<p>I am international student that is currently enrolled into the IB program. I am about to apply to US universities and I wanted to know if my grades and other details will give me even the slightest of chances of being admitted to </p>
<p>Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)
NYU
Harvey-Mudd
Northeastern
Cornell
Dartmouth
Amherst (Legacy)
Rochester Institute of Technology
University of Michigan
Georgia Tech
Umass Amherst</p>
<p>IB subjects I take:</p>
<p>Physics HL (im among the 3 best students)
Chemistry HL
ITGS HL (mostly 7's or A stars)
Math SL (best student in my grade)
English SL
Amharic SL</p>
<p>Scores:</p>
<p>SAT I: Composite 1800/2400 or 1250/1600 (I am taking them again and shooting for a 2000+)
IB predicted grade = 38 , which means a GPA of > 4.0
SAT II: Physics = 740 (highest in my school's history) and Math Lvl 2 = 700 ... :/
TOEFL = 101
Straight A's on my countries national exam! and awarded with a 'very great distinction'! :)</p>
<p>Activities:</p>
<p>Volunteering (360+ hours)
Taekwondo (Karate)
Soccer
Programming (Java, JavaScript, and C++)
Coding Club member
Environmental Club founder</p>
<p>Plus very strong letter or recommendations from Physics, Chem, English, and ITGS teachers.</p>
<p>Guys plz help me!!! I dont know much about US universities.</p>
<p>If you have any suggestions of matching top schools, please leave a comment.</p>
<p>I have to say your SAT is too low for ivies, Amherst,NYU. Harvey-Mudd, Umich and Northeastern. Also, except Dartmouth and Amherst, all of them are need aware. If you can’t pay full cost and don’t have top stats, the chances in all those schools are close to zero. Scratch off NYU because it has a crappy aid and gives only to 1st year int kids. UMich doesn’t give any aid. </p>
<p>If you have let’s say, 2200+ SAT and very sparkling ECs, then it may make you an attractive applicant but your SAT is too low for top schools and you really lack ECs. </p>
<p>Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) = safety
NYU=out of reach financially
Harvey-Mudd = big reach but your IB score would hold sway
Northeastern = match (if you sublit a TOEFL they’ll use it rather than SAT)
Cornell = out of reach (it’s need aware)
Dartmouth = reach
Amherst (Legacy) = reach but your IB score could help
Rochester Institute of Technology = do you qualify for merit?
University of Michigan = out of reach (financially)
Georgia Tech= out of reach (financially)
Umass Amherst = did you apply to Honors College?/ Commonwealth Honors would be a match if you send TOEFL + IB score and it’d be doable financially</p>
<p>^I’m really not sure about that Paul. I believe they’re need-aware, don’t meet need for international applicants. In any case Cornell is out of reach (or a very very very high reach, with odds so minuscule that OP shouldn’t work on that application until all others have been completed).</p>
<p>Wikipedia says it’s need blind for all applicants.
Although I have to admit that Cornell website doesn’t specify whether it applies to international students as well. However it doesn’t specify it’s need aware for international students either. </p>
<p>Anyway you are right that the OP’s stat is far from enough to get admitted and even farther from getting any aid.</p>
<p>Do you really think that North Eastern is a match with my SAT scores? Also, can you please suggest colleges with engineering good engineering rankings that would be a near match for me (fair reach also)? </p>
<p>Btw, I am retaking the SATII’s to get 800 on Math Lvl2, and I’m definitely sure that I can get it (like 100% sure), thats why I’m applying to MIT. They dont want SAT I for international students; they just want toefl scores and SAT II (subject test).
Do you think i have even the slightest chance of getting into MIT if I have
I have 740 on SAT physics
GPA = 4.0
a killer essay,
killer letter of recs,
an awsome research paper on solar panel efficiency and spectral response of poly crystalline solar cells,
immense interest (show i’ve done great research for interview),
tech i’ve created (electronic door lock system in my house, and a robot with my friends)
etc…</p>
<p>OP, chancing on something speculative is completely pointless.
Even with the research paper, your SAT Math+CR score is simply too low for MIT. Also, many applicants will have research papers./internship experience. Athough robots sounds interesting, you still need good Math+reading for MIT</p>