<p>The PSAT would give some idea what your SAT scores might be. Honestly… without real SAT (or ACT) scores it is impossible to say what your chances are. Standardized tests give colleges a way to compare students across the pool. Many students have high ambitions or expectations for those scores that don’t turn out so well. Sounds like you are going into your senior year; many US students take these tests junior year, then make an additional attempt fall of senior year to raise their scores. Because you haven’t taken one of them yet, you may not have that chance to make multiple attempts with sufficient study time in between. If you don’t have one yet, you should get a book to study for the SAT (College Board sells one, something like the Official Guide to the SAT, it is blue and you can find it on their website).</p>
<p>By US standards your GPA would be on the low end for this type of scholarship, but what also matters is your class rank (compared to your classmates). Not sure if you know that. Regarding ECs, colleges are looking for information on how you spend you time outside of studying and for evidence of accomplishment in those endeavors. For US students it is often sports, academic competition like debate or science olympiad or robotics, clubs at school. Some students work outside of school, that can go on the list. There are some solitary pursuits (art, writing, insect collectng, etc.) that can go on the applications – it doesn’t hurt to have some awards or prizes related to those items, though.</p>
<p>My suggestion to you is instead of focusing in on this one school and this one scholarship, you spend some time on the International forum out here (<a href=“International Students - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/international-students/</a>) to get more familiar with schools you might consider. I think if you get very high test scores, some of the automatic scholarships based on those would open up some schools to you. University of Alabama is not USC, for example, but if you are looking for an education in the US at minimal cost to yourself, it is a better possibility than 1/2 tuition at USC (easier to get and you don’t have to come up with over $120,000 to pay your portion of it).</p>