A kinda different "Chance Me" for a change

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey there,</p>

<p>Chance me, a german guy who graduated German "Gymnasium" in 2005.</p>

<p>GPA: There is no common GPA-System in my country and no scale to compare the "German Abitur" with an American GPA. I have to admit that my high school record is awful, having a "Durchschnittsnote" of 3.0 , which is quiet comparable with a "B" grade in the American system (like I said, there is no official scale)
But at least I went through 13 years of education. </p>

<p>SATs:
SAT l: CR 710; WR 740; M 800 (2250 overall)</p>

<p>SAT ll: Math ll 780; US History 730; Literature 710</p>

<p>I took the IBT TOEFL and got a score of 108/120 </p>

<p>Essay will be greater than great.
Recommendations will be fine to awesome.</p>

<p>EC:
In Germany most of the ECs are taken at clubs or instituitions which have nothing to do with your school.</p>

<p>Drama/Theatre: 5 years (wrote a local awardwinning play and got the main part; weekly coaching of kids ( age from 8 to 12); and of course many many performances as an actor)</p>

<p>Television/Film: played in a national TV-Show as a member of the main cast; played some supporting roles in movies</p>

<p>Tennis: 8 years of Tennis, won some local tournaments</p>

<p>Music: some record deals; producing music since 2001</p>

<p>Football ( no soccer): played in my hometown's team and got elected in a team that played on national level</p>

<p>What else?
I have been class president several years.
I have been student council vice-president for 2 years.</p>

<p>I think there will be some more facts if I think about it, but roughly thats it.
I know that my high school record destroys every Ivy League chance, although Im gonna apply there anyway. As my SATs proof, there is no lack of intelligence, I just had the wrong attitude back in the days, which had changed now by getting older and wiser. I thought I dont need my Abitur cause Im gonna be an artist only...but now I found my dream in the American Education System, so there must be a way.</p>

<p>These are the Universities I will apply to:</p>

<p>Yale
Brown
Dartmouth
Cornell
Columbia
Tufts</p>

<p>any more?</p>

<p>Btw, I need financial aid (but who doesn't?)</p>

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<p>If your GPA is really that bad and you're international and you need aid, then you have no chance at any of the Ivies and may get into Tufts.</p>

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<p>but aren't there many need-blind admission processes at the Ivy League Universities?</p>

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<p>i think your extracurriculars and unique background could help you a lot--especially the fact that you seem good at acting and music. tv shows? record deals? wow!</p>

<p>but azn&proud is right in the sense that your GPA could hurt you. But your SAT is good enough for any of those schools, and everything else is fine. I say--go ahead and apply! and good luck</p>

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<p>To answer your question about need-blind admissions, those policies often don't apply to foreign students. I believe that Brown, specifically, does not yet have that policy for international students. I'm not 100% on that, but that's as well as I can remember.</p>

<p>It wouldn't hurt to apply, though, at least to one or two. You have pretty amazing ECs.</p>

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<p>As I recall, only Yale is need-blind to international applicants. For the other universities, the ability to pay is a factor in the admissions decision.</p>

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<p>A little update:</p>

<p>After my graduation in 2005 I spend a year doing social work in a hospital for 10 months, had an internship at a music label for 6 months, worked as an actor in theatres and tv productions and also as a resident DJ in a quite famous club for 2 years. So centralized, I just focused on my art side of my brain and didn't use it for academical matters or science a lot. That is what I wanna change and that is why Im applying at these schools, but B@r!um you are right...I know that most of the applicants know where they wanna go often already in 10th grade and work for it. I wasn't that wise unfortunately so I screwed up in high school a little. </p>

<p>Do you know any other good Universities that you would suggest in the North eastern area? Maybe some which are less competitive?</p>

<p>Thank you all</p>

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<p>NYU, UVirginia, and Georgetown are all a bit less competitive than the Ivies. Your acting background could really help you at NYU.</p>