@afnr99 JEEZ , I just read Status Updated and lost it.
@charizard1234 @MedhaP @agrawaldhruv Another Indian here. 
did anyone get a decision yet?
nothing yet
@happygal2017 @MedhaP @agrawaldhruv guys what are your stats? (I know there is nothing we can do now but I gotta kill time and hope for the best so yea why not)
@charizard1234, @happygal2017 @MedhaP I have a really interesting story.
I have a slightly different case and I hope you will love to read about it.
I Graduated from high school in 2015 (92% CBSE). I scored All India Rank 143 out of 650,000 students in ALL INDIA PRE MEDICAL TEST - one of the biggest exams in India. I was selected in one of the best medical colleges in India. But, I dropped out to build my own startup.
I am CEO of Aether Biomedical, A startup working on cutting-edge robotic hands for upper limb amputees (People who do not have a hand below their elbow). We have won various awards, patents, and have raised investments as well. Our Product is being licensed and so I was applying for an engineering program in USA.
My SAT 2 physics score - 800, Math 2 - 730 (Quite Low) SAT - 1470. I have ACE credits for Calculas 1 and Calculas 2 as well.
I have a lot of olympiads, resesarch papers, internships, awards, patents in my name
And here I thought I had a chance. @agrawaldhruv. I respect your choice of building your own company. and congrats on that AIPMT rank, I know how valuable that is.
I studied in an Indian curriculum school and my grades are pretty good if not the best, grade 9 -9.8/10 CGPA, grade 10 - 10/10 CGPA and grade 11- 89.9 % (its freaking tough) and grade 12 predicted score given by school - 96.4%(IDK how). SAT 1440 750-M, 690-R; and ACT -32 with a superscore of 33(if it helps) Toefl -110. I have had around 350 hours of volunteer service and I guess my essay is pretty good. I have done 1 internship in Robotics and CS(my intended major so I hope it helps) and a summer Program at Boston in Robotics and involved in a lot of cricket and basketball 9 through 12. Also I have Subject tests : 800 on math 2, Chem and Phy.
I live in Bahrain so sports opportunities are minute, although I was in the reserves team for Bahrain National cricket team and went to Malaysia for the ACC U-16 cricket cup and also inter-school cricket events and am active in basketball in my school although we have no proper tournaments or organization.
I wish to pursue Robotics and have made that clear in my essay and tried to show my love for it and why I am interested in it. I have strong Recs and I love going to MUNs, I have been to 13 MUNs including one inside UNHQ in New York where I won a verbal mention and have won over 5 wards. My activity essay is based on MUN conferences. I dont really aim for Scholarship, tution should be fine.
I took the ACER examination for Science and Maths(not soooo prestigious) and got 100 percentile internationally and high distinction in maths. I also was a part of a cricket tour to India under CFI( cricket federation of India).
I am part of a global community at Young Scientist’s Journal (www.ysjounal.com) and am an editor and have edited over 15 articles based on Science. I am also part of a community called Young Coders who are working on making a website.
I wish to major in CE or CS and am an international student living in Bahrain.
Dhruv?
@agrawaldhruv Your application must be bomb! Are you also trying for MIT, Stanford, or any other universities of their clique?
Admitted – computer engineering !!!
Instate male
ACT: 34
GPA: 3.9 w / 4.4 uw
Eagle scout
Summer programming job
Was deferred on Dec 15
Admitted!! Civil Eng.
Accepted:
stats and comp sci
out of state
gpa: 3.75,
sat 1480
math 2: 800
about 7 ap classes
Accepted: Bioengineering
@charizard1234 You have an amazing profile too.
@happygal2017 I am applying to UPenn, Duke, JHU, and other colleges as well.
Penn M&T is my top choice
Is there a way to see financial costs/awards before accepting Admission?
Denied
Act 32
Sat 1440
Sat subject - 800 in math 2, phy, chem
Good ECs and Recs and essays (Now I am not so confident about that)
IDK what to do anymore.
CS at UIUC is very competitive, don’t feel bad about not getting in. There’s plenty of other CS schools with really good curriculums.
Sat 1290
Toefl 100
Gpa 3.9
4 AP
Offered waitlist
Major : economics
@literallymarx Could you name a few off the top of your head? Also thanks for the hope but I really dont know whats going to happen now.
Admitted
Industrial Design
SAT 1260
GPA 3.2
Toefl 101
International student
@charizard1234 CS in COE at UIUC is extremely competitive. Even near perfect stats can’t guarantee admissions. I know of someone with a 34 ACT that didn’t get in. My D didn’t apply to CS in COE because we knew her stats will not cut it as well as she didn’t want to do CS in COE - she wanted to do CS + X and chose Stats and CS as she is interested in data science and ML, and this was a perfect combination.
At this point there aren’t many applications still open except those that do rolling admissions. I see that you have applied to UW Madison. It is a great school and their CS program is top ranked as well. At the undergraduate level, there is very little difference in the top tier CS programs. I know there are many that will disagree and I am not going to argue over that. As a parent of a D (my older one) that goes to a school comparable to U of I, I can tell you from first hand experience that she neither gained nor missed anything by not going to U of I (and my D had a choice to do CE there, she just chose to go to a different school because she really wanted to do only CS).
End of the day it is what you make out of the college experience. There’s certainly a difference between a college ranked 200 vs one that is ranked 20, but most top national universities are just fine for undergrad and offer plenty of opportunities to be successful.