Help an Asian find match and safeties?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello hello, </p>

<p>I'm currently an Asian Junior looking for match/safety schools to apply to...I'm just hoping to see if anyone can recommend a few for me to do a bit more research on?
(gosh this sounds like one of those 'hot singles in your area' ads)</p>

<p>Currently, two schools I want to apply to for sure are UC Berkeley and NYU.
I really hope to go into math or finance, and work for a non-profit.</p>

<p>Stats:
Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
Sex: Male
Country: Canada (international...uhhh)</p>

<p>SATI: 2200
SATII: To be taken in May </p>

<p>Full IB Diploma
HL Math (predicted 7)
HL English (6)
HL Econ (6 or 7)
SL Physics (7)
SL Chem (7)
SL French (7)
Up to now, I've maintained a 95-ish average. </p>

<p>EC's:
Senior Math Club President
Yearbook Editor in Chief
Interact Club President (Youth division of Rotary International, a service organization)
Canadian Cancer Society Student Ambassador
Photography (just individually...)</p>

<p>Summer:
Full time warehouse volunteer at a non-profit (2 summers)
Intern at an state-owned company in China
Lots of photography</p>

<p>These seem pretty all over the place, but I'm an immigrant from China, and when I got to Canada I really didn't know anyone. After joining yearbook and starting to learn photography so many windows opened up for me: I gained the confidence to approach random people and talk and join new clubs, etc. Since then one of my major passions has been helping people one-on-one, and getting to know people on a closer, individual level, especially high school freshmen, to make sure they don't have to be as miserable as I was when I first got to high school. That sort of explains the photography and philanthropy part of it; as for math club, I just really like math! I'm a pretty strong speaker/presenter and I have a thing for learning languages (sort of), so hopefully I'll land a job where math and linguistics meet up. </p>

<p>Awards:
A few misc. math awards...bombed the AMC ):
Sony World Photography Awards commended photographer(top 50) in youth culture category
Scholastic Art and Writing 3 gold keys 3 silver keys (which means I did okay at the regional level, but not so much at the 'national' level)</p>

<p>Thanks for taking the time to read everything :)</p>

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<p>Sorry for not including this above:</p>

<p>Some criteria to consider:
Intended field of study: mathematics/finance
Size: small/medium
Location: disregard
Price tag: disregard</p>

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<p>hey dude, i would really like to help you, but im the same age so you’re my competition!
just kiddin. im only familiar with california schools so, USC would be a match and so would UCSD. UCLA would be high match, all other UC’s are safety to low match</p>

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<p>Did you ever consider applying to UK colleges? With your predicted grades I think you have a great chance at top British colleges too.</p>

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<p>You should be able to get into Cal and NYU. Some other good matches: UCLA, USC, Boston College, Northeastern, U of M, UVa, Vandy, Emory. </p>

<p>Reasonable reaches: Cornell, Northwestern, Duke, Notre Dame</p>

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<p>@Futurefocused, I see how it is! But yeah, definitely looking into the UC family of schools. Maybe I’ll even see you there! </p>

<p>@hihello991, hmm…I hear the weather can be really terrible, which is quite the irrational turn-off. Some want 776 on the HLs…probably not happening haha!</p>

<p>@Bubblesforsale, huge thanks for the advice! & Uh, still facing the issue of having too many good matches to apply to.</p>

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<p>NYU Stern: Match
Berkeley Haas: Match (can you pay full-freight to an UC?)</p>

<p>Are you sure U Toronto Rotman, McGill Desautels or UBC Sauder are no good? Or any of these three are your absolute safeties?</p>

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<p>I’m pretty sure this thread goes [College</a> Search & Selection - College Confidential](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/]College”>College Search & Selection - College Confidential Forums)</p>

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<p>I think UCLA, NYU, and Emory are good fits! Good luck!</p>