Chance a Normal Asian Boy's Dreams--Duke, Dartmouth, Cornell, etc.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Pending: Yale, Stanford, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Northwestern, Emory, Upenn</p>

<p>I've already gotton into:
1. UT - McCombs (Business Honors Program, very prestigious, it accepts about 15% of candidates)
2. SMU (with a 35,000 scholarship offer)</p>

<p>My Stats:
SAT: 2310
Math - 780
CR - 760
WR - 770</p>

<p>IB Candidate
GPA UW: 3.59 (at my school, it equals a A-/A average)
GPA W: 4.3445
Rank: 23/704 (top 3-4% of senior class)
Moderately Competitive HS (last year's class got 2-3 into ivies, JHU, Westpoint, Naval Academy, etc
- My Counselor selected "Most rigorous"</p>

<p>Transcript: Extremly high upward trend. (half A's half B's in 9th/10th. Straight A's in all IB/AP classes 11th and 12th grade year. lowest grade senior yr = 97 in AP US gov)</p>

<p>My Senior Classes (Notice Courseload haha)
AP Statistics
AP MacroEconomics
AP US Government
IB/AP English Literature 4 HL
IB Comp Sci 3 HL
IB North American History HL
IB Physics 2 SL
IB Spanish 4 SL
Varsity Debate</p>

<p>EC's:
1. VP of NHS (3 yrs) [100+ members, I host parties for special needs students]
2. Legislative Captain of Varsity Debate team (2 yrs) [Compete on the District/State Level, Won awards at State, Member of "Governor's Cabinet" at State level, Nationals Qualifier]
3. VP of Mu Alpha Theta (2 yrs)
4. Executive Board (Treasurer) of Senior Class (2 yrs)
5. JV Tennis (won minor district tournaments - 2 yrs)</p>

<p>Volunteering:
1. Church Youth Chairperson, Bass guitarist, Sunday School teacher (4 yrs)
2. Teen Court Volunteer Lead Attorney (3 yrs)</p>

<p>My recomendations were fantastic....I read thru both of them (they let me). They checked "best in career" or "top 5%" for all categories. Both wrote 500-word letters on my behalf too...</p>

<p>Awards: National Merit Commended, AP Scholar With Distinction (3, 3, 4, 5, 5), QuestBridge College Match Finalist, Texan of the Month Award, Award of Excellence in Social Studies (GIVEN to ONE senior in the entire senior class of 700+ students), SMU Hart Global Leader (conference, where Tony Blair was speaker) </p>

<p>My Essay (650 words) - It was about how I plan/coordinate parties for special education students, with the help of NHS volunteers at my school. Most ppl said the essay was pretty emotional/touching/uplifting.</p>

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<p>Looks good. Seems to be that you are at the point where anything could happen. Solid scores, good recs, and a "touching" essay--I think you should get into Duke, Cornell, Nwestern, and Emory, but the others may be a stretch (but, what do I know). I just got a likely letter from Duke with similar stats.</p>

<p>2350 (CR: 800, M: 780, W: 770), top 5 percent of Phillips Academy (largely considered the best prep school in the nation.. haha Exeter..), and a generally difficult courseload--AP Physics, Multivariable Calculus, AP English Lit, Organic Chemistry, AP Macro and Micro, and Art (haha, my requirement to graduate, but actually my hardest class as I am a terrible artist).</p>

<p>Best of luck to you.</p>

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<p>You have a great shot at the above mentioned (by cubbies), and possibly above average for the rest (which are reaches for almost anyone).</p>

<p>I was accepted to duke (international student with financial aid) [I know that as I am a finalist for the university scholar thingy]</p>

<p>My stats (inferior to the above poster when it comes to standardized testing and nature of high school ) can be found at <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/470087-should-i-take-risk-gamble.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/470087-should-i-take-risk-gamble.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>mhmm thanks for the kind words and remarks. i know that my apps are already off and away...but i can't help but wonder how long i have to wait until i find out!!! argghhh</p>

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<p>its only a couple more weeks. you've waited 3months already, how hard would another few weeks be?</p>

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<p>ahh but IT IS harddd</p>

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<p>your chance: normal.</p>

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<p>^
I know what you mean!
I would tell you what shots you have but I would have no Idea what I'm talking about...Your Krn huh? Your name gives it away...I also bet you come from DFW right, we got a lot of ya'll runnin around...
I feel ya...i guess I'll try and give you an Idea, I'll use USNews' Ultimate college guide to help....
Yale- match
Stanford-match
Cornell-good match
Dartmouth- match
Duke-match
Northwestern-good match
Emory-really good match
Upenn-match</p>

<p>I did this just off of your scores and GPA, I wish I had your scores...many of these might be a reach...</p>

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<p>wait...how did u know im korean, and a better queston, how did u know i live in DFW?! woahhhh what the heckk lol. i didn't even mentino i was from texas...</p>

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<p>it says in your first chances thread:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/412765-chance-me-yale-stanford-upenn-cornell-etc.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/412765-chance-me-yale-stanford-upenn-cornell-etc.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>I know cause I live in DFW ^^, and there are not many people who want to go to SMU who don't live in Texas...but most of all UTA already accepted you..and what give it totally away is your 'Texan of the Month' award...yeah...I bet your from CA with that award...
But I'm (half) asian, and I know DFW like the back of my hand...and I know that most people from DFW are either Korean, Viet, Chinese, or Indian.
What gave away your Korean is you screen name...lee...Chinese spell it 'li', viets spell it 'le' (which its not even pronounced like yours), and I've known so many 'lee's and 'yi's .
Most Koreans in Texas come to DFW, and Korean people also like to name their kid 'john'...I've met so many Korean 'John's...I'm not even kidding...</p>

<p>edit: and before you freak out again... I assumed your name was john from your screen name...</p>

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<p>johnlee24--did you end up getting into duke?</p>