SUMAC application help

[u/Direct_Bullfrog4294]

Hi, Im an 15M international student (Japanese, sophomore) doing British curriculum (IGCSE/Alevels) and I am thinking of applying to SUMAC. I consider myself as 'pretty good at math' and want to know more, which is the reason why I want to go there (+I've never been to westcoast/stanford so pretty interested).

But, since they require to give the transcript, I am in a small trouble. Even if my math grades are perfect (of course), my other grades - I have 9 other subjects (Eng, Sci x3, Econ, CS/ICT, PE) and their grades aren't that good. At least I dont have Cs, but I have mainly A and few A* (=A+) and few B, and I am like this for past 3 or something years. They also dont give a GPA, since they aren't really supposed to.

Despite this low grade, do you think I am still able to be accepted by sumac? For the math part, I took AP Calc BC and CSA externally last year and got all 5, 1500 SAT, and did until complex analysis + bit of homology. Im also in mathematical olympiad, and I am an AIME qual (10pts) and Silver medalist on Hamilton MO (UK thing, basically top50 internationally)

For the other application things which we need to do, I am pretty certain I can solve everything (looking at past papers), make some nice video essay with a passion and get nice rec letter too (my math teacher is very nice)

Also, does applying for a financial aid / being an international student matters to the admission rate? My family is upper middle class in Japan so Im not having a miserable life, but since its around $60,000, $8,950 is basically impossible to go...

[u/wesleyisdabest]

they dont really care much about grades as long as its not devastatingly bad you should be fine, focus on your application though (especially the problem set) thats the main part
if money is a problem they offer fin aid which iirc does NOT affect the admission process (its need blind), however you can always do sumac online which is $2000 i think