do i stand a chance for top tech colleges?
'm an international student from indonesia SAT 1 = 780M, 610CR, 620W (i know it's horrible) SAT 2 = 800M1, 800M2, 770physics I'm planning to apply to MIT,caltech, stanford, and berkeley (as high reaches) do i still have a chance or should i lower my standards? thanks!
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Your SAT math scores are about average for all of those schools. Your verbal scores are only a little low for MIT and Cal Tech. They are about average at Berkeley -- but are probably below average for nonresidents accepted at Berkeley. But since you want to study in the tech field, it may not be a problem. The only school where I think they are a definite problem is Stanford. Of course, the SAT scores are only part of what is needed. You will need high grades and a great admissions essay for all of those schools. If you have the grades, apply to one or two of these schools, and a few schools just below them
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Well, I don't know much about Berkeley's average scores, but your scores are low for the other three. At Caltech, the school I know the best of those three, your math and physics scores are reasonable. However, the CR and W should be up around 700. I won't say that you can't get in with those scores, but in my time there, I know of no one who made it in with those scores. You would need to have a very strong application outside of your SAT's. And that's for a US student; being an international student, the competition is even fiercer. MIT is not going to be much different. And same is true of Stanford (though they will have different admissions criterion). I don't want to discourage you from applying if that's your dream, but you should put some serious thought into your back-up schools.
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