<p>I am a Norwegian who really wants to get into Stanford.</p>
<p>Currently, I have 6 (equivalent to A, or whatever your best grade is) in every subject, but I am still a junior.</p>
<p>I have purchased a book about practicing for the SAT, and I will travel to the University of Oslo in a few months to take it, since high school kids in Norway normally don’t have SATs. I aim to get north of 2300.</p>
<p>We don’t have extracurriculars in Norway, but outside of school i have one great passion; running. I’m a middle distance runner who competes at a national level. My PBs are:
400m: 49,00
800m: 1:52
1500m: 4:00</p>
<p>We don’t have APs in Norway either, but we have something called optional subjects, and among these subjects I have chosen only the hardest science subjects (hardest math, physics, chemistry).</p>
<p>After I’m done with high school here in Norway, I want to go to the USA both to study at one of the worlds best universities, and to run/train/compete with some of Americas best distance runners (in my age group, of course). What I look for in a university is basically that it must have great academics (preferably in the fields of engineering/technology), it also must have lots of soft running trails close to campus (woods, mountains, beaches, etc), and it should also have a great running team so that I don’t have to train alone (which I am currently doing). Therefore i have my heat set on Stanford.</p>
<p>So the questions that I was hoping you guys could help me with, are these:</p>
<p>Am I good enough to get into Stanford? What can I do to increase my chances? </p>
<p>How is Stanfords policy/view on admitting foreigners? </p>
<p>Are there any better options for me? I have considered Berkeley and the UCLA. Aslo UVA has been considered, but dont they have kind of bad academics there? I’ve heard a lot of people say that they are almost on height with Berkeley and UCLA, but topuniversities.com says otherwise. Is topuniversities.com a reliable source?</p>
<p>Thank you for your time.</p>