International student...Please chance!!

<p>Hey everyone!</p>

<p>I’m an international student from Europe, and would like to hear your opinion!</p>

<p>GPA: 9.86/10 (do my senior year in a high school for gifted students, with the most challenging curriculum in the country)
Ranked 1st out of 60 (class is really small, because all the kids are very carefully selected)</p>

<p>Honors:</p>

<p>—Silver Medal, International Contest of Math and Literature
—2nd Place, International Contest of Creative Writing
—2nd Place, International Contest of Scientific Research
—Gold Medal, National Olympiad of Linguistics
—3rd Place, and Special Award of the Jury, International Olympiad of Linguistics
—1st Place, National Olympiad of French
—The Excellence Award of the Ministry of Education, granted for promoting the country’s image in the world through the success achieved at the International Olympiad of Linguistics
—Member of the Olympic Team of my country for French.
—Member of the Olympic Team of my country for Linguistics.
—President’s Volunteer Service Award.
—3rd Place, National Festival of Patriotic Poetry
—Honorable Mention, National Contest of Literature
—Special Award, Regional Contest of Poetry
—2nd Place, Regional Conference of Applied Science
—Excellence Award, Regional History Conference
—The Most Active Student Award, granted for remarkable academic performances and outstanding extracurricular involvement, Regional Award Ceremony in Education.
—Winner of the City’s Scholarship, awarded for excellence in education and remarkable results achieved at national and international competitions.
I received the award three consecutive years.
—Student of the Year Award, granted by the high school for the highest academic results, extracurricular activities and the outstanding performances demonstrated at national level.
I received the award three consecutive years.</p>

<p>Extracurricular:</p>

<p>—Editor, National Magazine of Culture and Creative Writing (the magazine won national awards)
—Author of two soon-to-be-published books:</p>

<p>1) The first book concentrates on the political development of my country over a period of twenty years. (political essays)</p>

<p>2)The second book features poems awarded at different literary competitions, as well as new ones.</p>

<p>—Reporter, National Broadcasting Company , the Studio for Adolescents
—Deputy, Youth Parliament of my country (participated in the writing of several social projects of national significance)
—Exchange Student in USA, full scholarship awarded by the US Department of State (one of the 40 students selected out of 1040).
—Volunteer, National Media Project (wrote the script for a short movie promoting human rights)
—Founder and President, Regional Future Leaders School
—Author and Organizer, Regional Project ‘‘Simulation of the European Parliament’’ (students from more than 16 high schools involved)
—School’s, Delegate,Regional Youth Council (got the Council’s Excellence Award for the implementation of several youth projects)
—Participant and Speaker, International Training Course regarding Politics, full scholarship awarded.
—Delegate, International Model UN Conference (wrote a concrete strategy for accelerating a country’s progress through overcoming economic obstacles)
—100+ hours of community service while in US (President’s Volunteer Service Award)</p>

<p>Also, I have published articles in more than five different national magazines and newspapers. My activity as a writer has been reflected in a book published by one of these magazines.</p>

<p>My problem, however, is my 1580 SAT Score (very low, I’m a really bad test taker). My SAT Subject Scores are going to be much higher, I believe.
Is this score going to lead to the rejection of my application (HYP)?
What about Wellesley/Williams/Mt Holyoke/Duke/Pomona?</p>

<p>Your stats are spectacular other than that low SAT score. You should consider colleges that support optional SATs.</p>

<p>[SAT/ACT</a> Optional 4-Year Universities | FairTest](<a href=“http://fairtest.org/university/optional/state]SAT/ACT”>http://fairtest.org/university/optional/state)</p>

<p>You are a perfect candidate for test optional schools. One look at the common data set tells you all of these schools ate pretty much impossible with a 1580.</p>

<p>Look into Bowdoin and Middlebury, which are both test-optional (Midd will let you submit 3 subject tests in lieu of the SAT, iirc, and is very strong in language studies and literature). Consider retaking the SAT and/or taking the ACT.</p>

<p>Your SAT score, as it stands now, is way too low for the schools you are considering, despite your great credentials.</p>

<p>I’m amazed! 3rd Place at the International Olympiad of Linguistics? I wish people knew how impressive that is. As an IMO participant, I salute you. If you got that, how can you be a bad test taker? You’re probably just bad at English or math. Honestly, I think that you can get into some schools brute-force style. Sure your SAT might be subpar, but 3rd at IOL? You’re pretty much a genius at what you do- and I don’t care what the SAT or some posters say. I hope admissions officers share my sentiments. You do know that some Ivy league schools accept some students with bad (sub 1800)SAT scores? I think you can be one of them if you’re able to raise your score to 1800.</p>

<p>Actually, how can you be bad at math if you’re third at IOL? I believe that contest requires logic that’s similar to mathematical reasoning. Dude, I have no idea how you got 1580 on the SAT, but you did something wrong. Hit the SAT prep forums and raise that score as high as you can. I believe that you can get 2300+ easily. Seriously, why have that foible t that’s holding you back from greatness. If you have already applied to colleges, just contact them and tell them that you’re retaking the SAT and that they should wait just a little more. It would be an absolute shame if you ended up in a college that’s not in the top 20-- I would honestly feel horrible for you.</p>

<p>Cardgames, thanks for the advice. Btw, where are you from?</p>

<p>[Abu</a> Dhabi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Dhabi]Abu”>Abu Dhabi - Wikipedia). I believe you’re from Ukraine, correct?</p>

<p>Any chances for retaking the SAT ?
get 1900 , head off to an ivy !!!</p>