Asian, Junior, International Applicant, Mediocre SAT's

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello hello:</p>

<p>Hopefully my situation rings a bell to some readers out there! Just received my SAT scores today, and am fairly pleased with them despite mediocre results. </p>

<p>Chance me for UC Berkeley and NYU?
Hoping to go into something finance related.
Thanks in advance! </p>

<p>Grade: 11
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Oriental (Chinese)
Applying from: Canada
SATI: 2100 (730math, 680CR, 690writing: didn't study and never sat a mock before; retaking)
SATII: Anticipating 700+ for Math II and Chem
Course load: IB Diploma (HL math/econ/eng, SL chem/physics/French)
GPA: N/A</p>

<p>I'm receiving the highest or 2nd highest mark in each class, and have all 7's except in English (no one does!) In freshman & sophomore year my average was 95+. We didn't have MYP or IB or anything, so there wasn't any conversion there.</p>

<p>EC's:
Canadian Cancer Society, Student Ambassador
Yearbook, Editor in Chief
Interact Club, President
Math Club, President
Photography and occasionally cinematography
1 Summer Internship at a "state-owned food processing holding company" in Hong Kong
2 Summers volunteering with a non-profit, performing warehouse work </p>

<p>Awards:
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards: 3 gold keys, 3 silver keys at the regional level (waiting for national results...)
Sony World Photography Competition: Youth- Culture category Commended Photographer (top50)
Cayley (a Canadian math competition) top 2%
COMC (another math competition) performance with honours
2nd at a local public speaking competition</p>

<p>Additional:
A timeline of my childhood:
1-4 China
4-10 Moved to the US
11-14 Moved back to China for the end of primary school and middle school. I attended a public elementary school so I had to learn the equivalent of 5 years of Chinese within a semester. Thankfully it worked out well, and I was admitted into one of the best middle schools in Beijing. There, I was class president and won quite a few state-level awards for public speaking and 'general well-roundedness'.
15-17 Moved to Canada. Had to learn French from scratch, and succeeded (hoorah!). I'm now fluent in French, Chinese, and English.</p>

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<p>Solid. UCB–will be tough</p>

<p>Start thinking about good second tier schools.</p>

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<p>match for both.</p>

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<p>Thank you! </p>

<p>I’ll hopefully have a better chance at in-province schools like UofT and Waterloo.</p>

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<p>Thank you! </p>

<p>I’ll hopefully have a better chance at in-province schools like UofT and Waterloo.</p>

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<p>Now when is 2100 SAT score mediocre?</p>

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<p>When classmates are rocking 2300+ and the parents are panting over your shoulder ;)</p>

<p>Personally, I’m happy with it.</p>

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^^lol!!!:D</p>