International s need advices

[kt2005]

Hi, everyone. I'm a newbie here. Now I'm a little bit confused and tired.
I just come to the US for almost 3 months and study in a Lutheran high school. I apply colleges as a international applicant. This is my case:
SAT 1: Dec 05. The last time I took is 7 months ago, it was the old test.Math 790, Verbal 440( bad, right?) . Now my vocabulary and skills are messed up and I'm not good at writing.
SAT 2: Math II 800. Physics just taken in Nov, I think it's 750-780.
Toeft: Paper 600.
GPA: 4.2 it's the 1st quater grades in this year, before i wasn't in the US

Now I apply for UC, UT and some private colleges but I'm getting more and more afraid. UCs are hard, and I still have a lot of work that need to do in the PStatements. How I need finish it by the end of this month!!!! Someone told me that big public unversity like UC didn't care much about the PStatements like small private colleges, is it right? Did I stand a chance to get into cool UC like UC Bekerley and UC Davis?

My highschool college consellor likes my maths and computer science level, so she strongly encourages me(almost like command, she said it every weeks) to apply for Harvey Mudd. But the requirements and the low acceptance percent really scared me. Now the consellor is arranging for me to have a interview at Harvey Mudd after Thanksgiving!!!

I also apply for UT Austin, I hope it much more easier.

Please give me any advices.

[babypurin]

SAT 1: Dec 05. The last time I took is 7 months ago, it was the old test.Math 790, Verbal 440( bad, right?) . Now my vocabulary and skills are messed up and I'm not good at writing.

Your Math is excellent,however, your verbal could use a lot of work. Eventhough it seems that you plan on majoring in a math-intensive field, you should raise your verbal to 550+.

SAT 2: Math II 800. Physics just taken in Nov, I think it's 750-780.

Great Scores. I wish you good luck tommorow when you find the true grade.

Toeft: Paper 600.

Is that considered a good score? If it is, it could possibly make up for the poor SAT verbal score.

GPA: 4.2 it's the 1st quater grades in this year, before i wasn't in the US

Do you happen to have an equivalent numeric average of your GPA?

My highschool college consellor likes my maths and computer science level, so she strongly encourages me(almost like command, she said it every weeks) to apply for Harvey Mudd. But the requirements and the low acceptance percent really scared me. Now the consellor is arranging for me to have a interview at Harvey Mudd after Thanksgiving!!

I also apply for UT Austin, I hope it much more easier.

For an OOS (out of state student) it is extremely difficult for a student to get into UT-Austin because Texas has a law that states that all students in the top 10% of their class get to go to UT.

Have you taken Calculus? I'm pretty sure that Harvey Mudd requires that all prospective students to have taken Calculus before they enter.

With Schools like Harvey Mudd, it is impossible to predict a student's chance to get accepted there -- it all depends on the other applicants that everyone is competing against.

Good Luck!