"Chance Me" Thread for 2024 Applicants

TechnElixir
Thu, 12 Sep 2019 07:06:14 +0000

Hi !
I am an international student hoping to study computer Engineering. What chances in Dartmouth , Brown, Duke, Columbia, NYU, Georgia tech, UIUC, Purdue, Penn State, UCLA, UCB,UCSD, UPenn , Cornell, USC, UT Austin, Texas A&M do I have considering the following profile.
SAT 1: 1420 ( RW: 660; MATH: 760)
SAT 2 PHYISCS: 730 but not needed for UC’s
GPA: 4/4 for all 3 years of coursework (12th grade results won’t be out before application deadline).

EC:

1. Lead Guitarist of the school rock band performing at National Competitions for 2 years, finishing 1st and 3rd respectively. Also performed at an even that had schools from foreign countries.

2. Leader of the school Cricket team, the most competitive sport of my city. finished a close second from a pool of around 75 teams. Also won 3 trophies in different competitions.

3. Designed a motion detection rover for disaster and calamities/ security . Won the best project prize at school’s biennial science exhibition. Designing included experience with circuits and coding.

4. Volunteer work of over 60 hours by being part of school’s social service club and also on a personal level, providing meals for underprivileged every 6 months.

5. Also participated in olympiads and other national competition. Won a gold medal at National Cyber Olympiad but way back in 2013.

6. Learnt to code in QBasic, C++, Visual Basic, Arduino IDE. Also have my own blog talking about technology.

Other:
Asian, parents can afford education without scholarship. Also recommend safety schools for Engineering.