<p>Which top US university cares the least about extra curriculars?</p>
<p>Define “top US university.”</p>
<p>Ivies, UChicago, Caltech, Michigan, MIT, Stanford, Duke, Berkeley, NYU.</p>
<p>Berkeley of course lol</p>
<p>Okay I’m just kidding… <em>raises flame shield</em></p>
<p>But it DOES have huge amount of Asians. <em>raises flame shield again</em></p>
<p>Okay - what is it that makes that list “top?”</p>
<p>Northwestern Alumni here, I got to say that I take offense at a list that includes Michigan and NYU (both fine schools) and leaves us out!</p>
<p>Roosevelt University graduate here, I feel the same way!</p>
<p>@annasdad: My preference. </p>
<p>@melody10511: :/</p>
<p>Haven’t done research on Northwestern, yet. So yeah.</p>
<p>I was kidding, not really offended that you left out NU.</p>
<p>In my experience state schools in general, even the super top ones, which in my opinion would include UVA, William and Mary, UNC-Chapel Hill, Georgia Tech, Michigan, UCLA, and UCB (and probably others I am forgetting), seem to have more straightforward admissions criteria, because of a desire to be transparent and fair and the need to manage a huge number of applicant. I suspect that GPA, rank, and test scores count heavily, with EC’s and essays playing less of a role than at some place like an Ivy, NU, or a top LAC. I could be totally wrong though.</p>
<p>Another option if you want top education, but aren’t strong on EC’s is to look at Canada or the UK. U of T, McGill, and Waterloo (especially if you want engineering) are good examples of wonderful Canadian schools with very straight forward admissions processes. Even the very top schools in England, such as Oxford and Cambridge, are all about the numbers in their admissions process.</p>
<p>@CuriousJane: Thanks a lot! One more thing 
what are my chances of getting into Northwestern, lets say, with these grades:
IGCSE: 5A<em>s 3As
A Levels(predicted): 3A</em>s and an A
SAT: 2250-2300.
NO ECS.</p>
<p>When you day no ECs, I am confused. What do you do when you are not in school? Do you work? Do you play an instrument but not with a group? Do you paint, draw, sculpt? Or do you come home, play video games and hang with friends?</p>
<p>I play chess. I play football (Soccer!). Really good at soccer. Cricket and table tennis are also on my list(Kind of a sports fanatic I’m). The thing is, I don’t, yet, have a certificate of some outstanding achievement. And THAT, I think, is what universities really want. You EXCELLING, STANDING OUT in an EC.</p>
<p>So you have ECs but no leadership experience. Start a club, organize a fundraiser for one of your sports, organize a group that teaches kids to play chess, set up weekly chess tournaments with a senior center.</p>
<p>What subjects are the A levels.</p>
<p>Those are impressive stats. While US unis do like ECs they are also going to take into account differences in countries and that collecting long lists of awards and ECs isn’t the norm elsewhere. I think you would have a good shot at finding a place if you apply to selective schools. As to NU when I went there (last millenium) you would have been a shoo in! They are even more selective now but I still think you’d have a good chance. Just keep in mind thay there are no sure thingsin US admissions so apply to a number of schools.</p>
<p>@CuriousJane: My A level subjects are Mathematics, Economics, Thinking Skills, and Accounting.</p>
<p>Man i have a problem too…I got 7A*s and 2 As in my O levels…but messed up my A1 annuals and I’m expecting an A only in chem…my A levels subjects are phy,chem,bio,eco and maths…where do I stand if i get 3100+/3200 in my SAT subject tests and 2200+ in SAT…I’m willing to give my A levels Maths in november to make up for poor A1 result…I have pretty decent co-curriculars…I stood 2nd in an All-Pakistan Declamation competition…was declared 2nd best speaker in my district by government…stood first in a space settlement design competition at the World Space Week in Pakistan…I will surely take part in the Asian Regional Space Settlement Design Competition next year…I’m the city champion of Table Tennis…Plus I’m operations head of a non-registered NGO underwhich we are funding the education of 16 students…Moreover, I am the General Secretary of my school’s Science Society…now with poor expected grades, reasonable extra curriculars, high SAT scores and A in maths A levels by jan 2013…where do I stand?
Thanks!</p>