Chances at the Ivies

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey everyone, I am a Chilean senior studying at the International School Nido de Aguilas, one the most rigorous schools in South America. Since lots of people are doing it, here are my stats:</p>

<p>GPA: 3.998 unweighted
SAT: 2050
SAT IIs:
Spanish 800
Math Level 1: 720
Literature: 720
Courses: IB Diploma candidate
IB Economis HL
IB Spanish HL
IB English HL
IB Chile and the Pacific Basin SL
IB Phsyics SL (would have taken Chem HL, but had scheduling problems)
IB Math Methods SL
Theory of Knowledge</p>

<p>ECs:
Sports
Rugby (captain 11th and 12th grade)
Soccer (10th and 11th grade)
Tennis (MVP 9th, 10th, 11th, and probably 12th grade. I am also in the best national tennis team)
Organizations
Habitat for Humanity (9-12 grade, treasurer in 9th and 10th grade)
Amnesty International (9-10th grade)
Un Techo Para Chile (11-12th grade, sorta like Habitat for Humanity)
Hogar de Cristo (10-11th grade, orphanages)
National Honor Society (inducted in 11th grade)
Others
"School Spirit" (event coordinator)
Teach english at poorer schools (10-11th grade)</p>

<p>Awards:
Annual school awards for
Spanish (9-11th grade)
Social Studies (1-11th grade)
Biology (9th grade)
Phsyics (10th grade)
Chemistry (11th grade
World Leadership Award (1 of 10 national high school students invited to attend seminars of harvard profs, and 1 by Bill Clinton)
Outstanding Student award (9-11th grade, for best student in each grade)
Sports Awards
Sportsmanship Award for Rugby and Tennis every year I've been part of the team.
1st place impomtu speech competition
1st place persuasive speech competition</p>

<p>Other than that my recs will be great, my harvard and Upenn interviews went very well, and I have a lot of community service hours.
There aren't many organizations at my school, and interactivity between private schools is horrible.
Well, thank you in advance for any comments :)</p>

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<p>weak sat scores, weak ec's</p>

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<p>He is a URM(assuming your Hispanic), he has fine ECs</p>

<p>They are both reaches, but you have a chance</p>

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<p>you're confused habdragon, urm status only gives you an edge if you're a us citizen....</p>

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<p>A South American Spaniard , affluent and attending a fine prep school is not a urm.</p>

<p>Stats won't get you into an ivy, but you woulr represent good diversity at a lot of good schools and shold do well at schools where yourr scores are in the 50%</p>

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<p>i hate IB scheduling conflicts.</p>

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<p>suze, he's not a urm simply because he's not a domestic applicant....not to mention spaniards are from spain...anyway, urms, rich or poor, retain the edge of being black or hispanic simply because universities need them for public relations, studies have shown that being poor gives no real boost to admissions....that is to say, a wealthy black kid who can afford the entire price tag will be judged on the same level as a poor black kid applying for financial aid simply because they have the same ethnic makeup...i know it's unjust, but there's a limit on financial aid and if they can up their minority statistics without using more financial aid, they'll happily seize the opportunity</p>