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<p>I wanted a little help from u guys about my chances,
please help.... I am a junior and applying for Mechanical Engineering at CMU. I will apply for finaid. I can afford 30k a year.</p>

<p>MY STATS:
ACT: 33 composite
SAT IIs: 790M; 800P; 750C
9th: 95%
10th: 95%
11th: 93%</p>

<p>ECs:
Table Tennis national sports meet- silver medal
State champianships: gold medal
Interschool champianships: winner
State table tennis team captain
School TT team captain
Selected for Youth leader program in 11th.</p>

<p>Community service:
Organized water harvesting awareness with help of
Municipal Co.
Tutored children for 2 yrs.
Organized Green clean campaign; recognized by CM of State
Spread awareness about polio</p>

<p>Olympiads:
NTSE Scholar ( Talent search exam, gives scholarship to 200 students in the country)
RMO State Rank 2( toughest maths exam in country
except IMO)
SOF IMO: All India Rank 4
NSTSE: State Rank 9 ( Science Olympiad)</p>

<p>Summer Programs:
Gave 'Technothlon' an exam conducted by IITG and
was selected to attend a 2 week ,summer program at
IIT Guwahati. Got AIR 18.
Summer@Brown</p>

<p>Recs: I will have stellar recs from my teachers,
counsellor and my state team coach!!</p>

<p>I am an Indian.</p>

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<p>Internationals are not eligible for fin-aid from CMU.</p>

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<p>^ Very true. You cannot even apply for aid.
But the rest of your stats look to be on track. I would write a solid essay and make sure your recs are stellar!</p>

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<p>I am officially screwed then, I can’t afford 60k a year.
GoodBye to my dreams of attending CMU…</p>

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<p>It always amazes me when I see so many internationals and I multiply them each by 57k…</p>

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<p>I was surprised how many people I knew from other countries that had actually been born in the US. A number of them were citizens yet had never had any schooling in English!</p>