Chance for good schools (will chance back)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi! I am going to an American high school in Turkey. I know that being in Turkey may be a circumstance but my school has good connections and is in the G20 high schools right up there with andover and eton. The school sends 25 percent of its students to top colleges. Enough talking about my school, here are my stats:</p>

<p>2350 (Maths 800, writing 770, critical reading 780)
Subject Tests: 800 Maths 2 , 780 Literature
ACT 36 (two 35s)
My GPA is 90/100 but my examinations are really hard AP in English, Hisrory, programming in Java, French in B2 ( highest level at school) Statistics, calculus, geometry, english writing
Interesting classes:
Electronics
English for business world
Philosophy
Phsycology
Sociology and economics
World economic geography</p>

<p>ECs:
Basketball Club and in the school team (i play basketball for 12 years) have won A LOT OF minor trophies
Student Council: for 8 years (president for a year)
In the volleyball team and club
I swim as a hobby for 7 years
Have athleticism and chess trophies (but i was very young)
Writer in the seasonly newspaper of the school
Destination Imagination 1st in the nationals and participated in the world championship
Junior Achievement (major succes in Europe)
MUN harvard twice and in RCIMUN (3 times) the most prestigous MUN in turkey
JMUN Conference New York in 6th and 7th Grade and the vice-president of the MUN club in 7th grade
Starred 4 Plays and a Musical in English
Modern Dance Club for two years and have performed in number of exhibitons at school
Public Relations Club for 3 years
School Debate society for 3 years and won the national competition prize 1st place
Tennis for 5 years ( few minor awards)
Drums for 5 years participated at school shows etc.
In forth grade have won the 1st place in the research and development category in the school science fair and the special award of the most well-rounded project in sixth grade
Social Sciences club 1 year
Writers' Group 1 year
Was the
Have helped animal shelters for 4 years twice a month straight
Thaught about the Destination Imagınation for 10-11 eleven year olds
Have raised more than $15k for charity by myself from
Was in a boarding school so I have lived by myself and can survive lol
Went to a summer school at a University to get University classes such as economy, international relations
I went to cambridge for a summer in a leaders project
Have a real passion for economics started reading and studying it since I was thirteen
Have won the highest degree in PET (an exam by cambridge) in eight grade (which is an exam for high schoolers in Turkey)
Went to Harvard for a summer and took economics etc.
Went to Sabanci University (one of the best private universities in Turkey) for a summer and took international relations, economics etc.
150+ hours of charity work</p>

<p>Universities I am hoping for:
Harvard
Stanford
Yale
Princeton
Columbia
Oxbridge
LSE</p>

<p>Major: Economics and/or psychology</p>

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<p>Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Princeton, Columbia - Reach</p>

<p>You have near perfect stats, and great ECs, so you have a relatively good chance, but these universities reject people like you (and better than you) every year, so be on the safe side and apply to a few matches and safeties.</p>

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<p>Bump!!!</p>

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<p>At a certain point you wonder if they just throw up the applications and the first to hit the ground is admitted. Your stats are great (although you won’t be able to use those Ecs from 8th grade and below) so you just have to hope for the best and apply to a few school where you KNOW you’ll get in.</p>

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<p>Harvard: Low Reach
Stanford: Low Reach
Yale: Low Reach
Princeton: High Match
Columbia: High Match
Oxbridge: Low Reach</p>

<p>Your stats are amazing, but you’re applying to schools which are incredibly difficult to get into. Also, you can’t use any EC’s before 9th grade, so you might want to adjust that. </p>

<p>Chance me back:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1559607-chances-getting-into-bu.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1559607-chances-getting-into-bu.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks for answering! BUMP</p>

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<p>Bumppppppp</p>

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<p>Remember, you can only post 10 activities on the common application. Colleges won’t see all of your activities. </p>

<p>HYP, Stanford, etc.: Reach</p>

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<p>What do you mean 10 actions?</p>

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<p>The Common Application, which is used by Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, and Columbia, only allows you to add 10 extra curricular activities. That’s it. So make sure you pick them right. There’s no other way to apply to those schools other than through the Common Application.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.commonapp.org%5B/url%5D”>http://www.commonapp.org</a></p>

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<p>Thanks (bump)</p>

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<p>Just to add this, your extra curriculars aren’t THAT impressive. Just keep that in mind when you apply. I’m not trying to be a dick, I’m just saying what is realistic. You have 2-3 impressive ones, but most of them are before 9th grade (like MUN and JMUN in NY, they won’t count). Plus, doing things as a “hobby” (such as teaching yourself economics or swimming) do not count as ECs. Only a few your activities show commitment. Most of them are 1 time events, and colleges don’t like this. Saying you won a bunch of minor awards will not impress HYPS schools.</p>

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<p>Oh. BTW why doesnt anyone say anything about Oxbridge and LSE?</p>