I'm aiming high. Chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Reach - Columbia (ED), Harvard, Dartmouth
Match - Cornell Hotel School, Northwestern, UC Berkeley, University of Michigan (EA)
Safety - University of Washington</p>

<p>is this correct?</p>

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<p>Asian American male living in Hong Kong
British GCSE (freshman & soph years): English A+, Math A+, Music A+, Chinese A+, Co-science A+, Economics B
Full IB predicted 40/42 (before TOK & EE)
SAT: 2280 (M 770/ CR 760/ W 750)
SATII: MathII 780, Chinese 790, Literature 730</p>

<p>ECs:
Taekwondo - Black belt (since 13), official examiner for Hong Kong Taekwondo Federation, assistant teacher
Church - youth leader, worship leader, bible study leader
Varsity Tennis (3 years), captain senior year
Varisty Soccer (3 years)
Tutoring at local community center (~200 hours)</p>

<p>Employment:
Summer before senior year: Marriot Hotel, restruaunt & housekeeping (60 hrs/wk)
Summer before junior year: Ben & Jerry's</p>

<p>Other:
Junior year - (Co)Organized breast cancer charity dinner/auction that raised over $60,000 (& awareness)
Senior year - planning to (Co)Organize hepatitis charity dinner/auction similiar to previous one
Summer before freshman year: went to Cambodia on church missions trip, ended up getting heptatis
from drinking unclean water or something. Spent a month in hospital (but I'm ok now). Writing about the experience
for common app essay & it ties in nicely with the charity dinner.</p>

<p>will not apply for financial aid</p>

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<p>your my direct competitor, and I think you have a good chance at these schools, although Columbia and particually Harvard may be a reach for you. What do you want to study at Columbia?</p>

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<p>your grades are exellent (Im not really sure of the school or education standard) but your Ec's are low. What languages are you fluent in?</p>

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<p>I would imagine that you would be accepted to Northwestern, UC Berkeley, University of Michigan (EA), and University of Washington. The others, I believe, would be far reaches.</p>

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<p>I don't think the ECs are too low, because they probably don't offer too many ECs there, right? I'd say your predictions are pretty much correct, actually I could see you getting into Dartmouth. I'd put it between a reach and a match.</p>

<p>Gei ho a! ;)</p>

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<p>frankechanel - I'm undecided on major. I can speak English, Cantonese and Mandarin fluently. why does it matter?</p>

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<p>^
Probably because colleges aren't very impressed when a native speaker scores well on a language subject test.</p>

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<p>I wish I knew Mandarin.</p>

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<p>You'll get in to most of those colleges I doubt an acceptance at Harvard though. Good luck ED at Columbia</p>

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<p>Reach - Columbia (ED), Harvard, Dartmouth
Low Reach- UC Berkeley (This is almost as difficult for international students as getting into Harvard, so don't underestimate it), Northwestern (not as easy to get into as you think, even though your scores are awesome)
Match - Cornell Hotel School, University of Michigan (EA)
Safety - University of Washington (hmm... a little bit more of a low match but I doubt that they would reject you).</p>

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<p>any other opinions? what are some other good match or safety schools for me? thanks so much!</p>