<p>Hi I have a couple of questions about standarized testing:
1-) How important toefl is for intl? Do they count as much as the sat's? Or is it just to be sure that u're fluent in english? It might sound as a dumb question but there's a toefl preparation course and the guy says that they're AS important as the sat's. I want to know if is true or if it's just another sad marketing strategy..
2-) If u have an above average score (in the college's standard) but a waaay below average math score but u're going to major in humanities is it your sat's screwed up?</p>
<p>Well...thanks for answering...bye!</p>
<p>Yes... I have international questions too and no ones answering them. Here was mine, hopefull someone will answer all of ours:</p>
<p>As I've been reading around CC and looking at all these people who ask for their chances to be evaluated, I can't help but notice that they have A LOT of extracurriculars. I go to an international school in germany, and we don't have 99.9%of the extracurriculars that the American schools offer.</p>
<p>So my question: Do American colleges take into consideration the different attitude towards/availability of ECs abroad?</p>
<p>I'm not trying to get an excuse for being lazy the last 3 years. I've joined my school's only sports team, only politics team (Model UN), and tried to continue playing an instrument (moved here from michigan after freshman year).</p>
<p>Any international students who have been admitted know?</p>
<p>1] i think it's to see how you will adjust to all-english speaking education..it shouldn't matter very much if you're competent in english and get a good score. I would worry more about your grades and test scores.</p>
<p>2] didn't quite understand your question...from what i see it seems like you have a good critical reading/writing score, but a crappy math score. it really depends on whichever schools you want to apply to. most ivy applicants have generally 700~750 in each of the sections of SAT. state schools tend to range very widely, from 600~700+. UC schools tend to be more harsh on internationals.</p>
<p>but beside the matter, you should get as high a score as you can get in every single section. more choices to you.</p>
<p>as for the EC question...i don't know...maybe you can explain it in the "additional information" section, or even call the school and ask the admissions officer directly.</p>