This is for my sister who is applying this year!
My SAT: 1930 (M: 600, W: 700, CR: 630)
GPA: 3.78
EC’s:
-Varsity Soccer (4 full years, CAPTAIN this year), won couple of competitions and awards
-Editor in Chief of school newspaper
-Editor of literary magazine
-President of a service club that has over 1,000 likes on Facebook page, done a lot of service to Brunei
-President of MUN (won several awards)
Stellar Essays edited many, many times
Excellent recommendations from her favorite teachers
Race: Asian
Income: enough to pay full tuition
Schools I’m applying to:
-Emory (EDII), and Oxford
-NYU
-Boston
-UC Berkeley
-UC San Diego
Should she just give up? I don’t know what to tell her…
Boston College or Boston University?
-Emory (EDII)- Low Reach
- Oxford- Reach
-NYU- Low reach
-Boston Uni- Reach
-UC Berkeley- Reach
-UC San Diego- Reach/ Match depends what you’re majoring in
Your sis has very lil chances of getting accepted into these Universities. Tell her to have some safeties and match schools.
Boston University is a match. It is not particularly selective.
By Oxford I assume you mean Oxford at Emory, not the UK school, and it is a match.
UCLA: Reach
UCSD: Low Reach
SAT scores and GPA on the low side.
UCs are reaches
BU is a good match
NYU is a bit of a reach if she’s not applying as ED
Emory EDII is a reach (current Emory student)
@AriaSalvatore it’s not impossible for my sister to get into emory? what are the other things emory considers important other than stats?
@superhay GPA and SAT is a bit low for emory but id say oxford emory is a good match. but she has pretty good ECs and a stellar essay so its always possible! 
@superhay So did your sister get in any of those schools? I am from Brunei too btw