Swedish Student (International)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>ECs:
Started and running my own business
Active in the youth wing of the Swedish Moderate Party (Swedish Young Conservatives)
4 week volunteering trip to South Africa
President of the school's Student Council
Did one year as an exchange student in Australia</p>

<p>(In Sweden there are NO scool clubs, or other EC:s run by school. The only EC in school is the Student Council)</p>

<p>My grades are, if translated, 3.8~ (my guess at least). There is no such things as class rankings in Sweden, unfortunately. I go to a public school, by the way, since there are no private schools in Sweden, either.</p>

<p>I have not yet taken the SATs and the ACT. What do you reckon I would need to acquire to have a shot at getting in to an Ivy League school? Or shall I just give up now? I'll be able to get into Stockholm School of Economics (ranked fairly high in FT:s anually ranking), because of the Swedish SAT equivalent. </p>

<p>I still have 1,5 yrs left in school, though, so is there anything you recommend me doing to improve my chances at getting into an Ivy League school?</p>

<p>Thanks a lot for your help.</p>

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<p>It seems that you intend to major in economics or business. For Ivy, you need everything and yet even everything may not guarantee your way in.

  • SAT scores of about 2200+
  • 3 SAT Subject Tests of 700+
  • TOEFL 110+ (since you’re international, although I’m not quite sure about the minimum scores for individual colleges)
  • rigorous courses
  • strong GPA
  • strong ECs
  • strong essays, etc would increase your probability.</p>