<p>Hey guys, please chance me!</p>
<p>SAT: 2230 (770m, 740cr, 720w)
SAT2: 800MATHII, Biology 780, Physics 780
GPA: 3.9 (uw, cumulative)
IB: MathSL, English HL, PhysicsHL, BusinessHL, SpanishSL, Chemistry SL. </p>
<p>EC:</p>
<p>House captain (head of 300 people) 1 Year
Head of editorial boards (newspaper and magazine) 1 Year
10 articles written for the school magazine
Varsity Basketball team. (3 years)
Teach underprivileged children. (2 years)
MUN club head member. Represented school twice. (3 years)
Represented school in math competition.
Managed the school charity production. (1 year)
Acted in the production the following year.
Internship at an Insurance firm, and another Internship at a Investment banking company (250 hours total)
Certificate from the English and Math Olympiad.
Certificate of excellence for academic achievement.
Certificate of excellence in Business and Biology.
Certificate of excellence for the basketball tournament.
Built utilities for impoverished village.
Founded non-profit based business that strives to provide education for bright kids who do not have the funds to do pursue their academic goals. (made pretty big donations)</p>
<p>Teacher rec: very good.
Essays: brilliant
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: male </p>
<p>Colleges:</p>
<p>Yale
Uchicago
MIT (sloan)
Duke
Upenn (Wharton)
Upenn (regular)
Dartmouth
UVA (McIntire)
Cornell
UMich - Ann Arbour (business)
Haas - Cal
UCLA
NYU stern
Villanova
CMU
Boston College
Brown
USC
Pomona
CMC
Tufts
UT-austin</p>
<p>Im interested in this thread. Free bump.</p>
<p>Foreigner-Long Shot. U.S. Citizen-Looking good.</p>
<p>U.S citizen currently living out of the country. So I would apply as an OOS applicant for all the colleges. Solid for all of them?
Thanks for the reply though :)</p>
<p>Being a foreigner makes that huge of a difference though?</p>
<p>Yale - Reach
Uchicago - Reach
MIT (sloan) - Reach
Duke - Reach
Upenn (Wharton) - Reach
Upenn (regular) - Reach
Dartmouth - Low Reach
UVA (McIntire) - Match
Cornell - Low Reach
UMich - Ann Arbour (business) - High Match
Haas - Cal - Low Reach
UCLA - Low Reach/Match
NYU stern - Match
Villanova - High Match
CMU - Match
Boston College - Match
Brown - Reach
USC - Low Reach/Match
Pomona - Match
CMC - Match
Tufts - Match
UT-austin - High Match</p>
<p>^ cal, UCLA, and USC are not low reaches. you’re in.</p>
<p>Hmm thanks. Anyone know what I should improve on mainly? Maybe add an Investment banking club to go along with the business?</p>
<p>^^ From my personal experience, what impresses colleges the most is how much “real” experience you have in the field you are interested in. Rather than joining a club, try joining a joint venture with your fellow students (look up Junior Achievement). I was VP of Marketing and Sales of a JA Company, and colleges were quite impressed.</p>
<p>Competition will be tough for any Ivy League school; it is pretty much a reach for anyone. You have to find ways to really stand out; for example, everyone will be a part of a school club, and hold positions like president, but not many would have started a not-for-profit organization or an online charity (for example, ofc)</p>
<p>klouie10133, that’s some great advice.</p>
<p>However, I feel as though you haven’t completely read the post and are giving half baked advice. I have founded a business, that not only made some very impressive profits, but also donated them to further the education level of bright youth in my area.</p>
<p>I’d say on average the big schools save only 20% of slots for foreign applications. For foreign applicants it’s not a meritocracy nor should it be.</p>
<p>It’s hard to chance int’l students. </p>
<p>UCLA, for example, is a notorious example. It accepted 13-14% of int’l students ten years ago. Now it’s 33%. Last year it was an astonishing 40+%.</p>