Chance an international at Ivies, Georgetown and Duke

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi I'm a Kiwi (from New Zealand) thinking about applying for the class of 2014. </p>

<p>Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
School Type: Large Public School
Applying for financial aid</p>

<p>Academics-
GPA: School doesn't do GPA
Rank: No official ranking but top 5%
SAT: 700CR 750MTH 750W/12E- 2200 (retaking)
SAT II's: 690Lit 720Bio-M 740Chem</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities
-Badminton- National representative, school captain, Association team captain, coach at holiday programmes
-Debating- Quaterfinals regional advanced grade competition, school debating coach, debating adjudicator
- Sustainability committee (Green Captain)
- Humanatarian Group
-Regional and National Model UN</p>

<p>-Awards:
-Distinction National Economics Competition
-School subject prize winner
-Full scholarship to the University of Auckland (won't put this on app though?)</p>

<p>Recs-
- Teachers - Haven't written them yet- getting my English and history teacher to write them- should be pretty complimentary though =)</p>

<p>Hooks: None </p>

<p>I'm wondering what my chances are at the following schools (they're all amazing, I know XD)
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Columbia
Dartmouth
Stanford
Duke
Georgetown</p>

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<p>don’t really know a lot about you from this brief post, but I’d say all are reaches besides Gtown, which may be a match. what are your passions? how do you illustrate them? etc. need to be addressed before anyone can give you a legitimate “chance”</p>

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<p>You’ll be in pretty decent shape for Yale and definitely Dartmouth as these are need-blind with their financial aid policies for international applicants. Top 5% is definitely a plus, but see if you can get your class rank as well.
Stanford will probably be the most difficult to get into on your list. They only accept (on average) about 30-40 internationals who are applying for financial aid.
But, you never know.
Good luck!</p>

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<p>@dmb41- My passion is definately badminton- I’m a national representative, have competed in international tournaments- It’ll most definately be the main point on my applicatoin.</p>

<p>@landry37- Thanks for the positive chance! I do realise that I am no where near the perfect applicant but it’s nice to know I might possibly have a chance :)</p>

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<p>bump anyone else? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>anyone else?</p>