chance an international student

vin
Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:17:32 +0000

ok i know ive posted this in other forums but im wondering if to apply for john hopkins material science and engineering…

Well, I really really really want to go to Caltech/MIT and will be applying but I don’t expect much from them. I’m looking at Rice as a more realistic school and it seems nice for me. My stats are very very mediocre by CC’s standards… but here goes

Ok, this might turn out to be a pretty long post!
Well guys, I’m an international student from Trinidad & Tobago and I’ve just finished CSEC (O’Levels… they are about grade 10 level work). We have an international school here and I got a scholarship (based on my grades) to go there for two years. So instead of doing the CAPE exams (equivilant to A’Levels), I will be attempting the SATs for the first time this October and will be starting AP’s. I’m going into grade 11 from September BTW.
In grade 11 I would be doing these APs

Physics B
Calc AB
Chem
Stats
and in 2nd year

Biology
Physics C
Calc BC
and i can do whatever i want here (I might do something like world history or economics)

Well thus far my EC’s are

Music: Guitar
Harmonium (indian instrument)
Steel Pan ( trinidadian instrument also known as steel drum)
Swimming (its recreational so i highly doubt it counts at all)
Archery (i just started this)
I also started latin dance classes (rofl!)

When I start the international school I’d be able to do

Steel Pan in the school band
I always wanted to play violin so i might try that
Science club
Math olympiad
Golf
Community service in an orphanaga

So guys, say i do all these EC’s and get say 2100+ on SAT’s and triple 750+ in SAT 2’s and all 5’s on AP’s … how do my chances look. I still have two years so im thinking i have time to “pull up my socks” with respect to my EC’s. (assuming i do the math olympiad well) Oh, also I have gotten awards each year in HS for academics (thats one thing i love about my school!)

im doing the sats in october and im gettign around 2050 or so (700+ math, 650+ WR, but 600+ CR) anyone got any tips for raising my scores?