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Hey guys

I am applying to a number of universities, as i would like to get into one of those. Since, i an international, i have a vague idea of the prestige of US universities. So, will you be able to tell me if i have a chance in Northwestern
My stats are as follows:

Recieved 92% mark in yr 12 overall

Recieved B grade for state wide cores skills test

Top 10% mark of state in yr 12

Top 5% of yr 12 class

I have done an honours program (highly difficult and prestigious) of acceleration in chemistry-which is by doing yr 11 chem in yr10. I would have completed yr 12 chem in yr11 but due to circumstances i had to stop.

Top of geography class in yr 12 and 11

Captain of geography

ACT mark of 32

Not done the SATs but recieved very good results in practise round

Prefect and captain of house

Science club

Environmental club

Interact club

Won numerous awards >50

Attend a higly competitive high school

Taken a very tough combination of subjects

Been a champion in table tennis and won many medals

Interschool cricket-2yrs

Volleyball-1yr

interschool Basketball-2yrs

Swimming championships- 3rd (breaststroke)

Atended many interschool meetings on leadership issues

Done community work in Mother Teresa foundation

I know guys that my ECs are not that strong but i am planning to improve on them considerably. However, will you be able to tell if my academic achievements are good enough. Also, if possible can you tell my my chances at other good private and public uni' in percentages. I deeply regret my long post and thank you for reading it.

By Stanfordnualum (Stanfordnualum) on Friday, June 25, 2004 - 02:41 pm: Edit

May I ask what year you are in? Are you applying this fall? It's hard to know what, say, 92% mark really means. SATs I and II, IB, O/A-level results would give us/them a better idea. Most internationals have IB/A-level results and admission know IB/A-level are considered advanced courses. By the way, you can find the mid 50% SAT ranges for internationals on their admission website.

By Mike20 (Mike20) on Saturday, June 26, 2004 - 12:06 pm: Edit

i'd just like to ask 'stanfordnualum' whether 3 A-levels would be satisfactory for admission to Stanford or Northwestern, because I heard that those who want to go into top U.S. colleges should at the least have 4 A-levels!

By Stanfordnualum (Stanfordnualum) on Monday, June 28, 2004 - 02:53 am: Edit

I don't know anything about the min number of A-levels. You probably want to ask them directly. My guess is they wouldn't have that as a strict requirement, just like they never require 4 APs for the Americans students (FYI: A-levels are actually more advanced than APs; APs are equivalent to AS-level; if you are from Hong Kong, your "B" in science/math is equivalent to an "A" in England; I don't assume the admission knows this difference however).

By Vanillaice (Vanillaice) on Sunday, August 08, 2004 - 03:17 am: Edit

huh???a-levels?? im planning to apply with my o-levels, and i heard that the unversities r ok with that.
mmmmm....
it is ok right??