What universities in US I should apply?

Student Lounge International Students
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Yes, you can still cancel them and no, you don’t have to prepare for them all at once. You could stop preparing for the SAT right now. Sure, you may lose your SAT registration fee, but $100 means nothing compared to the value of a college education. And make no mistake. Your SAT or ACT scores will get as much weight in admission as your entire high school record. If you care about studying in the US, you should be absolutely confident that you bet your future on the right test. STOP MAKING EXCUSES.</p>

<p>Did you take at least one practice ACT test? If not, do! I found the ACT soooo much easier than the SAT that I was able to score 30 points (equivalent to 1,300 CR + Math on the SAT) without any practice whatsoever. Four practice tests later I scored 34 points. With a December test date you’d still have two months to prepare should you choose that route.</p>

<p>If you did take a serious look at the ACT and concluded that the SAT is a better test for you, then that’s fine. We’re just trying to help.</p>

<p>By the way, I don’t get why an IPhO participant would have to invest a lot of time preparing for the math or physics SAT subject tests. That stuff should be second nature to you, unless your country sent you to that competition by mistake. (I got perfect scores on both after a handful of practice tests and I am nowhere near international competition level.) </p>

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<p>@b@r!um Thank you for your advices… I’ll think about it… </p>

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<p>I just want to make sure that I’ll get 800/800</p>

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<p>That shouldn’t be too hard if you know the material. Maybe the SAT Subject Tests have changed in the past decade, but when I took them, you could miss a fair number of questions and still get a perfect score. (In fact, 15% of all test takers get a perfect score on Math II and 10% get a perfect score on Physics, so a perfect score is fairly common. And half of all test takers score at least 700 points.) </p>