a girl wishing for yale&JHU

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<p>hey this is me :
-female, eastern european, single=parent home, father gives no money
-applyiing for fin. aid</p>

<p>-a highly competitive school, ranked top 10%
-gpa 5.00/5.00
-sats: 680v/800m/720w
-toefl 95%
-subject tests: maths 2c 800, french 770, physics 760
-maths competitions:1st place in the state, freshman year
3rd place in the state, sophomore year
1st place at the regional comp. junior year
- took 3 seminars at petnica science centre(maths), worked on a project(magical graphs) and presented it at the annual conference (the only maths project which was picked)</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>-passed B2 delf test in french(taking c1 in october), spanish(1 year)</p>

<p>-music school(playing chello),the school lasted for 6 years, it consisted of several subjects including theory, orchestra and vocal performance,still playing</p>

<p>-swimming(2 years, great results), sport dancing(2 years)</p>

<p>-volounteer camp in france, doing the restauration of a middle-century fortress(3 weeks, about six hours a day)</p>

<p>-member of a high school union</p>

<p>-working on a project which aims to create an educational&information centre for high school&university students(the project is coordinated by people from american ambassy)</p>

<p>-volounteer work for COCI, an international organisation which aims to help children, founded by americans</p>

<p>-worked for the biggest publishing house in the country</p>

<p>I'm thinking of trying for Yale as a reach, so do you guys think that I have a chance over there?
I'd really like to go to JHU, so is that realistic?</p>

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<p>wohh!! with those stats you have more than a decent chance at JHU.
But I think remember one my frens saying that JHU isnt as generous to int, students as it used to be. So you better check on the fin. aid there.</p>

<p>And I wont be surprised if you get accpeted even at Yale.</p>

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<p>you have great stats...especially your ECs. you said you are eastern european, where exactly are you from?
btw...if you want to go to Yale definetely apply ED. Yale's need-blind for intls so you stand an even larger chance. good luck ;)</p>

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<p>I bet you're from Russia or another former Soviet republic :) I agree with Lakshmi - you should apply to Yale EA (they don't have ED) and JH is maybe a match. Best of luck!</p>

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<p>Thanx alot guys! :) I don't think I'll be applying for ed, but anyway...
I' m from Serbia and no one from my county is applying for JHU, as far as I know, so that's cool... but there is one guy applying for Yale and he has science olympiad and beter stats, i think, so wouldn't count on it... As they usually admit one person from our country, rarely more.
Are there any Bulgarians applying for top schools?</p>

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<p>wow! you're awesome! i think you definetly have a shot at yale! good luck!!</p>

<p>what was the volunteering in france? i'm just wondering, it sounds cool :D</p>

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<p>Yup you have a great chance at JHU! You are far more qualified than me and jhu's my firstie :( so in a way, you are my competition grrrrrrrrrrr lol. Are you doing JHU ED?</p>

<p>omg you have a 5.0/5.0 gpa but you are only in the top 10%???!!!!! Your school must be filthy competitive
oh unless you mean that your school is top 10% in your country?</p>

<p>I think there are quite a few people applying from Bulgaria, am i right? I remember last year (or the year before that?) I remember all these people saying that they are bulgarians..</p>

<p>Hey for your volunteering, was that in your school break or during school time? I have a chance to volunteer with this organisation, in India but it takes place in March, which is straight bang middle of my first term.. and so my parents are very hesistant to let me go..</p>

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<p>Serbia? So you're a neighbor? :)</p>

<p>Last year there was a Bulgarian who got accepted at Harvard, Princeton and Yale (mariela_86, she chose Yale and says she LOVES that place), a few guys got accepted at Northwestern, a girl at Princeton (she's from my city), another guy from my city who got into Harvard EA but he's not a CCer. There are many more but that's what I know for sure.</p>

<p>So I think If the adcoms like you, they won't reject you just because there's another guy from your country who has better stats. One more doesn't make a big difference, right? :)</p>

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<p>that's true. last year 7 Romanians were admitted to Princeton. so don't worry much about it! if adcoms like you, you will definetely be admitted.</p>

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<p>there has always been this myth in my school that adcoms dont accept more than one international student from the same school........anyone know how true that is???</p>

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<p>well, I was reffering before to Princeton and so I am now. So, there are 2 highschool clssmates from Romania in the class of 2009. I don't know how true is what you are saying considering my example. I mean, if 2 people from the same school are better qualified than a third person from another school I don't see what's the point of admitting the third person instead of one of the first 2 just because he's from another school. my opinion.</p>

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<p>to dashella: you have a decent chance at Yale...but you know it is Yale and the competition is fierce...also don't worry about the other guy. if the adcoms like you, they'll take you. if they like both of you, they'll take both. there is no one from Serbia in the class of 2009, so give it a shot. it is definitely worth it. Yale rocks!!!</p>

<p>About JHU, it is a great school, but they are very very stingy with the fin aid, unless they have changed their policy.</p>

<p>Good Luck to all of you guys, and if any of you has any questions, you know what to do.</p>

<p>And dashella - I hope I'll be able to welcome you to campus next fall!!!</p>