Horrible scores, great background. Please chance me

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello everyone.</p>

<p>I have applied for regular admissions as an international student for these schools:
Harvard, Yale, MIT, Columbia SEAS, Brown, Princeton, Upenn, Cornell and Carnegi.</p>

<p>Since I was a kid, my dream was to be accepted to one of these schools. However, if you'd ask me - I dont have a chance.
I am passionate for the feilds of Physics and Mathemtics, and I am, and always had been self educated. </p>

<p>The bad part - Scores:
I am not a good test taker.
SAT 1: 1900. CR-550 W-650 M-700
SAT 2: Math 1 - 700, Math 2 - 750, Physics - 750
TOEFL: 112
GPA 96/100
National Honors (Israel) Math & Physics </p>

<p>The "better" part - background:</p>

<p>Grew up in a Moshav (small, indepedent autarchy(Kibutz)) in southern Israel, as a kid worked in the diary barn and in other agricultural facilities. School was kind of far, which is the reason for my self education.</p>

<p>Community Service -
Life Rescue - 300 hours, Jewish agency volunteer, worked with disabled kids.
Young ambassador - selected from 5000 applicants for one of 6 positions to represent Israel in the JCC summer camp program in Wisconsin.
Schools Israeli - Palestinian Conflict debate team founder and president.</p>

<p>Athletics -
Second and first place in 2000m track run - national, High school record holder in 60, 100, 2000 and 3000 run.
(during the army) - Guide and Advisor at the Israeli Army Preparation Team
Recruited students from the age of 15-16 at schools in the region, helping them to get in shape, teaching them battle heritage and training them in military terms – weight carrying, long distance walking and other basic training.</p>

<p>Army service -
Israeli Air Force – Flight School combat Pilot in training. One of 250 selected out of entire nation of annual army recruits.
IDF Special Operations Commander (Combat Intelligence, highly selective department within the Special Forces)
Conducted and Participated in several classified special operations
Squadron Commander, after finishing Sp.Ops commanders course
Specialized in several types of Commando warfare and military tactics
Special weapons and tactics Instructor
Special Units Athletes Team Member
Team 1st Place Championship Special Units(3 time winner)
**Injured during a special operaion, shot while commanding my squadron, managed to finish.</p>

<p>**Since I finished my service I am working for the secret service.</p>

<p>Hobbies -
Pianist, wave surfer, track running, off road motorcycling & rock climbing.</p>

<p>Thanks for each one of you, who read this post and chanced me!</p>

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<p>I’m not familiar with TOEFL scores, but the only bad score I see is your SAT I. Did you try retaking it? It seems English is your weak point. However, I think you have a wonderful everything else! I think if you were able to sincerely reflect in your essay all the character and experiences you’ve had, you’ll definitely have a shot at those schools. Are you an international applicant? That and your SAT score may make it a bit tougher for you, but if the admissions really are holistic, then I say don’t sweat it!</p>

<p>Well, I may not be the most qualified to chance someone for the top dog schools, but you are awesome, have a great focus, and will likely find success at any college you go to! Good luck!!</p>

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<p>Thank you very much for your response, Lihran.
To your questions - Yes, I am an international student, and yes, I did try to retake only the SAT 1 due to my low english score but without success. I wanted to retake the SAT 2 also, but ran out of time.
The TOEFL score is out of 120, so 112 is decent, and these schools require 100+.
About the essays - I think I did a good job in depicting my personality and experience, although some of the charge I’m carring cannot be expressed to a satisfactory level in words.</p>

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<p>bump… anyone else guys? please</p>