My chances @ HYPMS and Caltech

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Junior at a very competitive public high school in Canada (selected as Canada's top academic school by McLeans, don't know if that means much tho haha :P...school IB average last year was 5.60 out of 7, world average being around 4.5.)
International student (citizen of South Korea, non-citizen in Canada)
I will need financial aid.
GPA: 95.3% (sophomore year)
RAnk: 1 or 2 / 120 or so
SAT: haven't taken it officially yet, but on practice tests I usually get 800M, 700~750 CR, and 750~780 W. </p>

<p>Courseload
* all courses with the letter B is IB. I have biology, social, and english as HL IB courses.</p>

<p>Freshmen (Junior high)
Language Arts 9
Mathematics 9
Social Studies 9
Science 9
Physical Education 9
Music 9
Art 9
Religion/Health 9</p>

<p>Sophomore (high school)
English 10B
Mathematics 20B
Science 10B
Social Studies 10B
Biology 15B
Chemistry 25B
French 20B
Career & Life Management 20
Debate
Instrumental Music 10
Art 10</p>

<p>Junior
English 20B
Mathematics 30B
Social Studies 20B
French 30B
Biology 20B
Chemistry 20B
Physics 20B
Computer Science 10B
Computer Science 20B
Instrumental Music 20
Art 20
Physical Education 20</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities
- School Instrumental Band (Gr. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
- School Jazz Band (Gr. 7, 8, 9)
- School Basketball Team (Gr. 8, 9, 10, 11)
- Mathematics Club (Gr. 10, 11)
- Debate Club (Gr. 10, 11)
- Science Olympics (Gr. 9, 10, 11)
- School Drama Production Orchestra (Gr. 10, 11)
- Student Union Room Rep Alternate (Gr. 11)
- Invited to 2004 Summer Regional Math Camp at University of Alberta</p>

<p>Volunteer/Work Experience
- Canadian Blood Services Youth Committee (Gr. 10, 11)
- Various school events
- Tutoring Peers in Mathematics and Sciences (Gr. 10, 11)
- Worked at Canadian Tire (July ~ August 2005, 20+ hours/week)</p>

<p>Awards
Grade 9
- 2004 Edmonton Junior High Mathematics Competition Invitational – 2nd place
- 2004 Science Olympics – 2nd place in Edmonton
- 2004 Kumon Math Challenge – 4th in North America
- 2004 Stop Racism Poster Competition – 3rd in Edmonton
- 2004 School awards (Honours, Top 5 Academic Award, Art Award, Wellness Award: voted by peers)</p>

<p>Grade 10
- Alberta High School Math Competition – Top 50, which qualified me for part II
- Canadian Open Mathematics Competition – Top 25%
- Gr. 12 Euclid Math Competition – Top 25%
- Gr. 11 Fermat Math Competition – Top 25%
- Gr. 11 Hypatia Math Competition – Bronze Standard
- Michael Smith Science Challenge – 1st in Alberta
- Science Olympics – 2nd in Edmonton
- School awards (Honours with Distinction, Mathematics 20B Award, Biology 15B Award, French 20B Award, Science 10B Award, Chemistry 25B Award, Service Award)</p>

<p>What are my chances? What do you think I should work on to improve my chances? Thanks a lot! =)</p>

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<p>what colleges are you looking into?</p>

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<p>o i guess i should have mentioned it again. Harvard, MIT, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Caltech, and some Canadian ones...(i put it in the title of the thread :P sorry). thinking of majoring in astro-physics or nuclear physics. Thanks =)</p>

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<p>lets put it this way...if I get into MIT you'll get into MIT...princeton not too sure about cuz its a interesting admissions process there. and harvard falls in a good line for you.</p>

<p>make sure you get those scores on your sat when you take it though...and well good luck. maybe you'll be make it to NASA some day lol</p>

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<p>Chances aren't all that great because you are an international. Otherwise, you have a solid application.</p>

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<p>oh yeah that slipped my mind...canada is not favored neither is any other country...but MIT has a fairly good international admit rate but they ahve a quote for them ... look into that</p>

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<p>Yale and MIT are good. Forget Stanford.</p>

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<p>First of all, I want to thank all of you who responded to my thread. I'd like some more feedbacks though =)</p>

<p>On the harvard website, there is a question that asks if Harvard has a quota for international students. It states, "The Admissions Committee does not use quotas of any kind. All students are considered in the same pool, regardless of citizenship or the school they attend. A student's chances for admission and financial aid are not affected by citizenship or by where a student attends school." Is this true?</p>

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<p>******** lol</p>

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<p>Hey, just something I thought you might want to do</p>

<p>I would put down Canadian Mathematics Competition instead of "Euclid" or "Fermat" Math contest... CMC is the equivalent of AMC (which is pretty big in america)</p>

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<p>oh really? i never knew they thought of CMC as "prestigious". Thanks for the advice =)</p>

<p>Anyway, if anyone else wants to tell me about my chances, it'd be greatly appreciated!!!!</p>

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<p>bump..................</p>