<p>Hey guys, basically i am an international student from the middle east and i want to hopefully double major in economics and maths in the U.S. I am going to be a senior this year and i'm in a british school so i am studying A-levels, hope that doesnt pose too much of a problem.</p>
<p>GPA:4.0 (out of 4)
Rank:School doesn't rank but within the top 5 students</p>
<p>Course Load:
Taking 5 A-levels:
Physics (A)
Chemistry (A)
Maths (A)
Further Maths (A)
Economics (A)</p>
<p>Predicted A* in all of them for next year for the A2</p>
<p>Already taken A-level Arabic and AS-level ICT earlier and achieved As in both</p>
<p>SAT: 2170 (M 800, R 720, W 650) Retaking in november
SAT IIs: Taking Maths 2 and Physics in October (Expecting 760+ in both)</p>
<p>EC's:
Year 11 Prefect
Student Council Rep (Year 12)
Elected as Deputy Head Boy (Class Vice President Year 12 and 13)
Founded a maths club for students to study Cambridge STEP Mathematics
Silver Certificates in the UK Senior Maths Challenge
Accepted as a finalist in the Crown Prince International Scholarship Program (Top 10 students in the country)
Worked for a summer at AIG (Year 11)
Youth Leadership Program (Year 12)
Community Action Learning Program: Working with Bahrain Mobility International (Year 12)
MUN Best Resolution (Year 12)</p>
<p>Not the best, will work a bit more on them this coming year.</p>
<p>If you could please chance me on these universities in order of preference:
Stanford, Princeton, Upenn (Huntsman), Yale, Columbia, Cornell, Caltech, Duke</p>
<p>Thanks for all the help guys!!</p>
<p>i am not familiar with your school system, but try to get your sat 2250+ at least to fit in to those schools’ range. I would say all of them would be reaches, with cornell possibly being a high match, as the top universities are very unpredictable</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply, basically just to clarify, the A-level system is similar to the IB program, but the traditional student takes 3 A-levels, whereas i’ve tried to take more. Quick question if you guys could answer: our guidance councellor said that because were in a british system and were not prepped in any way for the SAT, the top schools accept us with lower scores, is this true?</p>
<p>I do not really think that the US system particularly “preps” for the SAT. But it is something that can very effectively be studied for. Get the study books, review the various threads here that offer advice/techniques, and you should be able to post solid scores.</p>
<p>You need to score well on math level 2 and science SATs and SAT 1 to even be considered at an Ivy league university. However, with your current, average SAT 1 score, you should get accepted in mid-lower tier universities in US.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the replies so far, can anyone recommend any other unis that would be a high match for me? I don’t have safeties in the U.S because i’m applying to the UK as well where i’ve chosen my safety schools.</p>
<p>I think you should solely apply in US, because even with the stigmas on Middle Easterners, Americans are most receptive to foreigners, even more so than British.</p>
<p>I am familiar with your system of education so I guess I can comment on your chances. Your course load is certainly rigorous and will boost your chances. Your GC is also correct about the SAT score requirements. Students from the Middle-East regularly gain admission to HYP with sub-2200 SAT scores. Look around CC on results threads and you’ll see that. Your ethnicity (whatever it is) MAY help here too since applicants from the middle-east tend to be very diverse and SOME may constitute URMs. ECs are decent, nothing special. I’d say you have great chances at Cornell and Duke with the rest being unpredictable reaches. Good luck! :)</p>
<p>^He is an international applicant, which means that regardless of what his application looks like, his chances of admission are by default very, very slim. Obviously, his GPA is great, but since his extracurriculars are weak, and without any significant improvement to his SATs, all of the Ivies are going to be reaches. </p>
<p>Remember that, as is the case with all international applicants, there will probably only be a few students accepted from your country; you are going to be going head-to-head with every other British student that is applying.</p>
<p>Ok thanks for all the help so far guys. Just to sort out any confusion, i am NOT british 
i am Bahraini, and i’m applying to the UK as well because with the british system i’ve studied and the support i’m getting from the school, the admissions process is quite easy.</p>