Chances for JHU, Berkely, Duke, Yale, Columbia

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am currently a senior student and will be applying for colleges later this year
international student (New Zealand Citizen)</p>

<p>GPA: I do IB. Predicted score 42/45 and school doesn't rank
SAT I M800 W760 R600 (2160) and M760 W710 R680 (2150)
Superscore M800 W760 R680 (2240)
SAT II M 800 Chem 690 (planning to retake chemo or take Bio)</p>

<p>EC's
varisty basketball 2yrs (didn't play in sophomore year due to achilles injury) won several awards in basketball including second place in nationals during middle school, regionals 3point champ etc...
basketball coaching middle/junior schools
varsity tennis 2yrs
tutoring in & out of school
ALOT of volunteer work
Few cultural activities (musicals, piano solo performances etc)
national evaluator for FPS middle school/junior school division (Future Problem Solving)
Other school activites (UNESCO, Korean Club chair etc)
(not sure if this is relevant but did 7+yrs of alter service :p)
Won several high-distinction awards for NZ+Aus tests
Was ranked top 100 in national math test several times </p>

<p>Currently looking at....
Johns Hopkins (first in my list)
UC Berkeley
CMU
Columbia
Duke
Yale</p>

<p>I have a feeling that i'll have near 0 chances but I just want to hear people's opinions</p>

<p>Thank you in advance </p>

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<p>What program will you be applying for at those schools? </p>

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<p>BME</p>

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<p>Berkeley would either be low reach or high match. I guess you’ll get into 2 or 3, at least, out of those five schools in your list. </p>

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<p>Columbia, Yale - High Reach (these types of schools are always long shots)
JHU - Reach (JHU BME is much more competitive than the rest of the school)
Duke, UCB - Low reach
CMU - High match</p>

<p>While your IB scores are good, your SAT kinda hurts your chances -and so does being international. If I were you I would look at some safeties. Schools like UC Davis, UCSD, Georgia Tech should be matches/safeties for you. </p>

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<p>CU Boulder would be a really nice fall-back school too.</p>

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<p>@saif235
So being international hurts my chances? :frowning:
I though US colleges seek cultural diversity and there’s probably less than 100 New Zealanders applying to US schools each year. I though it would raise my chances.</p>

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<p>For US college admissions being international hurts your chances, especially if you’re applying for financial aid. It’s not a dealbreaker, but international acceptance rates are lower than US resident acceptance rates for most (if not all) schools (<a href=“The Truth About Applying to a U.S. University as an International Student | HuffPost College”>HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost).</p>

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<p>bump</p>

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<p>@saif235‌ Columbia’s acceptance rate is 7%. Duke’s is 10%. Berkeley’s is 19%. </p>

<p>Is 10% closer to 7% or to 19%?</p>