Chance this AeroE guy (MIT/Stanford/Caltech)

International who needs aid (full ride) hence the 3 private unis.

My ECs are pretty obvious so I will be quite vague to prevent myself from being doxxed

Intended Major: AeroE (MechE for caltech with a minor in Aero)

Demographics: Male, Asian

GPA: 3.90/4.00 (We dont have any system in my country for weighted GPA)

SAT: Superscore: 1550 (800M/750RW) Best single: 1540 (800M/740RW)

ECs:

  • Developed an aeroE tool but I wont specify what it is and what it does but it is used in undergrad AeroE teaching for unis around the world (One of them is actually either Caltech/Stanford/MIT but Im not specifying which one exactly) and has 1000+ users

  • 2 solo independent research papers published in a top aerospace journals (think AIAA journals etc)

  • Founded a national aerospace competition (with many schools participating in it across my country)

  • Another research project that I patented (yes its a full patent) and won prizes at major international comps (ISEF and Conrad). This I worked under a prof but I did 90% of the work (he was more of a mentor who gave advice on how to go on with doing a research project)

  • Founder of a STEM society in my school that provides opportunities for students (through workshops and helping them to get internships and partner with local companies)

  • Silver in a physics olympiad (think like EuPhO or IPhO)

Rec letters:

From Science teacher - defo 10/10 cuz she knows me really well personally
From a humanities teacher - 7/10. Hes quite random so quality might not be as good as my science teacher
From a Prof: 10/10. Hes MIT alumni and he was the one who told me I should apply for MIT so he wrote me a rec letter. Very inspiring person I have to say

Essays: 7/10. Im not a great essay writer but I wrote whatever I felt was true of me

Dont sugarcoat anyt pls. I want to know my areas of weakness and improve on them. Thank you!!

Posted Sep 28, 2026, 4:37 AM UTC

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