Chance a hysterical walnutian for columbia/penn!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Prospective majors: international relations, something related to business
SAT'S: 2250 (770 M, 750 W, 730 C)
SAT II'S: Biology E: taking in october Literature: 720. Math IIC: 750
ACT'S: 33 (should i retake? parents are forcing me...)
GPA unweighted: 3.98 (got one B+ in math analysis)
Rank: 10/740
AP'S: Biology, Calc (Junior)
Government, French (Senior)
IB'S: History, Math, French, English, Theater, (Junior)
Theory of Knowledge, French, English, Biology (Senior)</p>

<p>School Involvement (These are the only ones im listing on the commonapp)
-President/Member for 4 years of California Association of Student Councils
-Vice president of French Club (in french club for four years)
-Track and Field and Cross Country for three years each </p>

<p>Extracurriculars
-I write frequently for a student-ran newspaper (LA youth) which is distributed across Los Angeles County
-I'm a leadership counselor for a nonprofit organization (California Association of Student Councils) and I counsel for summer camps at Stanford and Santa Barbara and various other events
-I've written and presented proposals concerning education reform to the Senate Education Committee and Senate Legislature of California in Sacramento
-I had an internship with a state senator this summer
-I created a nonprofit organization called For All Mankind that holds annual events (concerts/fashion shows) which raises money to send to poverty-stricken and war-stricken countries. Recently, my benefit concert made a profit of 10,000 dollars sent to providing free medical aid to poverty in the Phillipines.
-I am also the Chair of Board for another nonprofit organization called You-Manitarians which hosts benefit concerts as well for Darfur. Made about 5,000 last year. </p>

<p>Volunteer Hours
-around 150 for Habit for Humanity </p>

<p>Awards
-national merit semifinalist
-Academic Varsity patches for Cross Country and Track
-Foreign Excellence in French
-Advanced Honors in Piano</p>

<p>Work Experience
-Student Tutor at local education center for one year. Worked around 5 hours a week. </p>

<p>I'm half Taiwanese and half caucasian (polish/austrian). I live in Walnut, CA where just about everyone competitive is Asian. (School is 70 percent asian).</p>

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<p>both are low reaches. you come from an insanely competitive applicant pool, there’s no way around it.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I would also say low reaches. You have good scores/GPA</p>

<p>I would say something like 25-30% UPenn, 20-25% at Columbia (if this is regular decision)</p>

<p>how about me?</p>

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