Chance an International student from France

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I will be applying to Yale very soon (class of 2018). I'm applying RD but Yale is my absolute top choice.
Schools:
Harvard (Economics), Yale (Economics), Columbia (Economics), Upenn (Business), Brown (Business), Princeton (Economics), NYU (Marketing), UCLA (Business), Stanford (Economics)</p>

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<li>Country: France (international student), self-taught English speaker</li>
<li>Income bracket: $75,000 per year, financial aid applicant</li>
<li>Gender: female</li>
<li>Age: 16 </li>
<li>Ethnicity: white</li>
<li><p>Intended major: Economics or Business</p></li>
<li><p>SAT I: taking it in Nov 2100+</p></li>
<li><p>SAT II: taking Lit, Spanish and US History in December, think I can get 750, 800 and 750</p></li>
<li><p>GPA: 4.0 (Unweighted) and 5.0+ (Weighted) all four years of high-school</p></li>
<li><p>French grades: 17.5 in the Baccalaur</p></li>
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<p>All of them are reaches. NYU and UCLA are reaches because they are unlikely to work out financially. 'Tis the truth.</p>

<p>HOWEVER, your mastery over so many languages would give you a definite boost in admissions. Hyper-polyglots are rare, especially those of a young age, so that certainly puts you at the top 25% in Ivy league school admissions (the admission rates are still <12%). Check out Tim Doner. He speaks 20+ languages.</p>

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<p>Right. But considering the massive endowment of all the others, why would they still be reaches?</p>

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<p>The other schools are reaches because of the level of the competition. Harvard has a 6% acceptance rate. Of course it’s not the numbers that matter but the quality of the applicants and most applicants to Harvard, Yale and the other schools on your list are qualified for admission but because of the sheer level of competition, even the brightest kids are denied admission. They are all reaches, for everybody.</p>

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<p>I think you have a 90% chance at UCLA and NYU . But you know , other are reaches for everyone.</p>

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<p>The ones that can give financial aid are reaches, and the ones are not reaches (UCLA, NYU Stern) do not give out aid to internationals. </p>

<p>You said that you wanted to go to Brown for business? Brown Starr is not AACSB-accredited; I hope this is not a problem for you.</p>

<p>I suppose your safety is back home…</p>