Chances at Stanford : Please~

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello, my name is Sarah and I was hoping for some advice on my chances to the following universities. I am a female Korean, currently a junior studying in a private school in the Republic of Panama.</p>

<p>Early decision: Stanford University
Reaches: U of Penn, Johns Hopkins, Washington U St. Louis, Northwestern, UCLA, UC-Berkeley, Brown, Emory.
Matches: UM-AnnArbor, UW-Madison, UCSD.
Safety: UT-Austin, UM-College Park.</p>

<p>GPA:
10th: 4.4
11th: 5.1
Rank: Valedictorian</p>

<p>SAT I:
Math: 800
Verbal: 600
Writing: 720
Total: 2120</p>

<p>(This was my first time; therefore, I plan on taking it two more times)</p>

<p>SATII:
Math IIC: 700
Spanish: 780
Writing: 720
Chemistry: 750</p>

<p>My classes are IB classes. I took/taking:
IB Math HL, IB Chemistry, IB Biology SL, IB English A1 HL, IB Spanish A2 HL, IB Psychology SL.
(I still haven't taken any AP tests. I plan on taking them this year. My practice exams were pretty good)</p>

<p>ECS:
-Layout editor and chief in school magazine
-Layout editor and chief in school newspaper
-MUN press
-Volleyball team
-Plenty of community service (Orphan house: 160 hours)
-Tutoring service
-Summer internship at Samsung Electronics-Panama
-I am also equally fluent in English, Spanish and Korean. I also know French and Mandarin as my second languages. (I?ve lived in Korea, Brazil, Colombia and Panama).</p>

<p>RECs: My chemistry, math and English teachers promised me to write excellent recommendation letters. I also have an awesome recommendation letter by my advisor during my internship in Samsung Electronics.</p>

<p>Essays: I think I have very good essays. They were all approved by my English teacher.</p>

<p>I thank you SO SO much in advance for your time and advice. Any recommendation would be grateful.</p>

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<p>slight reach/match. i don't know why you put reaches for the schools you listed but i thought they should be either matches or safeties. I think it will be a match if your SAT score was 2200 or above.</p>

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<p>Reach for Stanford. The SAT score is kinda low, so you might want to boost it up to 2250+. Stanford weights on the 5-point scale (so a 5.1 is impossible).</p>

<p>U of Penn: reach
JHU: match/slight reach
WUSTL: match
NU: match/slight reach
UCLA: match
UCB: match</p>

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<p>Your only reaches are Stanford, UPenn and Berkeley (to a lesser extent). The rest are high matches/matches/safeties.</p>

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<p>Actually, my school is based on an IB program, so 5.1 works.
Thanks for all the responses.</p>

<p>bump</p>

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<p>"Actually, my school is based on an IB program, so 5.1 works."</p>

<p>That doesn't matter. The colleges don't do it like that. =)</p>

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<p>Will you be seeking financial aid?</p>

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<p>not at the moment... does that affect me being accepted or not to a college?</p>

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<p>ur SAT scores are good, your gpa is great (although I don't know how they grade there 5.1??) increase ur SAT 1 score and EC's then u'll be great match for those schools.</p>

<p>I think for current stats:</p>

<p>Early decision: Stanford University (deffered)
U Penn, Johns Hopkins, Washington U St. Louis, Northwestern, UCLA, UC-Berkeley, Brown (reaches)
Matches: Emory, UM-AnnArbor, UW-Madison, UCSD.
Safety: UT-Austin, UM-College Park.</p>

<p>Go to college park, I'll be ur TA, I'll give u good grades lol j/k
with that stat I probalby won't see u :D</p>

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<p>If you are an international applicant, then certain schools consider if you're applying for financial aid or not, and I think Stanford is one of them.</p>

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<p>dude, you got good chances</p>

<p>your stats are pretty close to mine, except for the sat 1 score. mine was higher.</p>

<p>so yea, good luck man</p>

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<p>panamalove:</p>

<p>UCB/UCLA: Match (out of state)
UCSD: Safe Match (out of state)</p>

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<p>Stanford would be a reach. A lot of people are not aware how competitive international pools are for top US colleges. It's not uncommon for schools like HYPMS have only 5-7% admit rates for internationals. Coming from Panama may help (for diversity), assuming they don't lump you with those applying from Korea.</p>