<p>I am an international student applying from Egypt and I ve been very worried about the admission decision so can you please tell me where do I stand ??
Rank: top 5%
GPA: we don't have</p>
<p>TOEFL: 103
SAT: 1840 (math 770, reading 480, writing 590) could take it only once
SAT II: physics 800, chemistry 780, math1 and math 2 results will be out Feb 16th</p>
<p>IGCSE subjects (A* is the highest grade): Math A<em>, Biology A</em>, Chemistry A<em>, Physics A</em>, Business A<em>, IT A</em>, French A*, English A.</p>
<p>Advanced Subsidiaries (a is the highest grade): Math a, Chemistry a, Physics a,</p>
<p>Advanced Level (A* is the highest grade): Math A*, currently taking Physics and Chemistry and Further Maths</p>
<p>Awards: Silver medal (2nd place) in World Robot Olympiad (football category)
Bronze medal in Egyptian Olympiad in informatics (Programming)
Gold medal in Egyptian Olympiad in informatics (Programming)
1st in IQ on all the city's high schools (for a scholarship to learn programming)
1st in Math competition on all french schools in Egypt
1st in school Math competition</p>
<p>Activities: President and main founder of an environmental club (started it last year)
member of electronic club (2 years)
team captain of the robotics team
member of an amateur cycling club
Charity Club(spent 5 days 500 miles away from hom to entertain poor children)
Been a guide for a group of french teens in Egypt
member of competitve college club by EducationUSA.</p>
<p>You SAT is low for any of these schools, but your SAT IIs are good and your curriculum and extracurriculars seem really strong. I think you definitely need to add some more schools to your list; more target and safety schools.</p>
<p>I had limited choice of schools because I am not an american citizen and my currency is 7 times less than the american dollar. I am mostly dependent on financial aid and scholarships. Thanks for your time tough.</p>
<p>Currency conversion is irrelevant; if you’re currency is inflated or overvalued, you’re parent’s salaries are inflated or overvalued as well. I am sick of hearing these excuses from international students. If you want to go to school in the U.S., then quite your whining and excuses.</p>
<p>The problem with Michigan is they give little to no aid to internationals.</p>
<p>John, the problem is your stats are not competitive for these schools. You never know, one might have a great desire for a student for Egypt and not see many applicants, but it’s not likely to be a very top school. Maybe a less known school like Tufts, but that’s still a stretch.</p>
<p>If you don’t have a school you want to attend at home you can reapply next year. Try to bring up the scores and look at lesser known schools that see few Egyptian applicants but are known to give internationals aid. Use this site to research.</p>
<p>Thank you guys for your time. there’s an update for the SAT II (Math level 1 790, math level 2 800, physics 800 and chemistry 780) … would that make a difference ?</p>
<p>what the heck you guys. this kid has ridiculous grades and ridiculous extracurriculars. his dad is dead and they’re living on no income. do you all seriously think that he won’t get into any of these colleges???</p>
<p>you’re fine. i mean, with MIT, everything is a crapshoot, but the other schools you listed are i’m sure COMPLETELY fine with your SAT score, which is only low because it’s NOT YOUR NATIVE LANGUAGE.</p>
<p>that is such a relief…finally someone who thinks I have a chance even if it is a small one !! I forgot to mention my brother is a freshmen at MIT, does that make a difference ?</p>
<p>Hey john…I think you will do fine. have you thought about liberal arts colleges that have great aid? Don’t be discouraged by ‘‘chance me’’ threads you have a good shot. Just write compelling essays and you will have a good shot. I am also an international from Kenya but I have already applied for fall of 2012. I had 2070 on sat but lower sat2s. If you can get a fee waiver you can apply to more schools and boost your chances. Pm me for more info. And if you will retake the sats I could give you some material that raised my score from 1770 to 2070.</p>
<p>huss182 If I didnt get accepted I will definitely ask for your help in the SAT I so I can raise my score and apply next year. thanks though. did u get any decisions from the colleges you were applying to ?</p>
<p>I have already gotten into university of richmond under the richmond scholar…but I am waiting on the other colleges…I basically applied to abt 15 schools but my top choices were williams, amherst dartmouth and brown. Yeah I would be glad to help you can pm me any time. BUt I think you will have a decent shot if you wrote a good personl statement.</p>