Chances to get into Yale, Brown, Tufts, Emory, NYU, Georgetown, George Washington

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi, I'm transfer student from India. I was in a local college and my GPA is average. Also, my SAT scores are average (1700), but I have amazing letters of recommendation, a lot of ECs, I'm paying my ENTIRE tuition fee and my essay will be a personal story and also how I want to work in the UN as an advisor.</p>

<p>My ECS:</p>

<p>School Participation</p>

<p>• Awarded a Certificate of Excellence in the subject of Social Studies (History, Geography and Environmental Education) in the 10th Grade
• Part of J.B. Petit Magazine Committee (10th grade, 4 hours per week)</p>

<p>College Participation</p>

<p>• Directed a play for the Women’s Development cell in the 11th Grade (4 hours per day for 2 weeks. 12 hours per day for 2 days. Won Second place)
• Member of the Jai Hind Cultural Committee (3 years, 6 hours per week)
• College Photographer for 2 years covering inter and intracollege competition and events.<br>
• History Seminar 2013, Sindhi Cuisine, won 2nd place
• Political science seminar 2013, India Pakistan Relations, won 1st place</p>

<p>Internships and work experience</p>

<p>• 35mm studios (Raj Mistry), worked for 2 years (12th and 13th as an advertising photographer, 3 times a week for 4 hours per day)
• ASB Marketing and PR consulting company. (2013, 2 months for 5 hours per day for 5 days a week)
• Kaushik Chakorvarty Photography (2013, 5 hours a day for 3 times a day, going on) </p>

<p>Model United Nation and International Debates</p>

<p>• Global Millennium Development Goals Summit India, 2008. Was part of Goal 1- Eradication Of Extreme Poverty and Hunger. Won Best Delegate
• Seeds of Peace Mock Pakistani Parliament was part of the Standing Committee on Defense and Foreign Affairs. Won Best Delegate
• International Youth Conference. Was part of the G8 as India. Won Best Delegate
• The European International Model United Nations in The Hague, Netherlands. Was part of the General Assembly as Pakistan. Won Best Delegate. Got selected even though I was a high school student and it was a university level conference. Youngest Participant in 25 years.
• The Harvard India Model United Nations was in SPECPOL as Bahamas. Won Outstanding Delegate.
• Chair of the Human Rights Council in World College MUN, Pune
• Director of the Human Rights Council in Sophia MUN.
• Ruia College MUN, Human Rights Council, China
• KJ Somiya College of Engineering, Human Rights Council, USA, March 2013
• Chair of the General Assembly in The European International Model United Nations as the First Indian and youngest ever staff member in 26 years.
• Committee Director of Historical Security Council in Model United Nation Istanbul 2013.
• Chair of North Atlantic Council in The European International Model United Nation 2014.
• University College of London Model United Nations chair of the Security Council, Jan 2014
• Got accepted in several Model United Nations such Vienna International Model United Nations, Model United Nations in Istanbul, London International Model United Nations, Cambridge International Model United Nations, Oxford International Model United Nations, Imperial College Model United Nations, Harvard Model United Nations. Etc. Couldn’t go due to clashing dates. </p>

<p>Photography Published in: </p>

<p>• Ideal Home and Garden Magazine, February Issue.
• G2 (Global Gujarati), Volume 7 Issue 1 2013, Shot Glass Desserts, Anyone?
• Savvy, December 2012, Enticing Icing.
• UpperCrust, September-December Issue, Tiffin Box Treats.
• Afternoon, Thursday, November 8th, 2012, So Sweet!
• Sunday Mumbai Mirror, 27th May, 2012. Pulp Action. </p>

<p>Voluntary Work/Charity</p>

<p>• Made a speech on United Nations and current conflicts in Malabar Hill Rotary Club
• Taught J B Petit High School on Model United Nations (2 weeks, 3 times a week for 2 hours a day)
• Charity Collection (9th and 10th grade, collection of food, clothes, medicines, blankets, toys for NGOs) </p>

<p>I've written 2 research papers on Opium Trade in Afghanistan and Social Media in the Political World.
I want to major in INternational Relations- Security Studies track. </p>

<p>What are my chances? Do you all need more information?</p>

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<p>Yale & Brown=Reach
Others=match</p>

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<p>Even NYU and Tufts is a match? With a SAT score of 1700?</p>

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<p>All the schools you mention routinely reject applicants with a 2200 or higher.</p>

<p>Yale and Brown will have thousands of applicants with just as good ECs and recommendations as you, but will also have a 2400 and a 4.0 GPA and the majority of <em>those</em> applicants will be rejected.</p>

<p>You have absolutly zero chance at Yale, Brown, Tufts or Georgetown.
You have about a 10% or less chance at Emory or NYU.
You have perhaps a 15% or less chance at GW.
You need to be looking at a totally different class of school.</p>

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<p>All my Model UNs are international and I’ve broken several records. Also my correcting system in my college is very rigorous. A GPA of around 2.5 can be considered as a GPA of 3.5-3.7</p>

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<p>GPA/ECs aside, I don’t see any of those schools admitting you with that SAT score.</p>

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<p>Hi. Simply put, 6/7 of the above are reaches, and George Washington is a match. </p>

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<p>Who cares about model UN when you are below the line on scores? A student with a 1700 will have a major amount of difficulty performing academically at Yale or Brown where the typical student scored scored 600 points higher. </p>

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<p>The other posters are right. To put it bluntly, you’re looking at schools way above your capability. Your ECs are great and all, but its incredibly hard to recover from a bad GPA and SAT score.</p>

<p>My thread (chance pls): <a href=“Chances for Vanderbilt, UNC, NYU, UF, and Duke? - Chance Me / Match Me! - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1610985-chances-for-vanderbilt-unc-nyu-uf-and-duke-p1.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Why not just try taking the SATs, or perhaps even ACTs (but this time study for it) again? When it comes to test scores and ECs, your test scores WILL way in more. Good luck!</p>

<p>Chance me back: <a href=“Brown University...Again. - Chance Me / Match Me! - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1610685-brown-university-again-p1.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>All are reaches besides George Washington.</p>

<p>Chance me back <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1612160-chance-me-for-good-and-rising-northeast-schools.html#latest”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1612160-chance-me-for-good-and-rising-northeast-schools.html#latest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Try the ACT! I did and LOVED it! Didn’t even take the SAT :)</p>

<p>They’re all reaches as of now, but you can change that with a little test grade!</p>

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<p>Amazing EC’s I feel that if you relax a bit on those and prove that you can perform on your SAT (2150+ maybe?) you will be in a much better shape. Think of it this way, SAT’s are standardized tests, and especially as an exchange student colleges really want to get a grasp on you with some numbers. As a result, SAT’s AP’s anything with a quantifiable standard number will benefit you if you perform well. </p>

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<p>I actually can’t give anything right now as my applications are just heading out. I also haven’t done Math in 3 years. My college didn’t offer Math. Also, my college grading is really hard and my teacher has admitted to it so does that improve my chances?
Thanks!</p>

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<p>In India we a ret offered AP. And I’m a transfer student so AP won’t even seem important right?</p>

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<p>I meant as an example of the kind of exams you want to consider. I didn’t mean take the AP’s. I meant “here’s an example of what I am talking about.” Sorry for the confusion. </p>

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<p>Ah, thats fine. I don’t think SAT is available till April for me now. And by that time I should be getting my yes and no. </p>

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<p>reaches</p>

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<p>All reaches except for GW. Idk how they’ll standardize your GPA and test scores</p>

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<p>All are matches except for Yale and Brown, which are high matches/low reaches</p>