<p>Hello, I'm a junior student (Grade 11) from Canada who would like to apply to several US schools, and I'd like to know my chances of admission. My race is Indian (brown). My school RARELY gives out 90s, and is very difficult academically. All courses taken are University prep (academic). The school's name is A.Y. Jackson Secondary School, in Toronto, ON, Canada. Here are my grades:</p>
<p>My SAT score was 2010 (660 Reading, 710 Math, 640 Writing).</p>
<p>My extracurriculars include:</p>
<p>-Junior + Senior Orchestra
-Senior stage band
-Robotics Team (both sophomore and junior years)
-Computer Club Executive and Administrator
-Court Supervisor/Manager at a local tennis club
-Over 250 volunteer community service hours
-Member of ESP (group dedicated to stopping crime in Toronto)
-Organized fundraisers for Hurricane Katrina victims
-Organized fundraisers for Darfur Crisis
-Tutored peers</p>
<p>Do I stand a chance at getting admission to:
-Stanford (FIRST CHOICE),
-UCBerkeley,
-CalTech,
-GATech,
-U Michigan (Ann Arbor),
-U Illinois (Urbana-Champlaign)
-Carnegie Mellon
-Cornell
-U California (San Diego)
-U California (LA)</p>
Sorry to burst your bubble, but Indian is not a minority in college admissions. Furthermore, WTH do you mean by "brown"? </p>
<p>I should also add that you have around a 3.3 GPA and 2010 SAT (if your school is that hard, it should have been obvious with your SAT score), which is terribly low for Stanford, Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon, U Michigan, CalTech (especially), and Cornell.</p>
<p>-Stanford (FIRST CHOICE), reach
-UCBerkeley, reach
-CalTech, reach
-Carnegie Mellon reach
-Cornell reach
-U California (San Diego) slight reach
-U California (LA) reach</p>
<p>Those are for the schools I'm familiar with. Even if your school is "tough", your grades are still low. Your SAT score is also quite low...even if you're an international student (do you speak another language besides English? French? Hindi?). You also need to take SAT II's. For the UC's, admissions is highly based off numbers, and consideral emphasis is on placed in-state applicants. International students are put at a greater disadvantage for admission to the UC's, let alone to the private schools.</p>
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Sometimes when I put indian when asking around, the responders assume Native Indian, so that's why i put "brown".
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Excuse me, but aren't Native Americans and Indians both brown? lol</p>
<p>Being Native American would automatically qualify you for admission, but you're Indian, from India. You are disadvantaged.</p>
<p>Also, universities won't care where you went to High School, or how they grade, they'll emphasize on SAT's and SAT II's. Consider raising your SAT to at least 2300+, to make-up for your horrible scores (GPA).</p>
<p>SATs are not emphasized especially at Stanford who openly says that they dislike them. Why is it neccessary to insult someone who asks about their chances. Are you biter about how your college process went.
Also it is common amongst Indians to call themselves "brown". He prob thought ppl would have caught on to that.</p>
<p>SATs do have precedence over performance in class no matter what even at a university as great as Stanford. The whole state of California hates them. You should in fact take the ACTs (if you can) since they like that. And if your a future junior what makes you such an expert on what college chances?</p>
<p>You've got a decent shot at Illinois, maybe UCSD or even UCLA and Michigan. You've got to raise your SAT another couple of hundred points for many of the others.</p>
<p>PS: From what I hear the crime rate is pretty low in T.O., you guys must have been doing an outstanding job with the crime-stopping club. ;)</p>
<p>Really bad advice here. There is NO chance at UCLA or UCSD. Stanford is absurd with those stats. SATs matter, and these are no close to what it takes. Sorry, but focus on schools that are realistic, especially as an international applicant.</p>