My chances - Hoping to score 2200+

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<p>Hello people,</p>

<p>Wanted to know what my chances are.</p>

<p>From India. Will need aid for most the college fees (75%-85%). Hoping to score 2200+ on SAT and planning to take Math Level 1,2 and Physics subject tests.</p>

<p>I am willing to take a field in Computer. Probably Computer Science,Computer Engineering or Computer Forensics. I scored 95% on my SSC (10th grade).Currently in 11th.</p>

<p>I code in PHP and have a good work history on oDesk.com - [Kapeel</a> S. -

Web development,API integration,WordPress , CMS Customization - Freelancer - Programmer / Developer, India - oDesk&lt;a href="don't%20know%20if%20I%20should%20put%20this%20on%20my%20application,any%20suggestions?"&gt;/url&lt;/a&gt;. Also, a web application penetration tester. Have received a certificate from city police for pointing out a security hole in their website and fixing it.Also, I have received certificate from Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games' ([url=&lt;a href="http://www.cwgdelhi2010.org/%5DXIX"&gt;http://www.cwgdelhi2010.org/]XIX&lt;/a&gt; Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi |](&lt;a href="http://www.odesk.com/users/%7E%7E3b87da119ffbbbd0%5DKapeel"&gt;http://www.odesk.com/users/~~3b87da119ffbbbd0)) Organizing Committee for pointing out serious vulnerabilities in their website and extranet. This certificate is signed by Additional Director General,Technology.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, had been participating in IBM Master The Mainframe challenge since last year. Have completed two parts both the times.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am willing to take admission in Harvard,Stanford,Michigan. Haven't decided all the names till now,though.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thank you, awesome people ^_^&lt;/p&gt;
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<p>Grades and other things still can factor in but I think with a 2200 you have a good shot. 2300+ will probably get you into any good engineering school save MIT or CalTech. You certainly have the extracirriculars and I think that even if you had a 2100, you would still have a very strong application.</p>

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<p>@1x612nt13 Thanks for the reply. But, did you see the AID part? I said around 80%. For me, the more,the better. Will that be a problem?</p>

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<p>Sorry for digressing, but that kid was bothering me. Everything you’ve written looks wonderful and believe it or not you don’t need a 2200+ to get into Harvard and Stanford engineering with those ECs. While I’m sure you’re going for prestigious schools, have you considered Carnegie Mellon’s computer science/computer engineering? While it’s not as prestigious as the former two, it boasts a great CS/computer engineering program.</p>

<p>Other than that, I think you’re in for Mich if you get 2200+.</p>

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<p>@R3d3mpti0n Thanks for the reply. But anybody please look at the AID thing I have put up there.</p>

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<p>Ooh… If that’s the case, then it’ll hurt your chances at Stanford. Harvard is need-blind for both US and international students, so you still have a shot there, but it’s going to be tough for an international to receive so much aid at Stanford.</p>

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<p>@R3d3mpti0n Thanks. Just a general question, if I receive aid and I am to return back after 4 years(just imagine,okay? :P), can I JUST RETURN? Or is there any procedure to refund the aid or anything like that?</p>