Any chance for an international student? Prepared to get lashed

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I suppose the entrance standard for international students would be a little more lenient????</p>

<p>Chinese
Went to UK for secondary school since 9th grade
Currently in a famously competitive school in England
Rank: top 5%(we don't rank but counselor told me)</p>

<p>SAT:Reading 620
Math 740
Writing 610
SAT II: Math I 790
Math II 750
Physics 800</p>

<p>AS Level: Economics A
Maths A
(Further Maths also A but not shown)
Physics B
Government and Politics C (dropped in A2)
A2 Level prediction: all A</p>

<p>Rec: Economics beak: stella with several best-i've-seens
Maths beak:no idea but shouldn't be too bad
House master: excellent i suppose</p>

<p>EC(the xtremely weak part since there is not much formal to do in a new school):
Varsity Basketball Team 4 years lots of commitment but no yield
Soccer Team 9th 10th
Play loads of other sports informally
Watching films and TV series (shall i really write them????)
Target 2.0 1h/week for a term and got nothing
Economics society member (attended every lecture there is)</p>

<p>Awards:
2*UKMT Intermediate Math Challenge Gold Cert
UKMT Senior Math Challenge Bronze Cert
UKMT Senior Math Challenge Gold Cert
School Research Essay Prize (on economics and finance,consider that really good)
Solution to a maths question posted on "Mathematical Gazette"</p>

<p>Essay: wrote about my enthusiasm in economics and all the books i've read about economics. i'm not a good writer but i suppose it's sincere</p>

<p>Colleges applying to:
economics major:
Uchicago
UPenn
Harvard(no way)
MIT
Columbia
Stanford
Cornell</p>

<p>Finance major:
NYU Stern</p>

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<p>do you want financial aid?</p>

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<p>no, and I forgot an important EC:</p>

<p>worked around 200 hours in an NGO under United Nations in China during the holidays</p>

<p>I got an A in Chinese AS but a B in A2 Level</p>

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<p>You should apply to some safeties..</p>

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<p>Looks roughly similar to mine (<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/436024-chance-me-ivies-plz.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/436024-chance-me-ivies-plz.html&lt;/a&gt;) so I'm guessing reach for UPenn, UChicago and Cornell, and high reach for the others.</p>

<p>BTW, isn't it the case that colleges tend not to count Math I and Math II as separate subjects?</p>

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<p>What can I do? The only humanity I do is economics. It's really gay I can't do that or Chinese for SAT II (intl students can't do their home language).</p>

<p>Isn't NYU easier than UPenn, Chicago and Cornell????</p>

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<p>Stern is a tip-top business school, so while it may be easier, I would certainly not consider it a sure bet. I would apply to some matches/safeties. UMinn has a good (like number 10) economics program.</p>

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<p>Thank you for your advice yaycs11, but my school is closed on holidays. All the school forms are sent. So I guess I'll do a gap year and apply next year....with a better SAT and experience</p>

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<p>Well now, don't count yourself completely out. This is a random thing really, I can see you making one of the schools. Don't give up hope!</p>

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<p>Question!!!!!</p>

<p>Where do I put my distinctions in the Uncommon Application of UChicago?????? It's reallly urgent!!!!</p>