<p>No Rank
44/45 IB predicted
SAT I: 2250-2300
SAT II: 2x 800
Awards: mainly math
Leadership: lots
ECs: lots and good
Applying to: Ivies</p>
<p>Great chances! Really impressive stats and if you’re not seeking aid, you’ll have a tough choice to make :)</p>
<p>What IB classes do you take? I mean, Im also in the IB scool and we had only one girl in the past 3 years who got 45 points.</p>
<p>I am taking:
Physics HL - 7
Maths HL - 7
Economics HL - 7
Philosophy SL - 7
Spanish Ab Initio - 7
English A1 SL - 6 or 7</p>
<p>So I don’t know, I might get 45 
But thanks for the chance, and no I am not applying for financial aid. I think my course load will stand out because it is generally seen that Math HL, Physics HL, Economics HL, and Chem HL are the hardest to get 7 in.</p>
<p>Do you reckon I should apply to Harvard, Princeton, Yale and Stanford as well?</p>
<p>I think you mean JohnSSS Hopkins - that may help with getting in.</p>
<p>AMC12 is for internationals too?</p>
<p>So obviously I’ll get into a great school.
I’m sure it’d help as you say you are president of the guitar club to send an arts supplement or something, if you feel you’re good enough.
It’d show how well-rounded you are.</p>
<p>Yeah, apply to those schools as well but try to see whether they fit your or not.
I’m impressed with your IB grades, well done!</p>
<p>I just feel that there are two things letting me down:</p>
<ol>
<li>My SAT scores are a little low. As you can see from my predicted grades, English isn’t my strongest subject, which is why my Writing and CR aren’t that high.</li>
<li>All my extracurriculars, have been started in the past year or so, therefore when it comes to application time I will only have done them for 2 years.</li>
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<p>How much affect do you think these two things will have overall?</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Your SAT’s ARE NOT low. When your combined SAT is above 2200 you are more than fine! That’s the least you should be worry about when it comes to your application (I did only okay in my sat’s (1940 or something :D) and got into very fine schools).</p></li>
<li><p>Continuity of your extracurriculars means a lot. SO you founded that guitar club? Have you played guitar before founding the club? Well in that case you can try to highlight your interest in music and stuff. Anyhow since you have that limited amount of time, you can try to do a lot of ECs in one area of activities (it makes you look very motivated and a HUMAN - not a student who tries too much trying to achieve everything everywhere.)</p></li>
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<p>Actually, I haven’t honestly played the guitar before. I am, myself, a student at the club. My friend teaches. To be honest, I didn’t start guitar club because I had an interest in guitar or because I wanted to boost my resume. I started it because there was another guitar club that charged about 200USD every 3 months to be a member of, and a lot of my friends wanted to learn but couldn’t afford to pay that much. So I started it, and ran it for free - probably the reason behind its popularity. :D</p>
<p>I can see that it might be a valid essay topic but I have written my short answer on my business (I want to focus on that because I am applying for a business degree) and my long answer on my dedication to golf (very meaningful and heavy essay). How do you reckon I could show the admissions officers that I started guitar club for the very reason of helping children who don’t want to (and shouldn’t have to) pay for learning?</p>
<p>Bump!! An answer to my question in the previous post is still very much appreciated! :D</p>
<p>And to mine too. How did you participate in the AMC?</p>
<p>Oh, I didn’t see that, my bad. I participated through my school; the school organized it. I believe you should contact your school and inform them about the competition.</p>
<p>Bilguun: AMC8, 10 and 12 are open to international students. I took the AMC12 while in Singapore, got Distinction and got to take the AIME. I think we have the same paper as the Americans and got all the awards that Americans get (distinctions, AIME, top scorer in school etc)</p>
<p>I had very similar stats to you: Indian, predicted 45 in IB (Maths, physics economics HL, English, French, chemistry SL), 4.0 GPA, ranked 1st in class, 2240 SAT, 800 Math II, 800 Physics, 720 Chemistry. President of student council, started a business, freelance web programming and graphic design, loads of charity work, lots of leadership positions, guitar for 6 years, drums for 4 years etc. etc. </p>
<p>Unfortunately I was rejected from Harvard, Stanford and MIT. Accepted at Berkeley (CoE), UCLA, and Oxford (UK, which is more academic based, and where I will be going next year). I also got into Imperial, UCL and Bristol in the UK.</p>
<p>Coming from someone with a similar application, I give you this advice: make sure your essays are very strong. Oxford was my top choice, so after getting in I had less incentive to write outstanding essays. I wrote them hastily - in fact for Berkeley and UCLA, I wrote them about 3 hours before the deadline. I feel that ultimately I didn’t market myself well enough, and I deeply regret it because I will never know what my true potential was with US universities.</p>
<p>So, what went wrong? I was too modest in my application, and that made my essays less convincing. I also didn’t put enough thought into my essays, making them less introspective, self-revealing and self-critical. Your application is strong as it stands, but your essays and your ability to ‘market’ yourself effectively will be the tipping point.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>EDIT: A few more pieces of advice. First, definitely apply to HYPS if you’re considering it (and you feel you’d fit in). The admissions process really seems like a lottery. I saw people getting rejected from Dartmouth, Princeton, UPenn and Cornell and getting into Harvard. My SAT score is the highest my school has had (lol) in the last 4 years, yet people have still gotten into Harvard, Yale and Columbia with SATs in the 2100s and 2000s.</p>
<p>Second piece of advice: pressure your teachers to write strong recommendations. My school sends the vast majority of students to the UK, so when it came to US applications, teachers really didn’t care/know how the system worked. In the end it made my application look sloppy and unprofessional (e.g. there were these crappy photocopied and handwritten pieces of paper that I had to send in because for some reason teachers didn’t use a computer to fill in the app. I know, WTH!).</p>
<p>I can infer that you have the money, so applying to all of those is the way to go. You, after all, have a great chance in paper.</p>
<p>Otherwise, you could narrow your selection to fewer, but it’s just a minor recommendation.</p>
<p>Good luck and best wishes.</p>
<p>Do not worry about your stats, they are good. Though I would say your CR is not that competitive, the overall SAT score is great.</p>
<p>Just focus on your study and all the work you’re are currently doing. Prepare for your essays and write good ones and you’ll eventually be fine</p>
<p>I just took my Internal Exams for IB and I think my predicted may drop as I did horrendously in some of the exams. Quite possibly, my Math HL may drop to a 5 or 6 (most likely 6), my English may drop to a 6 as well, and my Philosophy may be a 6 or 7 as well. That means, in the end, I could have a 38 or 39 out of 42 predicted (or a 41 or 42 out of 45) - a possibility [though I know it is definitely not 45 now]. How will this affect my chances?</p>
<p>I think the way international AMC works is that if you’re not a U.S. citizen, you cannot advance to the third and fourth rounds even if you’ve qualified. Kinda sucks.</p>
<p>That’s true. I updated my SAT score. The newer sitting is better and worse: 750M, 730CR, 800W - 2280 Composite (2330 Super-score) but most of the colleges do not look at super-score.</p>