I wana try too!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Okay so, here are my stats!
Ethnicity: Russian, only came here 5 years ago, no previous knowledge of English!
GPA: UW 3.72
SAT: 1830 M-680 CR-620 W-530
TOEFL: 110
SAT 2's
Biology: 620 (bad, I know, but I had 0 knowledge of biology, and only 1 month to study)
Math 2: 660
No AP's, but the school doesn't offer any, though all of the classes in the school are considered very rigorous.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars.
Karate: half a year
First board (chess)
Made my own chess club for little kids.
Created a club students can come to and get help with their school classes (all classes).
Before that, spend lots of time in Math Lab (basically a place where students go to get help with Mathematics)
Varsity Soccer for the first 2 years of school.
Attempted to make the Science club in our school, failed, lack of interest from students.
3 years Engineering club
Build On (volunteering) 100+ hours
Helped build a play-ground in Philadelphia
Obviously know Russian English and have been learning Spanish for 3 years.
Took 4 years of Drama, so pretty good at acting ;)
My essays were pretty good I would say.
Member of the School's Robotics team, responsible for the electronics and movement of our robot!
Have been working in the Biology laboratory for a year already with my mother under Dr. Brose, and have created my own mutational panel.
There is much more, but these are the things that I can think of off the top of my head.
So, the schools that I am wondering about would be:
MIT
Stanford
UPenn
Cornell
UChicago
Carnegie Mellon
Lehigh</p>

<p>So, yea, please help me, I am very curious of my chances!</p>

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<p>MIT, Stanford, UPenn, Cornell, and CMU are too high in my opinion. You SAT is extremely low, even though you are Russian. These schools like to see at least 700+ all subsections and you failed to do that all 3.</p>

<p>Lehigh is a low reach</p>

<p>U Chicago is a low reach if you write good essays with a good voice.</p>

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<p>Bumpy bump!</p>

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<p>all reaches except for lehigh</p>

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<p>Except for Leigh they are all high reaches/unrealistic. Your stats are not bad, but your stats need to be near perfect to even have a shot at the top schools.</p>

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<p>Thank! Bump again ;)</p>

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<p>Privet! Yay someone from Russia. Have you already applied or are you a junior? The SAT definitely needs retaking, because without it, I have to be honest, it’s very unlikely you will get into the top schools like the Ivies/MIT/Stanford. Even valedicatorians with 2400 get rejected, so it’s definitely something to take into consideration. Udachi!</p>

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<p>Спасибо! I am afraid I do not have the time to re-take anymore, so the only thing I can do is hope :D</p>