Chance an international student! !

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<p>Hi ,
I have still to complete a few things for my college app , but the stats provided are the predicted ones and i am also pretty sure about them . </p>

<p>International student , ASIA </p>

<p>S.A.T : 1860 ( M:710 , CR:630 )</p>

<p>S.A.T lls : maths 760 , physics 740
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<p>High school :-
My high school doesnt score us on 4.0 sale gpa , we have percentages! And conversion to of %age to gpa is probably not a great idea because this doent do justice with the grades . </p>

<p>CLASS RANK : top 4 % in 9th and 1oth grade ... And top 2% in 11th and 12th grade . Top Position holder through out high school </p>

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<p>EXTRA-CURRICULARS:-</p>

<p>» table tennis at local club ( 2005-present) 9 years
» swimming at local club( 2010-11 ) 2 years
» squash at a local club ( 2oo8-o9) 2 years
» 1 month industrial internship in summer holidays- 1oth grade
» 1 month industrial internship in summer holidays- 11th grade
» 1 month industrial internship in summer holidays - 12th grade
»kangroo maths contest -3rd position holder in region
»tutor maths on weekends </p>

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<p>COMMUNITY SERVICE :- </p>

<p>¤ worked in hospital for a month , an hour a day after school in both 11th and now in 12th grade</p>

<p>¤ i also help sermonizer of a nearby mosque in organizing things </p>

<p>¤ most people of my country earn less than a dollar a day , literacy rate is damn low , so i help kids( financially not so strong ) with studies whenever i am free </p>

<p>Remember i am an international student and need cladid opinions </p>

<p>Thanks in advance !</p>

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<p>What program are you applying to? Also, just a pet peeve, but if you use an exclamation point, or, in your case, multiple exclamation points, you’re much less likely to get an answer. So, lose the exclamation points!!!</p>

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<p>Balthezar , i am applying for mechanical engineering . Bs.ME</p>

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<p>Given your SAT scores and class rank, I’d say you’re a match. Good luck! <— Oops</p>

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<p>I have a strong chance Despite being an international student? </p>

<p>!! ! ! ! ! ! I am a rebel ! ! ! !</p>

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<p>Actually BHhazy, I apologize for misreading your SAT score. I’m more used to ACT. Your ACT equivalent is a 27, and I’m afraid that you’d have to be considered a reach for Engineering even though your class rank is on target. Your SAT IIs are not looked at for admissions purposes. Your being an international student means little as long as you have adequete TOEFL scores, and the ability to pay. You’ll need to get that SAT up to 2100-2200 to be competative on the standardized test side. Here’s the bottom line though. Apply. You’ll regret not trying, if you don’t.</p>

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<p>@Balthezar …here :- </p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?p=16276881[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?p=16276881&lt;/a&gt;
Seems like alot of different opinions , and confusing too</p>

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<p>That’s all you’ll get here is opinions. I’d say some are more realistic than others…</p>

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<p>Again, I encourage you to apply. But, as you can see, you’d be in the bottom 25% range of those accepted as far as SAT goes, thus my reach opinion. Having said that, I’d be happy to see you apply. You’re a good student, it seems, and I think you’ll do fine. I would still encourage you to take the SAT again, or take the ACT to see what you’d get. The application review is not just a numbers game, meaning essays and ECs are important, but with upwards of 30,000 applications/year, you can’t entirely ignore the numbers either.</p>

<p>In addition, Mechanical Engineering has been a very competitive engineering program lately, so you’re up against a good number of applications for a limited number of available spots in a given class.</p>

<p>Again, Good Luck!</p>