<p>hey guys, first off, i'm new to the site so go easy on me!</p>
<p>so basically im a rising junior from the uk who's always had a burning desire to study in the states. preferably somewhere warm. cause, you know. it's cold here :P</p>
<p>anyway im just wondering if anybody could tell me what my chances are to some of my preferred schools: harvard, yale, columbia, duke, UCB, USC (ivy's aren't warm i know but hey, if i get in i probably won't be complaining ;)</p>
<p>these are my stats:</p>
<p>10 a* at gcse (not sure if you guys will know what this means haha..)</p>
<p>predicted 42/43 IB score</p>
<p>sat: 2300 (not taken yet, this is from practice tests)</p>
<p>ecs: this is where its weak...</p>
<p>4 years varsity soccer, captain junior and will be next year</p>
<p>varsity basketball 2 years </p>
<p>few things for charity, including a coast to coast bike ride, a half marathon with funds going to the hospital my uncle was in before he died of cancer, a 50mile walk for cancer research</p>
<p>set up a soccer club at my new school, which (miraculously, being as it is in the uk) didn't offer it</p>
<p>theatre and lighting 2 years</p>
<p>won a few minor poetry competitions that were only school competitions, but the work was published</p>
<p>other stuff:</p>
<p>first gen college student
i moved to egypt for my dad's work before my junior year, and was there during the revolution, could maybe use it in essays? i don't know</p>
<p>essays are my thing so assume they'll be good. teachers love me (i'm a suck-up haha ;) so assume recs will be good also. what do you think? i know the ec's are weak.</p>