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<li>Research about the school and see if it fits you. If not, -20% chance.</li>
<li>SAT/Subject doesn’t need to improve if you DON’T have enough time. If you are free, just take another shot</li>
<li>You seem generally nice and ok. where do you live? if you live in china perhaps you’re facing huge huge stress, if you’re living somewhere else you’re facing less stress…it depends. (for example, 3000 applied to MIT from china, and only 10 got accepted, whereas in Hong Kong, 5 got accepted but only 200 or something applied)…</li>
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<p>You should start with self-evaluation. Think about who you really are, what your strengths and weaknesses are, where your passions are etc. You seem generic in terms of academics (not saying they are bad, but just typical). You should thus show the universities how you are qualified by focusing on your ECs. To stand out, you need to have a good essay at this moment. To write a good essay, you really need to self-evaluate and write a really eye-grabbing and self-conscious one.</p>
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