Chance a Russian Immigrant

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Russian immigrant- moved from Russia to the US when I was 9 (Although I suppose this isn't a hook due to the fact the Caucasian box will still have to be checked. )</p>

<p>Income: 100k-150k
GPA: 97% School doesn't do 4.0 system, although I've had all A's (90%+)
Gender: Male
High school is #17 in state or something like that.
Rank: School doesn't rank.
SAT: 2340
PSAT: National Merit Finalist
ACT: N/A</p>

<p>SAT 2: Physics-800 Chemistry-740</p>

<p>AP's</p>

<p>AP Human Geography (5)
AP US History (5)
AP Physics (5)-School bundles AP physics B and C together.
AP Chem (4)
AP English 11 (3)-lol I'm terrible at grammar
AP Calc BC (4)</p>

<p>Taking next year</p>

<p>AP Euro
Advanced Calculus (Supposedly counts as an AP, its basically Calc 2)
AP Bio
AP English 12
I feel like I'm missing one.</p>

<p>EC's and what not: </p>

<p>Quiz Bowl (4 years)
FBLA (3)
History and Technology Club (3)
Dance (3 years)-Yes, I am a male
Founder of Badminton Club (2 years)
250+ Volunteer hours at Public Defenders office</p>

<p>*Going to the International Physics Olympiad training camp.<br>
*</p>

<p>Awards:</p>

<p>National Merit Finalist
Several district/state oratorical contest awards from the American Legion
*Scholastic Art And Writing Short Story award. *</p>

<p>Thank you for your time. </p>

<p>Chance me for</p>

<p>MIT
Columbia
Oxford -philosophy major
NYU-safety</p>

<p>Some others, but those are the main ones.</p>

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<p>bump</p>

<p>10char</p>

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<p>привет! :D</p>

<p>Your stats are definitely in range for those schools; I don’t think your AP scores will prevent anything, either. The only thing I’m worried about is the EC’s – can you get a leadership position on at least one of them? Also, what are you interested in? Looking from your EC’s, I can’t figure out what you’re actually passionate about. :stuck_out_tongue: </p>

<p>MIT - High Reach
Columbia - Middle Reach
Oxford - Don’t exactly know the rates for internationals, but prob a middle/low reach.
NYU - safe</p>

<p>My advice would be write a stunning, brilliant essay. Your stats are all there – you just need something to distinguish you from the pack.</p>

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<p>PPE (Philosophy, Politics & Economics) is one of the most popular degree courses at Oxford and very competitive. Almost all applicants will have top level statistics but in 2008 the acceptance rate for PPE was 19.5%. The acceptance rate for overseas applicants across all undergraduate courses was 12.0% compared to 23.7% overall. 25 candidates were given conditional offers on the basis of APs or SATs. So all in all it looks a rather high reach to me.</p>

<p>Oxford doesn’t offer philosophy alone but apart from PPE it can also be taken as part of Mathematics & Philosophy, Philosophy & Modern Languages, Philosophy & Theology, Physics & Philosophy, and Psychology, Philosophy & Physiology. The acceptance rates for these will vary.</p>