Got into Stanford :)

[thushan]

Woah wait a moment! I'm applying, I didn't get an offer!

[Phy124]

Congratulations, make sure to stay away from the eastern side of Palo Alto though

@OP congratulations!!! I still find it weird how kids can get accepted to US unis without finishing VCE. I know a girl who got accepted and left in the middle of year 12 for Princeton. She never had to finish VCE :S I'm so jelly!

Me too! Surely we're not thinking of the same person though - but my friend did HSC......O.K?

If you're talking about a girl from NSW who went in the middle of this year, yes.

Also, apparently East Palo Alto and Palo Alto are different cities, with polar opposite demographics...Palo Alto =  Silicon Valley brains, East Palo Alto = Silicon Valley rejects. (according to wikipedia)

Yeah that's pretty much it.

Also, sorry thatisanote, for leading this discussion off on a tangent.

What course are you doing at the university?

Woah wait a moment! I'm applying, I didn't get an offer!

Maybe he's just a very good bloke and is congratulating you on the effort of applying. Yeah, lets go with that... 

[funkyducky]

^ they have 4 year degrees, the first year is general/multidisciplinary, then students can select a major in 2nd year. I like the system, but going overseas isn't really an option for me.

[Mao]

Congratulations thisisanote Huge achievement.

[thushan]

Just for perspective for those who don't know the magnitude of this achievement, MIT (another US school in the same league as Stanford) only takes 1 student from Australia/NZ/Oceania combined.

[azure]

Wow... Congratulations thatisanote! All the best for next year

[thatisanote]

Congrats Thatisanote!
EDIT: and Thushan for applying 

....but can someone explain how this works? Do you just apply to each university like a normal American student? 

This sounds so cool!

Cheers Yep, though the process is pretty annoying and complicated, unless your school already knows how to do it all.

[thatisanote]

Just for perspective for those who don't know the magnitude of this achievement, MIT (another US school in the same league as Stanford) only takes 1 student from Australia/NZ/Oceania combined.

Holy shit! I had no idea about that!
Though I do know that at Stanford, roughly 50% of people with an atar equivalent of 99.98 (yes, top 0.02%) get rejected.

[thushan]

Hah you mean a 2400 SAT? LOL I have no hope, I only got 2170...stupid CR.

[thatisanote]

Hah you mean a 2400 SAT? LOL I have no hope, I only got 2170...stupid CR.

Yep. Definitely not no hope man, SAT score is only ~15-20% of application decision apparently.
At HYP that score would have a very very slight negative impact or no impact i'd think. Though a bit more of an impact at Yale than the others, yale is score heavy.

[thatisanote]

Okay I updated the OP with some advice

[LOLs99]

Hi,
Is it compulsory to take the SAT to US uni
and what about something called IELTS?
What if I'm planning to go to London Imperial, do I need another test(I assume not SAT)?
Why do you need to take the SAT test as you got your VCE?
I heard ppl saying IB doesn't require any SAT exams or stuff though. You will get in with a score of 43 above.

[azure]

Wenhao,
You can either take the ACT or the SAT for US unis.
IB students also need to take the SAT/ACT and follow the normal procedures for applying to US unis.

[LOLs99]

Wenhao,
You can either take the ACT or the SAT for US unis.
IB students also need to take the SAT/ACT and follow the normal procedures for applying to US unis.

Hey there, thanks. So is ACT or SAT better?
What about Uk unis?
So IB still have to do the same procedures, but I thought IB is more recognised.
tq btw

[thatisanote]

Wenhao,
You can either take the ACT or the SAT for US unis.
IB students also need to take the SAT/ACT and follow the normal procedures for applying to US unis.

Hey there, thanks. So is ACT or SAT better?
What about Uk unis?
So IB still have to do the same procedures, but I thought IB is more recognised.
tq btw

In Melbourne, you can only do the SAT, nowhere offers the ACT.
UK - no idea. Yep IB still same procedures, only advantage over VCE is that you don't have to study much for SAT subject tests as the material is more similar than the VCE courses. (I studied Math 2 and Physics subject tests, had to learn quite a bit extra in 4 days!!)