Chance me please!

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<p>Please help me guys... I get almost no resources on US universities. I'm thinking of applying to Ivies, MIT, Stanford, and the top UCs.</p>

<p>Basic info:</p>

<p>Chinese Canadian female
High School: Public, rarely sends grads to top schools</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>99% (cumulative probably 98%)
Class Rank: 1
Class Size: 380</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT I: 2390 ( M: 800, CR: 800, W: 790)
SAT II Biology - M: 800
SAT II Chemistry: 800
SAT Math II: will take in October, hoping for 800
AP Chemistry: 5
AP Biology:5</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<ul>
<li>Student Council representative (2 years)</li>
<li>Math Club/ Team (4 years, 2 as coach)</li>
<li>Debate Team (2 years)</li>
<li>Environmental Club (2 years, 1 as president)</li>
<li>Special Events Committee (2 years)</li>
<li>School embassador and mentor (2 years)</li>
<li>Avid artist (traditional, digital, photography, sculpture, etc. Have a portfolio)</li>
</ul>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work: </p>

<ul>
<li>Local hospice thrift store (1 year)</li>
<li>Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada (1 day per year for 3 years)</li>
</ul>

<p>Honors and Awards:
- Canadian Math Competitions: top 25% for 4 years, 99th percentile in grade 10
- Regional math competitions: inidividual finalist in grade 9, team I coached in grade 11- 4th place
- Michael Smith Science Challenge: 6th place national, 1st place provincial (grade 10)
- Provincial Physics Olympics: 6th place team (grade 11)
- National Biology Competition: 31st place, 99th percentile (grade 11)
- Asia Pacific Foundation Poster Contest (provincial): 3rd place (grade 10)
- Robert Bateman Get to Know Art Contest (national): honourable mention (published)(grade 11)</p>

<p>Summer programs and others: </p>

<ul>
<li>Shad Valley: National program for science, technology and entrepreneurship, most prestigious in Canada. Attended at Universit</li>
</ul>

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<p>Anybody? Please?</p>

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<p>If you are Canadian then you are not considered an international applicant. Stats and EC look good. I would say a good chance of getting in. But top school admissions are erratic so don't take my words for it.</p>

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<p>"If you are Canadian then you are not considered an international applicant."</p>

<p>yes you are an international. i am canadian too and i've been told by admission deans that we are.</p>

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<p>I guess being Canadian is a little different then being from other countries. For example, quite a few schools have need-blind admission policies for Canadian and Mexican citizens. And the financial aid forms a different too.</p>

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<p>I can't say about Stanford and MIT, chances look good at UCB, you can try for Yale, Brown, Columbia and Dartmouth...You can even try for Upenn and Cornell if you don't require much aid...
Note-None can predict where you will go, that is, no one can tell you your chances, this is just an opinion...</p>

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<p>^Obdurate Nazi :p</p>

<p>I think your chances are really bright! Go ahead apply and play along ;)</p>

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<p>^..yup..as Stubborn as you can think of..:p..</p>