<p>So I am an international student. Here are my stats:
GPA: no point scale but straight A's, 1% unofficial ranking
Courses: maximum number of AP's and other regular classes
SAT: CR 750, Math 800, WR 750
SAT II: Math II 800, Physics 800, US History 760
AP (all 5, all in junior year, "(s)" means self-study):
Physics C (both) (s) (taking Physics B in school)
Eng Lang (s)
US History (s)
CS (s)
Economics (both) (s)
Psych (s)
Stat (s)
HuG (s)
Cal BC
Chemistry</p>
<p>EC's
Internship at a research institute do design a new method of water-proofing of buildings, 1 month, summer
Founder of a study group in school (peer tutoring)
Talking to guest workers who come to my city for jobs to relieve their stress
Talking and helping extremely poor unemployed people
Designing a software to explore artificial intelligence
Varsity badminton throughout high school</p>
<p>Rec
Should be excellent rec's from counselor, chemistry and English teacher</p>
<p>Research
Math paper on probability (promising to be published)
Physics paper on burden-bearing ability of a particular structure
A paper on city-planning and architecture adaptive reuse</p>
<p>So above is my information. Please tell me my chance to MIT.
If possible, chances to other top schools (HYP, Williams, etc.) are all welcomed. </p>
<p>Thank you so much for your help.</p>
<p>You have a pretty good chance for MIT in my opinion…however keep in mind that the international pool is extremely competitive.</p>
<p>A way to improve your application is to be a little more specific about your accomplishments. For example, “math paper on probability” seems too vague, but even just a glimpse of what the paper was about should suffice. Also, I believe you can submit research papers on an MIT app.</p>
<p>@rspence, thank you for your reply. By the way, I took the AMC 12 and AIME. AMC 12 is 103.5, AIME is 7. Will that make a difference? I think they are just average scores in the applicant pool.</p>
<p>You have a good shot, but you should keep in mind to apply also to other universities.</p>
<p>As an international applicant you have a tough hill to climb with admission rates in the 4% range and a highly self-selecting applicant pool. You really don’t have any substantial math/science ECs to help you stand out. With 25/1 odds of not getting in to MIT, I would definitely focus on schools where high GPA/ high test scores give you much higher chances. HYP are just as much of a crapshoot as MIT. LACs in particular are trying to draw more international applicants.</p>
<p>You look okay, so apply for sure. However nobody can give you an accurate assessment how you’ll do in the upcoming admissions season. </p>
<p>I will say, though, that the international students that I’ve met, have ran the gamut from very well-rounded like you to crazy hook like #12 in the world in the International Biology Olympiad. So give it a shot, but move on afterwards.</p>