Chance me for my ED,EA,HYP, MIT, and please!(will chance back!)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>What are my chances for ED Amherst, EA Uchicago, Baylor, and HYPM etc.?</p>

<p>TOEFL:111
SAT:2300 this May(CR 730 Math 780 Writing 790 essay9)
2160 this June(CR 690 Math 800 Writing 670 essay8)
superscore 2320
SAT II: Math1 800 Math2 800 Physics 800 Chemistry 800
GPA:3.82/4.00 or 94/100
Class ranking: 1st for 2 and a half years</p>

<p>No APs in Chinese schools, but the courses equally difficult as APs
(Chinese, math, physics, chemistry, biology roughly equal to US APs; I followed the science curricula, so history, geology, politics are all electives)</p>

<p>Academic awards:
Top 100 Finalists nationwide in 'The Awarding Program for Future Scientists' jointly held by Chinese Government and HK H.S. Chau Foundation
National 2nd Prize in Chinese Physics Olympiad for 3 consecutive years(Best ranking:55th in a pool of 30000 in province);
3rd Prize in Chinese High School Math Tournament(Top 500 in a pool of 30000) during Grade 11;
2nd Prize in Chinese High School Math tournament(Top 250 in 30000),
National 1st prize in the Chinese National English Proficiency Contest for 2 consecutive years(Top 50 in a pool of 30000)
Scholarship Winner of the 'Picture yourself in Perth' Competition held by Perth government and my city(Top 10 out of hundreds within the entire city)</p>

<p>ECs:
1. Founder and Leader of the student acoustic guitar band for 2 consecutive years, gave performances in school
2.Teaching assistant in New Oriental School for a few months
3.Head of the Studying Department of the Students' Union for 2 years; led a petition in school for changes in teaching methods;
4.Research on mathematics during summer in Grade 10;paper submitted to the 'Tomorrow Little scientist Competition' in China.'Study on the irrational solutions of cubic equations with integral coefficients';entered national final round (TOP 100)
5.Volunteer in local nursing homes; Service hours:100+
6. Chief translator of the entire school during foreign exchanges: service hours: no less than 50(5.6 both lasted for 1-2 years)</p>

<p>Need great amounts of FA.(Family Contribution at most $5k)</p>

<p>Please chance me for the following schools,including chances with AND without application for int'l FA (ED,EA, submitted already, I require full-ride FA or scholarship from all schools below unless it is otherwise specified)
Amherst(ED)
Baylor(EA), Uchicago(EA) (didn't apply for aid at these 2 schools;merit only)</p>

<p>Regular: HYPM, Dartmouth, Cornell, Columbia, Brown, WUSTL(applying for merit scholarships only)
Williams, Swarthmore, Carleton, Davidson(applied for merit+FA), Wash & Lee(applied for merit+FA),Vassar, Colby, Hamilton, Kenyon, Trinity</p>

<p>and give me some recommendations if possible. Thank you very much!</p>

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<p>Acc. to me, u have an excellent chance of getting into your choice of colleges. I would suggest you to mention some of your community services, if any becoz many universities pay attention to those works…</p>

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<p>I think you have a very good shot at all the schools besides UChicago can be a reach. Good luck! Please chance back.</p>

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<p>I think most of these schools are matches accept for HYPSM, those are reaches. Good Luck :slight_smile:
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<p>I would say you have a 75% of chance if you weren’t an international student who applied for FA. Now those are all reaches simply because of the FA.</p>

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<p>StanleyJuCru, I disagree. I know for a fact that all the Ivies and I’m pretty sure Amherst, Swarthmore, Williams are all need-blind. Unless that policy is different for international students, applying for financial aid will NOT disadvantage the OP. WUSTL however is need-aware so keep that in mind.</p>

<p>Amherst(ED): High Match
Baylor(EA): Low Match
Uchicago(EA): Low Reach</p>

<p>HYPM: Reach
Dartmouth: Match
Cornell: Match
Columbia: Low Reach
Brown: Match
WUSTL: Low Match
Williams: Match
Swarthmore: Match
Carleton: n/a but prob safety
Davidson: n/a but prob safety
Wash & Lee: Safety
Vassar: Low Match
Colby: Safety
Hamilton: n/a
Kenyon: n/a but prob safety
Trinity: Safety</p>

<p>Your parents’ low income may actually work in your favor if you can prove that you’ve overcome substantial economic hardship to achieve all that you have. You’ve definitely done a lot to be proud of :)</p>

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<p>Well,StanleyJuCru, again, I’m applying for FA to SOME of the schools on my list.For other schools,I’m considering merit scholarships only(no application for FA).
However, I’m still curious what my chances will be based on my FA choices.
Any more advice?</p>

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<p>even if FA doesn’t really matter, you know how competitive Chinese applicants are.</p>

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<p>jae221, again, not all Ivies are need-blind to int’l applicants.
Just curious about my chances though.
Any more chancing based on my choice of FA?</p>

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<p>Well HYPM, Amherst and Dartmouth are fully needs-blind even to International, so you wouldn’t be disadvantaged there. However, they still are high reaches, especially for a country like China who has a lot of applicants. </p>

<p>Cornell won’t disadvantage you for asking for FA, but you probably will get admitted and not get FA. Cornell only has something like $5 million (I’m not sure) for International Financial Aid. The competition for this is insane and I don’t think that you would make the cut. We’re talking like less than 2% of admitted International students, I believe.</p>

<p>Uhm, anywhere else you’ll be disadvantaged (sometimes not so much, other times very severely) for asking for FA.</p>

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<p>You have a great chance to get into your desired universities.
You also have awesome credentials for an international applicant.
Good luck!
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<p>THX a lot! Suppose I don’t apply for FA at some selective schools (e.g. Columbia, Uchicago, Brown), and apply for merit based only( Uchicago, WUSTL), what will my chances be at the schools mentioned above?</p>

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<p>Well, BestOfTheBest, applying for financial aid IS a huge risk for internationals(esp. at selective colleges).
I know someone in China who scored a 2240 on SAT, 800s in all 3 SAT subject tests, and won the gold medal as the 1st place in Chinese Math Olympiad yet got rejected by all US schools because of his application of full-ride FA.
Maybe you’d think that Brown, Caltech, Columbia, Duke, HYPM, Williams, Stanford, UChicago all have generous FA policies to int’ls… the truth is, apart from a few schools(HYPSM), most are need-aware. It’s highly likely that one will be rejected BECAUSE of the request for financial aid( tuition+room+board+fees) even with amazing credentials.
So, considering the request for FA, do you have any recommendations on school choices?</p>

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<p>How good will be the acceptance if you dont have the $$$ to attend?
Think one more time!</p>

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<p>Well, mak1702, I’m thinking of applying to some merit-based external scholarships…
Do u have any suggestions on that?</p>

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<p>Merit based external scholarships are very less in number for intl’s and are also very hard to get. People with 36 on ACT and 2400 on SAT also apply , so certainly they would be in advantage.
See Brother , I think you are a strong candidate , if your essays are exceptional , I know you will get in. Do apply for fin aid. You can only afford 5k. It cannot even cover for room and board. Wise policy is this that you apply fin aid and write tremendous essays.</p>

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<p>Can you chance me for Vanderbilt anyone ??? Will chance back
Can u possibly chance me ??? (Ps I didn’t name all of my extracurriculars for confidentiality reasons but I have good ones). Also applying ED1 LOVED the school !!!
3.67 unweighted GPA (all honors classes and 2 languages)
1490 sat (740 math 750 CR)
Head of cancer organization on tristate area with a lot of clubs in different schools and raised hundreds of thousands of dollars
-student government (all 4 years)
Varsity tennis
Award from state senate for exceptional community service in bringing food to a homeless shelter
President of model un
A few more good extracurriculars that are impressive
Glowing letters of recommendation
Great essay</p>

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<p>Thx a lot for your advice!( though I must say, competition for int’l fin aid is insane, esp in China…)
Bump! Any more advice?</p>

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<p>Amherst(ED): Low reach
Baylor(EA): Safety
Uchicago(EA): Reach</p>

<p>HYPM: Reach
Dartmouth: Low reach
Cornell: Low reach
Columbia: Reach
Brown: Reach
WUSTL: Low reach
Williams: High match
Swarthmore: High match<br>
Wash & Lee: Safety
Vassar: Low Match
Colby: Safety<br>
Trinity: Safety</p>

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<p>It’s hard being an international looking for FA at some of these schools, especially from Asia. Be careful with the need aware schools, and those not very good on FA, but for the need-blind, full FA for international schools (HYSM), I think, like everybody else, you are a reach.</p>