Chance me~!~!~!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am going to take the SAT for the last time in October. I am expecting around 2300 according to my current practice test results in Academy. By the way, I am a Korean (Internatoinal Student without residence)</p>

<p>User Name: hcjiyun
Gender: M
Location: Tianjin, China
College Class Year: 2012
High School: Private
High School Type: rarely sends grads to top schools</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.80
GPA - Weighted: 4.10
Class Rank: top 5 students
Class Size: 30</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT I Math: 800
SAT I Critical Reading: 630
SAT I Writing: 670
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 800
SAT II Physics: 800
SAT II Chemistry: 770
AP Chemistry: 5
AP Computer Science AB: 5
AP Physics B: 5
AP Calculus BC: 5
AP Statistics: 5</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars: 2007 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Finalist, Chinese Amateur Soccer League</p>

<p>Leadership positions: Team leader of my ISEF team, School President of year 2008, Manager of the Fundraising Concert, Team Coach of Soccer Team
Athletic Status - list sport and your level: 3 yrs Varsity Soccer - Top Scorer of the year 2007; 2 yrs Varsity Basketball</p>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work: Vietnam Service Trip for 2 weeks, Fundraising Concert, Weekly Service in the Community for the Whole Year</p>

<p>Honors and Awards: 2007 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 2nd Place Grand Award, School Champion of Canadian Math test, Excellence in Science in 11th grade, Excellence in Mathematics in the Entire School,</p>

<p>Colleges of Interest:</p>

<p>College: Stanford University, Choice #: 1, ED/EA: Yes
College: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Choice #: 2, ED/EA: No</p>

<p>Other Colleges: Caltech, Princeton, UIUC, Univ of Michigan Ann Arbor, UC Berkeley, Cornell, Northwestern, Columbia FU Foundation, Cooper Union</p>

<p>Chance me!</p>

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<p>Actually I don't really have like a clear 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and so on... choices. But just the characteristic of this college confidential website made me fill out those stuff like that. I also have AP Scholar of Distinction.. I forgot to put that up</p>

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<p>You're an international student from China applying to MIT and Stanford. You are in the worst situation possible.</p>

<p>Unfortunately, you're probably going to be rejected everywhere except for UIUC and UMich. Admissions for internationals are disgustingly hard, especially for east asian countries.</p>

<p>Are you one of the best 200 seniors IN CHINA? If not, you're not getting MIT or Stanford.</p>

<p>Best luck, though.</p>

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<p>Actually.. I am a Korean even though I am applying for universities in China. Besides I have a friend who has a worse stat than I do, he doesn't have the ISEF award, he took 4 APs, was not a school president, did not do as much service as I did, and he still did get into UMich, Duke, Berkeley, northewestern, cornell, johns hopkins, carnegie mellon (all of which he applied for engineering department). Thank you for your advice but I really can't see why you would say that.</p>

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<p>Your ISEF award and school presidency are probably the only impressive things on your application, but they do make you stand out a bit. </p>

<p>But ses has a point about you being a chinese international. Statistically speaking, you have like less than 5% of getting into those schools.</p>

<p>Also, if you need financial aid, most of those schools are pretty much automatic rejects for you.</p>

<p>My prediction would be that you might get accepted or waitlisted at one of Stanford, MIT, Caltech, or Princeton. For the rest:</p>

<p>UIUC - match
Univ of Michigan Ann Arbor - match
UC Berkeley - reach
Cornell - low reach
Northwestern - match/low reach
Columbia FU Foundation - reach
Cooper Union - match</p>

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<p>Thank you for your reply, but what does match, reach, low reach mean?</p>

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<p>Match means your stats and such are right in the ballpark and you'll probably get in. </p>

<p>Reach means it's a stretch, but you could get in. </p>

<p>Low reach means it's a small stretch, but you've got a chance.</p>

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<p>Oh I see. Thanks~</p>

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<p>Please~~ More feed back people?</p>

<p>Also please consider my school's case. My school didn't offer classes for 3 of the AP exams that I took. No research advisor for my ISEF project(not available). No institutional help available for ISEF. No financial help for ISEF(total research cost was about 10 dollars). I heard that colleges read your application in context. My "context" is not so auspicious as those who attend prestigious high schools. So I thought these information might help..? I don't know haha;</p>

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<p>how much aid do you need?</p>

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<p>For now, I am sure I need some financial aid but I will probably apply for scholarships separately. Therefore, I am not going to be applying for any financial aid programms at the universities i am applying to</p>

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<p>....bump~~</p>

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<p>Does where you are from within the internatoinal pool really matter? The reason the chinese internatoinals are not admitted as much shouldn't really affect me. I thought all the internatoinal applicants are considered on the same basis without having any quata for certain countries. And again, I am a Korean which means when I am admitted, I will most likely be noted as a Korean in any of those statistics available to the public. As far as I know, most Koreans got admitted to Stanford this year among the internationals. BUMP~</p>

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<p>well.. I was going to apply as a Korean international before i moved to the states, and I have to say that your GPA isn't very impressive;
here's what I have to say:</p>

<p>Stanford University - reach
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - reach
Caltech - reach
Princeton - reach
UIUC - low reach
Univ of Michigan Ann Arbor - match
UC Berkeley - reach
Cornell - high match
Northwestern - match
Columbia FU Foundation - high match
Cooper Union - safe match</p>

<p>good luck!</p>

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<p>I mistyped my unweighted GPA. It is actually 3.9</p>

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<p>That doesn't change anything.</p>