<p>Hey all,
just registered on this website... and already here with my story!</p>
<p>The things is, I'm an average student from Belgium with average grades (and so on)... and for fun I'm filling in all fields on Commonapp.org</p>
<p>Now, I'm a total nembie and I mostly ask this out of curiousity, so please don't smite my na</p>
<p>Bump :)</p>
<p>Really appreciated if anyone could help me.</p>
<p>Minimum, really, there is none, I’ve heard of someone who got into Stanford with a 1700. However, you should shoot for at least 2100, preferrably more like 2250 to be competitive.</p>
<p>In terms of salaries, it doesn’t affect your chances, unless you ask for financial aid. It varies by university. Stanford only gives financial aid to about 10 internationals per year, while Harvard will give financial aid to anyone who needs in (given that they get accepted).</p>
<p>Standardized tests are quite important, though I don’t think anyone can give you an exact weighting. Try for 700s in all sections of the SATs (I and IIs) probably around a 33 or 34 for the ACT. Not sure about TOEFL.</p>
<p>Writing samples can make or break an application. The admissions committees claim they make a decision based on how good a fit you are for the environment. The writing can completely change their decision, for better or worse.</p>
<p>No idea what a leading meeting is.</p>
<p>Most important thing is probably high school record, difficulty of courses, class rank, etc. Extra curricular activities are important too, suhc as clubs, awards.</p>
<p>Heard GED, but I don’t know what exactly it is.</p>
<p>Don’t understand this non-semestered question, but you should just be able to fill in whatever courses you’re taking for first semester, either copy to second semester or leave them only for first.</p>
<p>I think that program would be the equivalent of Computer Engineering or EECS (Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences)</p>
<p>Hope this helps</p>
<p>GED is a program for people who have dropped out of high school or otherwise failed to earn a high school diploma. By passing a series of tests, they receive a GED diploma, which is generally considered to be the same as a high school diploma. Here’s a link to a Wikipedia article that provides more detail:</p>
<p>[General</a> Educational Development - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GED]General”>General Educational Development - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>thank you very much :)</p>