<p>Hey guys. I'm not sure where I want to apply for early decision. Would my chances of getting in at Dartmouth be better than Brown or Columbia? thanks!!</p>
<p>Asian American male living in Hong Kong
British GCSE (freshman & soph years): English A+, Math A+, Music A+, Chinese A+, Co-science A+, Economics B
Full IB predicted 40/42 (before TOK & EE)
SAT: 2280 (M 770/ CR 760/ W 750)
SATII: MathII 780, Chinese 790, Literature 730</p>
<p>ECs:
Taekwondo - Black belt (since 13), official examiner for Hong Kong Taekwondo Federation, assistant teacher
Church - youth leader, worship leader, bible study leader
Varsity Tennis (3 years), captain senior year
Varisty Soccer (3 years)
Tutoring at local community center (~200 hours)</p>
<p>Employment:
Summer before senior year: Marriot Hotel, restruaunt & housekeeping (60 hrs/wk)
Summer before junior year: Ben & Jerry's</p>
<p>Other:
Junior year - (Co)Organized breast cancer charity dinner/auction that raised over $60,000 (& awareness)
Senior year - planning to (Co)Organize hepatitis charity dinner/auction similiar to previous one
Summer before freshman year: went to Cambodia on church missions trip, ended up getting heptatis
from drinking unclean water or something. Spent a month in hospital (but I'm ok now). Writing about the experience
for common app essay & it ties in nicely with the charity dinner.</p>
<p>Since Columbia and Brown are not need blind, you will have an advantage over applicants asking for aid. I think your chances are strong at Dartmouth, but stronger at Brown and Columbia.</p>
<p>Student states that he is Asian American. If he is a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident, even if he does attend school in Hong Kong, is ability to pay will not be a factor as both schools are need blind to U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents.</p>
<p>even though he’s a U.S. citizen, non U.S. residents are considered international. so, he will have an advantage over students who are asking for aid.</p>
<p>Op is a U.S. Citizen/Permanent Resident who is studying abroad. For FA purposes, he would be treated as any other U.S. Citizen permanent resident.</p>
<p>Student may have to fill out an International Supplement if he is attending a secondary schools using non-US educational systems. However, international schools using an AP curriculum exclusively need not complete this form.
It is also very possible that Op is attending a U.S. school in Hong Kong.</p>
<p>I’ve always lumped Brown, Dartmouth, Columbia, and Penn together in terms of competitiveness. Based on their SAT scores/ acceptance rates, they all seem pretty similar.</p>
<p>If you are applying to the college of arts and science at Columbia, it’s actually very selective, somewhere around 8-9%. However, the engineering school is much easier to get into, which balances out their acceptance rate. I know someone who was deferred -> rejected columbia for the college of arts and science and accepted RD Harvard, so I don’t really trust columbia ED. My two cents =P</p>