<p>Hi! The-happy-neighborhood-tuna-fish is back with a question! :)</p>
<p>I got into these colleges and programmes. NOW I’m totally confused as to where I should be headed. Some places, I didn’t really get in yet, but I’m appealing. So, even if though I probably won’t get in (the chances are verrry verrrry low to get through after appealing), I’d request you guys to put this into your ranking as well.</p>
<p>1) NUS (Singapore) (Comp Engg). [with tuition grant, which cuts most of the fee)
2) NTU (Singapore) (Comp Engg+BBA). [same as above]
3) Warwick (UK) (Math+Statistics) [Full Fee]
4) UCL (UK) (Math+Economics) [Full Fee]
5) Kings (UK) (CompSci+Math) [Full Fee]
6) UC Los Angeles (USA) (CompSci and Engineering) [Full Fee]
7) CMU (USA) (MechE) [waitlisted for Comp Engg] [Full Fee]
8) uMich (USA) (MechE) [Full Fee]
9) Purdue (USA) (Comp Engg) [Full Fee]
10) UC Berkeley (USA) (Comp Engg) [Didn’t get in, but appealed- so, if by a 1/234737974 chance I do get in, I wouldn’t have to ask all over again!] :)</p>
<p>Now, could you PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE rank them in order of preference… taking into account the following factors in decreasing order of importance!
Prestige>Starting Salary Averages>Opportunities>Cost>Experience.
Thanks sooo much!!</p>
<p>-tUnA :)</p>
<p>UCLA gives aid to internationals?</p>
<p>nope, they don’t. that’s what i said- i have to pay the full fee… :)</p>
<p>You mind telling your stats,so I can get an idea of what these schools want?(Especially for the first 2)…:)</p>
<p>CMU/UMich/UCLA if prestige is the name of your game</p>
<p>@smartchap: well, i’m an SIA-Youth scholars-which means i went to singapore after the 10th grade. (they choose 20-odd people from india). so it’s fairly easy for me to get in. for you, i’d say singaporean universities are real suckers for board marks- so slog it out for exams, alright? second, if you have anything at national level/international level, they really love that. NUS and NTU should definitely not be a problem.
Stats: 2220 SAT reasoning; 800s for SAT subject tests- screwed my rank (overslept and missed an exam- looong looooong story), 3 math olympiad gold/silvers, 1 cyber silver, a few research projects and a lot of CCA stuff. (i guess the CCA part was my strong point, the rank was the weakness- was actually top few before the exam-missing-fiasco happened). so what’s your order of preference among the 9?</p>
<p>@tetris: yay for tetris! haha! i must say you’re always here to help and that’s awesome- best of luck for your own admissions this year. make us proud! haha! 
and thanks! and oh- which one would you choose among UCLA, CMU and Mich… if the factors influencing the decisions are Prestige>Starting Salary Averages>Opportunities>Cost>Experience. thanks again! :)</p>
<p>@others: c’mon! reply, people! :)</p>
<p>my preference would be UCLA,UMich,NUS,NTU in that order</p>
<p>and thanks for that reply!NUS/NTU is my first choice…hmm…so,Boards are everything for them,eh?What about SATs?</p>
<p>@smartchap: you’re totally welcome! umm… i’d say boards aren’t everything- BUT without boards, it’s impossible. so, i’d say you’d need great preboards and boards (aim for 93%+ to be on the safer side, though i’ve seen people with lower numbers make it). i’ve HEARD (i think this is just a rumor), but they do ask about your JEE rank too!!! SATs- they don’t really care. things like NTSE, Ranji Trophy Cricket, National Publication, National Olympiad Medals, Published research REALLY do the trick for them- unlike the US universities, one or two of these should be enough, really!
and thanks for your reply! :)</p>
<p>someone? anyone? reply!!
right now it seems to be UCLA, CMU, uMich, NUS —> please rank among them if you can!
(the UK ones seem to be pretty dead… they’re that bad ah?)</p>
<p>If you get into CMU for computer engineering, there’s nothing like it. But is MechE really OK for you? As in, do you really want CompE?</p>
<p>If you do, then it’s between UCLA and UMich. Ann Arbor vs. LA. What’s your pick?</p>
<p>I’d say eliminate UCLA…</p>
<p>If it were me…i’d choose CMU among the american ones…
mainly cuz the food and the campus are awesome</p>
<p>I have a thing against U mich even though i got in for MechE…
I don’t like michigan weather…its so cold and gloomy all year round :/</p>
<p>hahah! hi5 prateek! i have this thing against umich too, i don’t know why- but yeah!
i guess both of us are in a similar situation! (you’re waitlisted at ECE too, right?)- oh, and btw… UCLA DEFINITELY has the bestestest food… it’s among the best in the country, ditto for campus… even though i can confidently say that CMU is higher ranked than UCLA for engineering, UCLA seems to hold more prestige for americans- plus, it’s in california and i had a feeling the proximity to the silicon valley might help… whatsay? and if you’d like to IM/email or sth… i could PM you my contact details… :)</p>
<p>others- i’m STILL confused- help help yelp! :)</p>
<p>I don’t like UCLA…I never bothered applying…
Silicon Valley…hmm
[Carnegie</a> Mellon Silicon Valley - Carnegie Mellon University](<a href=“CMU Silicon Valley”>CMU Silicon Valley)</p>
<p>CMU pizzas are heaven…trust me…</p>
<p>Choosing a college based on pizza? :p</p>
<p>It’s very important to my life :p</p>
<p>I would choose based on the proximity to a Ben & Jerry’s outlet</p>
<p>Then you would choose CMU…
Altough Haagen-Dazs is better :P</p>
<p>Haagen-Dazs is classier and, talking solely about pure taste (ruling out all other factors like diversity of flavours), it would be the better.</p>
<p>But dude. No one else has Cherry Garcia!</p>
<p>wait! they have ben & jerry’s in india?!?!! where? how? when? i’ve been craving for it ever since i got here!!</p>
<p>No no no they don’t. My last experience with B & J’s was in Singapore last summer. Can’t wait to attack it again next month :D</p>
<p>^ Ditto for me…although September wasn’t summer…</p>