My chances at Ivys??? especially ED or EAs,,

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>A junior in a pretty good private high school in the Western States(Oregon).
A Korean international student(no citizenship or greencard but student Visa)
I came to US in 9th grade and currently 11th. </p>

<p>SAT: combined: 2220.
1st: Reading: 670, Math: 760, Writing: 760
2nd: Reading: 670, Math: 790, Writing: 670</p>

<p>TOEFL: 290, 667 in PBT
GPA: around 3.8 - 3.9 UW average (9th: 3.67, 10th: 3.97, 11th: either 3.88 or 4.0) (No ranks in our school, about 70 students each grade)
SAT2: Math 800, Physics 780, Chem 700(I'll take it again soon), USH(700+ predicted)
AP: CalcBC 5, PhysicsCMechanics 5,
5 APs this year: Stat, USH, Chem, MicroEcon, ComSciA (all of them 4 or 5 predicted)
Next year: AP Japanese, AP ComSciAB(probably, not sure if this class will be offered). </p>

<p>I studied four out of these nine independently, since there are not many APs at my school.
I took CalcBC class in my 10th grade. </p>

<p>EC</p>

<p>Varsity soccer from 10th (State Champions)
Lacrosse JV from 9th, V-expected in 12th
Jazz Choir from 9th
Du-wap singing group from 9th
Dorm prefect(11th, 12th prob)
Dorm DC Rep(10th, 11th)
AASK (Voluntary work from School) from 10th</p>

<p>In terms of Awards, I got some awards such as those for an essay, science research, computer science competition, and math competion; however, not very big ones. </p>

<p>I got some more ECs, but these are pretty much that will be written down on the app, I guess, since there are not many slots. </p>

<p>Chances plz???
If I'm interested in Engineering or Premed, where should I look at???</p>

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<p>You lack a hook.
The Ivies will be a reach.</p>

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<p>Can you get recruited for soccer? Asian intnls applying to ivies have a VERY tough time. Your SATs are below average for most ivies and your GPA and ECs are average unless you're a soccer star. I'd say low chance, below 10% If you need financial aid it's that much worse. I would look at top schools where a lot of Asians and intnls don't apply like LACs in the MW and South, Carleton for one.</p>

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<p>I was admitted to Princeton and saw your question on that board so I just wanna share some thoughts. I'm Asian, int'l, and have the same combined SAT1 as yours (CR 700, M 800, W 720). My SAT2 are M2 800, FR 800, PH 790. I didn't play any varsity sports, and was not in the U.S. so I didn't participate in any science fair. I was predicted 45/45 for the I.B. and did 1 subject in extra. However I have a hook in French; I think my essays were good and I guess my recs were brilliant. I wouldn't say your SAT are below average for Ivies - it equates to 1480 in the old SAT and most Ivies have a mid-50 percentile between the upper 1300s and the upper 1500s. Just apply, you might get in.</p>

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<p>Thanks blueriver575, that encourages me a lot ^^.</p>

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<p>blueriver, can fluency in a different language be considered a "hook." I am Asian, and I am very fluent in Spanish. Does that help?</p>

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<p>oops, sorry for being ambiguous. My hook wasn't (solely) fluency, but also the fact that I was invited to speak (as a student) at the Ministerial conference on bilingual education in my country. Nonetheless, I think that is a fairly minor point. I think I was admitted because of my IB courseload and predicted scores, my essays and my teacher recs.</p>

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<p>Where are u from blueriver575??</p>

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<p>Tough life for Internationals, I'd say all Ivies are Reaches.
Still, I'm rooting for you! Go Koreans!</p>

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<p>it's gonna be pretty hard, reaches for all. Do you have any other colleges in your list, besides the Ivys?</p>

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<p>Of course, I'll apply for other schools. However, don't you guys think Ivys are reaches for all students?? not just internationals???</p>

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<p>Duh, of course it is.</p>

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<p>@lax2011: Vietnam, but I'm studying IB in New Zealand.</p>

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<p>What's IB??? like AP??</p>

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<p>The mid 50th percentile is not the samew as average. Sorry, but whites and Asians without a major hook need to focus on average CR + math), because they are the candidates the need to pull up the average after all of the hooked athletes, legacies, URMs and development candidates (about 50% of the class) pulls it down.For Dartmouth this year, a mid level ivy, the average was over 1480.</p>

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<p>Amazing SAT scores for such a recent immigrant. Plus, the rising trend in your GPA definitely helps. Look into the following colleges for engineering:</p>

<p>UPenn SEAS
Cornell Engineering
Columbia SEAS
Johns Hopkins Engineering</p>

<p>All of those are reaches, but they are certainly accessible with your stats. Best of luck!</p>

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<p>if you want to do engineering look into:
Cal
Stanford
Michigan
CIT
MIT</p>

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<p>Thanks a lot for encouraging comments,,, ^^</p>

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<p>Yeah, very good SAT scores. I wished I had your scores.</p>