Chance an international!!!

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<p>Hi, everyone,</p>

<p>I am a white (bosnian) international student living in Denmark. I've been following some of the posts on the Harvard forum, and have seen many threads talking about how hard it's for international student to get admitted. I would also appreciate if you could tell me, which school would be the best fit for me. I am applying to: Harvard, Yale, Columbia and the other Ivy schools.</p>

<p>Currently, I am studying at a business high-school, where I am taking following classes:
Danish: A
English: A
Business economics: A
International economics: A
Math: A
History: B
Marketing: B
Commercial law: C
Finance: C
Social studies: C
Information technology: C</p>

<p>Am thinking about choosing major in Economics or Finance </p>

<p>GPA Unweigted: 3.96/4.0(Danish scale: 11,8/12)
Class Ranking: School doesn't rank, but am definitely in the top 5 %
SAT I (2350):
CR: 760
WR: 790,
MA: 800</p>

<p>SAT II:
Math IIC: 800
German: 800
World History: 760
Essay: Unique, about how my family and I fled from the Balkans, and immigrated to Denmark.<br>
Extracurriculars: </p>

<p>Job/Work Experience:six months at McDonald's, two years as a paperboy, six months at a supermarket, three months working in Bosnia, one year at blockbuster, internship in London(finance). Average: 20 hours per week</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service: 200 hours in the past three years. Including helping immigrants with math, helping kids away from the streets, lecturing on how important it is to get an education, helping poor people in Bosnia and a lot of other stuff.</p>

<p>Summer Activities: three weeks in the US (visiting a college), internship in London, traveling around Europe and having fun with friends. </p>

<p>Other: Trading(stocks, bonds and derivatives), enthusiastic member of Danish shareholder association, active member of a political party(liberal), member of student council, member of student council, participating in National Math Olympiad(if I am lucky I will be one of the six representing Denmark in the International Math Olympiad). There is a lot of stuff involved with these activities, which I will not bore you with. In Denmark, we don't have clubs at our high schools (don't know if that's going to be a problem), therefore I haven’t become a member of any. I haven’t either been an active participant of competitions (don’t know if that’s going to be a problem either).</p>

<p>Languages: I speak English, German, Danish and Bosnian fluently
Income: 50.000 $</p>

<p>Thanks in advance guys</p>

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<p>65/35 chance of acceptance i’d say…</p>

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<p>With your many business related classes and interest, I would look at University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. It has a great undergrad business curriculum, unlike other Ivys like Harvard which offer only economics majors, no undergraduate concentrations in finance, business, or marketing.</p>