Chance me, international? Wharton, NYU, Carnegie, Duke

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>PLEASE CHANCE ME (international student, from Brazil) for Wharton, Cornell, NYU, Carnegie Mellon, Notre Dame and Duke.</p>

<p>SAT I composite of 2 sittings: 2090 (610 CR, 760 M, 720 W).
SAT II: 780 in Math II and 730 in Chemistry.
GPA: not provided by my school.
Class rank: I am among the TOP 5 of 250 (my school is very difficult).
Volunteering work: 50 hours at an asylum
Intended major: ECONOMICS
Intended minors: MANAGEMENT and COMPUTER SCIENCE
Fluent in English, Portuguese and Spanish</p>

<p>ECs:
Vice President of the student council in Junior Year.
President of the student council in Senior Year.
Organized 3 editions of a famous music festival.
Organized a political debate among the candidates for mayor of my city (whose population is 1.5 million). In addition, I proposed the last question on the debate.
President of the Cinema Club in my school for 3 years. In this club, I ran a project that introduces some of the classics to kids and teenagers.
Organized a protest against corruption in Brazil. It attracted thousands of people and reverberated in national newspapers
Organized a skateboarding contest in my school
Organized a soccer championship in my school
Organized a few parties</p>

<p>Merits:
Semifinalist in college level History Olympiads in 2009
Regional semifinalist in Geography Olympiads in 2009
Regional semifinalist in Geography Olympiads in 2010</p>

<p>THERE ARE NO AP CLASSES IN BRAZIL. However, students here have to take ALL CLASSES.</p>

<p>Recommenders: I have three VERY enthusiastic letters from people from my school, who worked closely with me. All of the letters range from 500 to 600 words (I read them).</p>

<p>My essays are about my perception of the riots that occurred in Brazil last June and about the 6 months that I spent on a Hospital bed due to an accident (and how it shaped me).</p>

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<p>NOTE: Last Year, 3 of the 5 Brazilians who were admitted by Harvard had scores lower than mine, and one had a 2100.</p>

<p>At Penn, 2 Brazilian, non-athletes, non-legacies were admitted with high 1700’s</p>

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<p>please, guys, i am freakinnng</p>

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<p>Just going off your statistics for Brazilians, that’s a pretty low sampling pool. It’s hard to draw conclusions off of 5 people. </p>

<p>I think…</p>

<p>Penn: Reach, maybe a little bit of a better chance since you’re Brazilian
NYU: Low match if you don’t need any financial aid (if you do, high match-low reach)
Cornell: Low reach - Mid reach
CMU: low reach
Notre Dame: low reach
Duke: Low reach - Mid reach</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>I would say it is a 3.83 of 4, but it is not official (they will figure it out by my transcript, though).</p>

<p>And again, my school is VERY difficult (I have 14 classes per quarter, no extra-credit)</p>

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<p>anyone else (please)?</p>

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<p>Nobody here is familiar enough with the way these colleges view Brazilians to reasonably chance you. From what you’ve said, you obviously believe that you guys are held to a separate standard, nobody here knows how that works.</p>

<p>If you were from the U.S, with a 2090 , 3.83UW and your ECs, I would say:
Wharton - High reach
Cornell - Mid reach
NYU - High match
Carnegie Mellon - High Match/ low reach
Notre Dame - high match / low reach
Duke - mid reach</p>