Thai student: MIT Stanford USC Cornell UPenn Caltech Olin ...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm not American, I’m a Thai student who wants to apply to good engineering university and my dream is MIT. Is that too hard?</p>

<p>Major: Mechanical Engineering / Aerospace engineering
SAT 1: I will take in OCT.
SAT II: 760 MathIIc 800 Chemistry 800 Physics
Unweighted GPA: 3.8 (It takes a miracle to get 4.00 here)
School: The best school in my country selected top 3% student to study here.</p>

<h2>Type of school: Special Public Organization</h2>

<p>ECs: Here are some of my ECs
-Attending Pre- computer Olympiad camp for 1 year 2006-2007
-Be one of the best 80 students of Thailand computer Olympiad competition. 2007/2008
-Join Pre-World Robot Olympiad competition. 2007
-Won “Best paper prize” in Shanghai 2008International Youth Science and. Technology Expo, China from A Brittle star biometmetic robot.-in 2008
-A member of Junior Science Talent Project.(Selected 60 high school and undergrad students to do science and engineering with top professor in Thailand)
-Be a Thai representative to join The 2nd International IT-Gifted Youth Camp, 2007, Korea
-Receive the third place from scientific Flash game contest in 2007.
-Receive the forth place from National Linux competition
-Volunteer in the camp to teach Math and Science to students in rural school 2008
-Be and exchange student to Lancaster Girl Grammar School, England (My school partner school) for 2 weeks
-Volunteer in the camp to help the sufferers in Southern Thailand
-Be one of school student committees.
-Play Tae Kwan Do
-Play Table Tennis</p>

<p>List:
-MIT
-Stanford
-Cornell University (NY)
-University of Pennsylvania</p>

<h2>-University of Southern California</h2>

<p>-Olin
-Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (NY)
-Lafaeytte college</p>

<h2>-Lehigh University (PA)</h2>

<p>-Texas A&M
-Purdue
- Stony Brook University - SUNY Stony Brook</p>

<p>What are my chances to get into MIT?
So, can you help me to separate those universities to Reach/Match/Safety?
If you have any advices, don’t hesitate to tell me, I will be a good listener.
Thanks a lot.</p>

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<p>Need financial aid? That is a very important determinant at everywhere except MIT and Olin I think.</p>

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<p>Yes, financial is important.But some universities in my list offer a huge number of financial Aid.</p>

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<p>To domestic students. MIT for example only offers 2 or 3 places every year to Singaporeans, for example. Same thing with Stanford, they only have ~35 international students every year taking on Stanford FA. So the competition is intense.</p>

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<p>well your stats look really good :D
i think u have a gd shot at MIT, esp as they don't have too many thai students</p>

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<p>Well,I'm happy with your comments and feel better to know new friends who have the same goal!!</p>

<p>If anyone reads this,just posts a comment,anything will do! ^^</p>

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<p>comment please............</p>

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<p>USC gives aid to internationals?</p>

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<p>USC do give aid to Inst but in very low rate</p>

<p>about 200 from 1400 insts</p>

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<p>I think your list needs some more safeties because Stony Brook is even becoming tougher to get into for in-state students.</p>

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<p>Does anyone applying this year?</p>