What are my Chances?.....International Student

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi
I’m applying to a couple of US colleges for Engineering/Physics

Amherst, WUSTL, UCBerkeley, UCLA, Colby, Colgate, Purdue, GerogiaTech, UIUC, UMich

Objective:
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1410(lol) 730 maths, 680 reading+writing
[] SAT II: didn’t do it yet
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): i dunno
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] IGCSE: 6A 1A 1B
[] AS-level: AAAA
[] A-level(predicted): AAAA
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing much[/li]
[/list]Subjective:
[] Extracurriculars:
-Founder and manager of a small business
-Founder and Club Leader of my school’s bio research club
-Club Leader of my school’s engineering club
-Founder and Captain my school’s first baseball club
-Founder and manager of my country’s first baseball league(pretty small though)
-Did research at my country’s best uni and published a research paper
-I have a few other insignificant ones, but who cares
[] Job/Work Experience: Research In my country’s best Uni, about a year there
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at an international conference
[] Summer Activities: running a business, research and…studying(lol)
[] Essays: meh, decent
[] Teacher Recommendation: decent
[li] Counselor Rec: decent[/li]
[/list]Other
[]Applied for Financial Aid?: I’m going to apply for Financial aid for a few private unis, not all
[]Country (if international applicant): camel land
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: M[/li]
Going to apply to Amherst for ED but i am fully aware of my horrendous SAT score. I would really love to get accepted to UCLA, UCBerkeley, GT and Amherst. What do you guys say my chances are? HELP?

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bumpity bump

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I would like to add that I’m also really interested in Cornell.

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Anybody with some insight?

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I’d like to know what courses you took, and about your gpa. Those two are fairly important when it comes to admissions. Getting Sat IIs back will provide a lot more insight.

You mention applying for engineering/physics. Those are two different things, and most schools have different “sub schools” for engineering and physics. Physics is usually easier to get into, especially at places like UIUC which are known for engineering.

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@PhysicsWizard
I don’t have a GPA nor am i sending it through my transcript. But I have calculated it for your comparison
(all UW GPA)

9th GPA: 3.88
9th courses: Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, English, Computer science, Economics, Business Studies

10th GPA: 3.96
10th Courses: Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, English, Computer science, Economics, Business Studies

11th GPA: 4.0
11th courses: Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology

12(predicted) GPA: 4.0
12th courses: Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology

GPA upward trend
Thanks for your help

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That upward trend is very good. Are you submitting your grades?

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@PhysicsWizard
yup, i’m submitting my grades
I feel like my SAT score is holding me back in my application. I have no idea why i did so bad on test day. I hope that I’ll be able to improve to about 1500+ on my Dec 1 test