My chances for Stanford?

AemiliuS
Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:43:24 +0000

Hi everyone!
I am a Bulgarian high school student who wants to study in America ^^
I was reading a lot recently about colleges and universities in USA.
I want to take an engineering major (not decided what exactly - aeronautical/nuclear/mechanical/…)
I’ve done a little " research " to find out where is the best place for me to study after graduation.
Stanford. I really, really like Stanford!
So - I have a difficult question - can I get in there?
I’ll list my achievements to help you decide:

My SAT 1 is very low - I got just 1890. I am taking the test again in October 4th
Cr. Reading - 530
Math - 760
Writing - 600 (7 on the essay)
I know - really low scores, but I am sure I’ll do better next time ^^ ( I hope for above 2000 in October ^^)
SAT 2 Math 1C - 800
SAT 2 Physics 740


(by the way I am going to take SAT 2 Math IIC and Physics again in November - I want 800s ^^)

I’ve participated in 4th International Jauticov Olympiad in Mathematics and Physics, but I screwed the problems (lame mistakes) and as a result I don’t have a medal… Next competition - better ^^ (I fell prepared this time)
I’ve done a research in Technion - the Israel Institute of technology on project “Investigation of propagation of light in the optical fiber” and as a result I have a research paper ^^
I have many 1st, 2nd and 3rd places in national physics competition in Bulgaria (very proud ^^)
I am sure I’ll have good essays for Stanford - I’ve been thinking for a really long time what to write ^^
I like playing on my violin, but I had to stop for a year because it become very difficult at school (net good one - I know…) but I want to play and after 12th grade I’ll continue playing on my violin ^^
I have 6.00 at school (6.00 is highest mark ^^), which equals GPA 4 (GPA is the mark form the school, right?)
I am sure I’ll get superior recommendations from my teachers because they love me ^^
Currently I am working over one research at home.
I have participated in Interact for over a year now; working in the library etc
I am taking the TOEFL exam in two days. I hope to score above 100 (on the iBT) (well - the score depends on my speaking - I am a little bit ill right now and my pronunciation is not quite good haha)


Uff - it is really late now in Bulgaria and I may have missed something… In the morning I’ll add anything that I remember ^^

So - the question is - can I get into Stanford with all this on Early Admission?
/and I know my SAT 1 score is absolutely terrible for now :@ - I’ll take the test again )

I am also interested in:

MIT
Brown
CalTech
Purdue (but they are not need-blind so…)

Thank you all in advance! Know that you are helping me a lot!!!