I am an international... too hard to get into HYSPM? Chance me please

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi, I posted this on a wrong thread earlier, so mods please bear with my double posting, sorry!</p>

<p>Basically, I am really worried that my international status will make it too hard for me to get into my dream schools. I am a Korean citizen, but I've lived in the US for 7-8 years. Here are some of my stats:</p>

<p>Test scores:
2400 SAT (single sitting)
800 Math 2
800 Physics</p>

<p>Medium-large public (but still pretty strong) high school in MA.
Not all A's (many A-'s and B+'s here and there) but weighted GPA still in top 5%. I should note that my freshmen grades, which don't factor into the GPA were all A-'s and B+'s... ( no excuses, was even more lazy back then ;p)</p>

<p>Took AP calc and physics as freshman, and took some other science courses early too</p>

<p>4 years of math team (captain the last two years) and 4 years of science team (one of many captains in the team for the last two years)</p>

<p>School math team is kicking @ss so far this year.</p>

<p>Decent performance in math competitions (almost made it to USAMO freshman year, then sort of trailed off since then, hoping to make a comeback this year)</p>

<p>Science competitions, nothing too spectacular</p>

<p>Some random humanities stuff like nomination for school award for best history junior thesis, French national contest gold medal (although admittedly I am a year behind kids in my grade because I started French in 9th grade whereas they started in middle school)</p>

<p>Also, joined swim team this year. Will probably (hopefully) make varsity (already made varsity times in some events).</p>

<p>Unfortunately, no volunteering (I'm starting this month, but I'm not doing it for college applications anyhow).</p>

<p>I also did an internship last summer at Harvard medical school. I didn't produce amazing research or anything, but it was a good learning experience.</p>

<p>As for recommendations, teachers will probably paint me as a quiet but smart guy.. (typical asian).</p>

<p>So, what do you guys think? Do I have a decent enough shot at HYSPM as an international? I think I might be getting a bit paranoid, so please help me!</p>

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<p>Bump, please chance me!! much appreciated!!</p>

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<p>frankly i don’t think that you should be worried at all because you’re an international student!
You have excellent SAT’s and even though your GPA isn’t amazing you probably have a little time to improve it! You also have some stellar ec’s!
Your demographic as an international student is really competitive but I don’t think that means you don’t have a chance, you still have a great chance!!
Keep working hard and in my eyes it’ll be very strange if you don’t get into an ivy!
Good luck!
Please chance back</p>

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