International Student's Chances at an Elite-university

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi CC. </p>

<p>Sorry for the long post but I REALLY need your help!!</p>

<p>I'm 16 years old and I'm planning to start studying at the age of 20. After high-school I'm taking a year off, which I will spend on internships at different companies in different countries. I might consider a few months in the army.
One of my goals in life is studying business at one of the top 25 universities in the world. I'm VERY interested in Brown but I'm not sure whether it's realistic.</p>

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<li>Do you think that it's an good idea?</li>
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<p>I'm in a special class and there is very few of them in Denmark. It is called ''World Class'' and we will travel 4 times during our 3 years in high-school - one of the trips is 3 months in USA.
I have 5 A (the highest level possible) subjects - International Economy, Business Economics, Marketing, Danish and English. Math is on a B level but if highly necessary I will take it on A level. Social science is a subject I love so I might take that as an B or A subject. If I do so, I'm going to have 7 A subject and the standard is 4. </p>

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<li>Will the universities see that as an good thing?</li>
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<p>Beside that I have studied German for 5 years when I graduate from high-school. I'm not very good at sports and I'm not an musician. I don't have any kinds of science in high-school because it's focused at business.
My expected GPA is 3.5 or so. I get A's and B's (more A's than B's). Money is not that big of an problem.</p>

<p>High school in Denmark is only 3 years, just so you know. And oh, I'm from Iraq. Does that help me (minority)?</p>

<p>Thank you for your time!</p>

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<p>I hate doing this but…… Bump……</p>

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<p>Hi, I am from Sweden and am applying for the class of 2016. American universities loves to see when students take as many difficult classes as they can. So yes, it is a good thing to choose the A level of a subject rather than something lower or less demanding. Don’t make it too difficult for yourself so your grades take the hit. Then it isn’t necessarily worth the demanding workload.</p>

<p>You need to take the TOEFL and SAT or ACT when you get a little older. It was really hard for me to score well on the English parts of the SAT, since English is a second language to me. Study as much English as you can and try to improve your GPA to a 3.75 at least if you want to attend Brown University.</p>

<p>I know the Ivy League seems like the only option for you today (it did for me too half a year ago) because it is such a prestigious accomplishment to be accepted at Brown, for instance. I decided to not only apply to HYPS, and instead go for some smaller liberal arts colleges instead since the competition drastically diminishes. I have spent 1.5 years searching for the colleges which best fit me. </p>

<p>Ps. I should war you though that you will lose interest in applying to college in the U.S. after afew weeks, but then the desire to do so will return. I changed my mind about applying to college in the U.S. at least 8 times before I decided to really go for it. I had by that point invested too much time and money to just let this opportunity slip away. If you want to send a message and ask about anything else, you can do so! Otherwise, good luck!</p>