Chance for ED?

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<p>Williams College is definitely my top choice for college, and I'd really like to go there. I know that it may a reach, but please chance me for Williams' ED!</p>

<p>I'm an international female student from Taiwan, financial aid needed.
SAT I: 2310 (Reading: 800, Writing: 730, Math: 780)
I'm taking SAT II on Oct. 9, the subjects are physics and math II. According to the practice tests that I did, I'll probably get around 760+.
TOEFL: 117
School: Public. It's one of the best in the country.
GPA: 3.92 (unweighted)
My school system is quite different, so we don't have AP courses and we can't choose which courses we want to take.
Class rank: Top 10%, possibly top 5%
Languages: Mandarin Chinese and Japanese (as second language)</p>

<p>EC:
Debate Club-Public Relations Officer
Co-founded the Debating Tournament for Freshmen from Central Taiwan
International Environmental Leadership Camp (Israel)-Taiwanese delegation
Cultural Exchange Trip to Japan (government sponsored)
Directed class play
Wrote playscript for class movie
Key-note speaker at the awards ceremony of National Spelling Bee
Class vice-president
Badminton
Table tennis
Basketball
Gave public speeches to students on how to study English as second language
Acted in class musical</p>

<p>Awards:
Awarded scholarship from a Japanese foundation three times in a row
National Debating Tournament-Second place
National Spelling Bee-First place
Regional writing competition-Winner
Grammar King (held by Cambridge University Press)-Winner</p>

<p>Work Experience-
10th Asia Pacific Bonsai and Suiseki Convention-Translator
Internship at Apple Daily, 2 weeks (largest newspaper company in Taiwan) </p>

<p>Summer Courses:
Oxford University (no credits)</p>

<p>Thank you so much!</p>

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<p>Oh, I forgot to put down that for my work experience I also taught small classes of students English writing and tutor individual students.</p>

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<p>Internationals are not need blind…Why not Midd with all that language stuff?
Your stats are excellent, essays need to focus on how you are different from all the other Asian geniuses who are applying.
I do think you look fabulous, I am not sure how much the aid thing will hurt you.</p>

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<p>You have a decent chance but it is very difficult for international students who need aid to be accepted.</p>

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<p>Thank you so much guys!
I got deffered, so I guess I have to wait until April to know if I got accepted into any colleges.</p>