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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is it true that 1) high school grades don't matter much to foreign universities? 2) foreign universities accept the SAT, but not the ACT?

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My understanding (admittedly limited…) is that they do care about grades and scores, but do not care about extra curricular activities. They are aren't interested in the fact that you played on the soccer team or volunteered at the food bank. The one exception to that is if you did something that is directly related to what you want to study (i.e. did an internship at the hospital and want to study medicine) As for the standardized tests I'm not sure, but I think you are right that they will accept the SAT's but not ACT's. If your kids are in an IB school then they will accept predicted IB scores and then may extend a conditional offer based on those scores that the teachers predict you will get. I'm not sure how they handle non-IB schools, but it might be a similar process in getting predicted scores from the school.

One thing to think about in studying abroad is that most universities (not all though) are not necessarily liberal arts schools in the way that US colleges are. You will usually go straight into your area of study rather than have a few years of general study and then declare your major. It might not be the best option for a student who is undecided on what they want to study.[/quote]

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