Expert: Bruce - 10/14/2007

Question
I have a SAT-1 socre of 790-CR/780-M/790 W in one sitting & SAT-II score of 800 in Maths II/Phy/Chem. I have done Comp Sci AP scored 5 and planning to do 5 more this year.
I am an international student (Indian). Has GPA of 4.0 and in top 1% in the class.
I would like to know what are my chances in 1) MIT 2) Cal tech 3)princeton 4)Columbia 5)Stanford 6)Dortmouth
Thanks

Answer
Swami,

You certainly have positioned yourself well for application to those top colleges. I can't say with any specificity if you'll be admitted or not, but if you go to the school Web sites and look up student profile info, that should offer some idea.

Just the same, you should probably build a list of next-tier schools to apply to, just in case. This might include

Cal-Berkeley
Northwestern
RPI
Univ of Texas
Rice
Univ of Chicago

Some of these colleges on your list will place considerable weight on your community involvements and writing (you seem to write well).

Be sure that you adhere to all the relevant application deadlines, and best wishes. Wherever you go, you will have an outstanding career, and you have a very bright future.

Bruce