chances for senior

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Asian American (english is 1st lang though)
gpa: 4.0 uw
class rank: 2/63
SAT: 2250 (780 M 770 W 700 CR)
SAT II: Korean 800 Bio E: 780 USH: 760 Math IIC: 780
APs: Bio: 5; USH: 5
Currently taking:
AP Eng lit
Span V-H
Physics-H
AP Euro
AP Calc
Gov't and politics
took most rigorous course load available at my school
Ecs:
- Community service 450 hrs
- Concert Band: 4 yrs
- Soccer: jv 9th, v 10, 11th (stopped playing b/c of completely torn acl last year.. and no not good enough to play college)
- Piano 10 yrs (occasionally played at church, not a big deal)
- Summer b4 junior yr: tutored elementary kids for free (7 hrs/ week)
- Summer b4 junior yr and senior yr: yg missions trips basically (besides tutoring of course)
- created and managed Church newspaper--editor in chief (2 years.. 6 hrs/ week)
- School community service club: since 10th grade; Planning board since junior year (2 hrs/ week); prefect senior year; newsletter editor (also created this as well) (3-4 hrs/ week) since junior year
- On the student life committee (official division of school board). 1 of 2 students in schoo to be nominated to do so.
- Tutored in Chemistry, Math, Spanish throughout the school year since sophomore year (4-5 hrs/ week)
- Church yg student leader (coordinated various activities and events) (3 hrs/ week)
- Organized a fundraiser for Rwanda and promoted awareness junior year (raised around $3500)
- 2nd place in an international essay contest</p>

<p>my ec life basically revolves around my youth group (student leadership, newspaper) the school community service club (prefect, newsletter, planning board) and tutoring kids. This is my passion, and focus on the application i guess.</p>

<p>amazing teacher and guidance counselor recs (go to a small private school in NH, they know me really well)</p>

<p>so i'd like to know my chances at:
Wheaton (IL)
UVA
U Toronto
U Mich Ann Arbor
Bowdoin
Cornell
Middlebury
U Chicago
Colby
Harvard
Yale
Dartmouth
Williams
Amherst
University of Oxford (England) (philosophy and theology)</p>

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<p>Is Korean spoken in your home?</p>

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<p>My parents speak korean but i speak english back to them... i only took korean as a backup.. i have 3 other sat ii scores anyway (besides korean)</p>

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<p>Yeah, I don't even know if most colleges will even really consider that score, I know that a few won't because, well, you're of Korean descent and anyone reading your app would assume Korean was spoken in your home. </p>

<p>I can't say what your outcome will be, you look like a pretty solid candidate and I'm sure you'll have at least a few lovely acceptances, particularly from the schools with a dearth of Asian applicants. Work on your essays.</p>

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<p>which schools have a dearth of asian applicants..? and bump..</p>

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<p>Possibly Middlebury, Colby, Bowdoin...?</p>

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<p>bump... any more thoughts?</p>

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<p>Wheaton (IL) - in
UVA - good chance
U Toronto - in
U Mich Ann Arbor - in
Bowdoin - in
Cornell - decent chance
Middlebury - in
U Chicago - good chance
Colby- in
Harvard - no chance
Yale - no chance
Dartmouth - slight chance
Williams - slight chance
Amherst - slight chance
University of Oxford (England) (philosophy and theology) - decent chance</p>

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<p>bump.. bump... bump....</p>

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<p>Might want to look at Holy Cross-very good LAC 1 hour from Boston. Holy Cross seeks diversity and has good size endowment.</p>

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<p>bump.. bump bump</p>

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<p>i remember seeing somewhere on the harvard, princeton, and yale website that taking an sat of your native/racial background (whether its your first language or not) is not recommended because it shows you don't challenge yourself to take other subject tests. not that it matters because you have bio, history, and math but just fyi.</p>

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<p>yep thanks for the heads up--sorta knew that anyway.. i have no reason to take it i guess. but i already signed up so might as well ..</p>