chance a white chinese speaker for elite

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Im a white male from a big decently competitive highschool that always sends some kids to elite schools.</p>

<p>Since Im not sure what my total GPA is ill put it under each year.
Im also ranked 11/630 students in my graduating class.</p>

<p>Test Scores:
SAT: Have not yet taken hopefully between 2150-2200 (Bad test taker)</p>

<p>ACT: Got a 32 composite after retaking a few times</p>

<p>SAT II:
World History: 780
Chinese: 730</p>

<p><em>I will only list my core classes</em></p>

<p>Freshman year:
Ap human geography
Honors Algebra 1
Honors English 9
Honors Biology
Chinese 1
Gpa : UW: 3.9 W: 4.5</p>

<p>Sophmore year:
Ap world history
Honors geometry
Honors chem/physics
Honors English 10
Chinese 2
Gpa: UW: 4.0 W: 4.5</p>

<p>Junior year:
Ap U.S history
Ap Chem
Ap English lang
Ap Gov
Honors Algebra II
Honors Chinese 4 (skipped level 3)
Ap Comp Gov (After school class)</p>

<p>Gpa: UW: 3.9 W: 4.8</p>

<p>Senior year:
Ap Euro History
Ap English Lit
Ap environment science
Honors Pre-calc
Honors Trigonometry (first semester)
Ap Chinese
Socratic Seminar</p>

<p>Gpa: UW 3.9 W: 4.8 (PREDICTED)</p>

<p>Ap exam scores:
Human Geo 4 (first ap ever as freshman)
World History 5
US History 5
Government 5
Chemisty 3 (will this kill me?)
Lang 4
Comp Gov 5
Everything else is pending</p>

<p>E.C
Chinese club (10, 11, 12 ) President 11 ,12
NHS (11, 12)
Key club (10, 11, 12) President 11, 12
Chinese Honor Society (11, 12) Vice president 12
Model UN (11, 12) President and founder since new only won few local competitions
Link Crew (11, 12) Helped incoming Freshman
Karate 9+ years </p>

<p>175 hours of community service from NHS, CHS, and Key club</p>

<p>Awards:
Ap Distinguished scholar
Socratic scholar
Statewide high school language competition, Won first place in Chinese in 11th and 12th </p>

<p>Work experience:
Teach martial arts to the little kids at my karate studio (9, 10, 11, 12)</p>

<p>Summer Internship at Colorado State Department (basically helped out with some government jobs very interesting experience)</p>

<p>R.E.Cs:
-One from my Ap Gov and Comp Gov teacher who has one national teaching awards and graduated from both Harvard and Yale.. said some good things so I feel it is strong
-Second from my Chinese teacher and she talked about my passion for the language</p>

<p>LIFE EXPERIENCE:
For the summer of my Freshman year I did an international studies program abroad where I lived in Beijing with a host family for a month and went to school and everything it was a very life changing moment for me.</p>

<p>Basically, I'm really interested in global issues and might want to major in International relations, political science, or international busines.
My passion is the chinese language and has to be my favorite thing about school im trying to use my host stay in China as my hook for the essays</p>

<p>Schools: (plan to shorten list a little, and are these unreasonable.. all of them?)
Brown University (Pipe-dream) ED
Cornell University ED (If i decide not to do it for Brown)
USC
NYU
Vanderbilt
Denver University (safety)
Emory
Wash U St louis
Columbia? (Chance for fun i am curious)
Middleburry
Rice (mom wants to apply dont think the have what i want though)</p>

<p><em>I do plan to study Chinese in college and since chinese is such an unrepresented language for non native speakers will it give me an edge due to China's growing prominence in the world?</em></p>

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<p>bump!! please</p>

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<p>I’m really into guys who can speak my native language! :o (well, both my native languages – I grew up bilingual) </p>

<p>Lol, but seriously, I believe the Chinese thing will serve as your biggest hook, especially in the context of your race. I also take it that you’re from Colorado – an underrepresented state at the top schools. Not to mention, a 730 on the Chinese SAT II is a very impressive feat for a non-native speaker! Honestly, you have a pretty good chance if you emphasize your passion for international relations (and perhaps the Chinese language in particular) in your essays. Good luck! :)</p>

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<p>Thank you!</p>

<p>I really do plan on putting emphasis on my Chinese knowledge and I was very proud of my 730 on that test xD. </p>

<p>Is Colorado really an underrepresented state? Oh, and will my 3 on Ap Chem really hurt me?</p>

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<p>Yes, Colorado is definitely underrepresented, which is a big plus for you since adcoms are generally seeking to attract the most geographically diverse class possible. Oh, and plenty of people have gotten into the Ivies and such with 3’s on AP exams. It shouldn’t have any effect on your chances. :)</p>

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<p>I think you have an above average chance at Brown and Cornell
kind of below avg. for Columbia
good to very good chances for the rest</p>

<p>“ACT: Got a 32 composite after retaking a few times”
Aim for 2200+ on SAT or at least 2150 to maximize chances
Don’t take the SAT more than 3 times AT THE MOST…it starts to look like you’re just grinding out a good score. How many times did you take the ACT?!</p>

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<p>Well I took 2 practice scored really bad… 26… then took the official one twice first got 29 second 32 ( thank the biscuits)</p>

<p>I generally like to contemplate so its not a chance of not knowing the answer but running out of time math and partially science are biggest obstacle.</p>

<p>BUMP! can someone chance for all the schools?</p>

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<p>2150 - 2200 = bad test taker? -.-</p>

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<p>Thats estimation if i study my butt off i scored a 1700 on a practice SAT so dont even go there. </p>

<p>Bump</p>

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<p>Bump ill chance back</p>

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<p>Of what I know:
Wash U (if it’s ED) - high match/low reach
Wash U (if it’s RD) - low reach/reach (10%-15% less chance than that of ED) </p>

<p>also, college admissions is like flipping a six-sided die, so anything can happen</p>

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<p>What about other schools?
Why am I low reaches for schools like Emory, Vandy, Wash U and NYU?</p>