Bad GCSE but want to goto US
I got 97666555
Considering I get a 1580 on the SAT + research paper published and other good EC’s
involving starting a Non profit organization helping under achieving gcse students so what happened to me won’t repeat with others… and let’s say I have ACHIEVED 3A*s (maths,further maths,economics) and am on a gap year so it’s my most recent academic record. And I also did maths AEA and got distinction.
Do I have a shot at ivys+ Stanford,mit,caltech,uchicago,CMU with financial aid ( yeah Ik this is gonna kill em especially due to the fact I am Intl)
Considering I get a 1580 on the SAT + research paper published and other good EC’s
involving starting a Non profit organization helping under achieving gcse students so what happened to me won’t repeat with others… and let’s say I have ACHIEVED 3A*s (maths,further maths,economics) and am on a gap year so it’s my most recent academic record. And I also did maths AEA and got distinction.
Do I have a shot at ivys+ Stanford,mit,caltech,uchicago,CMU with financial aid ( yeah Ik this is gonna kill em especially due to the fact I am Intl)
Reply 1
Why do you want to go to US for your degree? Infinitely more expensive, worse education and worse job prospects. Unis there care a lot about extra curriculars like that so you'd probably get accepted to at least a few, but it's not a good idea even with guaranteed acceptance. The reports about that place are not exaggerating.
Reply 2
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US universities have a lot of moving parts in their applications, so rejection often can't really be pinned down on one singular factor. Assuming you have written all 10/10 essays for every university, I would still not apply to most of these. I could talk way more about this, but your record is pretty average/slightly above average for international applicants (the UK is also not great for you in terms of contextual holistic evaluation since there's plenty of competitive applicants), and the fact that universities like Stanford, Penn and Cornell have need-aware aid packages basically bring your chances down to an extremely slim figure. You also underestimate just how competitive schools like MIT and Caltech are - tons of students with 1600s, 5A*s (or whatever perfect stat you can come up with), and 10 amazing ECs get rejected every year from these schools.
If you really want to go to the States, please pick your choices responsibly, and always have backups that you can default to. Good luck with admissions!
If you really want to go to the States, please pick your choices responsibly, and always have backups that you can default to. Good luck with admissions!
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