Chance Me? Low GPA, low SAT but high EC's

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hello there, i am an international student from Europe. I will apply to UCLA, Vanderbilt, Tufts, Yale, Boston U, Harvard, Stanford, and UPenn. Early Application to Columbia…
GPA: 3.6
SAT: 1110 (will retake in october for a better score) CR/W:480, Math:630, Essay: 4/4/4
SAT II: German w/listening & Math I (will take at november)
AP/Honors: we dont have these systems at our high school.

Extra curriculars:
-Vice President at the Student Council
-Founder&President of the Model UN Club (Attended 13 MUN Conference, received 2 Honor awards)
-Founder&Executive Editor of Student Newspaper (Published at least 10 edition of the newspaper)
-Founder&President of the Coders Club
-Team captain at the Volleyball Team
-Team Leader&Head of Organisation of High School Career Summit (Hosted 14 Key note speakers)
-Founder&Project Leader at Math Weeks (Organised 2 years annually Math Week)
-Founder&Project Leader at Literature Weeks (Organised 2 years annually Lit Weeks)

Volunteer:
-3 Months at a disabled people association
-High School Volunteer Team Leader at National STEM Project. Organised 7 various STEM Camps in our country; reached 2000 students.
-Worked with Nobel Laurete
-Selected to the Young Leadership Summit at a leadership foundation. 10K students applied, only 400 of them approved.

Job/Interns:
-Freshman &Sophomore Summer Intern at a logistics company (Unpaid) Total 6 Months
-Junior Summer Intern at a HR Company (Unpaid) 3 months
-Now: Social Media Director at a HR Company (4 months and will continue) (Unpaid)

Teacher Reccomendation: 10/10
Financial Aid: Yes, I will apply.

I know I have a really bad SAT Score, but do I have a chance to get accepted from those university’s?

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I’m inclined to say that your extra-curriculars will help your application stand out, especially because you don’t have honors or AP.

UCLA, BU- lower reach
I think that all the rest will be reaches for you. Personally I think your GPA is fine but you’d have a better chance if you could get your test score up to maybe a 1330-1400

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Your SAT and GPA will hinder your chances at most of those schools.
The admissions committees will note that SAT scores and GPA were affected by the time spent on your ECs. They will wonder why you couldn’t balance your required school work with your activities.

UCLA does not give financial aid to international students. So take that one off of your list.

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As an international applicant with low GPA/SAT and no honors/APs, I would say your chances are relatively low. While your ECs are very good, there are many applicants with equally impressive ECs and amazing stats. You would probably need to get your SAT up a few hundred points to be competitive. I would still encourage you to apply if those are your top choices, but also make your list of colleges slightly more realistic.

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Check out Wichita State University in the great state of Kansas. I worked in IT help desk for 26 golden yrs. They take all smart and qualified students. Those kids going places. Are u?