chance an international student

Colleges and Universities A-Z Johns Hopkins University
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<p>ok i know ive posted this in other forums but im wondering if to apply for john hopkins material science and engineering... </p>

<p>Well, I really really really want to go to Caltech/MIT and will be applying but I don't expect much from them. I'm looking at Rice as a more realistic school and it seems nice for me. My stats are very very mediocre by CC's standards... but here goes</p>

<p>Ok, this might turn out to be a pretty long post!
Well guys, I'm an international student from Trinidad & Tobago and I've just finished CSEC (O'Levels... they are about grade 10 level work). We have an international school here and I got a scholarship (based on my grades) to go there for two years. So instead of doing the CAPE exams (equivilant to A'Levels), I will be attempting the SATs for the first time this October and will be starting AP's. I'm going into grade 11 from September BTW.
In grade 11 I would be doing these APs</p>

<p>Physics B
Calc AB
Chem
Stats
and in 2nd year</p>

<p>Biology
Physics C
Calc BC
and i can do whatever i want here (I might do something like world history or economics)</p>

<p>Well thus far my EC's are</p>

<p>Music: Guitar
Harmonium (indian instrument)
Steel Pan ( trinidadian instrument also known as steel drum)
Swimming (its recreational so i highly doubt it counts at all)
Archery (i just started this)
I also started latin dance classes (rofl!)</p>

<p>When I start the international school I'd be able to do</p>

<p>Steel Pan in the school band
I always wanted to play violin so i might try that
Science club
Math olympiad
Golf
Community service in an orphanaga</p>

<p>So guys, say i do all these EC's and get say 2100+ on SAT's and triple 750+ in SAT 2's and all 5's on AP's ... how do my chances look. I still have two years so im thinking i have time to "pull up my socks" with respect to my EC's. (assuming i do the math olympiad well) Oh, also I have gotten awards each year in HS for academics (thats one thing i love about my school!)</p>

<p>im doing the sats in october and im gettign around 2050 or so (700+ math, 650+ WR, but 600+ CR) anyone got any tips for raising my scores?</p>

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<p>Oh and I want to go into Material Science and Engineering ( nanotechnology) and I also want to go into research and i see JHU has an institute for nanobiotechnology so it looks good :)</p>

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<p>Hard to tell but your testing falls in the middle 50%. It's a toss up. Good luck.</p>

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<p>okay thanks, im a rising junior so ill have some more chances at the SAT</p>

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<p>Hey it's me again. I just wanted to clarify something on this post. In the beginning, when I stated "I don't expect much from caltech/mit", I meant it in the sense that I know how hard it is to gain admission to these schools. I should have said instead "but I know how hard it is to gain admission" I just wanted to clear that up since it can be interpreted in a negative sense ( which I did not intend)</p>