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Hey guys, I'm currently applying to METU as an American student who actually just finished their senior year studying in Ankara on a scholarship program. I love Ankara and I really enjoyed living in Turkiye so I've decided to apply to get in for an IR degree. In comparsion to those that have incredibly high SAT scores and crazy grades, I sit with no SAT, a 3.5 GPA (with both senior and junior year being straight A's, first two years of HS were rough). I have decent volunteering experience as well as both language and abroad experience having studied for 3 summers in Spain, speaking nearly fluent spanish, studying in Ankara and speaking basic turkish. I did plenty of extracurriculars and was heavily involved in honors band(s) and many sports. I actually did get the opportunity to meet with the international admissions officer and speak with her as well as tour the campus which, hopefully, increases my chances.

All this to say, what are some personal opinions regarding this, I have no other plan for college as other universities in ankara don't take just the american diploma and gpa without standarized tests, this is my only hope before a potentially dreaded gap year. Anyways, would love to hear some thoughts, thanks!

Hey guys! I'm an American on an exchange program in Ankara for my final year of high school. I've taken alot of interest in studying in metu for a degree in international relations or P.S and public administration. I have quite a few experiences studying abroad and hold Spanish as a second language as well as some basic Turkish. I understand that they accept the 1% of Turkish students each year whereas the admission rate is about 13% for international students. I have yet to take the SAT and very unfortunately I suck at math so it might be a flunk even applying depending on the score that I receive. All of this to say, what general pre-requisites help for international students to get in. Being American, American universities take more pride in experience and ability to reflect those, but from what I've gathered it's more about academics here in Turkiye.

Any pieces of advice or recommendations regarding the application process? What should I flaunt or what will help applying this coming summer?

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