does being an international(and 4 spoken languages) help?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi there, I'm not entirely an international but I have spent slightly more than 15 years living in Hong Kong and I hold green card. My first language is definitely not English but I'm proficient in written Chinese and I'm conversant in 4 spoken languages <a href="English,%20Taiwanese(not%20very%20good%20at%20but%20I%20understand%20what%20people%20say),%20Mandarin,%20and%20Cantonese">b</a>**. I'm half Taiwanese and half Hong Kongese and I was born in Hong Kong.</p>

<p>Given the following brief stats, how is my chance?</p>

<p>SAT: 1780 (Cr500, M730, W550) [I'm aiming at 2000+ in October]
SATII: Math2C 720, taking Chemistry in November
**GPA:<a href="unweighted">/b</a>
Freshman 3.9 (in HK)
Sophomore 3.5 (in HK) <-- being involved in too many activities.
Junior 3.9
Senior (3.7+)
accumulative (up to junior): 3.7</p>

<p>APs: 5 on AP Calc AB, Taking Calc BC, Chemistry, Biology, Psychology this year.</p>

<p>ECs: (the most notable ones)
Prize-winning Chinese Orchestra, 2 years 1st in Hong Kong, 1 year 2nd.
HK Red Cross: Cert. for First Aid(most advanced), leadership position, community service
in US: Hospital Volunteer 100 hrs+, tutors, 1 varsity sport (some stupid awards)</p>

<p>consiberably good essays, good recs from Teachers</p>

<p>so what is my chance at...
William and mary (instate)
U Michigan
U Wisconsin
UVa (instate)
V Tech (instate)
Cornell
U Washington (Seattle)</p>

<p>and family income <30000</p>

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<p>no offense dude but aim lower...i m from hong kong too i lived there for 14 years and I go to boarding school now.... I speak 4 languages (cantonese, mandarin, english, spanish) and almost all fluently....the fact that 1780 SAT is WAY lower than the 25 percentile of cornell and michigan put u in serious disadvantage....throw in some more safeties man</p>

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<p>I have some safeties and I surely can get into those schools so don't worry. Wow that is nice. Fluent in spanish and English. hmm.. I wonder how your brain works. how old are you by the way? if you are 16-18 you are a language master. in 2 years you can pick up 2 foreign languages and speak fluently.
I know I am in deep disadvantage. thanks for comment!</p>

<p>by the way which school were you in when you lived in Hong Kong? Some sort of international school?</p>

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<p>no i went to a local school...wah yan hk</p>