Chances of a Vietnamese

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<p>Hi guys. I am international student from Vietnam. It would be great if you could look into my stats and evaluate. Thanx in advance</p>

<p>Class rank:10/486. My school is the top high school in Vietnam.
Test scores:
SAT I: Math:780, CR:640, Writing:680
SAT II: MathIC:720, Math IIC:780, US History:620
My academic awards:
9th grade: 1. 1st prize in the English district competition. 2. 2nd prize in the city-wide English competition. </p>

<p>10th grade: 1. 3rd prize in the city wide English competition. 2. Scholarship awarded by IDP Education Australia for high achievement in English. 3. Participant of the city-wide geography competition </p>

<p>11th grade: 1. Scholarship awarded by ISCU(International Schools, Colleges and Universities of the United Kingdom) for excellent academic achievement. 2. Selected for the English national team. 3. 2nd prize in the city-wide English competition for 12th graders( selected to compete with seniors). 4. Participant of the city-wide geography competition
*From 9th grade to 12 grade : I have constantly earned the title of excellent student. </p>

<p>Extracurricular activities:
varsity basketball and soccer ball-3 basketball gold medals and 1 soccer silver medal
Volunteer at the SOS village for the orphans
Volunteer as a consultant at the Phone line to give advice to teenagers
Correspondent of the TV magazine
I have played the clarinet for 4 years</p>

<p>Work experience:
10th grade: tutor a group of students
11th grade: work down south for the Fulbright school of Economics, where I did research on the economy of Vietnam and went on many field trips</p>

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<p>How come no one is giving me comments.</p>

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<p>Well I'm no expert, but from what I've picked up around this site, two suggestions:
You might try improving your overall SAT I score by retaking.
Make your essays something special, as they could be the difference between you and two hundred other folks who will have exactly the same stats as you have.</p>

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<p>does being Vietnamese gives me some edge over other applicants</p>

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<p>no, being international can hurt you a little bit.</p>

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<p>Why did you take both Maths IC and IIC? I'm not sure they count it as 2 separate subjects.</p>

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<p>oh daer...a little harsh, but I must agree, try and raise your test scores and also, ** make your essays a special as they can be ** :)</p>

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<p>Hey, theres gotta be someone who tells it like it is. If you are looking for someone to pat you on the back you've got the wrong a-hole</p>

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<p>Why are you being so rude, studathlete? You seem so arrogant- I saw your old posts, and you criticized other applicants' test scores while you have worse test scores! You are crazy, man!</p>

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<p>Hey meg- try out that report offensive post thing. It's one thing to say you don't have a chance but to give you crap like that ...</p>

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<p>umm for someone whos english is a second language, those scores seem pretty impressive to me. 640 and 690 probably means he scores better than 80 out of 100 kids who speak english as a first language.</p>

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<p>yo studathlethe, i dont want to start anything here but if you start talkin like that, dont even say it. You may think my awards are nothing but to me it means a lot. Its a lot of hard work( jesus). And my Critical reading I believe is pretty high for an international, well ive tried my best. So if you got nothing helpful to say other than calling people ******* then just ignore my thread. I dont want to be the one asking for advice and then being called names. Thank you</p>

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<p>anyway, thank you for all of your comments. I never anticipated positive remarks, rather I was trying to find ways to boost my chance. Any other comments guys, i appreciate your help a lot</p>

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<p>Who would want to be in a class with StudAthlete06 (or anyone like him)? I think "a-hole" is the operative term in his post here.</p>

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<p>oiy he got accepted into Dartmouth early decision :D
Princeton wouldn't really matter now, eh?</p>

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<p>congratulations to megagear65. reading what he wrote, i really get a sense that he's a super-cool person!</p>

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<p>top 20 HOT BOY of Vietnam :D lol</p>

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<p>vietnamese, i've heard, can get URM status, at least u're not ORM (like, chinese, jap, korean)</p>

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<p>I wonder why megagear65 has not announced his acceptance by Dartmouth. :confused:</p>

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<p>Oh thank you guys, I went crazy after being accepted that I completely forgot about this thread. Thank you all for contributing to my thread. Lucky888, what is URM and ORM i dont understand. Hihi</p>