<p>Hi, I will be applying to all the ivies and top notch colleges next year,
What will be my chances at MIT, Princeton, Stanford, Harvard, Yale , Penn, Cambridge, Caltech, Cornell</p>
<p>ECs: Table Tennis Nationals(2 times)
Cricket State level
Research( invited to 2 IITs to present it)
School Prefect and Head boy
president of scholastic club
International Rank 339 in IMO
All india rank 18 in IIT Guwahati School Fest
Community service of 500 hours( over a year,
tutored children in my locality) </p>
<p>Well your SAT and grades are fantastic. Your Extracurriculars look ok…I dont really know what a school prefect is but the fact that your doing research at ITT is impressive. Although I dont believe it is a good idea that your applying to all of theses top tier colleges, because they are very competitive for American students, and it will be EXTREMELY competitive for international students. You should look into some public universities. The University of Washington is a spectacular school, and they have a large international student population. Good Luck!</p>
<p>you stand a good chance ! But, it goes like this-
Cambridge - sorry! forget it ! (they PREFER IB/A-level students …that’s right not even AP)
All other schools - pretty good chance !!
but again the admission to these schools is EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE (more so for internationals) do NOT be deluded by (slightly higher) acceptance rates.That means even if your app is perfect there’s still a chance that you won’t be admitted. On the other hand, not asking for FA increases your chances of getting admitted significantly. Well,anyways GOOD LUCK !! hope you get into your dream school !! :)</p>
<p>@OP- what research did you do ?? I mean what field -cognitve science,microbiology,computer science… what ?? AND how did you get that opportunity ?? did you contact a professor, did you have a mentor?? can you PLEASE elaborate !! I’m a student looking at doing research for the next two years .</p>
<p>I researched on increasing he town efficiency to incorporate high class tech and stuff along with the chemicals dat would help the environment and production of goods. Worked really well for me!
My school principal recommended me to publisize my research and he himself talked to IIT delhi and guwahati to tell dem bout my research and then I got a call to come there. There 2 students helped me and I stayed there for a week.</p>
<p>Right um did you say 339? Well no one who has represented India at the IMO has ever got that exact rank in the 22 years that she has participated. Unless you’re talking of a different IMO.</p>
<p>Yes, I will send my resume to the colleges along with the contact details of my coaches so that they can verify my achievements easily and will have no doubts bout me.</p>
LOOOL…AP is just fine with Cambridge and Oxford. You just need to be smart and able to show them proof of your intelligence. Not all schools will have an IB programme. I can tell you that I have a friend who got into one of these schools based on only SAT, AP, and merit.
hmm…are you referring to St.louis or the one located at Seattle? The two have pretty different flexibility in how rigidly they view international applications.</p>
<p>@liveulife dude… they have different subject requirements for different subjects, I personally e-mailed the Cambridge undergrad admissions office to ask whether an International applicant who hasn’t studied in A-levels/IB boards could pursue Chemical Engineering at Cambridge they replied saying that ONLY students form A-levels/IB could pursue rigorous subjects like ChemE same goes for Law,Classics,Land Economics,Literature,Engineering,Core Sciences,Math and Medicine/vet. medicine(highly competitive) and for some subjects in natural sciences, the students are required to have an IB diploma , yeah the whole deal not just a few IB courses here and there. The only subjects which are accessible to students from other boards are a “few” natural sciences and oriental studies and a maybe a few more.</p>