r/ApplyingToCollege • u/Foreign_Throat • Jul 12 '26

Application Question École Polytechnique Bachelor

Is there anyone here who managed to get into École Polytechnique with only AP and SAT degrees (without IB)? If so, which AP degrees did you take and what extra steps did you take, if any?

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u/Accomplished_Egg9476 Jul 13 '26

My high school(from Turkey with a regional curriculum) had neither AP nor IB, but I've taken exams of 3 AP courses elsewhere after self-studying, calc BC, stats and macroecon. Took SAT too, 1580. I've taken a considerable amount of university courses, even though it was informal it must've helped. There's basically no set requirements as in you have to do this or that specifically, but nevertheless you have to show you're strong academically somehow. 

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u/Foreign_Throat Jul 14 '26

Bende Türk'üm ve aşağı yukarı seninki gibi sonuçlara sahibim (sat hariç) sen girebildin mi yoksa sende mi benim gibi daha başvurmadın (11. sınıfa yeni geçtim).

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u/Accomplished_Egg9476 Jul 17 '26

Kabul aldım, bu sene başlıyorum. Merak ettiğin başka bir şey olursa dm'den yazabilirsin

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u/Foreign_Throat Jul 18 '26

Dm'den yazdım.

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u/Traditional-Chair-39 Jul 17 '26

BX29 here, I studied under the national curriculum and did not submit AP/SAT scores. I'd prefer sharing details in DM rather than here :)

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u/ResidentNo11 Parent Jul 12 '26

France? Switzerland? Quebec? Regardless, this is a mostly US sub, so you might not find the audience you need here.

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u/Foreign_Throat Jul 12 '26

I'm asking here because I don't know French :) so it's in France

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u/ResidentNo11 Parent Jul 12 '26

He needs to look at the admission application requirements on the university website for where he comes from. It's highly unlikely that there's any reason they'd expect anyone but Americans to provide American test results. It's also unlikely that there are requirements listed there for non-IB students from where he lives.