Help for International Student

Planck101
Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:05:42 +0000

Hey, I would like to know what are my chances of get into CalTech/MIT, I am Brazilian…

SAT score: 800math/750cr/700

EC´s: Tennis(good), Model United Nations, Math Olympics

My grades are kind of 8,5 in Brazil it is good, but my first bimester was not very good some issues with tennis, so I have gotten 7 in maths, chemistry, physics. But in the second one I have gotten 9,66 maths, 9 chemistry, 7,4 physics.

100 hours of volunteer, excellent recomendation letters and essays. I know calculus.

I also would like to know one more thing, I am on my freshman year, my school doesn t offer the IB nor the AP(brazilian school), but have a school that is kind of 1 hour far that offers the IB, do you think that I should change of school? Does the IB REALLY help? What can I do to improve my curriculum? Are my grades too low?(Because in Brazil, I am in a hard school and 8,5 put me in number 3 of 66, should I change of school to delete this low grades, and get high grades on IB?) Do the transcript of grades counts a lot? Will tennis help me to get into or I should focus more on the academic way?

Thanks guys, please help me