Chances for a poor asian

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Korean male
GPA - 3.85/4.0 (+.5 for AP class, none for honors, grade based on 94-100 = 4.0 scale)
Public school in VA
doesn't do class rank</p>

<p>SAT 2250-2400 (i am guessing i no it's not below 2250)
SATII Korean w/ listening 800, World History 710, Math 2 800,
planning to take SAT II Chemistry also.</p>

<p>My counselor rec is gonna be good. My english teacher rec is going to be great. But my other rec is gonna be ok-ish. (of course I am guessing based on how much they like me)</p>

<p>My essay is going to be rockin though. The best! I am going to try to really show my passion!</p>

<p>Have taken 4 APs as of now. I am taking five more my senior year.
But I have gotten a 5 on my AP World history exam and I am confident I'll get at least 4s on the other three. </p>

<p>ECs
JV Soccer for 2 yrs
Planning to play varsity soccer for another 2 years
Robotics for 2 yrs
Marching band for 2 yrs
Junior math league for 2 yrs
Senior math league for 2 yrs
Science Olympiad for 2 yrs
Math Honor Society
Spanish Honor Society</p>

<p>Leadership
President and Co-Founder of Habitat for Humanity
Teach ESOL kids at elementary school</p>

<p>Volunteer
Local hospital for 2 yrs
Katrina
PAS
Key Club</p>

<p>Awards
Various academic awards
writing awards
Musician scholar & athlete scholar awards
Presidential award for volunteering</p>

<p>other:
Stanford University Math Camp
Internship
EPGY </p>

<p>So what are my chances for:</p>

<p>1) U Chicago
2) William and Mary
3) Univ of Southern California
4) Pomona
5) NYU
6) Duke
7) Rice
8) Emory</p>

<p>my 1st choice being U Chicago. I am not apply for financial aid (if that helps) and am applying Early Decision./</p>

<p>Can you recommend some safeties too?
and what can I do (I am a junior) to better my chances?</p>

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<p>don't really wanna go to william and mary & emory actually. And I doubt that I will apply to Duke. But I am curious to see what you guys are going to say.</p>

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<p>bumpy bump ... cmon people</p>

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<p>I'd say you're in at Rice</p>

<p>Dont know about others</p>

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<p>You've got a great shot at Duke too...from your list it looks like that's your reach school. I say apply b/c Duke accepts students regardless of (in)ability to pay.</p>

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<p>"Planning to play varsity soccer for another 2 years"</p>

<p>..how old are you?</p>

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<p>i'm from VA to.</p>

<p>i've heard different sorts of stories from W&M, sometimes the most random candidates have gotten in. Just this year, one of the brightest seniors at my school got rejected with an almost flawless record/application.
And at the same time this year, another senior with a class rank of 51 got accepted.</p>

<p>As for you, </p>

<p>1) U Chicago- Don't know much about it, heard it's a swell school. I'd say in.
2) William and Mary- Again, random. in.
3) Univ of Southern California- A reach, but i'm not to familiar with out of state acceptance rates at the UC's
4) Pomona- In
5) NYU- In, although it depends on what you want to do.
6) Duke- errr. i'd say reach
7) Rice- in
8) Emory- reach</p>

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<p>When does your soccer season start at your school...?</p>

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<p>really? I am pleasantly surprised by your responses. My soccer season starts in February. So by "another 2 years" i really meant two more seasons one of which starts next month and one my senior year, cuz I am a junior right now.</p>

<p>But wow! are you guys serioius? I am a korean going to a public school in VA. I am flattered.</p>

<p>thanks,</p>

<p>anybody else?</p>

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<p>legendofandrey--Pomona has about a 15.8% admit rate; Duke's is 21%; Emory's is in the 30s. So I'd say Pomona is a reach, too.</p>

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<p>... does that mean emory is a match for me? and duke is a high match? you are telling me that pomona is harder than duke?</p>

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<p>also what is my chance for Northwestern?</p>

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<p>1) U Chicago: Reach
2) William and Mary: dont know
3) Univ of Southern California: you're in
4) Pomona: Dont know
5) NYU: you're in
6) Duke: high reach
7) Rice: you're in
8) Emory: dont know
Northwestern: not sure...probably a good chance</p>

<p>Hmm..seeing that you excel in math and science, look into some good engineering schools. Some good schools for that are the university of Michigan, UC-Berkley, UCLA. There are also a lot of koreans in those schools, if you find that important.(there are literally thousands of koreans in michigan). and USC should have a HUGE korean population as well.</p>

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<p>
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I am not apply for financial aid (if that helps)

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[quote]
Chances for a poor asian

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lol..................</p>

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<p>^^^hahah just notice that...</p>

<p>anyways if you achieve the SAT scores your hoping for i think you will be in at all the schools you listed. You are a very competitive applicant for all schools.</p>

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<p>
[quote]
... does that mean emory is a match for me? and duke is a high match? you are telling me that pomona is harder than duke?

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Admit rates are useless without considering stats and the number of applicants. According to IPEDS, only Harvard has higher test scores in all three areas than Duke.</p>

<p>The College of the Ozarks has an admit rate of 12%, but I would hardly consider it more selective than Dartmouth.</p>

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<p>I thought Rice is one of the more competitive universities...</p>

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<p>poor asian applying to uchicago without aid...huh</p>

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<p>you're in at emory</p>

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<p>1) U Chicago | match
2) William and Mary | in
3) Univ of Southern California | in
4) Pomona | not sure
5) NYU | in except maybe stein
6) Duke | reach
7) Rice |safety
8) Emory | dunno</p>

<p>Northwestern | match</p>