Hopeful Asian female IR major... I feel an ulcer coming on.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>How do you think I'll fare at the prominent International Relations schools if my GPA and class rank aren't so stellar, but my ECs are really good and SATs are above average?</p>

<p>Korean female, competitive MA public school that was ranked top 50 this year</p>

<p>GPA ~3.5 UW
Class rank ~40/390, could be lower or higher, possibly lower
Course load: most challenging available, I'll have finished 8 APs by graduation, and will have taken 9 tests
AP: Bio, US, English Language, Calc, Psych, Econ (online, both micro and macro), English Lit, Latin Lit
SAT: 640 math, 790 verbal in one sitting as a sophomore... I'm hoping to bring the math to a 700+
SAT 2: Taking after I finish my APs, probably Bio, IIC and Latin</p>

<p>EC: VERY heavy focus on debate, which is my absolute love and passion in life, plus I have a record that'll be very unique and impressive-- there's A LOT under this category, like 2 pages of states and nationals plus leadership and camps. I love love love debate more than basically anything.
A lot of politics, like DNC volunteer, volunteer for Kerry campaign, Dean campaign, US House and State senate campaigns, State senate intern, hopefully DC page, organized voter registration drive for Asian American voters, Rock the Vote
Asian Club, president
Amnesty International, president
Viola, districts and soloist and allstate whatnot, musical pit orchestra, summer orchestra, local youth orchestra, principal violist, chamber groups
Piano, 13 years, sending in tape with viola, violin, and piano pieces
Violin, various orchestras
Young Democrats, school branch and state branch
I help autistic kids learn Korean at my local Korean School
The Other Side (satire magazine) Editor in Chief
English language editor, New England Korean News
various church stuff, participated in fasting program for world awareness
published author, various essays and poems</p>

<p>NHS, National Latin Honor Society, National Forensics League, National Merit Semifinalist at least I think, National Latin Exam gold and silver medals, Congressional Award Silver Medal (working towards gold)</p>

<p>I'm thinking:
George Washington
Georgetown
UPenn
Johns Hopkins
American
UChicago
NYU
BU</p>

<p>Any comments or suggestions would be much appreciated as I search for my stress ball and some Tums. :)</p>

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<p>My initial reaction is that for your UW GPA to change from 3.8 to 3.5 in a matter of hours is really interesting. I also think that class rank going from 50/390 to 40/390 is a slight change. What's the point of asking our opinions if your stats fluctuate so much? Why don't you just pick someone else with similar stats and follow people's opinions on that, instead of changing your stats all the time.</p>

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<p>The posts you're referring to were made within a period of a month.</p>

<p>You can offer constructive advice or you can stop being snarky, thanks.</p>

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<p>bump please</p>