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Hello. I'm an international student and I've just completed my A Levels, my SAT Subject Tests and I expect to take the SAT Reasoning Test in Oct/Nov. My freshman year should start in Sept 2013.
Here are my results:
A levels (CIE)
Maths: A*
Physics: A*
Chemistry: A*
Further Maths: Expecting A*
GCSE: (9A*s and 1 A)
SAT Subject Tests:
800 in each of Maths II, Physics, Chemistry.
Also I've qualified in the National Physics Olympiad and I'm headed for the IPhO 2013. I can solve some of the IPhO past question papers.
I practise Kyokushin Karate, as an extracurricular.
I plan on doing a double major (Math and Physics), but at the same time I have high ambitions for taking some postgraduate courses in my junior/senior year. I listen to Walter Lewin's lectures. I've read through and solved a lot of the problems from almost all chapters of Young's "University Physics" and have since moved on to Goldstein's classical mechanics. I've done basic linear algebra myself and multivariable/vector calculus. I have some elemntary experience with real analysis from Spivak.
So basically what are my chances of getting into the Ivy League? I have keen eyes towards MIT, Caltech and Harvard. However, I have heard that double majors at Caltech require "superhuman" effort. Could anyone help clarify and explain this for me please?
And also is there anything else i could add to this to appeal to the admissions faculty to make them more interested?
Thanks! :)
Here are my results:
A levels (CIE)
Maths: A*
Physics: A*
Chemistry: A*
Further Maths: Expecting A*
GCSE: (9A*s and 1 A)
SAT Subject Tests:
800 in each of Maths II, Physics, Chemistry.
Also I've qualified in the National Physics Olympiad and I'm headed for the IPhO 2013. I can solve some of the IPhO past question papers.
I practise Kyokushin Karate, as an extracurricular.
I plan on doing a double major (Math and Physics), but at the same time I have high ambitions for taking some postgraduate courses in my junior/senior year. I listen to Walter Lewin's lectures. I've read through and solved a lot of the problems from almost all chapters of Young's "University Physics" and have since moved on to Goldstein's classical mechanics. I've done basic linear algebra myself and multivariable/vector calculus. I have some elemntary experience with real analysis from Spivak.
So basically what are my chances of getting into the Ivy League? I have keen eyes towards MIT, Caltech and Harvard. However, I have heard that double majors at Caltech require "superhuman" effort. Could anyone help clarify and explain this for me please?
And also is there anything else i could add to this to appeal to the admissions faculty to make them more interested?
Thanks! :)
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