<p>I am an international student from eastern europe and these are my stats:</p>
<p>I got 1930 on SAT1 (M:670 R:610 W:650) first attempt. I'm trying again in 7 days.
I'm taking SAT2 in American History, World History and MAth 2 in december.
I also got 108 on TOEFL.
I have a 4.6 out of 5 gpa. I am a delegate in the national student council, skiing coach, work in the ministry of health, chief editor of school newspaper, I was the editor of the school newspaper.
I organize an annual humanitarian concert for a center that specializes in helping children
with down syndrome.
member of the National student council
president of the county student council.
volunteer at an NGO focused on promoting democracy
led a national initiative for opening Youth friendly clinics that succeeded and am working with the ministry of health on a program for these clinics.
hold lectures in a peer2peer HIV/AIDS education program and was a case study presenter for UNESCO.
have an internship at the WHO collaborating center for HIV surveillance.
JOBS
marketing assistant in a national media company,
workshop manager at a mediterranean culture institute (italy)
statistics analyst for a national medical Journal
journalist and internet tv producer for a daily newspaper portal.
fluently speak english, italian and slovene.
skiing coach in the croatian ski association.
have a recommendation letter from the ministry of education.</p>
<p>My essay work is solid.
Also, my recommendations are all excellent (from school teachers).</p>
<p>ECs are looking good at a cursory glance but there is almost no chance you can get in (combination of your international status and that SAT score).</p>
<p>I think your ECs are amazing and very impressive - really show the depth of your passion/commitement. Your scores are low, try to break 2100 and you will have a good shot.</p>
<p>I know many people who haev been accepted to big ivy league schools with scores in the 1900 range. So, I would say give it a shot, you will never know unless you try.</p>
<p>I really think you can bring your SAT I scores up though, I went form a 1900 to a 2200. It is totally doable.</p>
<p>great susan - thanks ! i know i did the rest of the app more than well enough but the sat thing is a pain. I too know people who got in with less than 2000 so i didn’t get it why the turtle-guy said that even with a 2100 i have no chances. well thanks anyway and good luck to you !</p>
<p>^ silverturtle was being harsh but he isn’t exactly wrong. SAT isn’t everything but it is very important.</p>
<p>Admissions Data (2007):
* Percent of Applicants Admitted: 10%
* Test Scores – 25th / 75th Percentile
o SAT Critical Reading: 700 / 800
o SAT Math: 700 / 790
o SAT Writing: 700 / 780 </p>
<p>Look, the bottom 25% of applicants who are admitted to Yale (purely based on SATs) have an aggregate SAT of around 2100. Your geographical location and ECs will help you though.</p>
<p>Don’t lose hope though =) I have 2 intl friends who went to Princeton and Stanford with SAT I scores of 2100. And there’s another intl guy who got accepted by Yale (SCEA) and Stanford with a score of 1980. That said, these people had experiences in Intl boarding schools and were part of the national team at the world schools debating championship…</p>
<p>Hey, I too wanted you guys to give me an opinion on my chances of getting into Yale.</p>
<p>Acads:
I have got A’s on almost all classes from Freshman to Senior Year. In the Public exams, I scored a 95.4%, in the top 2% of my class.</p>
<p>I scored a 2300 on my SAT ( 740-Math, 760-Reading, 800-Writing )</p>
<p>I have good essays and great letters of recommendations.</p>
<p>Extra-Curriculars</p>
<p>Captain of the school debate and MUN teams.</p>
<p>Won about 15 best speaker awards all over the country at national level debates and 5 Best Delegate awards at MUN’s.</p>
<p>Chosen as among the 3 Indians to meet the UN Sec-Gen Ban Ki Moon at a conference in LA in May, 2008.</p>
<p>I conceptualized and was Sec-Gen of the 1st Model UN conference in Eastern India.</p>
<p>Community Service:</p>
<p>Founded a program to teach the children of sex-workers in the red light districts of the city. In 18 months the number of volunteers have tripled.</p>
<p>Please chance me as well, it will be really helpful.</p>
<p>Dont forget that they receive a huge amount of applications from Asia each year,so your chances might be even higher than 7%, it all depends on where you are from.Or thats what I was thinking,at least.</p>
<p>I thought being international would actually raise your chances? With the whole ‘geographical diversity’ thing? </p>
<p>Or am I getting this totally wrong and that phrase only applies to the US…?
In which case, I’m kinda wishing I was from Keya Paha, Nebraska rather than Vietnam…</p>