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I know this is far fetched but can someone suggest a university which can possible offer me a full scholarship or a good amount. I plan to pursue Electrical Engineering. This will probably be a safe option.
I have attached my grades and resume. Though my scores aren’t very good I have good extracurriculars .

Resume-

POSITIONS HELD:
• School Prefect and Discipline Captain 11th & 12th
• Class Captain 7th, 8th, ,9th & 10th

• Basketball captain for under 17 team school 8th

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS:
• Awarded with Scholar badge for outstanding
Academic performance in School 8th,9th &10th
• 10 CGPA Tie for getting 10/10 CGPA 10th
• Qualified Regional Mathematics Olympiad at state level 10th

• Awarded Blue Tie for consistent outstanding
performance in Academics (for consecutive 3 yrs. and more) 11th
• Winner of Power Supply Competition hosted by instructables.com internationally 12th

COMPUTER SKILLS:

C and C++ Programming 2 years
Arduino IDE 4 years

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:
ELECTRONICS-
• Self-taught Avid Electronics Hobbyist
• Author on instructables.com (The world’s biggest show and tell website specializing in user-created and uploaded do-it-yourself projects)
by the name PaurushTheMaker & electroguyz with the following projects-
I. BENCH POWER SUPPLY UNIT FROM SCRATCH (BY PaurushTheMaker)
http://www.instructables.com/id/BENCH-POWER-SUPPLY-UNIT-FROM-SCRATCH/
II. THE ESSENTIAL POWER SUPPLY (BY PaurushTheMaker)
http://www.instructables.com/id/THE-ESSENTIAL-POWER-SUPPLY/
III. POCKETABLE 100W POWER SUPPLY-SMALLER THAN YOUR SMARTPHONE(BY PaurushTheMaker)
http://www.instructables.com/id/POCKETABLE-100W-POWER-SUPPLY-SMALLER-THAN-YOUR-SMA/
IV. OP AMP BASED HEARING AID (BY PaurushTheMaker)
http://www.instructables.com/id/OP-AMP-BASED-HEARING-AID/
V. FUN WITH a LAPTOP CHARGER (BY PaurushTheMaker)
http://www.instructables.com/id/FUN-WITH-a-LAPTOP-CHARGER/
VI. DIY CONTINUITY TESTER (BY PaurushTheMaker)
http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-CONTINUITY-TESTER/

VII. REACTION TIMER / NUMBER STOP GAME (BY PaurushTheMaker)
http://www.instructables.com/id/REACTION-TIMER-NUMBER-STOP-GAME/
VIII. DIY SPEEDOMETER AND ODOMETER (BY electroguyz)
http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-SPEEDOMETER-AND-ODOMETER/

With 100,000+ views, 2 bronze medals and multiple featured instructables.
• Made many more undocumented projects like-
 Touch Sensor with 555 IC
 Water Level detector
 Non-Contact Voltage Detector
 Infinity Mirror
 Laser Tripwire
 And many more…
• Participant at Indian National Science Congress where the above mentioned projects were showcased
• Showcased and demonstrated the above mentioned projects at various occasion and exhibitions in school
• Head of Robotics and Electronics club at school 9th & 10th

WORK EXPERIENCE-
• Summer internship at Techshiksha- an electronics and robotics 9th & 10th
education non-profit organization
• Author at instructables.com – The world’s biggest show and tell website
• Working in in collaboration with DFRobot (sponsorship)- a robotics and open source hardware provider. https://www.dfrobot.com/

DRAMATICS-

Resident Expert of Lights Sound and other auditorium technology 11th &12th
Helped backstage 7th to 12th

DRAWING & FINE ARTS 2hrs/wk for 20wks/yr
Passed the Intermediate exam with ‘A’ grade 7th to 12th

SPORTS:

BASKETBALL-

Played at the Inter club level 10th
Part of the school team

FOOTBALL-
Played at the Inter club level 10th
Part of the school team

CYCLING AND MOUNTAIN BIKING
Pack leader for 7 students when we went Parsik & Kharghar hill 11th & 12th

Grades-
Grade 9
School Year- 2014-15
Schedule-Yearly
Grades (1-10)
Subject Course Name – – – – Final

ENG ENGLISH COMM. 10

LANG COMM. SANSKRIT 9

MATH MATHAMATICS 10

SCI SCIENCE 9

HIST SOCIAL SCIENCE 9

Grade 10
School Year-2015-16
Schedule-Yearly
Grades (1-10)

Subject Course Name – – – Final

ENG ENGLISH COMM. 10

LANG COMM. SANSKRIT 10

MATH MATHAMATICS 10

SCI SCIENCE 10

HIST SOCIAL SCIENCE 10

Grade 11(Internal examinations meant to be difficult to prepare for the final 12th grade exams)
School Year-2016-17
Schedule-Yearly
Grades (1-100)

Subject Course Name – – – Final

ENG English 84

MATH Maths 67

SCI Physics 75

SCI Chemistry 74

CS Computer Science 78

Grade 12(These are grade predicted by the school)
2017-18
Schedule-Yearly
Grades (1-100)

Subject Course Name Final

ENG English 90

MATH Maths 95

SCI Physics 90

SCI Chemistry 90

CS Computer Science 98

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Check out schools on the following list:
http://automaticfulltuition.yolasite.com/
Note that the main criteria for many of them will be unweighted GPAs and standardized test scores.
Good extracurriculars won’t compensate for stats that don’t meet minimum requirements.
Note also that some public universities don’t offer financial aid to international students.

You might also want to check out Vanderbilt, Carnegie Mellon, or the University of Southern California. I believe these all offer EE majors and competitive (not automatic) merit scholarships. These are very selective long shots (especially for international + high need).

Other possibilities (a bit less selective, but with EE + merit scholarships) might include:
Boston University
Case Western
Illinois Institute of Technology
Tulane
University of Rochester
University of Miami

Depending on your situation, need-based aid may help you as much as a merit scholarship.
Schools that claim to meet 100% of demonstrated need (for US citizens, at least):
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/paying-for-college/articles/2017-09-21/colleges-that-claim-to-meet-full-financial-need
Of those with engineering programs, you might want to check out the following:
Harvey Mudd
Johns Hopkins
Rice
Tufts
Washington University in St; Louis
(again, these are all very selective … but if you’re an international who wants a large need-based grant from a school with engineering programs, that may be the kind of school you need to consider)

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Have you taken the SAT/ACT? Those scores are usually critical for merit aid.

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Updates for the yolasite list are in a thread pinned at the top of the Financial Aid Forum. Read through that as well…

What can your family afford to pay? It is even harder to find scholarships to cover transportation costs than it is to get a full ride.

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sorry forgot to add the SAT and TOEFL
SAT
Exam Name Date Taken Score/Grade
EVIDENCE BASED READING/WRITING (EBRW) - 620
MATH 780
SAT Subject

Mathematics Level II 770
Physics 720

TOEFL Exam

Listening 28
Reading 28
Speaking 26
Writing 25
Total Score 107

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sorry have added them now

SAT
Exam Name Date Taken Score/Grade
EVIDENCE BASED READING/WRITING (EBRW) - 620
MATH 780
SAT Subject

Mathematics Level II 770
Physics 720

TOEFL Exam

Listening 28
Reading 28
Speaking 26
Writing 25
Total Score 107

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a 70% plus scholarship is also good

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70% of what? There is a huge difference between 70% of $70,000 and 70% of $30,000.

How much can your family afford to pay? That is the figure you need to know

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You’ve done some great work! Congratulations. From your opening sentence it appears that you realize how competitive merit aid is (at selective schools). I would say that the most interesting area of your resume and the part that differentiates you is clearly your electronics passion and expertise.

I would seek colleges that have scholarships with an emphasis on engineering, STEM, etc. Also, in addition to their general admissions scholarships, some universities have departmental money available for the right student (even first yr students) and other resources for upperclassmen. I would research schools with those types of opportunities. You will likely have to speak to the individual departments to find out about their situation. That will be as good opportunity for you to get to know them and vice versa.