<p>Let's make a common thread of statistics for all international applicants to US colleges. I personally am very curious to see the stats of internationals, and not only US students...
Let's do it like this: </p>
<p>Country:
Applying to:
SAT:
SAT Subject Tests:
TOEFL:
GPA:
Major academic awards:
Extracurricular activities: </p>
<p>Please feel free to add anything I have forgotten to include!</p>
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<p>Country: Sweden
Applying to: Preliminary: Gettysburg, Dickinson, F and M, U of New Hampshire, Hillsdale, St. Lawrence, Depauw, Hobart and William Smith, + some other state universities if they give good aid.
SAT: CR: 610 M: 790 W: 600 Total: 2000
SAT Subject Tests: Physics only 630 or something and in Math II 700 perhaps. Can’t remember
TOEFL: 112/120 internet based test
GPA: 3.9
Major academic awards: Aren’t available any in Sweden, but in ninth grade when you graduate before high school in Sweden I got an award for all A’s and another for best in my class in the natural sciences department.
Extracurricular activities: Saxophone for 11 years, golf (only an amateur) + I love to watch movies :P</p>
<p>Sure.
Country:
Applying to:
SAT: 800 math 660 cr 800 wr
SAT Subject Tests: 800 math2 800 physics
TOEFL: 114 ibt
GPA: 19/20
Major academic awards: nothing international
Extracurricular activities:</p>
<p>Country: France
Applying to: Clark University (top choice) - I got in EA.
SAT: 1630
SAT Subject Tests:
TOEFL: 100
GPA: 3.65
Major academic awards: None
Extracurricular activities: Head of a Community Association, World Dances, Volunteering at an animal shelter, learning Mandarin …</p>
<p>This post is for anyone is just average and doesn’t have great stats; I made it to the school of my dream and even got a 25k award ! Everything is possible !</p>
<p>Country: Singapore
Applying to: Hong Kong (HKU, HKUST) England (Oxford, LSE, UCL, DURHAM, WARWICK)
SAT: 2280 (800 CR, 710 M, 770 W)
SAT Subject Tests: Not taken
TOEFL: No need.
GPA: 3.9
Major academic awards: too lazy to write
Extracurricular activities: too lazy to write</p>
<p>Country: West continental European (I’d rather not share too much personal info)
Applying to: Penn, Columbia, Cornell, Michigan, Boston University, Tufts
SAT: 2220 (M: 760, CR: 760, W:700 [messed up the essay timing, should have had 2300+ on this])
SAT Subject Tests: Maths 2: 730, physics: 710 (complete off-day, am taking it for a second time in january)
TOEFL: not necessary due to CR scores, IELTS was 8 though
GPA: A-levels: A*ABB ( 
)
Major academic awards: none
Extracurricular activities: too lazy to write.</p>
<p>haha mine is crap!
SAT: 540 CR, 670 maths and 600 W ( superscored)
SAT Subjects test: 690 maths II, 730 Bio, 740 Chem
A levels: AAAA
Extracurriculars: damn um lazy!</p>
<p>Country: Mexico
Applying to: Columbia, UCLA, University of Washington, etc.
SAT: 1930 (M:630, W:700 CR:600) first sitting, I will retake on senior year.
SAT Subject Tests: None yet, plan to take French and Chinese w/listening, Math and WH.
TOEFL: 650/677
GPA: 3.6/4.0 UW (Some colleges say a grade of 85=A, others say 90=A)
Major academic awards: National Oratory in English award, several regional public speaking awards, 1st place at my school’s science fair, two years in a row, etc.
Extracurricular activities: running (competitive), painting, founder of school’s ecology club, community service, etc.</p>
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<p>Country: West continental European (I’d rather not share too much personal info)
Applying to: Penn, Columbia, Cornell, Michigan, Boston University, Tufts, Northeastern, Brandeis. (only really hoping for the first four)
SAT: 2220 (M: 760, CR: 760, W:700 [messed up the essay timing, should have had 2300+ on this])
SAT Subject Tests: Maths 2: 770, physics: 750
TOEFL: not necessary due to CR scores, IELTS was 8 though
GPA: A-levels: A*ABB (
)
Major academic awards: none
Extracurricular activities: too lazy to write.</p>
<p>Country: El Salvador
Applying: Gettysburg, Trinity, Colby, St. Olaf, Wooster, St. Lawrence, Manhattanville, U of Oregon and U of South Florida.
SAT: 1980
SAT Subject: None, yet. If I don’t get in this year I’ll do Math and Physics and retake SAT I. Planning to apply to MIT and Stanford for Fall 2014.
TOEFL: 101/120. This is reinforced with my score of 6/7 on the English B Higher Level of the IB.
GPA: 3.8 UW
Class Rank: Top 10%
Major Academic Awards: IB Diploma, and school recognition for being the highest IB score on Mathematics SL.
EC: School Newspaper, 150+ hours of community serivce, Catholic Youth Group, work experience.</p>
<p>In comparison with other posters (I take “too lazy to write” as a meaning of A LOT) my chance of being accepted are 1%</p>
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Lol. I interpreted it the other way round: “not significant enough to mention.”</p>
<p>Fin. Aid: yes
Country: Belarus
Applying to:Berea College, Bates College, Colorado College, Columbia University, Dartmouth College, Gettysburg College, Skidmore College, St. Olaf College, Trinity College (Connecticut), University of Chicago, Washington and Lee University, Yale University
SAT: None
ACT: 32 (English - 32, Math - 33, Reading - 29 :(, science - 32, writing - 9)
SAT Subject Tests: Math1 - 680, Math2 - 700, Physics - 730 (sent scores only to Dartmouth, Columbia and Berea)
TOEFL: 102
GPA: 9.1/10 (would be around 3.75 in US system)
Major academic awards: around 5 (too much to write to describe each, names won’t tell you much)
Extracurricular activities: 11 years at music school (piano, chorus, solfeggio, music history), cultural exchange program in US sponsored by US department of state, art studio of traditional crafts - 5 years, Japanese (4 years), Czech (1 year) language courses (I can study only English at school)</p>
<p>Country: Mexico
Applying to: Smith (got in EDII), applied to Macalester, Colby, Mount Holyoke, Furman, Bryn Mawr, Grinnell, and Brandeis, but I withdrew all those apps because I’m going to Smith.
SAT: 1980 (M610 CR650 W720)
SAT Subject Tests: None
TOEFL: 111
GPA: 3.9
Major academic awards: I’d rather not mention them here. They’re nothing amazing, though.
Extracurricular activities: Guitar, piano, learning Japanese and community service.</p>
<p>Country: In West Africa (Too much info can make me identified)
Applying to: Cornell (ED) got in
SAT: CR 620 M 780 WR 730 (2130)
SAT Subject Tests: M2 760 Phys 730
TOEFL: 107 (Wasn’t required for me)
GPA: 3.9
Major academic awards: Few National Olympiad Medals, Salutatorian and other acad ish
Extracurricular activities: Alto Trumpet, Tenor singer, Community Service, Tutor, Libarary Assistant, Entrepreneurship, Work experience etcetera</p>
<p>Only fair if it’s a US student applying the other way around:</p>
<p>Country: California, USA
Applying to: HKU and Yale-NUS as internationals, UCB, LA, SD, Davis, Princeton, Yale, William and Mary, UChicago, Northwestern, WUSTL, Amherst, Williams
SAT: 2280 790 CR 690 M 800 W
SAT Subject Tests: 800 Chem 790 US History
TOEFL: N/A
GPA: 3.89 UW, 4.5+ W
Major academic awards: AP Scholar with Distinction, a local essay contest.
Extracurricular activities: Volunteering 5+years at the same place, exchange program, latin club, varsity debate, peer tutor, peer mentor, honor society
APs: 5s on everything. Chem, Eng. Lang, Human Geo, US History, Euro History, Psychology. To be taken: Comp Gov, US Gov, Macro/MicroEcon, Calc BC, Physics CEM, Eng. Lit, Latin, World History.</p>
<p>Country: South Korea
Applying to: Brown, Duke, Furman, Hamilton, Washu, Emory, USC, St. John’s, Stetson
SAT: Took ACT…
SAT Subject Tests: Math2 720, US His 780, Korean 800
TOEFL: 120/120
GPA: 5.58/4.5
Major academic awards: AP Scholar with Honors, Harvard Book Prize etc
Extracurricular activities: Orchestra, Key Club, Human Rights Organizations, MUN etc</p>
<p>Country: South Korea
Applying to: Brown, Princeton, Harvard, Dartmouth, Cornell, Yale, Trinity, Grinnell, Amherst, Pomona, Oberlin, Tufts, UChicago (rejected), Williams, Vassar
ACT: 33 comp
TOEFL: Did not take. I go to school in US
GPA: 4.0 Unweighted
Major academic awards: National AP scholar
Extracurricular activities: Few leadership roles, few community service activities.</p>
<p>Country: Vietnam
Applying to:Cornell CoE, Johns Hopkins BME, UPenn, Harvard, Vanderbilt, Colby, Wellesley, WashU, Wesleyan Freeman, Kenyon and Clark
SAT: 2250 (CR 720, M 780, W 750)
SAT Subject Tests: Math II 800, Physics 800, Bio M 780, Bio E 760
TOEFL: 110/120
GPA: 94%
Major academic awards: nothing big, only National Science Fair and some kind of high school scholarships
Extracurricular activities: Captain & conductor - school marching band (yeah, 7 years in a row), flute, soup kitchen, founder of science club & cooking club, class officer & translator for government office.</p>
<p>Country: Sweden
Applying to: Gettysburg College, Franklin and Marshall College, Depauw University, St. Lawrence University, Dickinson College, College of Wooster and Hillsdale College.
Accepted at: F & M and Depauw.
SAT: CR: 610 M: 790 W: 600 Total: 2000
SAT Subject Tests: Physics only 630 and in Math II 770 (not 700 as I said in previous post). I did not send these scores since they do not reflect how skilled I am in these areas of study. I did not study the English terms enough before taking the tests.
TOEFL: 109/120 internet based test (Not 112 as I said in my previous post)
GPA: 3.9
Major academic awards: They are not very common in Sweden (none of my friends at the my high school which is top 5, if not the best ranked, has any academic awards), but in ninth grade when you graduate before high school in Sweden I got an award for all A’s and another for best in my class in the natural sciences department.
Extracurricular activities: Saxophone for 11 years, golf for 4 years and different working experiences.</p>