Chance me for Ivies, eh?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p><em>note: most of this stuff is predicted, but the main thing I need to know is if my ECs are/will be good enough.</em>
Profile: Canadian Caucasian female
GPA: 4.0 (UW)
Course load: Solid, at least 6 APs
SAT: Don't know yet, but lets <em>hypothetically</em> assume I get 2200 +
ECs:<br>
-Safe injection site: Volunteering to help administer drugs in a safe way to addicts (essay topic!)
-Bassoon playing: Four groups (2 orchestras, one regional marching band, and one jazz combo), will potentially get to play at Carnegie Hall in an ensemble--this will be my arts supplement and a potential essay topic
-Women's rape centre: Administration volunteering
-Blood clinic: Basic volunteering
-Field hockey: Regionally acclaimed team, goalie
-Lab work: Most notably a cystic fibrosis lab and a potential trip to Capetown to work in a hospital
-Hospital job: This one's a definite maybe
-Internship: program at a local university
-Poetry: Won several national contests
-Debate: Provincial awards
-Science fair: Regional awards
The rest aren't really worth mentioning. I have won several school-wide awards but they're not likely to be impressive when kids are winning Intel, etc. </p>

<p>Thanks for helping out! Let me know how I can improve on my ECs and if I have a chance at some Ivies. Also does anyone know if being Canadian will hurt my chance too much?</p>

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<p><strong>bump, please help</strong></p>

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<p>Oh your a caucasian canadian (; haha
I’ll rank them by hardest to easiest to get in.</p>

<p>You don’t need to improve your ECs, try to improve your passions by doing internship and research if you can. Do some prestigeous summer camps in Ivy colleges?</p>

<p>Harvard/Yale - high reach
Princeton
Stanford - Easier than Harvard base off your ECs
MIT/Caltech - More likely (: compare to IVY
Upenn/Dartmouth
Cornell/Brown</p>

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<p>Thank you! Why do you say high reach for Harvard and Yale? I mean, I know that they’re almost impossible, but is there any way that I can have a bit of a better chance at either?</p>

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<p>bump… please any advice would be great</p>

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<p>Seems to me like you’d be a competitive applicant at any of these schools. I’m not sure how many of the Ivies look at international students, but your awards/extracurricular’s, I would say, really boot your chances. But I’ve also heard that past a certain level getting into Harvard/Yale becomes pretty much luck of the draw.</p>

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<p>Thanks for your advice! Yeah, I’m kind of worried about my international status…It seems like everyone only has a lottery ticket except for the kids who won intel or went to RSI or something.</p>