Chance me for Duke, Cornell and Rice, Big Thanks!!

ED 1 Duke (Trinity)/ Rice/ Cornell(CAS)

Objective:
SAT I: 1540 740+800
ACT: 34C 33R 36M 33E 35S
SAT II: 800 math II 780 physics
Unweighted GPA: (international student from a public school in China) 93/100 (usually of no use LOL)
Rank: top 10%
AP: (self studied) macro4 micro5 calculus BC 5
Major Awards: USAD speech silver medal, 2 prize in national applied physics competition (China), USAD 2nd place in China, 7th place in US finals, national music competition 1st prize (orchestra)

Subjective:

Extracurricular (place leadership in parenthesis): play cello in orchestra for more than 8 years(lead player), USAD team leader, research experience, web designer, app developer, engineering club, TedX (department leader), some sports stuff at school
Internship: interned at a local tech company and a piano factory; translator for a jewelry company;
Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours
Additional Rec: from a professor in Chinese Academy of Sciences, has done research for 2 years with him; has asked my best friend to write a peer recommendation

Other

Won’t apply for financial aid.
Intended Major: earth & ocean science (related to my research experience)/ econ/ physics
Country: China
School Type: public (not very competitive, less than 50 out of 1000 apply for college in US, has students go to all of the three schools above in recent years)
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: female

I’d say you do have a chance! Those scores and the fact that you wouldn’t need FA will probably be very helpful to you. Good luck!

@uscllg18 Thank you! I’m thinking about ED Cornell. Duke, about 20+ out of 181 mainland Chinese students got in last year through ED. For Cornell, it’s about 60+ out of (?) students last year through ED. So maybe Cornell is a bigger shot for me. But I like Duke too. Any advice? OvO