International student applying EA to YALE & rd to columbia, upenn, williams college

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys!</p>

<p>I am an international student applying to US colleges next fall. I am currently in Y12 at a private all girls school in Sydney, Australia. I am a chinese citizen but have gone to a very prestigious international school in Beijing (china) since year 6. I moved to Sydney 2 years ago and have continued with the Australian ATAR system (your ranking in your state according to the difficulty level of you subjects).</p>

<p>Here is my predicted application, PLEASE take a look :)</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2300
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 790 World History, 780 Literature, 800 Math2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): NO GPA
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10-20/280 (great school)
AP (place score in parenthesis): NA
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: this is for Y11 & 12
english + english extension
math + math extension
modern history
physics
economics
art (dropped)</p>

<p>predicted ATAR 97+ at least very very high</p>

<p>Subjective:
ECs:
. Volleyball (7-12), volleyball captain, Rep team (club volleyball)(11-12)</p>

<p>. Netball (9-12), club netball(10-12) (team captain)</p>

<p>. MUN (7-12), various awards from various international conferences</p>

<p>. Oil Painting (10-12) ec, LOVE IT!</p>

<p>. Drama Production (8-10)</p>

<p>. Dress making (10) walked at a fashion show</p>

<p>. Have a penpal in a foreign country (10-12) (someone I found through my school - she is the same age as me living in Spain, we email once a week/2 weeks. IT'S SO MUCH FUN!!)</p>

<p>. Did other bits and pieces on the way, dont know if worth mentioning</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience:
- Assistant and blogger for a home accessory/ interior design company for 2 weeks (10)
- Summer Camp teacher at a very prestigious company in Beijing (9-12) *i went to this summer camp almost every holiday until i grew out of it and they asked me if i wanted to help out. i said yes on the spot. since year 10/11 I have been writing english courses for its english camps</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service:
- traveled to one of the poorest villages in Henan, china to teach english to severely disadvantaged children for 2 weeks. i am bilingual, (fluent in both chinese and english) unfortunately, i did not get the opportunity to go back for various reasons but i still keep in contact with the kids. :(
- vouched to install a reverse vending machine in my school (a vending machine that takes in empty bottles and cans in return for coins candy and jokes) *it was very expensive, but everybody in my school donated!
- I visit an old man at an aged care village. He is a beautiful person, at the age of 94. He tells the most amazing stories. I really enjoy going and I know that he really appreciates my company.</p>

<p>Summer Activities:
- attended a university course on philosophy (mind and morality) at Sydney University. It was amazing. It really put things into perspective and helped me to consider more things while making decisions
- travelling with my family!! we go back and forth between China and Australia mostly</p>

<p>Essays: I loved it. It was on the way i think, how i connect the dots to form relationships between concepts. VERY ME!</p>

<p>Teacher Recommendation: 2 recs:
. Rec 1 teacher: Modern History: I love history and she loves me. (MUTUAL lOVE <3)
. Rec 2 teacher: English Extension teacher: we had to overcome our animosities, but i ended up liking her
Counselor Rec: Above average - i showed a lot of initiative. the US and ives are not common destinations for my school
Additional Rec: From the old man i visit. i hope it was good.
Interview: Not offered one.
Other</p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: maybe?
Intended Major: UNDECIDED
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: private all girls school, prestigious, VERY PRESTIGIOUS! we wear hats to school.
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female!
State (if domestic applicant):
Income Bracket: high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None Whatsoever
Reflection
Strengths: Recs, Essays, Volunteer
Weaknesses: AWARDS, possibly EC's</p>

<p>THANKS! LEAVE A COMMENT BELOW! look forward to reading all of them! i can barely attain my excitement for college! YES!</p>

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<p>My sincerely applauses! If EA Yale is high match/low reach… UPenn, Williams, Columbia:reaches.
Also I suggest you some safeties. Good luck :)… I’m glad that you are girl) If you were boy, you would be very strong opponent, because I’m too International student applying ED UPenn :p</p>

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<p>haha cool! where are you from? and why would you say Upenn is more of a reach than YALE?</p>

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<p>I’m asian student. By the way where are you from?
Because you apply for EA to Yale and it increases your chances. If you will apply RD to both of them chances are same.</p>

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<p>ou sorry, you are from Australia :)</p>

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<p>ohh i understand now. Im attending high school in Australia right now but Im still officially a chinese citizen. BUT, i was raised in an international environment.</p>

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<p>y r u taking physics in senior yr?</p>

<p>edit: i say reach to low reach
:)</p>

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<p>Yale actually makes it very clear that applying EA does not increase chances, and they claim that the higher acceptance rate truly results from more qualified applicants.</p>

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<p>Because I enjoy physics! + it scales quite well. I forgot to mention i also do extension history. i am on 13 units but i dont know what to drop!</p>

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<p>Yes that is true! but i want to demonstrate initiative by applying to EA</p>