Should I apply before 12th grade? - International Student

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<p>Hey,</p>

<p>I am an international student. I want to apply for top US colleges during my current academic year (Just finished 10th Grade). I am thinking of giving the SAT in June along with Subject Tests. I am expecting a score of above 2000 as I have already been preparing for it. My school % has always been in the 85-95% bracket. I will be majoring in CS & have programming certification in 4 languages & can code in 8 languages. I have an extensive portfolio of work. Some major colleges I am thinking of are MIT, Stanford, Harvard & CMU. I just wanted to know if I really do stand a chance, & if its worth a shot…</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>Can anyone please guide me about it. Also, I’ll only think of applying if I get a SAT score of above 2300 & above 700 in the subject tests…</p>

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<p>You need to finish 12 years of high school. Unless someone skipped grades and took their 12th grade exams or something, no school will admit you after 10/11th grade.</p>

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<p>I am sure MIT does admit before 12th as they said they don’t require a high school diploma…</p>

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<p>^Mit will probably admit a child prodigy. There was this kid I saw on tv who made the USA Math olympiad team. He was barely 16 when he got into a top school. Are you a prodigy? Have you already taken college level classes while in 10th grade and aced it? Just knowing programming languages isn’t enough. A bunch of kids here in the USA as well are computer whizzes but that doesn’t give them a ride to college without taking the college required course work (like so many years of language, math etc…etc)</p>

<p>Carnegie mellon has a program where they take you after junior year…but I believe you have to take all AP classes in your junior year or some sort of dual enrollment.</p>

<p>As an international, I think highly unlikely. Please look into education advisor USA in your country.</p>

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<p>From the Stanford website
“You have not yet received your high school diploma or the equivalent and are enrolled in an early college program or dual enrollment program.”
“Stanford University requires ALL students to have a high school diploma or the equivalent before entering.”</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/site/faq/index.html#faq_2_1[/url]”>http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/site/faq/index.html#faq_2_1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>What is the hurry?</p>

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<p>We don’t have AP classes where I come from… Nor does our school has a club system. But I’m a regular in the quizzing circuit with some marvels & I sure can ace US College level classes.</p>

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<p>I actually know someone who got into JHU after 10th grade BUT she had the some kind of high school diploma due to the school system.</p>