<p>hi i am currently in thailand... this is another one of the chances questions....</p>
<p>will technical school like MIT or caltech look into low verbal scores rather than just focussing on the high math scores??</p>
<p>my stats:</p>
<p>sat 1: math 780 verbal 460 !!! writing 580 essay 10/12
sat 2: math 800 physics 760 chem 710
toefl: 267 computer-based</p>
<p>no gpa/class rank as i follow the british curriculum</p>
<p>doing full IB diploma
Math HL 7
Physics HL 7
Chem HL 6
English A1 SL 5
Thai B SL 7
Economics SL 4!!!!!!!!!
(NB: i reckon i will get 2 bonus points)</p>
<p>ECAs:
swimming since like 4ever, seasac, bisac, blah blah blah
play soccer a bit not serious ( not in school team... too busy with swimming)
invited to British Math Olympiad round 1 (top 800 in world)
gold, silver, and bronze certificates in british math challenge in junior, intermediate, and senior competitions on 3 consecutive years
math competition @ ISB (a school in thailand u prolly dunno) about a year ago
World cyber games (WCG 2005) 7th place in thailand at Warcraft</p>
<p>my description of myself:
i am very math/science orientated.... as you can see from my low verbal and economic scores.</p>
<p>here are the lists of the colleges im applying to.... wut are my chances???</p>
<p>1st choices: Caltech, MIT, Harvey Mudd
2nd choices: U of Michigan- Ann Arbor, U Texas- Austin
Safe choices: Illinois tech, Clarkson U</p>
<p>Hey! I don't like being harsh but I think I need to be, although your accomplishments in math/science are fantastic!</p>
<p>Caltech, MIT, & Harvey Mudd are extremely unrealistic. In fact, I read on a thing last year that the SAT Verbal range for Caltech is 490-800. This isn't the quartiles; this is the range of those admitted. No one was admitted last year with below a 490, and I wouldn't count on it this year.</p>
<p>Your 2nd list may or may not happen; I believe you will be OK for your safe choices but I am unsure of their policies regarding Int'l students.</p>
<p>ok thank you for at least being honest.... i juz think that they should all invent an entrace test so people can be selected in terms of ability... not just grades and scores</p>
<p>However, i have a friend's friend from thailand... he got 420 in verbal and 780 in math in sat 1 just like me... he was offered at both caltech and MIT... but now he is studying at freshman year in MIT since they are paying him to study there.</p>
<p>his sat 2 were brilliant though he got full 3 x 800 for math 2c physics and chem</p>
<p>It's funny that you did better on the essay than I did, and I got an 800 verbal. I think you have a decent chance at Caltech and Harvey Mudd. California is much nicer than Mass.</p>