Chances for an international!

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<p>I’m an international RD applicant (Political Sci.) from Spain… Looking forward to reading your answers!!!</p>

<p>SAT I:1650/2400 (570 CR, 580 M, 500 W)
SAT II: French (660) Spanish with Listening (800)
GPA:8.9 (unweighted) in a 0-10 scale
Taking 7 IB courses (full IB Diploma candidate): Higher level English B (predicted 7) Philosophy (predicted 7) Spanish A1 (predicted 5) and Standard level History (predicted 7), Biology (predicted 4), Math (predicted 4) and Theory of Knowledge (predicted 7)
TOEFL iBT: 103 (they asked for a 79)
Have passed the Certificate of Proficiency in English by Cambridge University, which is the world’s most difficult English test.</p>

<p>EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:
• Summer Schools: In the UK and France
• Piano
• Chorus
• Volunteer in a center for the assistance for people with severe intellectual disabilities
• Volunteer within the Catholic Church (with Caritas)
• Secretary General at a regional level of the youth wing of the Spanish conservative “People’s Party”
• Model United Nations (all of them are international models)
o SEKMUN II (Awarded as the Best delegation in the Security Conucil)
o MiNUBA (Buenos Aires)
o SEKMUN III (Awarded as the Best delegation in the security Council
• President of the Class in the academic years 2008/2009 and 2009/2010
• Weekly partner in a radio show
• Doing the preparatory courses to join the Catholic Action
• Tutoring students in Economics and in English
• Teacher of Debate and Oratory for young students
• Golf
• Varsity Tennis </p>

<p>I know that my SAT scores are low, but I am not sending them, as the comitee on admissions only requests the TOEFL for internationals.</p>

<p>so, what do you think???</p>

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<p>I think you are definitely in. they dont ask you to send in your SAT scores because it is the least important admission factor. besides that oh my god I am jealous of how well you have done. You know english (congrats on the cambridge certificate by the way, am originaly from england so I know how big a deal that is), french, and spanish, you have great extra curriculars. And did you say 7 IB courses? my god how do you find time to sleep? lol. I will let you know for future reference an 8.9 translates into I think either a 3.4 or 3.5 in the US grading system, which is on par for american.</p>

<p>I think you are in great shape and I hope you and I both get in =)</p>