Contrary to popular belief, life is soooo much easier for internationals. 2 anecdotes: My best friend had no awards, no stand-out ECs and nothing spectacular in particular. He had a 1980 SATI and 800 790 680 SATII with a 3.75-3.8 GPA and he made it into Duke, Hopkins, Northwestern, CMU, UVa, and Imperial College London. Another friend of mine had very average ECs, Full IB(did okay), very good REC letters, and 1890 SATI (didnt take SATII) and he got into Brown, Berkeley, Wharton (waitlist--->out), Yale (waitlist---In, i think).
just wanted to make a few things clear... Didnt mean to hijack the thread..... yes I did
