<p>Top 5% of class of 50 , small very competitive school
GPA(w) 82/100
IB DIPLOMA:
Maths SL: 6 (in a scale of 7)
English B HL 6
Spanish A1 HL 6
Economics SL 6
Chemistry HL 5
Physics SL 6
EE B
TOTAL 36/45</p>
<p>SAT: 800M 640CR 650W total 2090
SAT II: Maths II: 800 Physics 800 Chemistry 790</p>
<p>EC's</p>
<p>varsity soccer 3 years many tournaments
varsity rugby 2 years
varsity tennis 2 years
charity trip to otrhar argentinian provinces (50 hr)
hospital community service (80hs)
ecologic reserve (100hs)
helped to organice activities for poor children in "Crear vale la pena" (50hs)
piano, guitar</p>
<p>interested in: economics/ business</p>
<p>Applying to:
Harvard
Princeton
UPenn
Stanford
Yale
Columbia
Rice(safe)
NYU
Duke
Cornell
MIT</p>
<p>Since I'm not familiar with Argentinian grades, I'm presuming that 82/100 is better than a low B average--which is what it would be here in the US.</p>
<p>You said you were top 5%, so I'll go with that.</p>
<p>Your IB scores are pretty good, SAT II test scores excellent, as is the SAT I Math. SAT CR and W are quite good for an international.</p>
<p>However, you need to understand that top 3% is usually all that gets into the Ivies--so I'm expecting the test scores will improve this a bit, but not enough to get into the top Ivies. Also, internationals are the absolutely toughest group from which to get admitted--and you are choosing economics/business as a major--which is one of the two toughest majors to get into at most of these schools (the other being engineering). </p>
<p>Accordingly, I expect your chances to be as follows:</p>
<p>Harvard--Reach
Princeton--Reach
UPenn (Wharton)--Reach
UPenn (CALS)--Match to Slight Reach
Stanford--Slight Reach
Yale--Reach
Columbia--Slight Reach
Rice--Match to Slight Reach
NYU (Stern)--Match
NYU (CALS)--Safe Match
Duke--Slight Reach
Cornell--Match
MIT--Reach (to give you an idea, MIT admits more international students percentage wise than any other school listed above--25%. However since they only admit 73 students a year to their business program, this means only about 18 people that get in are from outside of the country)</p>
<p>Best of luck.</p>
<p>P.S. I would consider some other slightly less difficult-to-get-into programs (compared to Harvard, Princeton, and MIT) as well--for example Northwestern, Illinois, Notre Dame, or North Carolina). One of the last three might be a possible safe match/safety for you.</p>
<p>You have to understand you have put yourself in a difficult situation. You're in the international pool for some of the most selective schools in the world. Let's ignore Rice, Duke, NYU, and Cornell for a minute. All these schools are extremely selective. Are you qualified for them? Sure, you are. Will you get in to all of them? No. Will you be denied at all of them? No. The admissions process works in mysterious ways. Some people get into Yale and Harvard but not Stanford. Some people get into Stanford but not Yale or Harvard. It's a crap shoot, a toss up. You see what I'm saying? I say you'll get into one of those highly selective schools, but I would be a fool to tell you which one.</p>
<p>Rice, NYU, Duke, Cornell... should be pretty safe bets.</p>
<p>I think BandTenHut describes the process extremely well. I'm not telling you not to apply to the top schools--I'm just telling you that getting into any particular one will be difficult.</p>
<p>Like BandTenHut, I think you will probably get into one of them (perhaps Stanford in my view), but the odds at any particular one of the absolute top ones is against you--despite your outstanding test scores (3 800s and one 790 on the SAT I/IIs). I also believe you will be accepted at Rice, Cornell, Penn (except for Wharton), and NYU. I also think you can get into all 4 of the others mentioned--but one never knows for sure--which is why it is necessary to apply to multiple schools. (and, of course, the other reason is to have schools to choose among once accepted).</p>
<p>Recently (last year or two) BusinessWeek magazine ranked Northwestern University's economics program as the best in the U.S. The best undergraduate business schools are Penn, Virginia, Berkeley, Emory, Michigan, MIT, Notre Dame, BYU, NYU, Cornell, respectively. Your chances are good everywhere; really depends upon how well you present yourself in your applications and whether or not you need financial aid. If you plan on returning to Argentina, and who wouldn't, it might be better to focus on schools like Penn and NYU that enjoy world- wide name recognition. If you need the big city life, look at NYU, Northwestern, the Univ. of Chicago (economics), Columbia or MIT.</p>
<p>Congratulations on you SATs scores!!.. I´m from Argentina too and i´ve always wanted to study abroad, but never did anything about it. I finished school last december and I´m about to start in the UBA (medicine). And i really think you should try it, I do think you have a chance. Do you speak any language besides english and spanish?, because that may help too.
I got 1700 on my SATs but they are of no use to me. But 3 years ago i would have given anything to go to Princeton or Penn.
So do it for yourself and every other argentine (like me) who would like to do it.</p>
<p>Why is rice a safety for you? Because you are an international student, I doubt any schools on that list is a safety for you except for maybe NYU.</p>
<p>Your IB scores aren't THAT good. All the people who are applying to those schools on your list from my school are predicted 40+ and they all got deferred.</p>
<p>I have no idea why people have said Cornell to be a match school for you. However I do agree with Calcruzer's suggestion for you to find other schools yo apply to.</p>