Have I aimed too high?

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Am I Aiming Too High? … </p>

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<p>I know nobody can be really chanced at an ivy but i want to know if i have a decent shot</p>

<p>Achievements and awards</p>

<p>INTERNATIONAL/NATIONAL</p>

<p>-I had the opportunity to represent my country at the WORLD SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL FORUM 2006 held at Australia (Brisbane)
1 among three from the country</p>

<p>-have appeared on NATIONAL TELEVISION ,NDTV NEWS CHANNEL, to give my point of view on Admission policies and Entrance Examinations for professional courses .PRIME TIME .I am also scheduled to appear on the same channel for a youth debate.</p>

<p>OTHER
-I am an ardent Quizzer and spend a considerable amount of time on this activity.</p>

<p>-I have won 6 quizzes at city/state level and was invited to host and quizmaster for three prestigious quizzes, of which won had a total prize money of rs 65000</p>

<p>-I am also an ardent debater
I have won many debates and also was invited to be the judge and moderator for a few interschool debates</p>

<p>-special meniton for directing a play in record time and staging it succesfully(1 day)</p>

<p>-I have appeared on ALL INDIA RADIO(1 among 5 in state ) in class 9</p>

<p>-Scholarship for outstanding morals and values in class 10</p>

<p>SCHOLASTIC</p>

<ul>
<li><p>6 time winner of all rounder gold award for outstanding extracurricular and academic record</p></li>
<li><p>a gold medal at IIT Madras(INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY)- for a presentation on the Game theory</p></li>
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<p>miscellaneous</p>

<p>held the office of the HEALTH CLUB SECRETARY and OFFICE BEARER of SCHOOL during my year 12 of school.
-I was overweight and last 10 kilos with lot of research and hardwork. My school recognised me for this and gave me the office</p>

<p>-I was photographer and sub editor Of PSBB Mirror, a news paper which the school publishes only once in three years. I underwent training at the offices of MAKKAL KURRAL -a state daily as a prt of this venture</p>

<p>Sporting</p>

<p>-medals in tennis, volleyball and discus throw</p>

<p>**Interview- (brown)very good, i still keep in touch wth her</p>

<p>Recs- should be good
essays- straight from the heart, only i dont know wether its different or special</p>

<p>Academic
SAT 1960( i am sure it will hurt)
SAT subject-1550+ on a minimum (math 2 and phy)(JANUARY)
school
5/96 rank
CBSE board- all A1 grades
TOEFL-280</p>

<p>INDIAN_NO financial aid required
note: My father was admitted to brown but could not go due to lack of funds- i have mentioned this in my app </p>

<p>CHANCES At MIT, Brown</p>

<p>Note:rejected ED at CMU with previous Subject scores of 1340(M2 and chem)</p>

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<p>How did your SAT scores break down? and where else have you applied?</p>

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<p>I have also applied to RPI</p>

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<p>bump…anybody??</p>

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<p>Remember, those who don’t apply have 0% chance of acceptance, and in the end “we only hit what we aim at.”</p>

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<p>a simple yes/no or a number would have helped</p>

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<p>I think you still have a possible shot to top schools</p>

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<p>thanx!!</p>

<p>any comments would be highly appreciated</p>

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<p>MIT: 35%
Brown: 45%</p>

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<p>wow!!thanx for the consice post. Talk about being to the point. -thanx a lot
any body not agree with those figures?</p>

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<p>i would say, since you are international, mit 20% and brown 30%</p>

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<p>if you can bring up the SAT’s</p>

<p>25% Harvard
25% Yale
20% Princeton
45% Brown
50% Cornell
40% Dartmouth
40% Penn
35% Columbia</p>

<p>…this is based upon what colleges are looking for…i also think MIT is around 20-25% because it is more stats based</p>

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<p>I don’t understand how you were rejected at CMU with those scores…unless your GPA was pretty bad…which doesn’t seem so with a rank like that.</p>

<p>If you were rejected at CMU, I don’t think it was because of SAT II scores. And CMU ED is pretty easy from what I know.</p>

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<p>Yeah , i am almost dead sure they rejected me bcause of my low SAT 2’'s
I got rejected ED for engineering. Now since I have retaken them and have applied to SCS regular desicion, can you tell meif i will get in
assuming
M2-760-800
Phy-780-800
Note :my previous scores submitted for CMU ED
660,680(M2 and chem)</p>

<p>Why else would they reject me
I was in thier median for SAT 1, and no my gpa was not bad.
we dont have a gpa system, but i was in the top 5% of my class and also had very good grades in board exams</p>

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<p>Unless you meant rejected as in deferred to regular decision or something…you weren’t allowed to apply to CMU this year. Rejected means you must wait another year if you want to apply to the school you were rejected by. </p>

<p>Well, this is the usual rule for most other ED schools at least. I don’t know about CMU.</p>

<p>Edit:</p>

<p>And I don’t think 670, while is relatively low for Math IIC, is not that bad for Chemistry. I doubt all CMU applicants are that good. If anything, it was your SAT I’s…which aren’t THAT bad either…I really don’t know…call CMU or something</p>

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<p>No, Once you get rejected at CMU ED you are allowed to apply to another college within the university regular desicion other than the one you got rejected at.This obviously is possible only if you have applied ED.
This I am really sure about</p>

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<p>Maybe it was because I am an international, and from what I have heard CMU is really competitive, and people dont get in with those SAT 2 scores at CIT or SCS. There was a whole discussion about this-refer desperation…in international students</p>

<p>Please tell me if i stand a chance at SCS also with those new scores</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

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<p>Did you apply to only those 4 schools?</p>

<p>I disagree with the percentages given…sorry! I think if you were rejected at CMU engineering early (CMU had 30% increase in applications just this year) then Brown and MIT will be extremely difficult, and CMU-SCS is harder than CMU engineering (don’t know how higher II’s will affect) so that too will be tough. Of course you do have a chance, who knows, but I wouldn’t count on any of these 3.</p>

<p>On the plus side RPI’s an excellent school, just less selective, and I think you’re definitely in there.</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>ok, thanx a lot!!!
I would like to honestly know why i was rejected at CMU though…i could plug the loop hole</p>