Chance me Please? Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, Northwestern, UNC Chapel Hill and etc

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Can someone chance me? I am applying for Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, Northwestern, UNC Chapel Hill, University of Southern California, and UCLA.
...and also UC Berkeley and UPenn. (In my opinion I would have to be lucky to get in)</p>

<p>I realize that I am severely lacking when it comes to awards and recognition. However, I have a unique bicultural (tri-cultural if one include America) experience that might make me slightly stand out. I hope.
As of now I'm considering studying either business, computer science, or international relation.
Thanks in advance! </p>

<p>GPA/Rank -
Weighted: 5
Unweighted: 3.9615
Rank: 18/508</p>

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<p>AP Scores:
AP Japanese:5
AP Calculus BC/AB:5
AP US: 5
AP environmental science: 5
AP Statistics: 5
AP Psych: 5</p>

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<p>Extracurriculars -
- Teen Court. Served as jury, attorney, and defendant. (2 years)
- TSA (Currently vice president) (3 Years)
- Digitech <em>club dedicated to making video, posters, and other technology related activity</em>(Currently Vice President) (3 Years)
- Key Club - (2 years)
- Science Olympiad (2 Years)
- Kendo (3 years)
- Played piano for 10 years, Violin for 5 years
- Worked with local nonprofit organization dedicated to raising money for schools. Member of marketing committee + Lead designer (posters, banners, etc) (2 Years)
- Attended Chinese supplementary school (6 years)
- Attend Japanese supplementary school (7 years)
- Frequently volunteer at computer refurbishing organization called Kramden Institute. (3 years)
- 200+ hours of volunteering </p>

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<p>Awards (I severely lack in this area, all my awards were received through saturday japanese school I attend)
1. Japanese essay contest Student's choice award (2011)
2. Japanese essay contest Teacher's choice award (2012)
3. Japanese Speech contest 3rd Place (2011)
4. Japanese Speech Contest 2nd Place/Teacher's choice award (2012)
P.S. All essay contest and speech contest is mandatory for Japanese students above 7th grade. (roughly 200 participants)</p>

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<p>Others:
Probably the only thing that would make me stand out would be my bicultural background. I was born and raised in Japan (10 years) but I am ethnically Chinese. I attended Chinese school and Japanese school for most of my life. (Both schools are targeted toward students who has fluent mastery over certain language)</p>

<p>and yes I am trilingual </p>

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<p>Scores:
SAT: 2100 (will take one more time)
Math - 770 Reading - 730 Writing - 600 (Yeah, I know)
SAT II: Japanese w/ listening - 730, Math II - 800, US history - 780</p>

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<p>Awards are overrated :D</p>

<p>Carnegie Mellon: high match / low reach
Cornell: low reach
Northwestern: high match
UNC Chapel Hill: mid match
University of Southern California: low match
UCLA: high match
Berkeley: low reach
UPenn: mid reach</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Bump…</p>

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<p>Do you have any safeties? Lucky for you writing is really easy to bring up!</p>

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<p>I consider UNC chapel hill as my safety. But I am in the process of looking for one more college to add to safeties.</p>

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<p>bump bump bump</p>

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<p>If going for computer science, then CMU is a reach. Only 8% of applicants are accepted for CS</p>

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<p>ohh… Thanks for the info, I’ll make a note of that</p>

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<p>Bump X( could use few more input</p>

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<p>I agree with thebeatles guy</p>

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<p>Is your unweighted GPA 3.9 out of 4.0 or out of 5.0?</p>

<p>Also, are you international?</p>

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<p>Chapel Hill is not a safety for anyone. Unless they are spectacular and in state. You look like a very accomplished person and you will most likely get into a few of your high match and reach schools. </p>

<p>Also if you are japanese how did you get a 730??</p>