood 3rd in National Act in Space competition.
  4. Honorable Mention in International NASA space settlement and design contest .
  5. President for STEM and research club of my high school.
  6. Co director of Media for Model united nation.
  7. Taught Robotics to SOS’s village Kids.
  8. Made Thrust vectoring kit for model rocket.
  9. Founded a startup on organic soap which was based on my chemistry internal assessment so the people of my village can make and sell this soap to make living.
  10. Was Part of team to propose an idea at Ministry for Clean and Green Pakistan.
  11. A good Cricket and basketball Player.
  12. Best Acadamic Award
  13. Volunteer at Kachnar Park in cleaning campaign.
  14. Ambassador for Learnobots.
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Apply, but know going in that your SAT score would not be competitive at those elite universities. Also, what do you plan to do with your aerospace degree? For most US companies, you would need a security clearance and that is extremely difficult if you are not a US citizen.
When you complete your education at an American university, it is expected that you return to your home country; immigration is difficult and almost impossible.

3

1350 SAT is average for engineering at schools like Arizona State, Central Florida, Virginia Polytechnic.

4

We have a friend who is a sophomore now at University of Michigan Ann Arbor. He is an aerospace engineering major. He is happy there.

5

and maybe CU Boulder