International student applying to several American Universities.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello, I am an international senior student from Poland.
I am taking full IB diploma programme:
Mathematics(series and differential equations) HL /predicted grade 7
Physics HL /6
English B2 HL /6
Economics SL /7
Chemistry SL /6
Polish A1 SL /5</p>

<p>I have really low (converted) GPA something about 3(?)
I do not like the way classes in my country are conducted, so I did not study at all.
On the other, I participated in many various mathematical competitions(especially during 6th-9th grade) and did quite well.
I took SAT I and II, my scores are presented below
SAT I
CR 450/520/500
Mathematics 760/780/760
Writing 460/500/570</p>

<p>SAT II
Mathematics II 770 (I could easily get 800 but I couldn't focus during test)
Physics 690 (Yeah, I know that it is a bad one)</p>

<p>TOEFL: 92</p>

<p>Extracurriculars :
Volunteer //Helping mentally disabled children in sport activities.// 2 years
Participant of debates with local politicians organised in my school.
Dance 2 years
Italian summer course in Rome 2wks
English summer course in Boston 5wks
self-studying through ocw MIT and coursera
co-founder of small scientific circle consisting of 5 people</p>

<p>Essay: I wrote about my situation - I am a half-italian (illegitimate child). My father has another family who doesn't know about my existance. I wrote about the pain associated with the fact that I have older siblings who do not know about my existance and being kept in secret...</p>

<p>Letters of Rec: 2 from my teachers (math and economics - my further area of studying).</p>

<p>I applied to:
UCB
UCLA
UCSD
UIUC
Princeton (Interviewer said that she was impressed with our conversation)
Brown</p>

<p>Could you chance me?</p>

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<p>They are all reaches… UIUC is the only one that looks reachable for math.</p>

<p>If you can afford UCSD full-freight, UCSD might be reachable. Get yourself a safety!</p>

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<p>Thank you for your response.
I did not apply for financial aid
Could you recommend to me a safety school with good math/econ program?</p>

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<p>I am an international applicant from India. Am applying to 19 universities (I know that’s a lot but need financial aid, so…).</p>

<p>SAT 1: 2230
SAT 2: Math 2: 750 Physics: 760 Chemistry: 770
TOEFL iBT: 119 </p>

<p>School doesn’t give GPA. Was 3rd in a total class of 81 in Grade 11.</p>

<p>Letters: From English, Physics, Math, Bio teachers and an additional one from the Director of an institution I interned at. </p>

<p>EC:
Was a part of FLL (robotics competition), my team was placed second at the Open European Champioships
Student council: School Head Girl
Debate-2 years
Drama- Writer and director of play which was placed first at an All India Festival by British Council
Chess- quite a few awards
Participated in squash and basketball
Was a part of school newsletter team- 3 years
A few other competitions and olympiads.</p>

<p>Essay: Main essay was about two very contrasting internships (one at an educational institution, other at a NGO working in rural ares).</p>

<p>Universities:
MIT
Harvard
Princeton
Cornell
Dartmouth
U of Chicago
Bowdoin
Bates
Middlebury
W&L
U of Richmond
Wellesley
Clark U and few others…</p>

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<p>Bring Up My Post</p>

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<p>just accepted into UIUC :-)</p>