Chance an international student?

luisserra
Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:34:43 +0000

so im applying to some good colleges in US which i will go to if accepted and wanna know what my chances are. Im applying to botch schools in US and canada (super cheap tuition) but wanna know my chances at:

Duke
JHU
Vanderbilt
Tufts
UVA
Brown

Im a male Colombian/Canadian student (double citizenship) currently studying at an international school in Azerbaijan (where is that…i know heard it hundreds of times)

Im doing the IB Diploma so we dont really have GPAs but my predicted scores are (each subject out of 7):

IB Chemistry HL: 7
IB Biology HL: 7
IB Psychology HL: 7
IB French HL/SL (predicted is HL but i have switched to SL): 7
IB A1 English SL: 5
IB A1 Math SL: 5

Languages: english, spanish, pretty good french and learning Russian

SAT (superscore):
CR 720
Math 640
Writing 610 (always killer for me)

SAT IIs (will take in January, all my schools will take them, i have contacted them and i feel confident about them):
Chemistry
Biology
French

ECs (will continue with them until the end of the year except MUN):
-Tutored Spanish last year for over 25 hours
-Member of MUN last year, delegated for Sweden at BEIMUN
-Self taught drums and guitar (lots of hours)
-Member of band, will be recording CD (again a lot of hours)
-Drummer for two high school musical productions
-Weekly Russian classes since April (speak regularly to get around town)
-Volunteer for 2 hours every Sunday at the UNHCR center for Afghan refugees

Essays (lets call em average for the sake of arguement)