I provided my grades if it would be of any reference to you.
my grades at 11th and 12th are all A’s. My curriculum’s English is like really weak in terms of rigor.
I appreciate your hard work but JHU admits 2.2% of international students, clearly wants students with money (need aware intl) and your score lacks (and you have to submit all). I appreciate you applied - but don’t overthink - because on paper, there’s no way.
The comparator US rate is 7%.
You hadn’t mentioned JHU before. You should be focused on the schools you have a chance for admission and affordabilty.
JHU wouldn’t happen for you - domestic or international - in my opinion. Others have much better odds.
So make your call as you applied - if you can even change now. But make it and don’t think about it. The result is not going to be different no matter what you do, I’m afraid.
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Absent direct data, I would think the best bet is Internationals more often fall into that category where colleges like Dartmouth are not quite as confident relying on their transcripts, recommendations, and so on as they might be for at least a lot of their domestic US admits. In cases like that, a good US-style standardized test score, even one below their observed 25th, could serve as a helpful data point. This concept has also sometimes been suggested by various AOs and others actually knowledgable about International admissions, and I think the fact it is consistent with this data makes that a good bet, even if the data was not adequate to completely prove it.
Of course the greater context is these charts show most applicants to Dartmouth with 1470s were rejected even if they submitted. In fact most applicants with 1570s were rejected. The vast majority of applicants to Dartmouth are not going to be admitted for reasons unrelated to their test scores, even when they have very high test scores, and that is undoubtedly even more true of Internationals applying to Dartmouth.
But again, absent direct data, I think the best bet is still that 1470s are more likely to help than hurt Internationals. By far, most likely of all is it will not matter. But in the fraction of cases it does matter, I would bet more often it helped.
Wow, thank you again for such a detailed response.
I shall just go ahead and submit my scores to all my schools.
Thank you
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Important clarification, JHU requires a test score, but does not require that all scores be reported. “Should report all scores” isn’t a requirement, just JHU’s suggestion for superscoring purposes. Plus, the Common App testing section only has space for the highest section scores anyway.
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Let’s talk the nuts and bolts. All your apps are in, correct? It sounds like at some schools you applied test optional, correct?
At those schools, you have to first check if they will even let you apply with a test score now. If they do allow the change, follow their instructions on how to do that.
And do you understand the point about self reporting scores where you can, and not paying to send official scores right now? Only pay to send an official score to a school that requires an official score sent by collegeboard, meaning they don’t allow you to self report.
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It kind of sounds to me like you plan to take the ACT regardless of the advice given here. If it will bother you forever not to take it, then go for it. Don’t live with regret.
But the OP said the cost is half his father’s wages. That’s a huge amount of money for something that isn’t going to make a difference.
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We all agree. Its just falling on deaf ears. And its probably too late for a fee waiver. I posted in his/her wrong thread. Going to note it over there.
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