Chance a UK Student

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi,
I'm a current year 12 (Junior) student living and studying in the UK. I know that this may be a little early but its best that I gauge my chances now so that I know which areas to focus on the most. </p>

<p>I'm hoping to apply to some Ivies: Columbia, Dartmouth, Brown, Cornell and UPenn; as well as NYU and UChicago. I'm aware of what I'm getting myself into because I hear that competition is very tough, especially for international students such as myself yet I think I have a chance. I feel that one of the reasons I can aim so high for universities in the US is because I still have the safety option of staying in the UK if I don't manage to get into any of the top universities both here and in the US.</p>

<p>Academia:
3A* and 8As at GCSE, okayish results for my school but way way above average nationally. I currently go to the top school for A Level (Senior year) results, meaning that our school comprises of some of the best students in the country. My school doesn't do class rankings.
Should get 4As at AS Level this year in Maths, Further Maths, Physics and Economics. </p>

<p>SAT I:
780 Maths
790 Writing
780 Reading
2350 overall.</p>

<p>I've looked at the subject tests for Maths II and Physics and they seem pretty easy as they are similar in content and difficulty to GCSEs so I should do pretty well in these when I take them later on .</p>

<p>Extra- Curriculars:
Did some work experience at a local airfield (roughly 100 hours)
Taking Flying lessons (5 hours so far)
Have been on school soccer team for 2 years
Co- founded the school's first Grime (music genre) society which now has around 20 members.
I have also won awards and prizes for Mathematics.
Hundreds of hours of babysitting
Spent last summer volunteering as an Electronic Function Tester at the British Heart Foundation.
Babysitting.</p>

<p>Misc. (anything I think may boost my chances):
Single parent family with 5 children on income of less than £20,000 ~~ $30,000
Will be 1st generation college student
I know someone who is a director of the Columbia Alumni Association (obviously only applicable to Columbia)</p>

<p>Out of curiosity, does affirmative action apply to international students as well? Even if it does, I don't plan on leveraging the fact that I'm black and trying less hard or anything, I'm just interested.</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>NYU has poor financial aid for internationals so you can scratch it off your list.</p>

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<p>Thanks for your help, what do you think of the other schools though?</p>

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<p>Everyone else is a reach but it is reachable.</p>

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<p>I would suggest checking the specific websites of those universities to check their international qualifications. It should get you a better idea. generally, aid is very hard to come by for internationals, but, again, you want to check the websites</p>

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<p>If you were to quantify it as a percentage what chance would you say I had?</p>

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<p>I would quantify it as [76.23542156533490684(π) / 3 + 1 - (2)(4)] %</p>

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<p>Very witty.</p>

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<p>^^^that’s really something no one can do except admissions. we cannot tell you an exact probability. especially at such highly ranked unis</p>