<p>I am planning to apply for transfers to stanford, cmu, cornell, UUIC, yale for computer science
i got my SAT scores today.
Quite low
1850
cr 570
writing 570
math 710
I have a first semester gpa of 3.96 uw and i am third in my university
my high school gpa was around 3.8 uw
toefl ibt 108
lots of extracirriculars
should i apply or leave them.
Do sat scores matter a lot?
(international transfer from BITS pilani, India)</p>
<p>I don’t what school UUIC is, but for the others, those scores are quite low. And since you’re applying for a soph transfer, your HS record and test scores will still be very important.</p>
<p>sorry i meant university of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne UIUC
i was also planning for UPenn
is my hs record not good? wont my third rank out of 1000 students affect my application?
i played in a football club, am taking part in shell eco marathon, state level singer, and do app development as a hobby (more there)
I used to think extracurricular and gpa mattered</p>
<p>Penn is in the same group as all the other privates; I can’t evaluate UIUC.</p>
<p>I stated that your HS record was important; and I didn’t say that yours was not good. While your HS gpa is OK, I don’t know the rigor of your coursework, so I cannot comment on it’s strength.</p>
<p>Your college record is fine, but it’s for 1 sem vs 4 yrs of HS, that’s why it won’t be weighted as much.</p>
<p>For selective privates, ECs are important AFTER your academic record. </p>
<p>The major problem obviously is your English language skills, even though you will be majoring in CS, privates at the level you are looking at will want to know that you will be able to succeed in all courses, including reading/writing intensive ones which are required for gen ed.</p>
<p>The bottom line is that if you are willing to spend the time, energy and money, you can apply this year and maybe you’ll get in somewhere, maybe you won’t. You asked for input, I gave you mine, best of luck.</p>
<p>Thank you entomom
In India we are given HS grades for only 10 and 12 grades not for 4 years. I was in the top 10% (of india) in both of them.
Also i gave lots of competitive exams in which i was among the top 1% of the country in all.
These were tougher than AP’s. Should i tell univs about this also.</p>
<p>You could tell schools about your exams, but I don’t think that addresses the problem that I commented on in my earlier post.</p>
<p>I think you’ve heard enough from me, other members may very well have other opinions.</p>
<p>I dont have a great vocab but I am good enough in English.
Also, i stood second in my high school, had a lot of EC’s in hs.
Would this help
other senior members please comment</p>
<p>As a Sophomore transfer, your SAT will be important. I suspect it is the weakest part of your application. The private universities you list are very selective for transfer admissions. UIUC is an excellent school too but it is very big and so you probably have a better chance of being admitted. I don’t think that any of the schools you mention will give you very much financial aid as an international transfer so you need to be prepared for a high tuition bill.</p>
<p>If you are determined to finish college in the U.S. you might want to look for schools that offer financial aid to international transfers and which may not be quite so selective. I am pretty sure you can get a good CS degree at lots of schools.</p>
<p>It is possible you may not get into any of these. Transfer admissions from international schools will require a lot of evaluation and no one here will know anything about your HS or college. I do not believe that you will be admitted to any of these with the possibility of UIUC and Cornell outside chance. You are full pay, right? Add some more reasonable likely colleges. But maybe it isn’t worth the price over where you are, if you do so well and it has decent reputation maybe you can do U.S. Masters instead.</p>
<p>Thanks
Cornell offers tata scholarship to Indian’s and all these other ones also do have some fin aid for internnationals. No i am not a full pay. My aim was to transfer at these particulars colleges only. I’ll apply , lets see if i get in , if not all complete undergrad here and ill go for masters. And i am pretty sure these univs must be knowing IIT’s and BITS as these are the top 5 colleges of India and us workforce constitutes a huge amount of indians(almost all) from these univs.</p>
<p>Ya one more question. Do good essasy and reco’s affect my chances</p>
<p>Take a look at the less “famous” [usr="<a href=“http://theaitu.org%5DAITU%5B/url”>http://theaitu.org]AITU[/url</a>] schools. They all have solid computer science programs and a number of them will offer International transfer Financial Aid as my university (Illinois Tech) does.</p>
<p>Ivy League schools (and those of similar caliber) are not going to accept an 1850 SAT.</p>
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<p>Like ECs, essays and LORs come into play AFTER academics (unless you’re a recruited athlete, development case, etc.)</p>
<p>I thought that the TOEFL score could be used in place of the SAT score, would it not? Or does it depend on each school individually? The OPs TOEFL score is good (MIT requires a minimum of 90).</p>
<p>OK. my SAT scores are low, what all should i include in essays which would impress someone. I have done a lot of things but am confused on what all matters. And does recruited athlete mean, recruited by whom, because i play for my college and played for my school as vice captain. Should i include stuff like community service. I spent me first semester teaching underprivileged children. Also, i am working on an engine to increase fuel efficiency.I also forgot to mention my HS rank which was second in the whole hs.</p>
<p>I am sorry for giving so many facts but i am really confused on what to tell the univs.
The university i currently am in is India’s most selctive with an acceptance of only 1% and is among the top 5. Will transferring my credit from india also posse a barrier, because i have a lot more than required (37) and fulfill all the course requirements of these univs</p>