<p>Hey, Could someone tell me what my chances would be at Brown or any Ivy League school ?</p>
<p>I’m a permenant US resident but I study outside the US >> wierd huh?</p>
<p>My home country is Sudan but I live and study in Saudi Arabia >> even wierder :P</p>
<p>I’m in my pre-senior fall and I would like to go to an Ivy school in the 2010 fall or the 2011 spring, </p>
<p>I’m in a non-english-speaking school and we don’t have any honor courses or AP’s.
My average score in the last 3 years of school is 99.8% which is really good over here.</p>
<p>I haven’t took the SAT or the TOEFL yet but im planning to do so soon .</p>
<p>my EC’s :</p>
<p>I play tennis and I won 2 regional competitions
I participated in the RoboCup and we won 1st place in KSA
I volunteer at a hospital for the Summer 10 hrs a week (not much female jobs available for girls under 18 in here so it’s my 1st job)
I like drawing, I won 6th place at a national competition</p>
<p>I’m a 17 year old african female and not so many people plan for Ivy’s here, so what do you think ??</p>
<p>I think your situation is definately very very unique! If you can explain your atypical life circumstances well in your essays, you have a good chance, but again the decisions also depends on what you get on your SATs, without those yet, no one can give an accurate predication. BTW, you need SAT IIs as well as the standard SAT when applying to ivies.</p>
<p>Or take the ACT (though that’d probably be much harder to do outside the country than SATs). You may end up wanting to call the various admissions departments to explain your situation, get someone to guide you through what you need to do. Because I (and probably most people on this board, except maybe modestmelody or uroogla) have no idea what’s different in applications for people who’re taught in a foreign language, have fewer American-esque opportunities, but aren’t applying as an international. You’ll probably need that whole supplementary section in the commonapp that gives you room to add information/explain unusual circumstances.</p>
<p>I think your experience plus your strong academics really stand out.Yeah,as an international applicant myself,I think you may want to register for SAT I and II in very short time.The TOEFL test has multiple testing times even in a month sometimes,and it’s way less difficult than SATI as I already experimented on myself.(But TOEFL has a speaking part,and I do not like the way they grade me personally :P)I would suggest you get on preparation for SAT first and then for TOEFL.One thing I am not sure about is whether or not you need to take a TOEFL.
I wish you very good luck! ^o^</p>
<p>Woooow I luv you guys ur soo amazing you really gave me a push, so you think I should try ?</p>
<p>I’m currently studying for the SAT and I’ll probably take Math and Chemistry in SAT II but I took the pracitce test with these approximate (predicted) scores:
800 Math, 760 Critical Reading, 780 Writing.
Again thank you all so much</p>
<p>Yeah,
I kinda have to take the TOEFL because English isn’t my first language.
But I don’t think TOEFL would be a big problem coz im planning to prepare for it after I finish the SAT I and II.</p>
<p>Good for you,girl!It’s great that you have such sompetitive SAT diagnostic scores.Keep working on it!And yeah,according to your SAT predictions TOEFL shall not be a too big problem.However,you might still want to take a look at it’s Official Giude before you really take the test,because it demonstrates clearly how you are gonna be graded.Whoops,I am not advertising nor being offensive
Again,wish u good luck.</p>
<p>Hi Ayia! I have some experience with applying to Brown from a non-English speaking school abroad. I went to a French school in Costa Rica. My application process was basically identical to everyone else’s, but there were a few extra steps for me. Since my teachers didn’t speak very much English, I had to get their letters of recommendation translated. Obviously, you can’t do the translating yourself, so I would suggest you either find an official translator or ask an English-speaking teacher at your school to do it (my school’s ESL teacher translated my letters). Also, your school will need to send in some information about its grading system, examinations, etc, because the admissions officers at Brown may not be familiar with your country’s educational system. Finally, you’ll need to have your school send in the International Supplement to the Common Application (available online). Good luck!</p>
<p>My teachers don’t speak English as well so im thinking translate letters of recommendations officially but i’ll submit the original ones as well just incase. </p>
<p>and how did your application go ? I mean did you get in ?</p>
<p>Yes, I did. I’m starting in just a week actually; I’m so excited!</p>
<p>Do send in the originals, I did as well. Chances are someone on the Admissions Board will be able to understand them, and if not, someone in the faculty.</p>
