<p>I’m an international student from Europe who decided to apply for us colleges very late so I’m not sure If my sat’s are going to be good( I haven’t taken them yet). My predicted IB score will be somewhere around 43-44, maybe even 45.</p>
<p>I’m hoping that my sat score will be as high as posible; right now I’m geting 1900 on my simulations and I havent even started working on my sat2(I’m less woried about them as they are more similar to what we do in class).</p>
<p>But if things don’t improve do you think that having an almost perfect predicted grade will compensate for the sat.</p>
<p>Other that the sat I think I’m ok, my extracuriculars are very good and my recomandations are probably going to be as well</p>
<p>P.S: I intend to apply to top tier schools including HYPS.</p>
<p>american schools dont really pay much attention to ur IB score (espcially since the IB score comes after uve taken teh exams in May and u apply in November…)</p>
<p>I doubt you will get into any of the top tier schools with a 1900. Predicted IB scores are not going to get you into college either. No way of knowing what you final results from IB will be until early July which is way after the colleges have made their decisions. Don’t want to upset you but a 1900 would put you in the lower 50% for many of the State Flagship colleges. Without about 2200 SAT give your take a few points, you don’t have much luck at the Ivies.</p>
<p>6zerozero9, what tacogirl8 said is only partially true. Many American schools (ie not top-tier) have no idea what to do with IB scores or what they even mean. HYPS, on the other hand, will know and understand the value of near-perfect grades in an IB programme. However, good grades will unfortunately NOT compensate at all for poor performance on the SAT. Even though some colleges have moved away from it, the SAT is still a very important tool for many colleges, because they use it as a predictor of whether or not a student can actually do college work. Having a high GPA and good grades but a low SAT score typically means that the student’s grades are being inflated by their school (or that they are just a poor test-taker or unfamiliar with the test). If you are getting a 1900, that means you are averaging 630 on the three sections, which puts you in the bottom 25% of applicants. Here are the SAT stats for Harvard: </p>
<p>SAT (25-75th Percentile) </p>
<p>Total: 2070-2350
Critical Reading: 690-780
Math: 690-790
Writing: 690-780</p>
<p>% Submitting SAT: 96%</p>
<p>As you can see, you need to bring your SAT score up overall by at LEAST 200 points to really even have a shot. You should also be aware that it is more difficult for international students to get in to HYPS, simply because HYPS admit relatively less international students than American ones (for example, Harvard’s classes are only 10% international, but the percentage of international applicants is probably much larger). I recommend that you really work hard on raising your SAT score (and study hard as well for the SAT IIs). Your essay, how strong your ecs and recs are, and your leadership roles and community service will of course play a role, but you first need to improve your SAT score. Finally, be aware that HYPS are all reach schools and realize that the admissions process is a crapshoot, especially for international applicants. It’s very possible that you won’t be admitted to any top-tier schools, so make sure you have some good “safety schools” lined up that you know you will likely get into and would be happy to attend (perhaps a mixture of American schools and schools in your home country). I hope this information helps rather than discourages you, and I wish you the best of luck! 
Side note: just out of curiosity, which European country are you from?</p>
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