International student...Please chance!!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
1

<p>Hey everyone!</p>

<p>I'm an international student from Europe, and would like to hear your opinion!</p>

<p>GPA: 9.86/10 (do my senior year in a high school for gifted students, with the most challenging curriculum in the country)
Ranked 1st out of 60 (class is really small, because all the kids are very carefully selected)</p>

<p>Honors:</p>

<p>---Silver Medal, International Contest of Math and Literature
---2nd Place, International Contest of Creative Writing
---2nd Place, International Contest of Scientific Research
---Gold Medal, National Olympiad of Linguistics
---3rd Place, and Special Award of the Jury, International Olympiad of Linguistics
---1st Place, National Olympiad of French
---The Excellence Award of the Ministry of Education, granted for promoting the country's image in the world through the success achieved at the International Olympiad of Linguistics
---Member of the Olympic Team of my country for French.
---Member of the Olympic Team of my country for Linguistics.
---President's Volunteer Service Award.
---3rd Place, National Festival of Patriotic Poetry
---Honorable Mention, National Contest of Literature
---Special Award, Regional Contest of Poetry
---2nd Place, Regional Conference of Applied Science
---Excellence Award, Regional History Conference
---The Most Active Student Award, granted for remarkable academic performances and outstanding extracurricular involvement, Regional Award Ceremony in Education.
---Winner of the City's Scholarship, awarded for excellence in education and remarkable results achieved at national and international competitions.
I received the award three consecutive years.
---Student of the Year Award, granted by the high school for the highest academic results, extracurricular activities and the outstanding performances demonstrated at national level.
I received the award three consecutive years.</p>

<p>Extracurricular:</p>

<p>---Editor, National Magazine of Culture and Creative Writing (the magazine won national awards)
---Author of two soon-to-be-published books:</p>

<p>1) The first book concentrates on the political development of my country over a period of twenty years. (political essays)</p>

<p>2)The second book features poems awarded at different literary competitions, as well as new ones.</p>

<p>---Reporter, National Broadcasting Company , the Studio for Adolescents
---Deputy, Youth Parliament of my country (participated in the writing of several social projects of national significance)
---Exchange Student in USA, full scholarship awarded by the US Department of State (one of the 40 students selected out of 1040).
---Volunteer, National Media Project (wrote the script for a short movie promoting human rights)
---Founder and President, Regional Future Leaders School
---Author and Organizer, Regional Project ''Simulation of the European Parliament'' (students from more than 16 high schools involved)
---School's, Delegate,Regional Youth Council (got the Council's Excellence Award for the implementation of several youth projects)
---Participant and Speaker, International Training Course regarding Politics, full scholarship awarded.
---Delegate, International Model UN Conference (wrote a concrete strategy for accelerating a country's progress through overcoming economic obstacles)
---100+ hours of community service while in US (President's Volunteer Service Award)</p>

<p>Also, I have published articles in more than five different national magazines and newspapers. My activity as a writer has been reflected in a book published by one of these magazines.</p>

<p>My problem, however, is my 1580 SAT Score (very low, I'm a really bad test taker). My SAT Subject Scores are going to be much higher, I believe.
Is this score going to lead to the rejection of my application (HYP)?
What about Cornell/Williams/Mt Holyoke/Duke/Pomona?</p>

2

<p>You deffienately have a chance if you get your SAT scores up. Also try taking the SAT II, which are for each specific subject, and maybe the ACT if it is available. The ACT is much easier than the SAT, from my experience. Also in europe were you doing A levels or IB and did you take AP classes in the states?</p>

3

<p>increase ur score to atleast 1850-1900 and u can make it to the ivies,ur ec’s and honors are amazing.even if u are not able to raise ur score do apply to the ivies and as poster above me said take SAT II Subject tests as well .</p>

4

<p>I’m not sure weather I should retake the SAT or the Subject Tests…what would be better?
Do you think I should contact the schools and ask them to wait a little bit. Or is this too much?</p>

5

<p>if u have not taken the SAT Subject Tests take them because they are nececssary for certain colleges and are F***** easy , I suppose u will be taking them this 28th ,2 weeks will be more than enough to prepare for them.</p>

6

<p>

</p>

<p>With your SAT score, you have zero chance at any of the schools on your list. Especially at HYP, your application will get laughed out in a matter of seconds. Honestly, you will need a lot of luck just to get into a top 50 state university. I don’t say this to be mean spirited, but to inject some objectivity here.</p>

7

<p>Even with your ecs, you need at least a 2000-2100 to stand a chance in regular admission for williams, duke, and cornell, 2100-2200 for HYP. It may be even harder for internationals. Also, SAT Is are much more important than SAT IIs</p>