<p>I live in Panama. I'm in 12th grade.
First-time scores:
C. Reading: 610
Math: 690
Writing: 570
Class Rank: 2/91
GPA: 96%
SAT II: Not yet
Extracurricular activities: Social Service, Soccer, Training for the Math, PHysics, and Chemistry Olympiads
Counselor Report: Great
Awards: Physics Olympiads (1st place nationwide)
Chemistry Olympiads (2nd NAtionwide)
MAth Olympiads (2nd Nationwide)
I did a wind/solar energy project that won the first place at a local university.</p>
<p>Your SAT's are a bit low, but you seem passionate about math and science. If you have a chance try to take it again and get it up. Hopefully you'll do well at the SAT II's. If you wrote a good essay, you might get in, but it wouldn't be likely at this point. Are you a native English speaker? If you're not, then the Writing and Reading scores are understandable, but Math is a bit low. If you had a bad day, then a high Math B score would make a difference toward showing that. If you really want to go to Tech then I'd say it might be worth applying (although especially as an international your chances woudl be low). But seriously consider whether Caltech is the place for you, and if you can handle the work. If you think you can, try to work on increasing your SAT scores, and you'll help your chances a lot.</p>
<p>My native language is not english. I know my SAT score is relatively low; that's the worst part. I'm working on my essays and studying a lot for the MathII and Chemistry.
Thanks for the reply! It helped a lot.</p>
<p>I'm not sure if this is possible, but if you think the SAT score was because you were unprepared, you might try to take it again after try to improve it, do soemthing science related over the summer and next year and apply after that if you think it woudl help and you really want to come to Caltech.</p>