<p>Hey, so im a student from India,
and these are my stats:
SAT 1: 2220 (800W, 710M, 710CR)
Gpa: well, no grading system in our school,
but scored above average in 9th-10th with 95.4% in 10th board ICSE examinations, always in top 5% of class.
Suffered a dip in 11th due to a personal problem which resulted in my missing school for nearly 2 months.
IF I show an upward trend till end of 12th, will it help?</p>
<p>Planning to apply to Stanford and the likes, is there ANY chance?
Oh and also planning to give SAT again, with subject tests as to improve score to atleast 2300</p>
<p>I am going to be straightforward with you. A drop in grades is a drop. Your excuse may be valid but that’s not the point. The thing that matters is how you coped with whatever personal problem you had. How much did you let the grades slip? 5%? 10%? 20%? That is what matters. How long did you take to recover from the shock of the problem? 1 month? 5 months? 1 year? The lower you score on these scales, the stronger the applicant you are.</p>
<p>I am not saying that applicants who are faced with impediments are somehow disadvantaged. In fact, it’s exactly the opposite. You are faced with this wonderful opportunity of showing how you tackle problems and how well you perform under unforgiving pressure.</p>
<p>In short, the upward trend will help, but it is entirely subjective.</p>
<p>ANY chance? My calculations tell me that considering last year’s acceptance rate of 7.1% and this year’s ~36,000 RD applications, you have a good 7.0% chance of being accepted. The likes? It’d be great if you could elaborate, because then I’ll be able to give you a more definitive acceptance percentage.</p>
<p>Ignore the above paragraph, it’s just me being nasty. Honestly, none of us here (none that we know of) are admissions officers from any of the universities you might be applying to. We cannot make an informed decision about your chances because of lack of experience in the selection process. I could say you stand a very high chance of acceptance and give you false hope. Or I could say you are wasting your application fee of $75 because you have practically a nil chance, thereby depressing you. However, the only thing that jumps out in this situation is that I will be wrong.</p>
<p>2200 is good enough. 2300 is nice as well, but you know SAT scores don’t matter after a particular number (unless you belong to the separate school of thought, which was advocated by silver turtle on the SAT forums)</p>