chance for a immigrant and english learner

Applying to College
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<p>I am a chinese immigrant(permanent resident) who came to the US in Febrary 2010, the second semester of sophomore.and i am an english learner. Many other english learner from my high school can only go to community college after graduation. So I really want to know if i have any chance to get in a good university(top 50)....</p>

<p>sophomore schedule
precalculus honor: A
biology: B
english lep 1: A
english lang dev 1: A
us history lep: A
PE: A</p>

<p>junior schedule
AP calculus BC: A/A
AP physics B: A/A
world history: A/A
art 1: A/A
1st semester english shelter 3: A english lang dev 3:A
2nd semester CP english: C</p>

<p>Senior(current) schedule
AP chemestry
AP government
AP Statiscs
AP psychology
AP studio art
CP english 4</p>

<p>current GPA: weight:3.92 unweight:3.76
SAT CR:470 W:520 M:740 1730( i know its too low...)
SAT II: math level 2: 780 physics:790
APs: AP calculus BC: 5 AP Physcis C mech:5 E&M:5(completely self studied , didnt take AP physics B exam)</p>

<p>activities:
math team, science bowl, scicence olympia
summer volunteer(in china)</p>

<p>personal eassy: focus on my experience in china ,how to adapt in the US and some inspirations from life.
teather recs: I guess they are good</p>

<p>i doubt if universities will admit an english learner, even though my math and science are good...I heard Caltech wouldnt care about english so much as long as one's english is okay. Is this true? do i have any chance to get in Caltech, even though the chance is pretty small....? how about universities like NYU, University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin–Madison, geogia tech..?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>You absolutely can get into very good schools. But first,you need to tell us about your financial needs: the public schools you mentioned are unlikely to give you financial aid if you’re an out of state student. Meaning you will have to pay $30-50K/year. NYU is also known for very poor financial aid, and it’s located in arguably the most expensive city in America. Will you require FA? What is your home state?</p>

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<p>i am a california resident and going to apply the FAFSA. but I actually dont want to go to a college in california… so obviously money is a problem</p>