Chance me please!!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Asian male (Studying in a private school with approx. 200 people in my class)</p>

<p>SAT I: </p>

<p>1 sitting = 2180
(Math:750 CR:730 Writing:700)</p>

<p>SAT II:</p>

<p>Math Lvl 2: 800
Chemistry: 800</p>

<p>IB:</p>

<p>Math HL - 7
Chem HL - 7
Bio HL - 7
English SL - 7
Business SL - 7
French SL - 6</p>

<p>41/42</p>

<p>*Toughest course-load offered by my school</p>

<p>(7 point grading scale)</p>

<p>Not really sure about gpas because our school goes by the ib points system (out of 42)
School doesnt have a ranking system either but I know I'm in the top 5%</p>

<p>ECs:
Science club
Robotics
Business Club
Basketball Varsity
Have been playing the guitar since elementary school (some stage experience as well)</p>

<p>Volunteer work at local school: 1000+ hours</p>

<p>Teacher Recs: Very good
Essays: Decent (not exactly works of art but they're okay)</p>

<p>Schools I'm applying to (not including safeties): </p>

<p>Upenn
Brown
Cornell
Washington U
Northwestern
Duke
UC Berkeley
UCLA
U Mich - Ann arbor
UVA</p>

<p>I'm pretty sure all my stats are okay besides my sat score (could've been higher) and my ECs</p>

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<p>your credentials are really good but you need to make sure your essay is excellent... an decent essay (esp bd youre asian) prob will not fly even with your grades and SAT scores.
other than that i think youre good to go</p>

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<p>Your stats are solid-- have you distinguished yourself in any EC? President? Awards? Be sure to emphasize those. </p>

<p>Nonetheless, (as an Asian myself) I hate to say you will be placed against some strange 'Asian standard' and they may even dare to consider your SAT I low. No worries-- make sure your essay is passionate and powerful, because I am quite certain it will be a swaying factor at most of the colleges you listed.</p>

<p>-M</p>

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<p>Upenn REACH
Brown REACH
Cornell Low REACH
Washington U Match
Northwestern Match
Duke Low REACH
UC Berkeley Match
UCLA Match
U Mich - Ann arbor SAFETY?
UVA LOW MATCH/ SAFETY?</p>

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<p>i say in at all wit ur good stats</p>

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<p>Wow, great IB scores. Just curious, do you guys test in your junior year or something, how do you already have them?</p>

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<p>Thanks for the response.</p>

<p>@cooledge: No I haven't taken my IB exams yet but these are my scores for my finals and midterms for my junior yr.</p>

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<p>um.. you live where??? if you live in California, you have an awesome shot at UCLA and Cal. UCs dont take rec letters, however......</p>

<p>with awesome rec letters and essays, i wouldnt be surprised if you ended up at one of the Ivys</p>

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<p>Might want to look at some East Coast schools like Holy Cross or Colgate. Holy Cross is a solid school with great alumni network and large financial resources for a liberal arts school. HC has nice location-1 hour from Boston.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the comments, would still like some more feedback though.</p>