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Hey,
I'd like to know if you could tell me what my chances are for the colleges that I've applied to..

> US citizen (Boston, MA)
> BUT have studied in Pakistan all my life

SAT 1380 (600 V 780 M)
SAT 2 (750 Math 2c, 730 Chemistry and 610 writing)
GCE O Level grades {2 A's 6 B's and 1 C (Pak. Studies)}
GCE A Level Predicted 4 A's (Chemistry, Physics, Maths & English G.P)
TOEFL 270
GOOD recs
and nice essays
Rank 2/31
Lots of ecs (Class Representative, Worked in W3P a UNDP project, community service, 4 Brainbench certificates, 1 year internship at a software company and more...)
Intended Major : Electrical Engineering

Colleges that I've applied to:
MIT
Stanford
BU
UPenn
Georgia Tech
University of Michigan
Frankling and Marshall
University of Texas at Austin
Carnegie Mellon

I'd appreciate it. Thanks..

By Rohit_Sn (Rohit_Sn) on Saturday, March 06, 2004 - 06:46 am: Edit

Good chance at umich. Others are a little difficult to predict. Good luck!

By Foreignboy (Foreignboy) on Saturday, March 06, 2004 - 12:25 pm: Edit

Being blatantly honest, your O-levels are not good enough for MIT, UPenn or Stanford, and the colleges may doubt the accuracy of your A-level forecasts based on this.

You can probably get into BU, UMich, UT Austin. I don't know anything about the other schools.

By 31337 (31337) on Sunday, March 07, 2004 - 12:31 am: Edit

I know and I admit that I didn't study that much in O Levels but almost all my B's are like 88-89 ..
Can I have a few more comments?

By Cooldude (Cooldude) on Sunday, March 07, 2004 - 04:28 am: Edit

ur in at GT

By 31337 (31337) on Sunday, March 07, 2004 - 04:48 am: Edit

Cooldude, thanks but how can u say that ?

By Ohio_Mom (Ohio_Mom) on Sunday, March 07, 2004 - 12:24 pm: Edit

Your software internship will be important if you applied to CS at CMU - that program is much competititve than the other others. I hope that you emphasized this as it implies that you can actually *do* something in a technical field.

MIT and Stanford seem to be very grade oriented, so I don't think you should pin your hopes on them. UPenn is also a reach, but not as much of one. I think you're competitive at BU, GT, UMich and Franklin and Marshall.

Best wishes to you and I hope that March progesses quickly for you!

By Stanfordrulez (Stanfordrulez) on Sunday, March 07, 2004 - 12:32 pm: Edit

Ummm... Ohiomom, Stanford is not all that 'grade-oriented', unlike most other top places-- they seem to be looking for other things, not just SAT scores of grades.

By Ohio_Mom (Ohio_Mom) on Sunday, March 07, 2004 - 12:44 pm: Edit

I stand corrected, Stanfordrulez - the Stanford academic stats are a bit intimidating - which doesn't tell the whole story by any means. Hopefully they will pay attention to 31337's ECs and internship and rank in class and excellent math scores. Stanford would be a very nice place to attend!

By 31337 (31337) on Sunday, March 07, 2004 - 02:20 pm: Edit

Thanks for the comments. I forgot to mention that I got a Stanford Alumni to send a recommendation letter for my admission. I've been accepted at Georgia Tech but I'd really love to attend MIT or Stanford...

By Stanfordrulez (Stanfordrulez) on Sunday, March 07, 2004 - 11:48 pm: Edit

You're right on that one, Ohiomom, that the academic stats are a bit intimidating. But the thing is that they have a great mix of people-- some super geniuses, some amazing brains minus the SAT scores, and some of the best athletes in the world.
Personally, I really do believe they lay more emphasis on ECs, Essays, Recs, and other achievements that make you different from other applicants. Just my two cents.