<p>Are international students' scores lower than US students' scores in general, particularly regarding the SAT..
I mean I got 650 reading/670 math/620 writing and amongst my classmates here (overseas), it is higher than any of theirs. In comparing my score to my friends in the United States, it appears to be slightly above average.</p>
<p>I'm in the IB program as well, so hopefully colleges put that into consideration when evaluating my application (my IB predicted score is good).</p>
<p>Do they also consider the fact that english may not be all applicants' first language, but not make that a disadvantage for the student, but rather just take it into consideration?</p>
<p>I think it varies. Extrapolating from the international students I know at my college (which may not be at all accurate) I would conclude that test scores of European and many Asian students are higher than the average scores of domestic students, but scores of African and Middle Eastern students are lower on average. This is biased towards international students on financial aid because those are the international students I spend more time with.</p>
<p>It really depends on the country you come from. For example, I’m from eastern europe and only a few students take the SAT. I spoke to a Columbia admission officer, and she assured me that they will not expect students from my country to have excellent schools. Moreover, I have only 2000 (650/700/650), but this was probably the best SAT score in my country last year.
So they really put your score to the context of your country - if you live in the UK, then yes, you have to have good results. If you come from a country with only a few applicants, they understand that you probably haven’t spent the past three years practicing for the SAT :)</p>
<p>Oh so they also factor in what country you’re from? Well that works out for me since I’m from Egypt!
But do you know you know what kind of role IB plays? Are they familiar with it and how predicted scores work and everything?</p>