Chance this typical yet unique asian! (Will chance back!!! thx)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I know this is a repost, but that's because I posted the old one in the wrong section...</p>

<p>lol first of all I appologize if this looks messy to you... but I promise that I will chance back!</p>

<p>Basic Info -----------------------------------------------------------------------------</p>

<p>Asian Male (Hong Kong)
Attend a competitive public school in NJ(many got into the top 20 colleges)
Live in NJ, but also a NY resident (Parents pay tax in NY)
Moved to the US when I was in 8th grade, so English is my second language
Dad attended a college in Hong Kong </p>

<p>standardized test ----------------------------------------------------------------------</p>

<p>SAT: Don't mention it.... I'm definitely not using it.
SAT2: Math II - 800, Chinese - 800 (Chinese is my third language), Physics: Taking it after the summer
ACT: 32 (Reading - 29, English - 30, Science - 32, Math - 36, Essay - 8)
TOEFL (In case I need it): 111
AP: Comp sci A - 5, Comp sci B - 5, Chinese - 5</p>

<p>School grades -------------------------------------------------------------------------</p>

<p>UWGPA: 3.82 WGPA: 4.38
Freshman year: Got straight As (included an ESL class)
Sophomore year: (maybe getting out of ESL was a burden) Got all As except in Pre-calc honors (B), Chemistry honors (B) and AP comp sci A (B)
Junior year: (Even the LA class I took was an honors course) Straight As except physics honors (B)
Senior year: Taking all honors courses with Advance topics physics, AP Calc AB, AP stat and Advance topics comp sci </p>

<p>EC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p>

<p>(During my freshman year, I didn't do a lot, due to my situation as an ESL student. Am I doing all these stuffs (that I actually enjoy doing) too late?) </p>

<p>Techonology and Business:
FBLA club member (11), club investment champion (11)
FBLA regional competition No. 4 for cyber security
Actively compete in topcoder.com (Algorithm rating is kinda low - six hundred something, will try my best to bring it up)
Found the school's first American Computer Science League (ACSL), competing next year
Technology manager of my church's youth group (11) </p>

<p>Culture and Language:
Teacher assistant of the ESL Bilingual Chinese class (10)
Teacher assistant of Chinese level 4 (11)
My Chinese teacher also published a few popular Chinese textbooks, I helped edit one so my name is on that version (as an Editor? I'm not sure)
Active participant of China night (9, 10, 11), manager of it (11)
Chinese club member (9, 10), event officer (11) </p>

<p>Volunteer work:
80+ hours volunteering in the library
Recycle papers for school (hours uncertain)
Participant of Relay for life (11), Publicity chairman next year
Found the community's volunteering club (11) (lol if this club fail, I'm not going to write this in my resume) </p>

<p>Music:
Played piano for 10 years (level 8)
Church's praise team leader (10, 11), play piano for church
Golden Key competition second degree honor, played in Carnegie Hall (11) </p>

<p>Sports:
Fencing Junior varsity (10), Varsity (11)</p>

<p>Other awards and honors:
Induced into NHS (11), will be required to do volunteer work next year
Member of the NSHSS (not sure whether NSHSS is a legit thing) </p>

<p>Religious commitment:
Church's student leader (11)
School's Christian club member (11), Secretary/Tresurer next year</p>

<p>Essays and recs -----------------------------------------------------------------------</p>

<p>I will make sure I get tons of help for my essays, since I was an ESL. Basically I will talk about how moving into this diverse country changed me and how I like to work with different kinds of people now. </p>

<p>For my recs, I will ask my comp sci teacher who knows me for 2 years, my Chinese teacher (I was her assistant and I helped edit one of her book) who knows me for 3 years, and my Junior year's US studies teacher who thinks I'm a very creative and hardworking student.</p>

<p>The list of my colleges -----------------------------------------------------------------</p>

<p>MAJOR: COMPUTER SCIENCE (Maybe accounting as a minor) </p>

<p>ED Cornell
Princeton
CMU
Duke
Brown
Rice
Northwestern
UMich
UIllinois
Georgia tech
UT austin
Rutgers
SUNY Stony Brook</p>

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<p>Thank you very much! I Promise to chance back!!!</p>

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<p>Princeton requires an SAT score … don’t they…</p>

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<p>no. ACT is also accepted</p>

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<p>If the B’s were not in math and science, there might be a better argument at top colleges given your few years in the states. Maybe Cornell with a phenomenal application and an increase in your ACT score, but don’t seen P or B. Yes to the bottom 6 and probably CMU if you’re full pay.</p>

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<p>cut ur EC down to 7, i don’t know what Ivy, everything else is possible</p>

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<p>thx for u guys opinions! (sigh) I knew that my sophomore years grade would somehow hurt me, and that’s why I decided to take the math2 and physics SATs.
anyone else?</p>

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<p>oh i forgot to add one more to my resume:
attended the idTech camp in Rider university to learn C++ (11)</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

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<p>Hmm your GPA is high enough, are you in top 10%? Your ACT score is about 60th percentile there, so thats good. Your ECs looks good. I think if you write great essays youve got a great shot at Cornell ED. Princeton and Duke idk about, but Rice NW and Brown are matches. I hope to see you at Cornell :)</p>

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<p>thx for the positive input! My school doesn’t rank but I think I would be in the top 10-20%.</p>

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<p>Oh also, lol i don’t think that Brown can be a match school for anyone, although I’m happy to know that you put Brown as a match school for me :)</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

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<p>Ugh…honors physics was the death of me! Your ECs look really good! This is my first time chancing someone, but I think you have a really good chance of getting into a majority of the schools listed. I think it is good your are applying ED to Cornell (I’m doing the same for Columbia :slight_smile: ), but as for Princeton…I don’t know if anyone is ever a match for it, lol.</p>

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<p>thx for chancing me! lol my B in honors physics is exactly the reason why I’m taking the physics SAT after the summer, lol i just wanna cover that B up…
good luck in Columbia :)</p>

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<p>ivies might be out of question for you unless you write a really creative essay on experiences here. the others seem pretty good for you to get in. You might want to add carnegie mellon onto your list - they have a top comp sci program and its not too hard to get into.</p>

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<p>lol thx for the input! well I do have Carnegie mellon in my list (CMU = carnegie mellon lol)
for all the ivies, I apply to Princeton cuz I live like 10 minutes away for it, Brown cuz I heard that it sometimes accepts random ppl (lol), and Cornell cuz it’s my dream school.</p>

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<p>hey U really have good ECs, which mainland students can rarely have~
Go Cornell~
I guess you might not have to bother the RDs -v-</p>

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<p>ED Cornell–I’d say this is a good chance ED.
Princeton --reach
CMU–high match
Duke–low reach
Brown–low reach
Rice–low reach
Northwestern—low reach
UMich—match
UIllinois —match
Georgia tech—high match
UT austin—match
Rutgers–safety
SUNY Stony Brook–safety</p>

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<p>muahaha shameless bump lol</p>

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<p>I say that you will get into most of these, unfortunately being an international student does not help too much. I also feel that you just need one thing. Something that could be outstanding. Maybe since its kind of late to do that you must have AWESOME ESSAYS. Anyways you will get into MOST AND IF YOU TRY HARD IN YOUR APPLICATION YOU MIGHT GET INTO ALL.</p>