<p>I AM INDIAN,I AM GOING TO TAKE MY FIRST SAT IN DECEMBER.I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT CHANCES DO I HAVE TO GET INTO AN IVY LEAGUE COLLEGE THAT TOO STUDY THERE FOR FREE(EITHER BY GETTING SCHOLARSHIPS,FINANCIAL AID OR ANYTHING AVAILABLE)</p>
<p>Well… It’d help to stop being overly confident and brash .____. …spelling stuff correctly would also help.</p>
<p>no chance</p>
<p>0% chance if you portray yourself like this in the application</p>
<ol>
<li>Please don’t use all capitals.</li>
<li>Use proper grammar</li>
<li>Ivy Leagues don’t give scholarships.</li>
<li>A mere test score won’t get you in.</li>
</ol>
<p>Well I am sorry for offending you Newdle because, reading your comment I felt like I really did.By the way thankyou
for pointing about my incorrect grammar rather than answering the question that I posted.</p>
<p>By the way I want you guys to know that i was trying to understand what would be my situation after taking the test at the best case scenario.</p>
<p>Your chances are better than they would be with a lower score, but by no means guaranteed. </p>
<p>Your score is just a small part of the entire application. Have you taken a diagnostic test to see if you can really shoot for the 2400?
Also, what else do you have to offer to an Ivy League school? Do you have any outstanding ECs or leadership positions? Have you won any significant awards ? Lastly, what’s your GPA? </p>
<p>These are just the main components of a college application that help paint at least a general picture of you. Besides, you also have to submit supplements and essays. </p>
<p>If you want the Ivies just for the name, please take into consideration that there are a lot of other GREAT colleges that are worth considering. Try to find colleges that are a good fit for you personally, not ones that are just highly prestigious.</p>
<p>@utk101 - for most people taking the test, 2400 is not a best-case scenario, it’s simply out of reach. Do you have any reason to believe you can achieve this score?</p>
<p>All selective colleges in the USA (including the Ivies) practice holistic admissions, and while high test scores may result in a closer examination of your application, no one is accepted based on test scores alone. There are very few colleges in the US that provide generous aid to internationals, so before submitting any applications, it would pay to determine which ones would be willing to give you a scholarship sufficient to cover your needs. You will need top scores and grades as well as impressive accomplishments outside of your studies for any of them to notice you.</p>
<p>Which Colleges offer financial help to international student</p>
<p>@utk101 - Many colleges offer financial aid to internationals, to varying degrees, but the only colleges that are need-blind and meet full need are Harvard, Yale, Princeton, MIT, Dartmouth, and Amherst.</p>
<p>Some other schools may meet full need for accepted students, but factor ability to pay into admission decisions.</p>
<p>Your SAT will be a minuscule part of the decision.
It’s huge if it’s bad, as it’ll get you cut, but if it’s good it doesn’t factor in much.
That is, if you’re above 2100 you’re not cut, and then everything comes into play, and between an international-level bassoon player and a 2400, the choice is easy (Bassoon player all the way, because s/he’ll bring something to the campus community the 2400 won’t.) 2200 is recommended but if you have something extraordinary, then it’s better.
Your odds at any Top 25 are in the 1-5% range.
Your best bet if you’re a high-scorer is to go for competitive merit scholarships.
Check out the financial aid forum on this website.</p>
<p>you need to take into account way more than just your test scores. just like everyone said before- what’s your gpa? ECs? ACT? subject tests if you wanna go to an ivy? APs? service hours? letters of recommendation? experience? etc. </p>
<p>no one can clearly answer this question without that clarification. </p>
<p>MAYBE YOU SHOULD FOCUS ON FIXING YOUR CAPS LOCK FIRST</p>
<p>REALLY!!! I THINK YOU NEED TO GET YOUR’S FIXED FIRST</p>
<p>@utk101 stop being obnoxious to other people. </p>
<p>First of all, if you are an international student seeking for financial aid and/or merit scholarship, you should at least do your own research. Do you know how many poor financially struggling international kids are there in the USA? A LOT.</p>
<p>Studying in the USA without enough money, while still better than studying in your own country, is very tough. There are many great international candidate with great stats, grades, extracurricular activities that are as good as those of US applicants who get rejected from top school because of their financial need. There are some schools like University of Alabama that gives partial~ full tuition with at least 3.5 GPA and 1280 Cr+Math SAT 1. </p>
<p>I am not familiar with how the admission processes go in India- I will assume scores determine everything, because that’s how things go in many Asian countries-but you seem to be very oblivious to how the colleges in the USA evaluate their candidates. Score IS a major factor, but it doesn’t determine everything. It’s not even so important as the school grade, which is the most accurate indicator of your ability(except some cases); it will be useless if you portray yourself as a bodacious individual in the essays. Colleges don’t want such people. They want people who are academically inclined, who have succeeded to show their potential, AND who are willing to contribute to the academic environment of the schools. </p>
<p>As @MYOS1634 said, there are way too many top school applicants who have at least 2100+. In such schools, the important of SAT/ACT will be overshadowed by things like GPA, extracurricular activities, essays, etc. Also, there will be HOARDS of students who have very high GPA, very in-depth extracurricular activities in their fields. Lastly. your need of FA will drastically reduce your chance if you need full need or near-full need. Again, only
Harvard
Yale
MIT
Princeton
Amherst
Dartmouth
are need blind AND meet full need. There are several colleges that are need blind to everyone, but they don’t meet full needs. </p>
<p>If you have nothing but a mere score, there is no chance that you will get in top USA, or even possibly 2nd tier schools.
Besides, you don’t even have a real SAT score. What makes you think that you will get a perfect score??? </p>
<p>To put things in context for you utk 98% students get less than 2100.</p>
<p>To put things in context for you utk 98% students get less than 2100. You can make 2100 your goal, and be happy if you score better.
All in all, your admission to a Top 25-30 school (national university or LAC) won’t be decided by your SAT score.</p>
<p>Thankyou paul2752!! I think your’s is the most satisfactory reply.thankyou .</p>