Chances for an international! (Ivies, MIT, Stanford)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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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
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 (IIC): 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)
- Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada</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>College Summer programs:
- 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 of them in 16 years of teaching)
- Will be submitting visual art supplement
- Major in biology</p>

<p>Please and thank you!</p>

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<p>... Please?</p>

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<p>c'est possible. mais je ne suis pas tres sure. bon chance.</p>

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<p>Merci :]</p>

<p>Bump!</p>

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<p>90 views and one response?! Come on... say something!</p>

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<p>you have no chance at all
stick to canadian schools</p>

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<p>Nothing other than cynicism huh</p>

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<p>You have a near-perfect SAT score, 4.0 uw, and solid ECs. </p>

<p>There's really nothing to say besides the fact that there's always some luck involved when it comes to applying for HYPSM.</p>

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<p>Ditto. The GPA, test scores, and ECs are all there. You should get in as long as your essays aren't boring or poor. Pick up and read one or all of the following books for writing essays (presuming you haven't already sent the applications)</p>

<p>Strunk and White: The Elements of Style, 4th edition
Writing a Successful College Application Essay (from Barrons--written by George Ehrenhaft)
On Writing Well, by William Zinsser</p>

<p>The first two are short, easy reads (can do in a day or two). The last one is a little longer.</p>

<p>Best of success to you.</p>

<p>P.S. Based upon the way these Ivies score, you'll get a "1" for GPA, a "1" for test scores, and a "2" or "3" for ECs. (probably a "2"). Based upon this, you'll only need a "2" on your essay to get into the schools. This means your essay has to be better than the average one received, but doesn't have to "wow" them.</p>

<p>For your info, for ECs, a "1" is given for someone who has won or placed in a national competition, a "2" is given for winning or placing in a regional competition(s). Since you were fourth, I'll presume they will give you a "2".</p>

<p>And if you go "1-1-1" on the first three categories, generally they don't even bother to read the essays. They just let you in.</p>

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<p>Hmm interesting...I've never heard of that point system.</p>