**Chance a Poor Lad With 0000 EFC...**(Cornell/Penn/JH/UC's/Brown)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I AM ASIAN boy omg. (-50%....XD)
of major low income (family of 4 under 29K per year)
Cognitive Science and Public Health</p>

<p>SAT
Math:750
CR:710
Writing:690
=2150</p>

<p>SAT2
US-760
Math2c-760</p>

<p>GPA3.95uw
4.3 weighted
ranked 11 of 169 students (i guess somewhat competitive)
10th/11th grade: ApWorld5,ApMusicTheory3,APUS4,ApPsych5,APPhysicsb2ha
Now: AP Calc ab, AP English, AP Gov, AP Bio, anat/phys, select choir, religions</p>

<p>Sports-2 years of Soccer, 2 years of XC (This year captain (5th in SS-D4 State)),
4 years of Track (or will be)</p>

<p>School-
Cabinet Member of Ambassador Club
Started Schools music club
(im much too committed to sports than to be doing other social stuff)</p>

<p>Extra Curricular/awards/work (just copied and pasted from UC app)</p>

<p>Coaches Award Varsity Track
Coaches Award Varsity Cross Country
JV National Champs D4/5
Multi-Medalist (League Finals)
Ambassador Club Cabinet
Ebay (over 1.5K selling used books/dvd's etc.)
Professionally touring Opera California Youth Choir (AFRICA/PERU/D.C./Korea, etc.)
Summer Missions (look above)
Touring Rock Band "Abigail"
Children's Teacher (Elemetary) 1 year
Church's Soup Kitchen 1 year
Major Mission Work (skid row, rwanda/uganda)
International Leadership Camp in Korea
UC Merced Economic Leadership
Tutor for Algebra 2 & English
AP scholar with honor
*Nothing above is sooo astounding but i think its well rounded enough</p>

<p>any other information needed??
penn is probably a dream but possibly cornell??
hopefully my familys poorness will push me through haha.
probably cant even afford these schools anyways XD</p>

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<p>You have a decent chance at all. Just write great essays and get excellent recs. Good luck!</p>

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<p>SAT is alright if you are planning to apply to those high caliber schools. Perhaps even a bit on the lower side. Your SAT II’s are looking solid. GPA and Rank as well. Course load looks pretty challenging, and your ECs are extensive.</p>

<p>However, I might venture to say that your ECs are a bit unfocused. Remember, a long list of ECs tire the Ad-com, but a nice concentration of activities in the areas you have the most passion in will appeal far more to admission officers.</p>

<p>Cornell, Penn, Brown, and UC are probably Reaches to High reaches for you, and JH, depending on the program, is a Reach or a pretty high match for you. </p>

<p>But don’t let your essay slip! Don’t just rely on your income status! I know plenty of economically disadvantaged Asians like you, so it won’t be a huge hook to colleges.</p>

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<p>i think you have a shot everywhere. i would think that Penn and Brown are reaches for you though. You have a great chance at getting into Cornell though; your basically their average admitted student. </p>

<p>good luck</p>