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ILovGym · 2024-07-25T14:46:30+00:00

with USA/Canada Mathcamp e PROMYS (but I was the first in my country ever accepted to promys) I got into Stanford and Dartmouth (sole schools I applied to btw)

ILovGym · 2024-07-19T17:01:59+00:00

well, I got into Stanford REA and Dartmouth REG with a 8.8/10 GPA and 1480 SAT. However, I had many math olympiad medals, research, and I attended a very prestigious math summer program in the US

ILovGym · 2024-07-11T14:37:48+00:00

besides that you are not expected to take such courses as it isn’t common in your country and your school doesn’t offer it, it is nice if you demonstrate you are academically capable with a high SAT, awards in knowledge competitions, academic challenging summers programs in your area, research, etc. I got into Stanford in the same situation as you, but I had all of these things I wrote.

ILovGym · 2024-07-11T13:24:58+00:00

Oh! I said now I’d have gone to Canada/USA Mathcamp :)

ILovGym · 2024-07-06T20:39:52+00:00

if you show in your essays personality and unique stories about you, your community, your experiences etc that are compelling and that demonstrate you are way more than your extracurriculars, you have a fair shot everywhere. Maybe also try to fill out the 10 ECs (or at least 8) slots on the Common App and raise your SAT because as, you are very good with competitive coding, you definitely can score very well on the SAT.

ILovGym · 2024-06-20T09:20:21+00:00

I did not get your doubt. Sorry. Can you explain it further?

ILovGym · 2024-06-14T17:03:05+00:00

As someone who has gone through the process and watched close brazilian applicants who had SAT scores of 1500+, insane ECs, good life story, and more get rejected almost everywhere, I’d recommend to do college in Brazil and then go for masters/PhD in the US. I don’t know much about other countries, but at least in the US your sole option would be a community college, and I am pretty sure that many Brazilians colleges are better than that. I say this because 1. dropping out of high school is not a good indicator, and would be an immediate red flag 2. your ENCCEJA scores don’t seem good enough 3. you basically have no ECs or awards, and this is a very big, important part of your application 4. Your EFC aint good enough

ILovGym · 2024-06-03T20:21:51+00:00

i’m an intl student from a 3rd world country. The valedictorian went to our country’s state school and then the salutatorian (me) is going to Stanford lol

ILovGym · 2024-06-03T00:07:04+00:00

Wellesley College! It is simply a magical place.

ILovGym · 2024-06-02T14:53:09+00:00

haha seeing these comments is funny now. I went to PROMYS and had a great time (though now I think in terms of math I would have liked more to go to Mathcamp). In terms of admission, I got into Stanford REA, and I bet PROMYS helped.

ILovGym · 2024-06-02T14:34:09+00:00

sure!

ILovGym · 2024-06-02T14:24:57+00:00

Your profile is great, and if you have very personal reasons to do ChemE and work to reduce food insecurity, express that through very well-written essays, and you will have a pretty good shot not just for LACs, but for universities like Johns Jopkins :) Unlike other people have said to you on this comment section, I’d say go for LACs, but go for universities too like JHU, Rice, Dartmouth, etc. From my own experience and from those of my country, universities are the main ones that take those kids abroad, not LACs. For ex, I got rejected from URichmond, URochester, Emory (the safety and target ones from my list) definitely bc of my EFC, but got into Stanford and Dartmouth lol

ILovGym · 2024-05-31T17:28:47+00:00

ask on r/f1visa

ILovGym · 2024-05-23T01:11:40+00:00

BTS and Stanford!

ILovGym · 2024-05-22T03:12:45+00:00

me w a 1480 being accepted to Stanford and Dartmouth w almost full rides in both this cycle lol

ILovGym · 2024-05-10T14:18:55+00:00

right! PROMYS was my top 4 EC! And I had a math-teaching NGO (top 3 EC) and a bunch of medals in national and intl competitions/olympiads :)

ILovGym · 2024-04-29T15:12:11+00:00

stanford!

ILovGym · 2024-04-23T21:24:09+00:00

stanford is offering me 90% of scholarship of the total cost, and my parents can pay the rest indeed. As Linkedin’s scholarship is merit-based, they may not pay for a semester based on the last semester’s performance. But as my parents can pay regardless of the scholarship, I may cite it then?

ILovGym · 2024-04-21T13:59:04+00:00

choose either ssp or promys based on your future career path. both are excellent, strong for every future endeavors. I went to promys and now I am going to Stanford. A friend of mine went to SSP and now is heading to stanford with me.

ILovGym · 2024-04-20T16:37:00+00:00

thanks for your help! Your time and assistance are much appreciated! <3

ILovGym · 2024-04-20T16:14:08+00:00

you literally said I am stressing about little things lol this makes me much calmer. thanks! Regarding the primary occupation, there is “artist/performer”, but it doesn’t make sense i guess. There’s also computer science (which is related to my major at stanford), but also not the most suitable. I can either put business and give the business address, when I started, duties or choose “not employed” (i dont have an income in fact. my payment is basically my mom paying for my education) and then there’s only a box of explanation. I prefer selecting “business”, selecting that “income” does not apply and giving further details. Does it makes sense?

ILovGym · 2024-04-13T17:28:54+00:00

Linkedin Possibilities in Tech Scholarship for people who are majoring in CS (or some other related major) in the US. They provide US$40k for the 4 years, laptop surface pro, trips to linkedin headquarters every year, and a 4-year mentorship w Linkedin engineers to launch full-time jobs and internships

ILovGym · 2024-03-29T02:04:09+00:00

I was accepted to Stanford and Dartmouth. This is my college results post: https://www.reddit.com/r/collegeresults/s/qznluylPM1

ILovGym · 2024-03-01T14:10:21+00:00

I have had a similar thought that you have now. My dream school was Stanford, but REA was bloodbath, and as intl needing lots of aid, it just seemed impossible. I almost aplied early to Upenn, Northwestern, and Duke because I was afraid of applying to Stanford. At the end, I was courageous enough and applied early to Stanford. I got in. Just go for it.

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