Chance for YALE, PENN, CORNELL, DARTMOUTH, AND WILLIAMS

Student Lounge International Students
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<p>hi guys</p>

<p>I'm applying from Canada and I've applied to:
Yale, Penn (wharton), Cornell, Dartmouth and Williams
Major: Economics/Mathematics</p>

<p>Please chance me! I'm so happy that i am done LOL
good luck to everyone who still has to apply! =)</p>

<p>BACKGROUND:</p>

<p>Chinese female, low income,
public high school, semi-competitive but with no special program or AP, IB (but it has a lot of Asians lol)</p>

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<p>STATS:</p>

<p>rank-8/488
GPA:
grade 9== 92
grade 10== 94
grade 11==94
grade 12==96
Self studied AP CALC BC in grade 11 and got a 5</p>

<p>I've gotten 1 C and 1 B in English (I came to Canada in Grade 9, skipped ESL but got C and B in gr 9,10 English)
^Is this gonna hurt my chance?</p>

<p>ACT-(34 English,33 Reading,30 Science,36 Math,11 Essay) 33 composite
SAT-(v/m/w) 740/800/710 (2250 Composite, one sitting but i took it 3 times)
SAT II math iic 800 chem 740</p>

<p>^I only have 2 SAT IIs, even though all my schools only require 2, will the lack of a 3rd SAT II hurt my chance?</p>

<p>EC</p>

<p>*School SAC-- 2 years treasurer
---our school's student council is quite active, we did fundrasing for various charity for around 200-500 dollars</p>

<p>*ambassador club founding member
--our school , being in the middle of a town where tons of new immigrants live, receives tons of Asian immigrants and ambassador club will help them to settle down
--fund raised 700 school kid for kids in Kenya</p>

<p>*Yearbook editor-in-chief
*Math club 4 yrs, school math team captain
*3rd and 1st place at DECA REGIONALS
*part time job as a pharmacist assistant --4 hours/week in gr 11</p>

<p>COMMUNITY SERVICE</p>

<p>*350 hours @ hospital gift shop
*30 hour, tutoring at school
*random stuff that i won't bother to list the hours for LOL</p>

<p>THINGS THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTING</p>

<p>*Quadrant secretary of City school board student council
*city youth cabinet, member 2 years
*gr10 summer, invited to Canadian national math camp
*gr 11 summer, went to impoverished villages in china to teach little kids
*long term volunteer with the NGO that organized the volunteering thing in China, regional rep/translator/math curriculum designer, etc.</p>

<p>AWARDS:</p>

<p>-gr 9: 7th place in national math contest
-gr 10: 1st place in provincial for AMC 10, qualified for USAMO
-gr 11: 1st place in canada for a contest called math kangaroo (its not a very competitive contest)
-gr 10,11: Qualified for AIME, school champion for almost all math contests
-DECA provincial, marketing, top 10 written exam
-3rd place in city for Common Wealth Essay Contest 2007</p>

<p>RECS:</p>

<p>*English teacher--good
*Math teacher--good
*outside rec from the NGO that I went to china with--didn't see, but won't be too bad (hopefully)
*GC rec--good</p>

<p>ESSAYS:</p>

<p>Tried my best, i guess they are OK.</p>

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<p>So, what are my chances at Yale, Penn (Wharton), Cornell, Dartmouth and Williams?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>bumpppppppppp</p>

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<p>Pretty good chances, yet nobody can exactly tell. You're Asian international and, as you probably know, that won't put you in advantage, to say the least.</p>

<p>Moreover, I assume you need aid('low income'), and when only 2 of your schools are need-blind to internationals, that might hurt your chances.</p>

<p>Other than these, you're a great applicant. I'd say you have great chances at all of these schools.
Good luck.</p>

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<p>cornell is also need blind though it doesn't guarantee to meet your need - that is the admissions office & finanacial office work separately even for intl's</p>

<p>and taking 2 sat 2's doesn't affect ur chances either as it just validates ur transcripts(well i would like to think so since i myself gave only 2!!)</p>

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<p>thanks! 10 char</p>

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<p>with good essays and your stats you will getinto most of the places on your list...u should look at some safeties just in case though</p>

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<p>Yeah, definitely add some safeties.</p>

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<p>thanks!</p>

<p>(all safties are in canada, by the way)</p>

<p>=P</p>