laureen123

Hi, I am a student from Czech republic and I would like to know what are my chances to get into an ivy league school.

I am applying next year to: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Standford, Cornell, Darmouth, Brown... I would like to do polical sciences in the undergrad. I graduate next year

My gpa is 3.9 (i know thats bad, but Im still in the top 5% and grading in the czech republic is lot tougher). My school is one of the most selective highschools in oir country
ACT- i should get over 32 and sat subject test both close to 800 (but it is lower because english is not my first languege- do they consider that right?)
we do not have any AP classes. so I couldnt take any

I am hoping that my extracurriculars are gonna get me in- what do you think?
I do study a lot of languages- besides speaking czech I speak english, german, spanish, I study franch, russian and I took classes of latin and chinese
I founded and lead schools club for political simulations, with which we participated at Yale model government europe, Prague student summit and National selection conference, with which we were chosen to represent czech republic at the international european yout parliament
I founded and lead one of the biggest debating club in the czech republic
i debate in the team that the czech representation is chosen from
I play in a theatre
Im in Czech-german youth forum- i am working on a projekt to make Germany and Czech republic closeer to each other.
I spent a year in the US
I perfom in the theatre
I am the president od school parliament
I am the editor in chief in the schools newspaper

What do you think? If I apply to all of these schools, do I have a chance that I will be accepted at least at one of them?

CIEE83

No one can tell you whether you will be accepted. The list of schools you have made includes only institutions that have so many applicants that admissions decisions can be arbitrary and unpredictable. Cornell is a bit easier to get into than the others, but if you are set on attending a college in the US, you need a list that also includes some schools that are less selective than the ones you have listed.

Your list seems to consist of the most prestigious universities in this country. This is a rather disparate group of schools, both in terms of the surrounding towns and the areas of greatest academic strengths. What do you want to study? Every school will ask you why you want to attend that particular school, and will expect well- thought-out answers that show that you have taken the trouble to learn about the schools. If you say you want to attend these schools because they are prestigious, you're unlikely to be accepted.

Your grades and extracurricular activities make you a competitive candidate. Your essays and recommendations will be extremely important. I don't know how the elite universities consider English test scores from international students, but would assume that if two international applicants have similar qualifications, the one with the better test scores will have an advantage. I suggest you look at accepted student threads to get a better sense of how successful international applicants have scored. That will give you more useful information than the "what are my chances" threads you have posted. I imagine you can also get some insight from international student forums. Good luck!

mmmgirl

You have as good a chance as most of getting into these schools, but it is impossible to know exactly what they will be looking for in a given class. I definitely agree that you need to find some matches/safeties to guarantee admission into at least one school where you'd be happy. There are plenty of great US universities and colleges like Chicago, NYU, Georgetown, Tufts, Washington University in St Louis, Duke, Amherst, Wesleyan, UVA, UNC, UC and many, many other schools that range from slightly easier to much easier to get into than the Ivies. It is especially important for you as an international student to have a "financial safety"--a school you know you can afford even with minimal financial aid. It is very difficult for foreigners to get financial aid.