Should I attend Carnegie Mellon as an international student who plans to enter ECE? Or should I look at other schools?

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I have not read the whole thread but I looked at the OP’s profile. Here is what I feel for an international student:

  1. ECE is close to CS/CE? If yes it will be very difficult to get in at least in near future. In 5 years in my opinion there will be surplus of CS folks :slight_smile:

  2. Perfect SAT score and reasonable GPA is great but without solid ECs top ranked schools will be out of the league IMHO especially if cost is a concern.

  3. I think OP should find places which give merit scholarships to international students (mostly will be lower ranked) and apply to at least a few of them. Cost of attendance less than 25k will be difficult achieve for privates. Some state universities in Texas and Alabama may bring it to @20k level.

  4. Full ride scholarships even in low ranked schools are exceedingly difficult to get for international students.

  5. If cost expectations are less than 20K then only need blind schools “may” work IMHO. But they will be extremely hard to get into.

  6. Having said that a female in STEM from Peru might be demographically advantageous in many liberal arts schools?

All the best to the OP.

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