<p>^^
Or does it help you in that you are culturally broader and more interesting?
By the way are these GCSE results good?
English: A
Georgraphy: A
IT: A*
French: A . (or A<em>... not sure yet... is 6.25/7 an A</em>?)
Biology: B
Chemistry: C (I hate chemistry so much argh)</p>
<p>And I'm retaking my maths in May.</p>
<p>B
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M
P</p>
<p>Well, that depends on where you are applying to and what your financial circumstances are. If you can pay, I think you should be more interesting for the college bc you bring diversity on campus. If you cannot, you have deffinitely lower (though real) to be accepted.</p>
<p>Well I don't think (I don't think) finances are going to be a problem.
My grades might be though. However I'm steering back to all-A's now though, which is good.
I want to apply to all the top 30 US universities (Yale, Stanford, Cornell, Berkeley, Columbia), and to Oxbridge or Cambridge on top of that.
So, do you think I'm on the right track with those grades? Hmm?</p>
<p>I think you are in danger of overapplying. Last year I thought about applying to 50(sic!) universities and colleges, just so I could get in. In the end, when you REALLY have to write those applications, even with the Common Application any number over 20 becomes incredibly hard to manage. I submitted 15 applications and spent two gruelling weeks full-time only on finishing them, writing an essay for almost every application. Do as you like, but be aware of the pressure the admission process is going to put on you!</p>
<p>could i make something like a default application essay, and just add names according to which college im sending it to with MS Word?
for example: "I want to go to ___ because it looks like a great university"
then i can add princeton, stanford, yale, etc in the space. you know?
anyway hope your applications went well, what did you get into?</p>
<p>Don't you think that just about every international student out there thought about this? While not all universities require the why us? essay, those that do require it to show that the student actually did some research into the university. There is a rule I heard about saying that if you can change the name of the institution with another one and half of the essay is still true, then the essay is not specific enough. They do not need being told they are the best in the world (they already know that ;)).
What you have to do is convince them of why they are the best in the world for you, not just by telling them that but what are your specific interests that you feel the school befits best.
As about the other kinds of essays - most schools will probably require one besides the common application essay - some require even two or more. Every application adresses particular topics and it is hard to recycle essays, though possible. Look at your strengths and find those schools that would most likely take you - you have an very strong advantage if you are able to pay for your education. Focus on quality of applications, rather than quantity. Don't become an application factory!</p>
<p>It's just like URM. If you come from an under-represented country, it will help you tremendously. While being someone from Indian or Korea may not.</p>
<p>i shall put it this way. the admissions process is such that being an international hurts you as much as being an American citizen does. By being an international, the downside is a very small space for competition. On the other hand, an American will need very good SAT scores and very rigorous ECs, since opportunities for EC are abundant in America. Sort of like they cancel out each other.</p>
<p>It depends on the school and also on your country of origin. Schools that have an incredible international reputations, like Harvard, Yale, MIT, Stanford, Princeton and maybe CalTech (relative to its size) and Cal-Berkeley are very difficult on internationals. Most other schools, be it Duke or the University of Chicago etc... are neither more difficult nor easier.</p>
<p>If you are a refugee from a very tiny country that somehow managed to excell in school, you can probably get into any univeristy with a full ride. If you come from a normal baground in Taiwan or India, your chances are next to nil because you will be applying with another 50,000 students for the same spot! </p>
<p>In short, it is hard to tell.</p>
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next to nill, alexandre we dont need that now!! Decisions just 1.5 months away!!</p>
<p>Brown U. says that American applicants have a 16% chance of admission, whereas foreign students have closer to a 10% chance.</p>
<p>"Brown U. says that American applicants have a 16% chance of admission, whereas foreign students have closer to a 10% chance."</p>
<p>Ouch.
er... does Switzerland have a lot of applicants?</p>
<p>Looking over college websites, Switzerland is not heavily represented but American universities might mentally lump it together with Germany ,Austria, Liechtenstein. Germany does have quite a few applicants. Could be an advantage to be French-speaking Swiss? At least Liechtenstein can't give you much competition.</p>
<p>Relax Hello, Dubai, you will be seen as a UAE applicant...and those are few and far in between. Do you go to Choueifat?</p>
<p>nope, I wish. :D</p>
<p>I go to an Indian School (Our Own, Dubai)
Have you even heard of it ?? :)</p>
<p>I have heard of several High Schools, but now Our Own. IS that school on Garhoud?</p>
<p>Hey, I might transfer to Choueifat, Dubai next year. I wanted to go this year, but I had mixed feelings and they already started, at the time I transfered to Dubai from Abu Dhabi. I am still not sure whether it's worth going there for senior year (at least I can take some AP courses), my current school is almost worthless (it's in sharjah, almost every single school in dubai was full, and they put me on the waiting list).</p>
<p>H88, it is worth going to Choueifat because it has a good reputation in the US and the UK. Have you already done your O Level exams? How about your SATs?</p>
<p>I am independently studying for AP Calculus and AP Physics C - Mechanics this year, and taking the exam in May. I did not take any AS or O Level exams, however. (I thought you can choose courses in Choueifat, and you're not obligated to take A Level courses or exams?)</p>
<p>As for the SAT, I only did 4 SAT II's, and they're good enough I guess. I'll do the New SAT in June.</p>
<p>If you really think it's worth it, then I'll give them a call next week or so, and I'll see from there.</p>