<p>Hello guys,
I am an international student(from Romania ☺) and I have taken my tests and pretty much finished with all my contests till the application date in winter and i currently do not know where to apply. I am looking for a full financial package (~96-%97%) at the desired college since my parents are not able to pay. I am interested in studying Computer Science, more exactly System Administration or Software Development, and haven't decided yet where to apply.</p>
<p>I have taken a look at some colleges and i liked R.I.T. very much but i have found out that i can't obtain a full financial package from them, and i switched my focus to Boston University. ( I am trying to focus on one to get details because i really want to apply smartly and get accepted early)</p>
<p>Here are my stats:</p>
<p>Tests:
→ SAT : 1900 ( 600 CR , 710 M , 590 WR )
→ TOEFL iBT: 110
→ SAT IIs - 800 Math II</p>
<p>Academics:
→ 9.5/10 Grade Average for my years at Highschool</p>
<p>CS&IT Awards:
→National IT Olympiad : Gold Medal, 4th place - 2014; Bronze Medal, 10th place - 2013 (with first place at State&District Phases)
→International Young Inventors Olympiad 2014 - Gold Medal, 1st place - IT Software Development
→Internet Safe Day 2014 Web Developing - First Prize (National Contest)
→Info-Education 2014 - First Prize (National Contest)
→MobilPro Developing Contest - IBM Award & Mention (National Contest)
→Linfo@Sv - Second Prize (National Contest)
Many other results at regional software dev. & algorithmics contests.</p>
<p>Engineering&Astrophysics Awards:
→ Nasa Ames Space Settlement Design Contest: Second Prize - 2014; First Prize - 2013; Grand Prize - 2012;
→ Nasa Cassini Scientist for a Day : First Prize - 2014; Third Prize - 2013; Honorable Mention - 2012;
→ ROSEF - Third Prize ( Curently in tri-outs for Intel ISEF-2015 )</p>
<p>Business&Economics:
→ Junior Achievement Company of the Year - Best Product&Service Award</p>
<p>Extras:
• Founder & DPT Designer at HighSchool's Rock Club
• Editor & Webdeveloper at School's Magazine
• Curently Attending Robotics Summer School organised by Bucharest's Polytechnic
• Invited at ISDC 2012 (award winner, speaker) - Washington D.C. & ISDC 2013 (speaker) - San Diego
• Invited at Romanian Business Hall of Fame (award winner) - Bucharest 2014
• Invited at Internet Safe Day 2014 Conference (award winner) - Bucharest 2014
• Junior Researcher at National Institute for Research and Development in Electrical Engineering Romania -Department of Young Researchers</p>
<p>• Volunteer at local charity foundation - Tutoring,teaching,helping poor kids at homeworks/lectures
Work Experience:
○ Web Designer (Internship) - ITC Web Solutions - June-July 2013
○ Web Developer (Internship) - Searchads Webvertising - July-September 2013
○ Software Developer (Internship) - 1&1 - January-May 2014
○ Web Developer (Part Time) - National Institute for Research and Development in Electrical Engineering May 2014 - onwards
○ Software Engineering & U.X. - TeamWeb July 2014-onwards
I also have an online portofolio for my web design and developer skills, i currently have 26 live websites developed by me for local companies.</p>
<p>Certifications:
- CPP Institute - C++ Associate
- Microsoft Training Associate
- Cisco Networking Academy - IT Essentials </p>
<p>This pretty much sums up my activities, i haven't double checked my log so i may have missed some activities/results.
I would appreciate any kind of awnser of where to go and study CS ( The univ should be in an urban/suburban region, have good co-op programs and should be able to give full financial support ) . I curently think of researching a bit more about Boston University,Texas University and Drexel University (And of course be 100% sure that R.I.T. doesn't give full financial aid packages), also i think that my sat scores should fit in the midrange of the university in order for me to get accepted (though i am not sure if i am right). I am eager to hear recomendations for good CS universities and/or if i should aim higher for my college picks even if i don't have good SAT scores. c(Ivy league maybe?)</p>