Chance an Internation Applicant from China who's is living in the U.S.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>First off, sorry about the horrible grammar in my thread title... typed it very fast.......wow those are some bad mistakes lol.....</p>

<p>Applying to:
Harvard<br>
Yale<br>
Princeton<br>
MIT<br>
UPenn<br>
Dartmouth
Cornell
Columbia
Caltech
Stanford
Brown
John Hopkins
Rice
University of Chicago
University of Michigan
Duke
Northwestern
University of Minnesota
Emory
Vanderbilt
Georgetown</p>

<p>Intended Major:</p>

<p>Biomedical Engineering</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Chinese Male
Citizenship: China (international applicant)
Currently Residing: Brookings, South Dakota
Past Residences: China(6 years), Indiana (4 years), Minnesota(2 years), North Carolina(2 years)</p>

<p>SAT's: 2330 (one sitting; math 800, writing 750; 11 essay, cr; 780) *note, I did get a 780 on a writing section a couple months ago but i did not choose to send it because even though I aced the multiple choice section, I received an 8 on the essay
Subject Tests: Math Level II: 800
Biology E: 800
U.S. History: 730 (debating on whether or not to send this...)</p>

<p>GPA unweighted: 3.8 (My weakest part of my application, can't believe I was so stupid back in sophomore year..., will go up to 3.82ish after first semester in Senior year, straight A's)
Rank: top 10%(will go up to 5-7% after first semester, straight A's with 3 AP's, 4 AP's next semester)</p>

<p>Senior Class Load: AP Statistics, AP Lit and Comp., AP Physics, AP Human Geography Independent Study, Honors Chemistry, Spanish IV, History of World Religions, Wellness Activities (lol, need this to graduate..., I would've gladly taken Calc II at the college in exchange for this, but cant...)</p>

<p>Overall Course Load: Most Challenging (taken or are taking 9/10 APs available at school)</p>

<p>APs: AP Calc AB(only calc course available at my school)-5
AP U.S. History - 5
AP U.S. Government - 5
AP Biology - 4
AP Microeconomics - 3</p>

<p>Awards:</p>

<p>National Merit Semifinalist (unfortunately didn't qualify for Finalist because of legal issues; we're currently applying for the Green Card, but we're not at the "stage" required, long story...)
AP Scholar with Distinction</p>

<p>EC's:</p>

<p>Piano for 11 years: MMTA state piano competition winner, (Over 5000 pianists participated, I was the highest scorer)
Science Olympiad: bronze in state
Physics Bowl: Co-captain and 2nd place in state
SDSU State Math contest: 2nd place
Chinese Study: Chinese essay award, been studying ever since I moved to the U.S.
National Honor Society
Chess Club: Vice Pres., co-founder
1st chair french horn in freshmen year (only year in high school in band)
auditioned for and qualified for the selective East Men choral group</p>

<p>Recommendations are good i suppose, i waived rights....</p>

<p>Income Bracket: ~$75000</p>

<p>Interviews:</p>

<p>Only one I had so far was for MIT: EC said that he'll "send off a report right away telling them how wonderful you are". I thought the interview went quite well, we got along really well and talked bout everything from the food at MIT to some questions on standard deviation in Stats. Another note...The EC and I probably laughed more than we actually talked lol..he was a very funny, jolly old man and I have quite a sense of humor. </p>

<p>Essays: </p>

<p>Common App one was about how my grandpa(who raised me till 6 years old) passing away and living in rural China for 6 year has influenced me, the additional information section essay was about my first experience of U.S. culture and language, and how multiple relocations have affected me, short answer was on piano. The engineering supplements required by some colleges were about my grandpa's influence, my pursuit in math and science teams, helping mom with proteomics research, customized for each college. </p>

<p>Thanks in advance for all your chances.</p>

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<p>Ummm…I’m not sure how to do this as I don’t know much about colleges, so this is just from looking at people admitted. </p>

<p>Harvard: achievable reach
Yale: achievable reach
Princeton: achievable reach
MIT: reach
UPenn: maybe in
Dartmouth: maybe in
Cornell: in (from what I’ve seen)
Columbia: maybe in
Caltech: reach
Stanford: reach
Brown: definitely in (as long as you can pay the $$$, the only care if you are rich)
John Hopkins: reach
Rice: in
University of Chicago: in
University of Michigan: in
Duke: achievable reach
Northwestern: in
University of Minnesota: definitely in
Emory: probably in
Vanderbilt: in
Georgetown: refer to Brown… </p>

<p>Out of curiosity, Harvard has BioMed?</p>

<p>P.P.S. Ni hwe shwa zhong gua ren? :smiley: (Wo bu hwe shwa zhong gua ren hen hao haha)</p>

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<p>*Ni hwe shwa puthungwa. Epic Fail lol</p>

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<p>Haha =D</p>

<p>Yes, wo hui shuo pu tong hua.</p>

<p>Your P.P.S. said “Can you speak Chinese people?”. LOL :smiley: and “(I can’t speak Chinese people very well”) the “ren” means people</p>

<p>=D</p>

<p>Harvard does have biomed, very very recently added to their undergraduate program, I got so excited when I read it =D</p>

<p>Thanks for the chances bro.</p>

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<p>Rank slow for the ivies unless your high school is super competitive.</p>

<p>Then, if you’re seeking aid, those not need blind to intnls will be unpredictable. I think you’d be wise to add some schools where you’re an off the charts candidate.</p>

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<p>hm well…</p>

<p>so many colleges haha.</p>

<p>But i think you put on my post that you were applying to UC Berkeley and UCLA soooo:</p>

<p>UC Berkeley and UCLA: I think you have really really really good shot. I’d be surprised if you were rejected.</p>

<p>The others I kind of have no idea about since I’m poor and only applied to UC’s </p>

<p>Happy Holidays.</p>

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<p>Except… keep in mind that Biomedical Engineering is VERY VERY VERY competitive. </p>

<p>But you still have a great shot at the UC’s.</p>