chances?

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<p>Current senior female
Half Taiwanese, half Malaysian-Chinese, grew up in Japan, attend international school. Speak: English, Mandarin, Taiwanese, Japanese</p>

<p>SAT 1910 (M690 CR630 W590) retook in Oct so waiting for results from that but can't really predict if my score went up or down...
TOEFL 297/300
SAT II (Lit 620 Math IC 670) retaking these plus taking Japanese in Nov., expect 800 on that one
GPA: Don't know yet... definitely top 10% of class. My gr9 and gr10 grades aren't that impressive though...</p>

<p>Gr9:
English=A-
Math= A-
World History= A
Science= B+
Japanese= A-
French= A-
Religious Education= B
Music= A
PE= B</p>

<p>Gr10:
IGCSE English= A-
IGCSE Math= A-, Algebra&Trig= B-
IGCSE World History= A
IGCSE Combined Sciences= B
Japanese= B
IGCSE French= A
IGCSE Music= A
PE=A-
Social Justice&World Religions= A-</p>

<p>Gr11:
IB English HL= A-
IB Math SL= A
IB Economics HL= B+
IB Biology SL= A
IB French HL= A
IB Music HL= A-
IB TOK=A
Guidance= A</p>

<p>Full IB Diploma candidate.
Higher Level courses: English, French, Economics, Music
Standard Level: Math, Biology</p>

<p>Leadership:
High School Student Council...Treasurer (9~10) Secretary (10~11) VicePresident (11~12)
Kanto Plain High School Student Council -this is the student council for all intl schools and American base schools around Tokyo area- Treasurer (12)
Attended Global Young Leaders Conference (summer of gr10)</p>

<p>Music:
Senior Choir piano accompaniment (9)
Show Choir piano accompaniment (9~11)
Handbells (9~12)
Chamber Orchestra (9, 12)
Violin lessons (9~11)...ABRSM grade 4
Piano lessons (from age 4 ~ gr12)...Yamaha grade 6
Solo&Ensemble piano for 2 years (I'm not sure how to credit this though because they didn't have distinctive names for the marks you were awarded..we got graded though)</p>

<p>Volunteer:
Summer volunteer at a day activity center for mentally/physically handicapped (summer of gr11)
Tutor 2nd grade children (11)
Helping 1st grade teacher grade papers once a week (11)</p>

<p>Work:
Winter, secretarial work at local post office (winter of gr11)</p>

<p>Other:
Had poem published in a book by YoungWriters Great Minds Poem Competition last year.
Landscaping Green Thumbs Up club gr11 (this club faded away this year...)
Brain Bowl (11~12)</p>

<p>I'm also applying to [note: long list w/ lots of reaches i know]
EA=Gtown
tufts, boston U, UBC (canada), cornell, columbia, johns hopkins, american u, george washington u, u of virginia, and one more in japan maybe</p>

<p>interested in intl realtions
Any comments would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!</p>

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<p>I think that Syracuse will be a safety for you. In fact, I would bet that you will get offered merit money approximating $8,000 or more per year. My guess is that you will get into all the schools that you apply to with the possible exception of Johns Hopkins and Cornell, and you even have a short for these two. You would significantly improve your chances with these two if you can get your SATs up another 70 points or so in total.</p>

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<p>taxguy, is there something I'd need to fill out to request merit aid?</p>

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<p>Snerry, I don't know. You need to review their web site and do a search for merit aid or scholarships. Even better would be to call their admission's office. Usually, schools offer most merit aid without any application; however, you should check out the scholarships that are available. They may require applications. Also, most schools want the FASFA form filled out even for merit aid!</p>