Chance me! International Applicant 2023 (Brown, Stanford, UCB, UIUC...)

Student Lounge International Students
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Hello! I’m an international applicant who would love to have some help with y realistic chances!

SAT: 1490/1600 (690 R&W, 800 M) (7/8/7 On essay)
TOEFL: 118/120
SAT Subject Tests: SAT Physics: 720/800 and SAT Maths II: 730/800
Grades:
9th grade: 9.2/10
10th grade: 10/10
11th grade: 78% (this isn’t sent by my school usually since we give external examinations for both 11th and 12th grade)
12th grade: 91%

Extracurriculars:

  1. Student Council Head
  2. Competitive Fellowship with a Social media giant (focusing on using art to create positivity online)
  3. Intern at a national news daily as a reporter
  4. Owner of art business online since 9th grade
  5. Editorial Board member
  6. founded a peer counseling team in school
  7. student representative on the school management’s anti-bullying team (i was nominated for my work above)
  8. founder and member, school art and design team
    (i took a gap year)

Schools I’m applying to:
(I’m not asking for aid at any schools even though I’m taking out loans)
Stanford, Brown, Duke, Vanderbilt, UC Berekely, University of Michigan, Georgia Tech, Northwestern, Boston University, NYU, Northeastern, UCLA, UIUC, UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UMass Amherst, Wellesley

What are my chances?
(Also, any safeties that would be fit for my profile since most of these schools are uber-competitive? It would mean a lot to me if you could help me out in the comments)
(At many, my major’s are computer science related but with a focus on art related majors like Computational Media etc)

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You have very good stats, and if you’re not asking for financial aid, you have a good chance at UCI, UCSB, UCSD, UMass, Northeastern and Georgia Tech. Your chances aren’t good for Stanford, Duke, Vanderbilt or Brown – not because you’re a bad candidate, but because these schools are a reach for everyone, especially international students.

BTW, have you discussed with your family the financial reprecussions of taking out a loan for close to third of a million dollars? Does that make sense for an undergraduate degree? No one in the US would get that kind of undergraduate loan without a solid co-signer. And everyone here would discourage them from doing it.

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I’m also an international student. Your toefl is good, but SAT is too low for schools like UCLA, Berkeley, Michigan, Northwestern, Brown, Duke, Vanderbilt, Stanford. Any major related with computer science is very hard to get in these days, my classmate with 1560 SAT and 3.8 GPA(unweighted) was rejected ED from Northeastern, which shouldn’t be that competitive if he applied to any other major. I have no idea how to evaluate your gpa, but a 1490 does not stand you out for the ivy and ivy plus schools in the top 30 rank.

Sorry for sounding so harsh, it’s just application is getting really hard, especially for international students^

For best chance, apply ED to the schools you have mentioned.

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Nationality?