<p>Well, I just think there was a “class of 2014” thread already, but it’s harmless anyway
And I don’t think email notification has any stuff to do with admission decision</p>
<p>Ok I have updated…
Maybe This thread is important for all INT.Students, because There are not statistics or profile about International undergraduate Students admitted. Thanks </p>
<p>I think that it is particularly challenging to get value here, as it is so hard to compare different school systems and/or tests. For example, if the student has taken A-levels, have they taken Cambridge A-levels, Hong-Kong A-levels, Nigerian A-levels, or what. Similarly if they have an abitur, is it a German abitur or Finnish one as they are different again. In a lot of countries, there is no such thing as organised EC’s apart from sport. Rank doesn’t exist in many countries, and some awards mean very different things for internationals. For example there are schools where one third of the graduating class leaves as a prefect. There are others where there is one prefect per thousand students.</p>
<p>A summary chart for Americans makes sense. With limited exceptions these all follow broadly the same course of study. Even the exceptions, such as home-schooled students, tend to work from many of the same textbooks and similar curricula as the other students. With internationals, I just think that it is simply too difficult to compare apples with oranges. The ONLY things that all the internationals have in common are the SATII tests.</p>
<p>agree with Mikalye but I think it won’t be a bad idea to post our results( anyway I won’t post if I get rejected hoho ) this thread can be helpful to later international applicants. </p>
<p>PS: I guess MIT has the most international applicants than any other top 20 school has.</p>
<p>WAITING FOR RESULTS AHHH WILL EDIT WHEN IGET IT.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[ *]SAT: 2230
[ *]SAT II: math 800 chem 800 bio M 790 Chinese 800 UShistory 730
[ *]TOEFL: didnt take
[ *]ACT: didnt take
[ *]GPA: (you can specify your school system and don’t convert your grades to GPA system) 4.2x
[ *]Rank: doesnt rank, but pretty bad
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 6 Aps all 5s. 3 more this year. failed AMC
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: no idea.
[ *]Teacher Recs: no idea… might be good?
[ *]Counselor Rec: a colleague of my counselor apparently saw it and told me it was good
[ *]Supplementary Material: nothing. i suck
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): probably none…
[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: California, moved here from singapore 2 + years ago.
[ *]High School Type: Public
[ *]Ethnicity: Asian (DAMN)
[ *]Gender: Male (DAMN)
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars: Soccer, Air Pistol (singapore), just random stuff.
[ *]Awards: does national merit semi finalist count?
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: nope… im doubting my chances. with 3% chance of acceptance.[/ul]</p>
<p>Thanks for creating this! I’ve always wondered how being international really affects admission chances. I’ll post on here once I hear back… Oh but just to let you know in advance, I didn’t take the TOEFL, considering how I live in England, which was kind of the home of the English language :P</p>
<p>By the way, is it true that if you’re an international student you have to have higher SAT scores than domestic students if you want to have a true shot at acceptance?</p>
<p>SAT I is not required, there are two options, probably SAT II is important, but I think that EC’s are also very foundamental, they don’t want nerdy persons.</p>
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