<p>Hey everyone! I would greatly appreciate if you could chance me for the following schools. Really stressed out right now.</p>
<p>Columbia
Brown
Princeton
Yale
Tufts
Williams
Middlebury
Trinity (Connecticut)
Vassar</p>
<p>Objective:
• SAT I (breakdown):2200:680CR, 790M, 730W
• ACT:30
• SAT II: 790 M2, 740 Phys
• TOEFL 110
• GPA: 3.97
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):several regional and national for Math
Subjective:
• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math and Journalism
• Job/Work Experience: no
• Volunteer/Community service: not really
• Summer Activities: Summer schools
• Essays: I’d say pretty good
• Interview:no
Other
• Country (if international applicant):Eastern Europe
• School Type:Public
• Ethnicity:White
• Gender:Female
• Income Bracket:applied for aid
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):I don't think so</p>
<p>Its not that your scores are not good enough, but since you cannot play full freight it hurts your chances. And they are never a math for anyone, even if you have perfect scores. Write stellar essays, try to stand out and I think you should be in.
Tip: Try to get some sort of internship/job towards your major. Shows passion and interest. Best of luck, hope you get in.</p>
<p>You are a very impressive candidate. If fin aid was not a problem, I would say that you would get in most of the schools on your list. I don’t know about other schools, but Ivies award fin aid to the international students and I think you have a good chance to get into at least one of the four on your list. Try to raise you SAT-CR score and best of luck!</p>
<p>Thank you for your opinion, keylimepie! I’ll definitely try to get my CR score up, that’s why I’m retaking the SAT =) All of the schools on my list meet full demonstrated need of all applicants they admit. Plus, luckily, Princeton and Yale and need-blind for international students, so that’s good</p>
<p>Thankfully the Ivies generally place academic and talent-based merit over superficial factors, like income bracket. It’s is good that you have done activities that connect you to the US and that is quite important in your app. I agree with most of the others have said. Best of luck!</p>
<p>Columbia, Brown, Princeton and Yale are all reaches especially because you are international and are applying for fin. aid so that makes it slightly harder but i think you have good chances for those uni anyway.
You should get in to all the other unis, I would be surprised if u wouldent…
Good luck! :)</p>
<p>Columbia - top choice low reach
Brown Reach-Low reach (hard to say)
Princeton Reach
Yale Reach
Tufts (I’d think) match
Trinity (Connecticut) Match
Hadn’t heard of other schools, so I don’t know. As some people already indicated, there is no “match” for ivies. I can only say that you have a relatively good chance, but the thing that will hurt you, is the fact that you are an international student. I will say though that your chances should’t be too bad, in comparison to many other students!
Ydachi!</p>
<p>I am also an international student
First of all, I don’t think that you should be applying to schools that are all reaches for you (because you are an international needing full aid). The only schools that won’t pay attention to your ability to pay (from your list) are Princeton and Yale, as they are need-blind for internationals, but I suppose you understand that they are reaches for anyone (unless of course you have a golden medal at the International Physics Olympiad or something of the sort). You don’t have any safeties… you may end up being denied at all of these schools, because internationals with financial need have very low chances…
Secondly, you say that you study at a really good physics-math school, but you have just 730 on the physics subject test… Colleges use SATs and Subject Tests in order to compare different high schools, which means that your high school isn’t that good, since you</p>
<p>You are very, very focused on math, and all your scores and extracurriculars all prove that. That great focus, coupled with what seems to be good scores in english and physics, and great overall GPA, give you good chances at every school on your list, regardless of financial aid. Off the top of my head, I know Dartmouth is another ivy that is need blind for internationals.</p>
<p>Hello lili4ka, thanks for the input. At my school we cover half of what’s on the Physics subject test in the 2nd semester, which is reflected on my transcript. I know I might get rejected from all the schools on my list, but my back-up plan is going to school in Russia, which is not bad at all. It’s just that if I get into a school that’s better than my Russian choice, I will go to the US.</p>
<p>Update: I was rejected - not even deferred - Harvard Single-Choice Early Action, so that’s what has me worried about RD. I do hope that retaking the SAT in January will help though. Plus, my supplemental essays for the other colleges are significantly better.</p>
<p>I think you are in excellent shape. Your scores are excellent and your ECs are very strong and plentiful. And to top that you are international! As mentioned before, the full aid thing could be an issue.</p>
<p>I recommended applying to the need-blind Ivies. Even though you certainly seem like an Ivy to me, their admissions are so specific and selective, that you might fall a tad short. So, I would also pick some other selective LACs and maybe one nice safety school, maybe a highly-rated public university (i.e. University of California schools).</p>
<p>The deadline for all the schools has already passed pretty much, but thank you for your reply darcydoo =) I’ll just hope for the best with the schools I have already applied to</p>
<p>Your numbers are really similar to mine, and your awards are pretty good. Otherwise, nothing really stands out, so I assume your essays would be the tipping point if they see some outstanding passion.</p>
<p>Columbia-Reach
Brown-Reach
Princeton-Reach
Yale-Reach
I really don’t know the rest.</p>
<p>BTW I think that state schools would absolutely love you and give you a nice scholarship package if you qualify for domestic tuition. Did you have to take the TOEFL? I would mention those scores if they apply.</p>
<p>Thanks hsetennis. I did take the TOEFL and provided my score, which is 111, in the first post. and of course I do not qualify for domestic tuition at state schools since I am international. Anyway, I’ve already applied everywhere I could I won’t apply anywhere else.</p>
