The secret to getting in?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hey y'all!</p>

<p>I'm a 19-year old high school graduate from India. I'm gonna be applying 2015 to the most selective colleges as I might need some aid to study abroad and also because I want to go to a research school.</p>

<p>I took the SAT recently, it was bad, 1750 bad. I'm not worried about it as I think I can do really well with some good prep (or any prep really.) I'm going to take the ACT, SAT and subject tests soon.
The books I'll use:
Official SAT
Official ACT
TPR SAT
Nova's SAT
Barron's SAT 2400
Barron's ACT 36
Barron's MATH II
Barron's Physics
Barron's Chemistry.</p>

<p>Any other I should get to aim for the perfect scores?</p>

<p>My gpa is kinda on the average side, a 73/100 in board exams.</p>

<p>I took part in a lot of extracurriculars (uncommon for an Indian.) My teachers and counselor will provide glaring recommendations. My essays are ready and decent (no way to find out about the latter huh?)</p>

<p>I'm targeting Cornell ED
UChicago, Georgetown, MIT & Caltech EA
and rest of ALL (you name it) the top schools RD
for Computer Science.</p>

<p>Can y'all give me a target in standardized test scores so that I might be considered competitive and eventually get in to one of these!</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>Why would you think you could earn close to perfect scores when you had fairly poor grades and poor scores the first time around? Also, do you need financial aid? The bar is lower for internationals who can pay full tuition. If you need financial aid, you are going to have a very hard time because your GPA is not good.</p>