Chances - final stats

Student Lounge International Students
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<p>Chinese Canadian female
Location: Vancouver, Canada
College Class Year: 2012
High School: Public
High School Type: rarely sends grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>

<p>Academics:
GPA - Unweighted: 4.00 (about 98%)
Class Rank: 1/334
Most rigorous courseload - 5 of the 6 AP classes offered</p>

<p>Scores:
SAT I: 2390 (R800 CR800 W790)
SAT II Math Level 2: 800
SAT II Biology - M: 800
SAT II Chemistry: 800
AP Biology: 5
AP Chemistry: 5</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
- Visual art
- Student Council (2 years)
- Math Club/ Team (4 years)
- Debate Team (2 years)
- Environmental Club (2 years)
- Special Events Committee (2 years)</p>

<p>Leadership positions:
- Student Council: grade representative (2 years)
- Math Club/ Team: coach (2 years)
- Environmental Club: president (1 year)
- School embassador and mentor (2 years)</p>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work:
- Local hospice thrift store (1 year)
- Other local events throughout the year</p>

<p>Honors and Awards:
- Canadian Math Competitions (national): top 25% in grade 8-11, 46th (99th percentile) in grade 10
- AMC 10: 2 time school winner
- Regional math competitions: 4th in grade 8, finalist in grade 9, 4th place team I coached in grade 11
- Michael Smith Science Challenge: 6th national, 1st provincial (grade 10)
- Provincial Physics Olympics: 6th team (grade 11)
- National Biology Competition: 31st (99th percentile) (grade 11)
- Asia Pacific Foundation Poster Contest (provincial): 3rd (grade 10) (published)
- Robert Bateman Get to Know Art Contest (national): honourable mention (grade 11) (published)</p>

<p>Special programs:
- Gene Researcher for a Week: chosen as one of 30 students in Canada to work in a genetics lab for a week
- Shad Valley: National program for science, technology and entrepreneurship, Laval University (bilingual- English/French)</p>

<p>Others:
- Knows 3 languages (English, Mandarin, French)
- Good essays
- Good recs (top in career for one teacher in 16 years of teaching)
- Will be submitting visual art supplement
- Major in biology</p>

<p>What are my chances for the Ivies, MIT, Stanford (probably my first choice) and UC Berkeley? Please and thank you!</p>

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<p>Dude!!!!!@#$%#@</p>

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<p>ucb : sureshot
cornell, upenn, dartmouth : sureshot
all other ivies + mit+stanford : target</p>

<p>it is people like you who make the lives of people like me difficult and admission decisions unpredictable</p>

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<p>Thank you :]
Anyone else?</p>

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<p>cornell, upenn and dartmouth are not sure shots for you, or for anyone else. But you do have a very good profile and should get into a lot of those schools.</p>

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<p>No Ivy is a 'sure shot', as snooker1 said. But yes, you have a good chance.</p>

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<p>
[quote]
ucb : sureshot
cornell, upenn, dartmouth : sureshot
all other ivies + mit+stanford : target

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<p>Wake up. Upenn and Dartmouth sureshot? I swear I will put my head between my legs and kiss my butt if they are sureshot for anyone.</p>

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<p>Just apply to a bunch of ivies+mit+stanford etc ... you'll get into one for sure ..</p>