Thailand people!!

anonamous
Mon, 30 Jan 2006 06:25:56 +0000

hi i am currently in thailand… this is another one of the chances questions…
btw it is nice to talk to thai ppl rather than random ppl

will technical school like MIT or caltech look into low verbal scores rather than just focussing on the high math scores??

my stats:

sat 1: math 780 verbal 460 !!! writing 580 essay 10/12
sat 2: math 800 physics 760 chem 710
toefl: 267 computer-based

no gpa/class rank as i follow the british curriculum

doing full IB diploma
Math HL 7
Physics HL 7
Chem HL 6
English A1 SL 5
Thai B SL 7
Economics SL 4!!!
(NB: i reckon i will get 2 bonus points)

ECAs:
swimming since like 4ever, seasac, bisac, blah blah blah
play soccer a bit not serious ( not in school team… too busy with swimming)
invited to British Math Olympiad round 1 (top 800 in world)
gold, silver, and bronze certificates in british math challenge in junior, intermediate, and senior competitions on 3 consecutive years
math competition @ ISB about a year ago
World cyber games (WCG 2005) 7th place in thailand at Warcraft

my description of myself:
i am very math/science orientated… as you can see from my low verbal and economic scores.

here are the lists of the colleges im applying to… wut are my chances???

1st choices: Caltech, MIT, Harvey Mudd
2nd choices: U of Michigan- Ann Arbor, U Texas- Austin
Safe choices: Illinois tech, Clarkson U