Chances for an int'l student?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>STATUS: Asian student attending a competitive American school in Taiwan, applying as a Canadian int'l student. Our school routinely sends students off to Ivies and is in good relations with many US schools.</p>

<p>STATS</p>

<p>COURSELOAD: Full IB (well rounded, heaviest possible = 5 IBH, 2 IBS)
GPA: 3.72 UW / 3.87 W on a 4.0 scale/0.5weight
Grades: Mostly A- with a sprinkling of A's & B+'s
RANK: N/A
SAT SCORES:
- SAT I: 2200 (CR 690, M 790, W720 /essay11)
- SAT II: 800 Math IIc
- SAT II: 800 Chinese w/L
- SAT II: ??? Biology (estimate: high 600s~low 700s)</p>

<p>EC'S</p>

<p>World Vision (9,10,11,12) Publicity Head, now Co-President
Student Gov't (10,11,12)
Spanish Honor Society (9,10,11,12)
Peer Counseling Committee (11,12 - the only years available)
9-day Tsunami Relief trip (11 - the only year available)
4-day Cambodia trip, built houses (11)
School Play - makeup & set (11,12)
Youth Vision (9, 10)
NJHS (9, 10 - the only years available)
Prom Committee (11 - the only year available)
Class Gov volunteer (9,10,11,12)
'05 Summer internship at the Grand Hyatt Taipei- financial dept.
'04 Summer internship at a local English K. - T.A. work</p>

<p>HONORS/AWARDS</p>

<p>Off the top of my head... Honor Roll each year, Distinguished Art student of the year, World Vision Service Awards, Stugov "most artistic" award, chosen rep. to int'l Peer Counseling conference..</p>

<p>SCHOOLS</p>

<p>UVa
UNC -- EA
UMich
WashU
Boston College -- EA
UPenn (Wharton)
Georgetown -- EA
Carnegie Mellon
UChicago -- EA?
Northwestern
Brown
U Wisconsin-Madison
Queens</p>

<p>And, if it helps, my family is capable of paying full tuition. </p>

<p>Please indicate either reach/match/safe or accepted/WL/deferred/rejected. TIA!</p>

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<p>your stats are good but one prob--ur international, you're going to have stiff competition, you need some backups bc places like michigan don't take very many, (last year they had 220 students out of a class of 6000) its just that probability is working against you. good luck, but remember that statistically, its not likely.</p>

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<p>220 sounds kind of low. Usually Michigan has closer to 300 international students per class...but you are right, internationals face stiff competition.</p>

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<p>yikes... I'd thought that univs nowadays want intl students so we'd have better chances but come to think of it now, yeah, with the low percentages of intl students...</p>

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<p>yeah you're a great student but you're outnumbered, its a lottery buddy. good luck--i suggest you consider :
St Olaf's in Minnesota they are desperate for internationals, good liberal arts school
Vassar
Whitman
UMass Amherst
UConn (univ. of connecticut)
VATech</p>

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<p>Think about it. On average most universities have between 2% and 4% international students. Some schools have as many as 7% or 8%, but those are not the norm. So if you look at it, each year, there are roughly only 3,000 international students that get into elite universities (top 6 or 7 State universities, top 20 LACs and top 20 private research universities). Even if only 30,000 international students applied to all thse schools, we are still talking to a very tiny percentage of successful applicants.</p>

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<p>UVa (Accept)
UNC -- EA (Wl or Accept)
UMich (WL)
WashU (WL)
Boston College -- EA (Accept)
UPenn (Wharton) (Reject)
Georgetown -- EA (WL)
Carnegie Mellon (Accept)
UChicago -- EA? (WL)
Northwestern (WL)
Brown (WL)
U Wisconsin-Madison(Accept)
Queens(Accept)</p>

<p>You can only do 1 EA....</p>

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<p>you can do more than one EA, you can't do more than one ED
ctsurgery is not credible...
i know some friends in American school in Taiwan... one of them is Eric from Korea</p>

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<p>Shes paying full tuition, the competition will be less stringent... you will get into more schools than ctsurgery said</p>

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<p>oh hey you're in taiwan...I'm half taiwanese!</p>