coming to America

<p>hey, do you know any ppl who just came to America from a non-English speaking country for only a year or two years, and he or she went to some wonderful colleges, or top twenty colleges in America. What was their SAT score, and what were their other amazing aspects?</p>

<p>I know certain people who came to U.S. for aobut two years by the time they apply and got accepted to Stanford, UCB, UCLA and UCSD. </p>

<p>By the way, are you a junior or senior?</p>

<p>yes, i am in America right now, i have been here for one year and a half. do you kno their SAT score? what are their strength? strongly academics or something else?</p>

<p>i know this guy that got into yale with a 590 on verbal, but he also got an 800 on math, and he applied as an international</p>

<p>To piaoyuelingxing:</p>

<p>Stats for those people:
- Came to U.S. in the middle of high school
- 3.7-4.0 unweighted GPA (They attended a underperforming school)
- 1050 - 1200 old SAT I
- 1st generation to go to college
- low-income </p>

<p>BTW, I like your user name.</p>

<p>Well all my uncles came from India from IIT :)</p>

<p>one of my best friends came from taiwan 3 years ago and was accepted last year to UC Berkeley (out of state, from NY)</p>