<p>Hi guys!
I am a international student now considering to apply for American Universities. And thanks for reading my thread and give me some suggestions.
I applied ED of Rice and was rejected, so I left MIT and vandy out of my school list and added a few LACs.
Ethnics: Asian
SAT: Oct 2150 (CR 670 Math 760 W 720 Essay9)
Dec 2130(CR690 Math 790 W650 Essay 10)
Superscore2200
SAT sub M2 780 Phy 800 Chem 780
GPA 4.00 unweighted( my high school does not offer AP courses and Horner Program)
Some calculation problems went on my earlier transcript(3.9) and my actual GPA is 4.0
Rank: top3% (55/2000)
Awards:
First Prize for National Olympic physics
First prize for National English Proficiency Test (not a native speaker)
Champion for Table tennis game (regional)
First prize for Speech contest (regional)
ECs:
Assistant coach in table tennis Varsity
Group leader of physics group
Group leader of chemistry group
Vice president of student union
200 hours Community service
President of School observatory
Initiator of school reading club and club of Eastern Asian painting research</p>
<p>Intended Major: Physics
Essay: Well Written
School list:
Rice(rejected already)</p>
<p>Without FA:
Middlebury College
Duke
WUSTL
Carnegie Mellon
Michigan Ann Arbor
UIUC (EA Admitted Physics)
UW Madison
UC Berkeley Los Angeles San Diego Santa Barbara
Case Western Reserve University (EA Defered)</p>
<p>With FA
Trinity
Lafayette
Hamilton (ED2)</p>
<p>Thank you! And I will chance back!</p>