chance me please (need critical feedback)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>-ethnic background: asian
-gender: female
-SAT I: 2000/2400 (CR 620, W 660, M 720)
-SAT II: math 2c 770, bio 730, korean 800
-took toefl... waiting for the scores...
-GPA: weighted 4.54, unweighted 3.98</p>

<p>-courses:</p>

<p>9th:
world history A/A
english 1 A/A
Algebra 2 H A/B
Japanese 1 A/A
PE A/A
Chamber choir A/A
health ed A/A</p>

<p>10th:
media assistant A/A
English 2 A/A
Trigonometry A/A
Creative Writing H A/A
Chmistry H A/A
Japanese 2 A/A
PE A/A
womens choir A/A
Science Research A</p>

<p>11th:
US history A/A
English 3 A/A
Calculus BC AP A/A
Science Research A/A
Biology AP A/A
Psychology AP A/A
Japanese 3 H A/A
womens choir A/A</p>

<p>12th:
English 4
multivariable calculus H
Statistics AP
Physics C AP
Economics AP / government
Japaense 4
Music Advanced Project</p>

<p>-academic honors: science fair, ap scholar, principal's honor roll (4yr), California Scholarship Federation(4yr), Mu Alpha Theta(4yr), Japaense Honor Society (secretary 4yr)</p>

<p>-extracurricular activities: UNICEF club (founder and president 2yr), keyclub (1yr), private golf lesson (3yr), private flute lesson (7yr), tutoring (2yr), entertainment weekly (president 1yr), volunteering at hospital ( 1 1/2 yr), volunteering at retirement housing (3yr), camp with autistic children, Korean Student Association (president and founder 1yr), summer program @ Northwesten University</p>

<p>i'm applyling to brown (ED), cornell, northwestern, Johns Hopkins, UC berkeley, LA, sandiego, UIUC, boston college, boston university, purdue, NYU, U mich, tuft, carnegie mellon, USC, Washu...</p>

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<p>oh for additional high school info... last year our school sent 5 to harvard, 15 to stanford, more than 100 to berkeley + LA, more than 10 to cornell 6 to MIT... total student per grade is 600 ish...</p>

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<p>Your grades are terrific, but your SAT scores aren't, and your ECs aren't exciting. I don't think you'll fare too well at the top schools. You will have no chance at UC-Berkeley or UCLA if out of state. Watch your spelling carefully on your applications.</p>

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<p>If in state for the UCs</p>

<p>Berkeley- slight reach
UCLA- match/slight reach
UCSD- safe match</p>

<p>if OOS</p>

<p>Berkeley- reach
UCLA- reach
UCSD- slight reach</p>

<p>other schools</p>

<p>Brown ED- slight reach
Cornell (assuming CAS)- reach
Northwestern- reach
Hopkins- slight reach
UIUC- safe match
BC- match
BU- safe match
Purdue- safety
NYU- match
Michigan (OOS)- match
Tufts- slight reach
CMU- match/slight reach
USC- match
WashU- reach but you never know, they waitlist so many people</p>

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<p>"last year our school sent 5 to harvard, 15 to stanford, more than 100 to berkeley + LA, more than 10 to cornell 6 to MIT... total student per grade is 600 ish..."</p>

<p>With a 3.98 at a school of this caliber, i'd say you actually have a great chance at all despite only a 2000 in the SAT</p>

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<p>Might look at Holy Cross-Top30 LAC-located 1 hour from Boston. HC is SAT optional and is similar to Boston College.</p>

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<p>thanx for all feedbacks:) i appreciate them.
I still couldn't decide where to appy for ED.
should I try cornell? or brown?
i know cornell is easier than brown, iono...
Please give me some suggestions... thanx</p>

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<p>Brown ED- slight reach
Cornell (assuming CAS)- reach
Northwestern- reach
Hopkins- slight reach</p>

<p>^ ckmets. how can hopkins be a slight reach if brown is only a slight reach?</p>

<p>brown is definitely a reach for this applicant. maybe even tiptoeing around high reach</p>

<p>id say ED, youd havea much better shot at cornell than brown</p>

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<p>If your TOEFL is below the cut off value of some of the colleges, they will reject you.</p>