Chance Me for Ivies!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello fellow CCers, just another Chance Me thread to relief my paranoia and anxiety for the upcoming university decisions. Any constructive feedback will be much appreciated. </p>

<p>Schools Applied:
Harvard
Princeton
Stanford
Columbia
Brown
Cornell
Duke
Northwestern
NYU - Stern
Carnegie Mellon
Berkeley
UCLA
USC</p>

<p>Information:</p>

<p>Pacific Asian; Average-income household; Competitive IB school in Western Canada</p>

<p>Stats: </p>

<p>SAT I: 2270
Reading:700
Writing: 770
Math: 800</p>

<p>SAT II:
Math II:800
Chemistry: 770
Korean with Listening: 800 </p>

<p>GPA/IB Scores:
Weighed:4.07 GPA Scale: 4.0 </p>

<p>Rank:
Top 1% in the district </p>

<p>IB Diploma Candidate:
IB Spanish SL (6) <-actual score (all other score are predicted marks)
IB English HL 6
IB Chemistry HL 6
IB History HL 6
IB Geography SL 6
IB Math SL 7
Predicted score: 40/45 </p>

<p>Significant ECs (ones that were mentioned on the Common Application): </p>

<p>Volunteer Supervisor/Liason/Trainer at Evergreen Senior Home (Gr.9-12)
- Created the "Highschool Volunteer Network" in order to recruit more volunteers and spread the idea of volunteering out of goodwill.
- Trained and supervised new or existing volunteers.
- Over 400 hours. </p>

<p>Solo Clarinetist / Performance Organizer of White Rock Community Orchestra (Gr.9-12)</p>

<p>Task Force Manager/Treasurer of Vancouver Youth Charity Society (VYCS) (Gr.9-12)
- Partook in an extensive project in which the members and I organized a large-scale golf tourament to fundraise money for the Heart & Stroke Foundation.
- Raised over $40,000 with over 50 sponsors gathered. </p>

<p>Independent Researcher (11) Assistant Researcher (12)
- Independent research on the topic of ""Factors Affecting Mortality Rate in Kenya using Coefficient Degression" and won an award for it at an international conference where students from all over the world gather to present their research papers.<br>
- Assistant researcher of an extensive project with Hankyong University on the topic of "Profit Maxmization for Local Farmers in the Gyonggi-Do Province." The project was requested by the province. </p>

<p>Member (9&10) Event Organizer (11&12) of the Globalizer Club
- Volunteered for school events and performances.
- Organized school fairs, and fundraising events.
- Volunteered weekly for environmental causes. Cleaning up the school, etc. </p>

<p>Camp Assistant (9 & 10) Camp Leader (11) of Regional Kids Spring Camp
-Led many organized activities, planned events, and in grade 12, operated the entire camp.</p>

<p>Vice President (11) President (12) of Basketball Club
-Played weekly with other members and helped host school basketball tournaments to fundraise money.</p>

<p>Member of Varsity Basketball Team (9,10) </p>

<p>Interan as Financial Analyst at Bank (11,12)</p>

<p>Life Guard and Swim Instructor at Local Pool (11,12)</p>

<p>*Also joined minor clubs and participated in minor activities. </p>

<p>Recs: </p>

<p>Teacher 1: Excellent
Teacher 2: Good
Counsellor: Good
Additional Rec: By research advisor, a professor at the university. Excellent. </p>

<p>Essays: </p>

<p>Common App: 8/10
Short Answer: 8/10
Supps:8/10</p>

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<p>Note: Not many awards. Major one would be the Excellent Youth Scholar Award I won from my research paper. All others are just some regional service awards, and few academic school awards.</p>

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<p>Did u take ACT, Harvard looks at ACT for sure, so do most of ivies and Stanford!</p>

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<p>I am pretty sure it’s either SAT reasoning or ACT. I don’t think you need to take both. :S Regardless, can you still chance me?</p>

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<p>And I’m also applying to Dartmouth.</p>

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<p>bumpity bump bump</p>

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<p>I think you’ll get into the last 5 schools on your list. </p>

<p>I’m not seeing ivies for a number of reasons–just OK IB scores, weak CR, no stand out EC, ORM from overrepresented country.</p>

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<p>@Waverly Thanks for your valuable input. I was actually deferred from UPenn for ED and was wondering about my chances. I, at least, thought I had a fair chance at Cornell ILR. Or NYU Stern, Duke, and Northwestern.</p>

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<p>I think you’ve got great stats (your IB predicted is slightly low but SATs count much more than IB predicted) and your EC’s are great. Shows that you’re not only well rounded but have a passion for service and music.</p>

<p>Here are my predictions:
Harvard - reach
Princeton - reach
Stanford - reach
Columbia - low reach
Brown - match/low reach
Cornell - match
Duke - match
Northwestern - match
NYU - Stern - match
Carnegie Mellon - match
Berkeley - match
UCLA - safety
USC - safety</p>

<p>Chance me as well please!</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1270552-chance-me-please-ucla-cal-cornell-harvard-mit-stanford-princeton-georgia-tech.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1270552-chance-me-please-ucla-cal-cornell-harvard-mit-stanford-princeton-georgia-tech.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>bump10char</p>

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<p>Weaknesses: lack of awards, applying as international applicant, ORM
Strengths: SAT score & EC’s
Harvard - reach
Princeton - reach
Stanford - reach
Columbia - low reach
Brown - low reach
Cornell - match
Duke - match
Northwestern - match
NYU - Stern - match
Carnegie Mellon - match
Berkeley - match
UCLA - match
USC - match</p>

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<p>Does Pacific Asian = Korean?</p>

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<p>@schmohawk yes</p>

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<p>bump10char</p>

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<p>Well then, you are an ORM.</p>

<p>Pacific Asian calls to mind Samoan, or other Pacific Islander. Why not just say Korean?</p>

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<p>I actually put Korean on common app. Thought pacific asian meant Korea. Sorry about the misunderstanding. Any more chances? Bump bump bump.</p>

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<p>bump10hcar</p>

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<p>bumpbumpbump</p>

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<p>I think you can get into all of them, Harvard/Stanford are probably your reaches. But who knows you’ve got a shot at it! Goodluck.</p>

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<p>bump10char</p>