International (Bulgarian) student -- chances?

Applying to College
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<p>International student -- Bulgarian (See what is this [url="<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria%22%5Dhere%5B/url"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria"]here[/url&lt;/a&gt;] :-)))</p>

<p>Very good GPA & recommendations</p>

<p>SAT (not yet taken):
[ul]
[<em>]Math will be 700+
[</em>]Not very good at verbal (about 500+)
[li]The essay will be 550-600+[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>SAT Subject tests (taken October -- the scores are not yet ready; will be taken January as well):
[ul]
[<em>]Math IC will be 700+
[</em>]Math IIC will be 700+
[li]Physics will be 550+[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>The application essay is comparatively good/exceptional</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
[ul]
[<em>]Fulbright assistent
[</em>]Lions Club volunteer
[<em>]Red Cross volunteer
[</em>]Co-founder & member of "BGDev" -- the biggest online resource/forum/institution of programmers/designers/IT professionals in Bulgaria.
[/ul]</p>

<p>Awards/Certificates:
[ul]
[<em>]Skiing certificate
[</em>]FCE ("C" grade)
[li]CAE ("C" grade)[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Work experience:
[ul]
[<em>]Google AdSense Member
[</em>]Secretary
[<em>]System administrator
[</em>]Made the installation programs for the products of a world-famous clipart design company located in Bulgaria
[/ul]</p>

<p>Sports:
[ul]
[<em>]Skiing
[</em>]Cycling
[/ul]</p>

<p>Computer/IT skills:
[ul]
[<em>]VB6
[</em>]PHP
[<em>]UI design & usability engineering
[</em>]Windows internals
[/ul]</p>

<p>I also consider to send a CD with my program(s) and site(s). Do you think that the admissions officers will look at it?</p>

<p>So, what do you think -- do I have any chances for Harvard, Yale, MIT, Cornell, Berkley, Brown, you name it? If not -- would you recommend me some not so competative (but also good) colleges/universities?</p>

<p>Thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>You have great EC<code>s, your only problem is probably your low test scores which will hinder your chances.
Study really hard for the the SAT/SAT2s. Alot of ppl whose native language is not English still have verbal scored above 700, so if you are applying to schools like Harvard and Yale, you better study for them hard! Everything else is good I think. You should also get some safeties, I can</code>t name any at the moment but try to look at schools other than they Ivys.</p>

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<p>@japstudent12: Thanks a lot.</p>

<p>Btw, I forget to mention my CBT score -- 250 and that I'm going to take TOEFL again in November.</p>

<p>Also -- I consider CompSci as a major. Would somebody recommend me strong schools fot this?</p>

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<p>@Admins/Mods: Would you move the thread to the "Chances" forum? It seems that the current category is wrong. 10x!</p>