Chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi, this is actually my second thread, but some stuff has been updated. I'm an international applicant. Any feedback is welcome. Be as harsh as you want, if you want. </p>

<p>Personal Info
Age: 18
Nationality: Born in Himeji, Japan, Japanese passport
Ethnicity: 1/2 Japanese 1/2 Latin American (Peruvian)</p>

<p>Not the typical math/science nerd...actually dont really like them</p>

<p>Native Language: Japanese
2nd Language: Spanish
3rd language: English
Family Income: Low end (around 25000 USD)</p>

<p>Class size =Small, 25 </p>

<p>Rank:1st or 2nd (school does not rank)</p>

<p>GPA-4.0 (97-98% percentage-wise) I believe this is including the non-core ones. I don't know how they calculate GPA
but since my Avg. score for 9th-12th grade is A+ I imagine it'd be close or above that</p>

<p>*Courses: *
APs:
AP Psychology-5
AP English Lang-5
AP Calculus AB-taking this year
AP English Lit-taking this year
AP Comparative Govt-taking this year
AP Computer Science-taking this year. </p>

<p>SAT:2150 (CR 650 M 730 W760)</p>

<p>SAT II: 3 tests, >700 Bio E, Math II, World Hist. Had to take Math II because of a requirement, and Bio E because I was stupid enough to find out on the test day that I needed three tests and not two, so I just took it on the spot. </p>

<p>Awards- my school, since it is a international school within Japan, is not recognized in the country for many awards. All I know is that I have the "AP scholar" or something qualification but no recognition yet. Also have honor roll and academic award mentions from the school </p>

<p>**EC's: **Again my school is very small (200 students) and does not offer much EC stuff </p>

<p>School Computer Organization-President
-Help to set up and perform maintenance on TOEFL test centers, building computers, server administration, room supervision, etc.</p>

<p>Yearbook-Grade 9,12-co editor</p>

<p>Varsity Soccer-10,11,12 basicaly the only sport I play due to financial limitation
JV Volleyball-9
NHS -10,11,12</p>

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<p>Model United Nations President/Chair
-Basically it’s a debate / mock UN program at our school and we represent countries and discuss issues around the world</p>

<p>Web Design-designed websites ranging from gaming, informative, school projects, open-ended portals, forums, etc. I have utilized technologies such as PHP/MySQL scripting, X/HTML, XML, Adobe Studio applications </p>

<p>Some C++/Java/FTP-HTTP/SMTP knowledge. </p>

<p>I also am part of the admin team for an internet gaming community.</p>

<p>Piano performance and composition
Synthesizer / digital music – mainly in my rock band</p>

<p>Work Exp.
Computer Tech Help --over 50-100 hours
Local Logistics Company -over 200 hours
Post Office -50 hours
School Tutoring</p>

<p>Work was required to support myself financially as my parents being low income couldn’t afford to buy me some things such as clothes, musical instruments and sports equipment for school activities. I go to my current high school on a scholarship on top of financial aid. </p>

<p>Community Service
Soup Kitchen for Homeless
Fundraising for Habitat for Humanity
Babysitting -NHS
Helping Charity Festival setup and running
Private Tutor for National Honor Society
Sponsoring a child in Kenya * class sponsored *
Soccer Match for Hope-A charity soccer game for cancer research fundraising
Terry Fox-annual cancer research event in memory of the Canadian Terry Fox</p>

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<p>*Recommendations: *
AP Lit teacher-excellent
Junior Year Mathematics Teacher-awesome</p>

<p>Schools
Amherst C
Colgate U
Dartmouth C-excellent interview
Princeton U-excellent interview
Stanford U
Oberlin C/Conservatory
Occidental C
Lafayette C
Washington C
Pomona C
Hamilton C</p>

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<p>I know Princeton/Stanford/Dartmouth/Amherst are crapshoots but o well. </p>

<p>Would greatly appreciate any input, sorry for the long posts and thanks!</p>

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<p>you have a decent shot at most of these colleges...im an international like you with a small class size 40 something students...i think your SAT is fine and so is your GPA...my friend got into Stanford..and Dartmouth with a 3.91...and a 2160 on her SAT..so dont worry you have got a good shot...but im guessing applying from Japan you have got alot of competition!</p>

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<p>Amherst C - slight reach/match
Colgate U - in
Dartmouth C-excellent interview - slight reach/match
Princeton U-excellent interview - sligh reach
Stanford U - slight reach
Oberlin C/Conservatory - in
Occidental C - in
Lafayette C - in
Washington C - in
Pomona C - in
Hamilton C - in</p>

<p>i am in japan too and applied to Princeton, but no interwiew from Princeton (?)
good luck.</p>

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<p>Thank you for the replies, bumping</p>

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<p>Extremely jealous you were able to do charity work in honor of Terry Fox. Extremely jealous.</p>

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<p>bump2* </p>

<p>Well, it was a Terry Fox Run, which was a charity marathon for cancer research...was involved in running that. We also did several presentations at our school and showed documentaries about that great man</p>

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<p>wewt, huge bumpity </p>

<p>Got rejected @everywhere except Oberlin, Lafayette and Washington C. Amherst waitlisted me.</p>