What are my chances in the following colleges?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi everyone, this is my first post here so bear with me.</p>

<p>I am an Indian student currently in 12th grade, and am applying for the fall 2014 semester for a computer science undergraduate degree. I have the following colleges in mind right now, I plan on appying for Early Action in all these:</p>

<p>1) University of California Berkeley
2) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3) Georgia Tech
4) Pennsylvania State</p>

<p>UCB is my 'dream university', one I don't really expect to get accepted at, but trying my luck just in case. UIUC and GaTech are the ones I'm aiming for. Penn State is a safe university.</p>

<p>My SAT score is 2200 (800 in Math, 770 in writing and 630 in reading). I will appear for the SAT II in October, Maths and Physics. I got 750 in practice tests for both (which I gave without any preparation) so I expect to get at least 750 in each. Other than that, I got a perfect 10 CGPA in 10th grade and hope to get 90%+ in 12th grade half-yearly exams. I also received 'academic excellence certificates' (equivalent to honors from what I've heard) for Grades 1 through 10 (though only 9th and 10th are important AFAIK) </p>

<p>My participation extra curricular activities is quiet low, I'm currently the editor for my school magazine, I won a maths Olympiad in my city and got to participate in a 15 day summer workshop with Infosys, I am a member of an NGO that helps underprivileged children and I participated in a few competitions within my school (skit, declamation etc.)</p>

<p>Based on this, do you feel I am aiming too high? Will I be able to get into Georgia Tech or UIUC? If not, what should be the university I should aim for? Also, could you suggest another safe school? </p>

<p>Any help is appreciated.</p>

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<p>For all international applicants a critical threshold question is do you need financial aid?</p>

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<p>I don’t ‘need’ financial aid, but it will definitely help. I mean that if not getting financial aid is not a deal breaker, I’ll go to the above colleges even if I get no aid. I’ll still apply for aid though. Could you tell me how much simply applying for aid would reduce my chances?</p>

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<p>Ok, so based on my post, could you tell me my chances if I apply for aid? Also, any good universities that are in my reach that I should consider?</p>

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<p>Bump, any help guys?</p>