Chances at Ivies

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Norwegian Citizen of Indian ethnicity. Graduated from an international school in South Korea. Lived in Norway for 15 years (studied in an international school for 12 years), moved to Korea after 9th grade and skipped a grade – joined 11th. Transferred school for my senior year (int’l school) in Korea. Graduated in June 2005 aged 16, taking a gap-year in Norway.</p>

<p>SAT I: 690M, 670CR, 700WR</p>

<p>GPA: 3.8 UW Freshman year, 4.0 UW (with two Hons. Classes) Junior year, 4.3 Weighted Senior year (5.0 for A+ and A in AP course, 4.0 for A in regular subjects, took 4 APs)</p>

<p>SAT II: 750 IC, 690 Physics, 680 IIC. Taking World History in December expecting 750+</p>

<p>O-Levels: A in IGCSE Spanish exam in 9th grade.</p>

<p>APs: Physics B 5 (independent), Calc AB, Stats, English Lit 4s.</p>

<p>ECs:
-WASC international school accreditation committee member. Represented whole student body for accreditation purposes (11th)
-Varsity Soccer (9th, 11th)
-Varsity Cross country (letter – 12th)
-Debate Team (12th)
-MUN founding member 11th, member of international team, 12th
-Creative writing (independent, sending in sample of short story)
-Varsity softball (9th)
-Publicity Manager for school plays (12th)
-Orphanage Service Club (11th, 12th)
+++ minor things</p>

<p>Gap-year:
-Taking 2 APs online (virtual high school) Calc BC and Macro and Micro Econ
-Self-studying AP Physics C (both parts)
-Internship with Political Science professor at a university in Norway on a UN Project
-Amnesty International volunteer
-In the process of patenting a traffic-regulation machine (speed-control device) Describing it briefly in my app
-Taking refresher courses in Norwegian and Spanish to be completely proficient by the end of the year
-Working with a Museum team in Stavanger for developing the city’s museum for “European Culture City 2008”</p>

<p>As an International not asking for Financial Aid, what chances do I stand at:</p>

<p>-Princeton ED (i applied already)
-Penn Wharton
-Harvard
-Yale
-Stanford
-Cornell (applied last year, rejected RD)
-Dartmouth (applied last year, rejected RD)</p>

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<p>Chances please!!! BUMP!</p>

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<p>Where are the safety schools that you love?</p>

<p>(You can figure out the chances as well as anyone else. You know the overall admission rates, and most post the rates for internationals. You know how your SAT scores relate to the 75th percentile of students attending. What is it that you are missing?)</p>

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<p>I've already got a guaranteed deferred entry at the University of Warwick in England for Economics (ranked No. 2 in UK for the subject). Thats my safety so im just applying to reaches this year.</p>

<p>Admission rates make no sense on a personal level. Each individual is either a possible admit or a possible deferral or possible reject. Thats the whole point of "Chances".</p>

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<p>Okay. No better than between 1 out of 20 and 1 out of 5 (using the stats of the colleges themselves.) You might be helped by not applying for financial aid.</p>

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<p>BUMP my post!!! C'mon people...give me some feedback</p>

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<p>dude, you need more safeties. i mean, i wish you the best of luck and all, but those are all tough schools to get into, especially since you are an international applicant who has gotten rejected before</p>

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<p>if you read my post, I already have a safety...</p>

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<p>callthecops...are you sure it wise to be disclosing all these details about you?....any random adcom could easily identify you out of all the applicants with your strange ethnic background/citizenship.....i guess just dont make a bad impression</p>

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

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<p>You could VERY well get rejected from all 7 of those schools. You need to lower your standards a bit.</p>

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

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

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<p>well he already kinda has a safety, which is a great school btw, i know someone who's goin there</p>

<p>just apply and hope for the best, u have decent-good chances especially with the cool stuff u did during ur gap year</p>

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<p>Question: why do ppl like to study economics? I looked into it briefly, and I learned this:</p>

<p>Economics is very complicated and hard to predict, and, even if predictable, is impossible to make money off of.</p>

<p>So why study it?</p>

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<p>economics rocks, I want to study the same thing, but I also want to get a dual degree in finance. You can do tons of stuff with a degree in economics. And I really think its all about passion. Why do poeple study math? Why do people study medicine? Why do poeple study architecture? Its jsut out of passion, or at least thats how I chose what I want to study.</p>

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<p>yes, but economics seems centered on money, and money is no fun unless ur spending it</p>

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<p>you need some impressive scores. even though the ivies claim that they look at CHARACTER, there is an inevitable breakoff point that consists of SAT scores, GPA, and class ranking. How are they going to go through 40000 applicants just by looking at individual character? Admissions policy is objective? Objective it can be....but there is an inevitable standard for the ivies. Your ECs may help you but don't count your chances on them.</p>

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<p>how much do you think i will be helped by not applying for FA at Penn and others?</p>

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