ED & regular chances, help please!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Please chance me for these colleges:
Duke, Cornell, Vanderbilt, Northwestern, Brown, Amherst, Dartmouth, UPenn, Harvard (just to apply lol), University of Washington (safety)</p>

<p>I am from Yakima, WA
I am not a citizen, my family immigrated from Korea and we are here with E2 visa
does this mean i am considered international when applying?</p>

<p>unweighted GPA: 4.0 (Full IB diploma)
SAT: 2090 (aiming for around 2150-2200 this october)
SAT II: math2 - 750 (should i retake? i know i can do better if i studied...)
korean w/ listening - 800
spanish w/o listening - 610 (lol i just did it for the heck of it)
chemistry - haven't taken it yet, should i? i have books for it already...</p>

<p>Sports:
volleyball (4yrs), tennis (4yrs), basketball (1yr), cheerleading (1yr)</p>

<p>Clubs:
Key Club (Pres.), Interact Club (3yrs), Asian Culinary Club (2yrs), Drama Club (2yrs), Spanish Club (2yrs), National Honor Society</p>

<p>YouthWorks Council -treasurer (2yrs) : This is a student-led council at the hospital where we put on events and fund raise for the children with special-needs</p>

<p>One-to-One Mentor (2yrs) : This is also a hospital-run program where you attend fun classes such as basketball, yoga, dance, etc. with kids with special-needs and mentor/become friends with them. It is an amazing experience.</p>

<p>Kids On The Block (2yrs) : Also a hospital-run program. This is where a group of high school students go around to elementary schools and other events with puppet shows that sends the message that children with special-needs are the same as everyone and that they should be treated the same.</p>

<p>Tutoring at school library (2yrs) : I tutored during the school year and as well as during the summer. Everyone else who tutors gets paid, but I volunteer.</p>

<p>ASB- junior class officer, senior class vice president</p>

<p>School pageant coordinator (2yrs)</p>

<p>Jazz choir - piano player (2yrs)
Church choir/piano player (3yrs)
(I've played the piano for about 9 years now but only volunteered, didn't go to competitions or anything)</p>

<p>Follies (3yrs) -school talent show</p>

<p>Awards:
Nothing special... just typical most improved, most inspirational, etc. awards from sports and principal's awards, science department award,...</p>

<p>Top 5 school poetry contestant? </p>

<p>Jobs:
Swimming pool/concession stand (summer job 1 yr)
Motel front desk (1 yr): parents owned a motel, helped out
Grocery store/gas station cashier (3 yrs): also parents owned mini mart, woke up at 3am every morning during summer, woke up at 5am every morning during school</p>

<p>My hook for the essay will most likely be about my family and how i ended up doing a lot of work for my family because of my parents' situations, I won't put too much details on here. it might sound cliche but i will have my voice in it. I'm expecting it to be pretty good.</p>

<p>Also, please chance me for ED! like which school I would likely get accepted to. My top choices are Duke, Brown, and Cornell.
I would appreciate any other college recommendations.</p>

<p>Thank you so much, I'll try to chance back!</p>

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<p>please help! any suggestions of “match” schools?</p>

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<p>GPA is good, SAT is okay, e.c.s are all a bunch of stuff put together. no focus. your jobs are pretty good considering you worked hard every summer. </p>

<p>GPA = 10
SAT = 6
E.Cs = 3
Average = 6.333
Match = Cornell</p>

<p>My numbering system rocks!</p>

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<p>I’d say reach for all except Cornell, which would be a low reach.</p>

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<p>GPA is good, SAT is okay, e.c.s are all a bunch of stuff put together. no focus. your jobs are pretty good considering you worked hard every summer. </p>

<p>GPA = 10
SAT = 6
E.Cs = 3
Average = 6.333
Match = Cornell</p>

<p>RevSam- i dont know if it seems like my ecs are not focused, but the first three things on my ec list are all associated with the same children’s hospital, and i have been very active within them. i also help out at other hospital events. is my ec still that unfocused? /:
if i apply to duke or vanderbilt without financial aid, is there no chance that i could be accepted?</p>

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<p>@kje4532 - FYI - Vanderbilt is the most expensive university in the nation. Duke is up there too. Ask yourself this: Do you think it’s worth paying ~$70k a year at either one of these universities when you could apply to a decent state school for a fraction of the price? You mentioned that you wrote about how you worked when your family “situations” (I’m guessing financial). Do you think if something goes wrong (God forbid) in a risky business such as hotel/motels (my dad owns a motel too), you want to put your parents through the immense financial burden of going with no financial aid?</p>

<p>At the end of the day, you make the decision. You have a shot at the aforementioned schools and yes, not applying for FA will give you a better shot, but you have to think if its worth it or not.</p>

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<p>tj1994- thanks for your input. yes i know what you mean and it was just a thought, i probably couldnt even dare to go without any financial aid to those schools. if i really end up getting denied from all the school, i would go to UW (university of washington) probably with full ride. So you think if i do end up applying to those schools, i should still ask for FA? That’s probably the smarter idea huh?</p>