chances (and possible merit $$?)

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Rochester
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<p>any ideas on chances, and maybe merit schloarship?
asian female, nj</p>

<p>SAT I (may 05) 720m, 680cr, 660writing
SATI (oct 05) 740 m, 660 cr, 720 writing
highest compositie: 2140
SAT II's: 680 math iic, 660 physics (yea...not that high)</p>

<p>extremely competitive school in nation, among top 100, no ranking tho, 3.8ish unweighted gpa
5 ap's by graduation: stat, econ (micro and macro), psych, lang, and calc
(not that many cuz my school has like qualifying tests for ap's, so its kinda hard to get in in the first place) but all other classes are accelerated/honors</p>

<p>EC's:
black belt karate
karate teacher to kids ages 3 to 10, teacher to special needs (physical/mentally ill), karate camp counselor
2004 nationals: 1st place
2003 nationals: 3rd place</p>

<p>clarinet for 5 or so years, 1st section in school band</p>

<p>internship at hospital, Neonatal intensive care unit, veryy cool experience</p>

<p>piano for like 12 years
played in carnegie hall, steinway hall
won competitions multiple times in diff years: young pianist competition of nj, music educators association of nj, young peoples music program, and 2 others whos name escapes me now...o and 2 consecutive years 1st place talent show in my school. im sending in a cd of my playing
accompanist for everything imaginable: school musical, chorale (elite singing group of my high school), and im like the conductor/teacher too, fundraising activities for AIDS (broadway cares/equity fights AIDS), president of musiCares (we go to diff nursing homes and play music), played with church choirs for sunday services
school activities include key club, modern issues, red cross, ummm sorta french lit mag</p>

<p>o i came to america when i was 10, dunno if that makes a difference, and i got supp recs from piano and karate teacher.</p>

<p>thanx for any thoughts!</p>

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<p>Did you apply yet?</p>

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<p>Applications for merit aid are due December 1. Have you applied yet? Your credentials look good!</p>

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<p>yes i sent in the app yestoday and mailed my CD today...lol yea, if my dad hadnt made me read more carefully id have missed the dec 1 deadline.</p>

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<p>Hold on, were you the national champion for karate in 2004? That's awesome!</p>

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<p>lol thanx. but it was only like against 1st degree black belts women, within the ages of 16 and 30, so it wasnt like i was fighting some 3rd degree massively huge men. hehe
yea so i wrote my essay about that, hopefully it helped</p>