Chance for ivies...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 one sitting, 780CR 800M 790W
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] SAT II: 800 Math II, 750 Physics
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.5W
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): Diploma candidate..... currently a predicted 42/45
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: IB 6 courses
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nope! Plenty of school awards but that's it...
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ ] Extracurriculars: Pianist since the age of 4. Winner of local piano competitions, Royal Conservatory of Music diploma recipient (ARCT for Canadians... the highest honour awarded by the RCM). Major participant in music program at my school... member of 3 ensembles (president of Senior Wind) and recipient of music prize for 4 years. President of Model UN... grew the club 4-fold during past 2 years of tenure, won over 10 awards at regional-international MUN conferences including 5 Best delegate awards. Co-Head of the World Affairs Conference (WAC), a conference hosted by my school with 750 students from around Canada presenting lectures/discussions on world issues. Varsity badminton 3 years (lighter in sports... hehe)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Spent summer in Egypt (father lives there) investigating the recent revolution and interning at an investment bank. Did some blogging/interviews about the revolution.... got nominated for a Canadian Weblog Award.
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 300 hours +, weekly tutoring for underprivileged students in Toronto for several years.
[ *] Summer Activities: Last summer -- Egypt (see above), summer before, Harvard Summer School (got B+ and A- in two courses), summer before that, Stanford EPGY
[ *] Essays:Pretty good I thought.... short one on my contributions to Model UN and long one on my experience in Egypt.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Very good.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Alright I guess :s
[ *] Additional Rec: Advisor of 5 years and teacher of 2 years... great I think.
[ *] Interview: I liked my interview!
[ /list][ b]Other*
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): Canada (Toronto, Ontario) ... also a Lebanese passport holder
[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity: Arab (Lebanese & Palestinian)
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *]Income Bracket: IR
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Erm..</p>

<p>Deferred from Harvard SCEA but here's my list:</p>

<p>Harvard
Yale
Princeton
University of Chicago
UPenn
Stanford
Cal Berkeley
Columbia </p>

<p>Please let me know! If I don't get these I'm heading down to U of T.... got in early with a $5k scholarship. Doesn't seem like much but it's almost all of 1st year tuition in Canada.</p>

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<p>I don’t think you’ll have a problem getting into Berkeley… It’s a great school and really competitive, but it’s definitely easier to get into than the other schools on your list. I’m not sure about the others, but your GPA and scores look great, and your ECs are really interesting, so I’m guessing you won’t have a problem at most of these schools.
Good luck!!</p>

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<p>You are sure to be accepted by Berkeley, at least waitlisted by some others.</p>

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<p>Yes, agree you’re into Berkeley. You may get lucky with an ivy.</p>

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<p>The second I opened this chance thread, I knew I was going to see Model UN, Music Award, Varsity Sport …basically, from this initial read, you are just like everyone else, and you are not going to get in. Now, you have to distinguish yourself and write good essays, which basically shows why all chance threads are pretty much useless.</p>

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<p>Academically, you have nothing to worry about. It’s really a crapshoot after you have crossed the academic barrier. As long as you wrote really good essays, I feel like you are going to get into at least one school other than Berkeley. Chance me :)</p>