<p>Okay, now that we are facing RD round after ED, I think it's gonna be more interesting to predict one's results of admission. After seeing similar threads and noting the accuracy of the general opinion on the CC forum, I'll start with my own. Here is my general profile, and I wonder if you can give any comments and make your predictions over my school list:</p>
<p>Int'l student from China</p>
<p>TOEFL:111/120
SAT:2300 this May(CR 730 Math 780 Writing 790 essay9)
2160 this June(CR 690 Math 800 Writing 670 (ouch,essay8))
superscore 2320 from 2 attempts(should I consider superscoring?)
SAT II: Math1 800 Math2 800 Physics 800 Chemistry 800
GPA:3.82/4.00 or 94/100
Class ranking: 1/615 for 2 and a half years</p>
<p>No APs in Chinese schools, but the courses are equally difficult as or even harder than APs
(Chinese, math, physics, chemistry, biology roughly equal to US APs; I followed the science curricula, so history, geology, politics are all electives.Everyone in China follows one same gaokao-oriented curriculum, so there are no choices of classes)</p>
<p>Academic awards:
Gold medalist (Top 15 nationwide) in the finals of 'The Awarding Program for Future Scientists' jointly held by Chinese Government and HK H.S. Chau Foundation
National 2nd Prize in Chinese Physics Olympiad for 3 consecutive years(Best ranking:55th in a pool of 30000 in province);
3rd Prize in Chinese High School Math Tournament(Top 500 in a pool of 30000) during Grade 11;
2nd Prize in Chinese High School Math tournament(Top 250 in 30000),
National 1st prize in the Chinese National English Proficiency Contest for 2 consecutive years(Top 50 in a pool of 30000)
Scholarship Winner of the 'Picture yourself in Perth' Competition held by Perth government and my city(Top 10 out of hundreds within the entire city)</p>
<p>ECs:
1. Founder and Leader of the student acoustic guitar band for 2 consecutive years, gave performances in school
2.Teaching assistant in New Oriental School for a few months
3.Head of the Studying Department of the Students' Union for 2 years; led a petition in school for changes in teaching methods;
4.Research on mathematics during summer in Grade 10;paper submitted to the 'Tomorrow Little scientist Competition' in China.'Study on the irrational solutions of cubic equations with integral coefficients';entered national final round (TOP 100)
5.Volunteer in local nursing homes; Service hours:100+
6. Chief translator of the entire school during foreign exchanges: service hours: no less than 50(5.6 both lasted for 1-2 years)</p>
<p>Need great amounts of external financial assistance.(maximum FC:$5k/yr,so I'm applying for near full-ride FA at all schools unless it is otherwise specified on the following list)</p>
<p>For the sake of demonstration, please present your views in the following forms:</p>
<p>e.g. Upenn - accepted, Cornell - accepted but no FA, Rice - waitlisted, etc. (I'm not necessarily applying to those schools, but used these schools only as examples of demonstrations)</p>
<p>Please give your comments/predictions on my following school list:
Amherst (Deferred ED)
Baylor - already accepted with some merit
Uchicago (Deferred EA,applying for merit scholarships only; do I have any chances at these schools?)</p>
<p>HYPM (lol,high reach I know;should I even try those?)
Dartmouth, Cornell, Columbia, Brown, WUSTL(applying for merit scholarships only)
Williams, Swarthmore, Carleton, Davidson(applied for merit+FA), Wash & Lee(applied for merit+FA),Vassar, Colby, Hamilton, Kenyon, Trinity(BTW,can ED II at one of the schools above boost my chances of admissions?)</p>
<p>and give me some recommendations if possible.Thank you very much!</p>