Help with My Chances!!(Business School)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys , I really need help on my college list. </p>

<p>I am an international student. I came to the U.S since sophomore year. Now i goes to a Catholic school in CA. I am looking 4 some colleges which are friendly to the international students and near the big cities. I will major in finance/banking or business.</p>

<p>Here is my transcipt.</p>

<p>9th (in China)</p>

<p>Algebra I A+/A
Biology B /A-
Chemistry A/A
Chinese A+/A
Eng. Lang A-/A+
Geography B+ /A
Intro Comp. Sci B+ /A
Physics A/A
Wld History-Geo A/A
Women's P.E. B+/B</p>

<p>10th (in Florida)</p>

<p>Algebra II A/A
Life Mgmt Skills A
Computer&Busines Skills A
Early Child I A/A
Earth Science A/A
Agri Science A/A
Anat Physio A/A
Survey Of Lit B/A
Chemistry A/A</p>

<p>11th (in California)</p>

<p>American Lit. A/A
Hist/Christ I B+/A-
Precalculus A+/A (2nd sem honor precal.)
Studio Art I A+/B+ ( I had a little problem with the 2nd sem final grade,
I will deal w| it after summer. Hopefully, the grade will
change into an A+.)
Survey Of Lit A/A ( I had to take the 10th English again, because my
9th English can't be counted for my high school credit.)
U.S. History A/A</p>

<p>12th (in CA)</p>

<p>AP Calculus
AP Bio
Honor World Lit.
Honor Government/Econ.
Religion ( i can't think of the name.)
Multimedia</p>

<p>GPA :4.0 (W), 3.89(non-W). rank: 21/148 If I can change the grade of Studio Art, the GPA will be 4.1 (W), 3.9 (non-W). My rank can get into top 10%.</p>

<p>My May SAT score was 1740,math 680, CR 490 (that kills me.),writing 560. I definitely will take the SAT again. My cr score can go up at least 100 and writing will also go up a couple. Hopefully i can get a perfect score on the math. I took SATII Math and chem, math II 740, chem 550. I gonna retake the chem or take bio instead and Chinese in this NOV.I am thinking about taking ACT too.</p>

<p>EC: not much.
FFA, got a chapter discovery degree.
Vasity Soft manager
Golden Heart Club
Asian Experience club
Self-Defense club
honor roll (9-11)</p>

<p>community service:100 hrs. It will be 200 hours when I graduate.</p>

<p>I got awards in most of my class.</p>

<p>Because I transferred a lot, it's hard for me to get a position in a club. Fortunately, I can get started my own club in senior year. </p>

<p>Here is my list.</p>

<p>BU
Clark
Northwestern
NYU
UC-Berkeley
UCLA
UC-santa barbara
UC-San Diego
UIUC
Uni. of Texas -Austin
UW
Uni. of Wisconsin -Madison~</p>

<p>Any suggestions please?? Thanks a lot!<em>^_^</em></p>

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<p>Northwestern, NYU, UCB, UCLA, UCSD are reaches</p>

<p>BU, UCSB are matches</p>

<p>I don't know much about the other schools. good luck:)</p>

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<p>Thanks a lot! </p>

<p>any more advice on my chances?</p>

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<p>You look good for UT, and I agree with you'llsee's ranks.</p>

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<p>I agree with you'll see</p>

<p>Please chance me</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=380548%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=380548&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Your UC GPA is only 4.0, despite your great test scores--and that's because you didn't get into many honors courses due to moving so much. For that reason, you'll get a little break on the GPA.</p>

<p>You need about a 1950 SAT to get into UCSD--which, along with UCSB will be your cheapest, yet very good academic, schools. NYU is the best business school on the list that you have good chances at.</p>

<p>Your current SAT will probably still get you into UCSB--but it's kind of a close thing--so retake those SATs and do well--especially the CR score--and retake the SAT IIs to take the Chinese test</p>

<p>Here are your chances based upon current SAT scores:
UC-Berkeley--Reach
UCLA--Reach
UC-San Diego--Slight Reach
UC-santa barbara--Match
UIUC (Illinois)--Slight Reach
Uni. of Texas -Austin (OOS)--Slight Reach
Univ of Washington--Match
Uni. of Wisconsin -Madison--Match
Boston University--Safe Match
Clark--Safety
Northwestern--Reach
NYU--Slight Reach (SATs are killing you at this school--get them up 100 points to have a good chance here).</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>I don't think Boston U is a safe match, UTexas Austin is a reach and so is UWisconsin Madison.</p>

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<p>Boston University's average SAT score is 643/656/655 = 1954 and average GPA is 3.5 (UW). The OPs SAT is 3.8 to 3.9 UW and has a 1740 SAT (very likely to go up) and good ECs, and is international (BU admits 7% international students, but gets less than 7% in applications).</p>

<p>I'll stick with safe match.</p>

<p>University of Wisconsin's average SATs are about 611/649/635= 1895, and GPA is 3.68 (UW). I stick with match there.</p>

<p>As for Texas, since OOS is so much harder than in-state, it's always tough to rate applicants there.</p>

<p>But everyone is entitled to their own opinions, including padfoot--I'm just giving the basis for some of my opinions here.</p>

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<p>Thanks for posting~ I really appreciate!</p>

<p>I am taking a SAT prep course in the summer right now. Hope to raise my SAT score at least 150 ( 100 likely on the CR, trying to do 150).</p>