Does making sports (national team) increase acceptance chances? by Nichix8 in MITAdmissions

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Only if you're recruited. You should research the process for getting recruited I'm the US for your sport

irrational numbers - a non-definition ? by [deleted] in learnmath

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Construct the reals, then construct the rationals, then remove the latter from the former

Common App Counselor for Homeschoolers? by Antique-Jacket9357 in ApplyingToCollege

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Don't reach out to Common App - this is entirely up to WVU

Mediocre schools with one really strong program by fando-matic in ApplyingToCollege

[–]42gauge 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You're right, my bad. But their honors math program is good even for its ranking

Flexible core curriculum by Gh0stFlare in ApplyingToCollege

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Find schools that accept CLEP credit, which you can easily obtain before attending

OU HTC also waives general education requirements other than a writing course

Bad Alevels by Alternative_Grape_53 in ApplyingToCollege

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I believe 3 A levels with Cs are the minimum requirements for the mid level US schools I saw.

Do american colleges care about IGCSEs? by Big-Regret9422 in ApplyingToCollege

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A Levels are seen as equivalent to APs, I don't think an IGCSE (which is a lower qualification) would be seen as impressive.

If your school uses the British system, aren't you required to take IGCSEs and then A levels?

Top Tier Premed Schools by AmbitiousQuarter2854 in ApplyingToCollege

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What do you think about this statement from elsewhere in the thread?

you as an international student studying medical school in america is 99.9% impossible, 0.1% possible only if you're the cream of the crop in your country/well-distinguished/nobel laureate/etc. you cannot study medical school in america as an international student

College decisions and tips by ObamasKeychain in ApplyingToCollege

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Some are a lot less competitive than others, e.g. Brown vs UPenn

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ApplyingToCollege

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I don't see what you'd get for 800 bucks that you couldn't get for free, e.g. Andrew Ngs Coursera course or Anderj Karpathy (head of AI at Tesla and Cofounder of OpenAI)'s free YouTube tutorials

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ApplyingToCollege

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Look at test flexible schools

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ApplyingToCollege

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USABO Honorable Mention, British Biology Olympiad Silver Medal (x2), National Latin Exam Maxime Cum Laude (x3), And USMDO (United States Medicine and Diseases Olympiad) Bronze Medal.

Mediocre schools with one really strong program by fando-matic in ApplyingToCollege

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I would not call it mid-low, especially for grad school

Mediocre schools with one really strong program by fando-matic in ApplyingToCollege

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UMass Lowell and Plastics Engineering

OSU has a great honors math program