<p>I am looking to apply to Universities this year. I want to study political science and economics.</p>
<ol>
<li>Swarthmore</li>
<li>Claremont McKenna</li>
<li>Columbia</li>
<li>Yale</li>
<li>Duke</li>
</ol>
<p>I am an International student;
SAT Score: 2300
IB Predicted score: 42-43 (HL: History, English Lit, Economics SL:Math, Spanish and Biology)</p>
<p>I will be taking 2 SAT subject tests in October- SAT2 Math and Spanish</p>
<p>ECA's
1. Varsity Tennis Team (4 years)- (however have been on the school tennis team from grade 7)
2. (2 years)- Volunteering with mentally disabled people.
3. Coaching disabled children in tennis
4. Journalism Team for school newspaper (3 years)
5. Head of Journalism for school economics magazine (1 year)
6. Started up a service project called Ummeed in school (2 years- Chair of the project)
7. Service project called Balvihar (3 years)
8. Volunteered for a summer at Ummeed in Mumbai.
9. Worked as a Waitress in a brunch restaurant.
10. Internship at the best shipping law firm in India.
11. Book club.</p>
<p>Activities
1. Have played tennis for 10 years
2. Sing Indian Classical music (8 years)
3. Speak, read and write 4 languages- </p>
<p>Awards
1. Won a prestigious singing competition
2. Star player of the season (3 consecutive years)
3. Player of the year (1 year- Best player in the school)
4. Was ranked #10 in Singapore for U16 tennis</p>
<p>School does not provide ranks .</p>
<p>Do you go to a UWC? Lol.</p>
<p>All of those are reaches, despite your impressive achievements. Add some more realistic schools, and moreover, let us know if you need aid or not (or whether you will be funded by UWC).</p>
<p>Your achievements are impressive. Still, at the 5 schools you’re talking about, they’re on par with at least half applicants. So your odds are better than most, but still probably 1 in 5 to get in, 4 in 5 not to.
What are your safeties?</p>
<p>Hey yeah I used to go to UWC East but now I have moved to the UWC in India (that’s where I got the player of the year award)</p>
<p>I recommend you apply ED to one of those places, then. Preferably Claremont McKenna or Swarthmore. A friend attends UWC India, and she told me you guys are only allowed to apply to six commonapp schools? That sucks, so you should apply ED somewhere (even if it’s Columbia) to understand how top schools will treat your application (if not get accepted and be done with all this). If you get denied, for instance, it would be wise to add Skidmore or a certain UWC-favorite to the list. (Of course if you have other schools to go to, such as in the UK, then just apply to top schools).</p>
<p>While those schools “match” your stats on paper, your odds are, at best, 1 in 5 (which is super high for an international applicant so congratulations). The rest is totally unpredictable since these schools have so many more applicants with your stats than they can accept - and legacies, athletes, etc. have a much higher percentage of admission so that skews the selectivity. If the official % is 10%, for an international who needs aid it means the school is actually 3-4%… Since you’re attending a UWC, you would likely have a scholarship to some schools.
What are your safeties? You need at least 3 schools that give UWC scholarships where you’re confident you’ll get in.</p>
<p>I don’t need financial aid</p>