My Chances (MIT, Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, Northwestern...)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Thanks for reading, I want to hear what people think my chances are at the following schools with the following stats:</p>

<p>MIT
Stanford
Carnegie Mellon
Northwestern
Johns Hopkins
UPENN
Columbia
Cornell</p>

<p>Japanese citizen w/ permanent residence status
Living in Japan since sophomore year, going to a pretty reknown international school</p>

<p>SATI:
Math - 800
Verbal - 740</p>

<p>SATII:
Math IIC - 800
Math IC - 770
US History - 790
Chemistry - 730
Bio E - 720
Bio M - 710
Japanese - 790
Writing - 690
French - 640</p>

<p>AP:
Comp Sci A - 5
US History - 5
Macro Economics - 5
Physics C Electricity and Magnetism - 5
Physics C Mechanics - 5
Calculus BC - 5
English Lang - taking this year
Chemistry - taking this year
Comp Sci AB - taking this year</p>

<p>Senior year courses:
AP Comp Sci AB
English Lit / Adv. Composition (honors AP English lang exam course)
Japan Seminar (honors course on Japanese history)
Psychology (elective)
AP Chem
Multivariable Differential Calculus (online course called "Educational Program for Gifted Youth" offered by Stanford)</p>

<p>GPA:
3.84 out of 4.0 weighted at the end of junior year (expecting around 3.91 at the end of semester 1 of senior year)</p>

<p>Clubs and Sports:
Golf 4 years (varsity player 1 freshman year and didn't have varsity in Japan but captain senior year)
Debate 2 years (captain senior year Varsity A team)
Model UN junior year
Badminton junior year</p>

<p>Community Service:
Did clean-up of Mt. Takao, with some local college students</p>

<p>Awards:
Commended student for National Merit Scholarship
Kanto Plains Math Field Day (A regional math competition) Precalc 3rd place sophomore year
Kanto Plains Math Field Day Calculus 2nd place junior year
Math achievement award junior year(given by school to one person in each grade)</p>

<p>Extracurricular:
summer after freshman year - summer course to skip a year of math
summer after junior year - Columbia Summer Program (computer graphics and programming course)
Japan Character Aptitude Exam Level 2 (A Japanese "kanji" exam administered by the Japanese Ministry of Education)
passed the AMC12 and took AIME junior year (score = 1 lol)</p>

<p>Recs:
a social studies teacher (taught me "modern world history," economics, and debate coach)
a science teacher (taught me astronomy and ap physics, i have built a pretty good bridge for a bridge building competition within the school for his class)</p>

<p>Essays:
Most likely will emphasize my Japanese background and multicultural education at an international school.</p>

<p>Desired Major:
Computer Science or Computer Programming</p>

<p>I think that my status as non-US citizen attending a school in Japan would help me a little since the average acceptance scores at our school is lower than the average acceptance scores that the schools declare. Oh, and I'm not considering any US safeties as I'm guaranteed entrance into a fairly good Japanese college. There are lots of places where I know I'm lacking but I'd like to hear the brutal truth. Tell me my chances! Thanks!</p>

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<p>bumpbumpbump</p>

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<p>Brutal truth: you're probably going to be accepted everywhere.</p>

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<p>Chances:</p>

<p>MIT...Reach
Stanford...Reach
Carnegie Mellon...Match/Safety
Northwestern...Match
Johns Hopkins...Match
UPENN...Match
Columbia...Reach/Match
Cornell...Match/Safety</p>

<p>Just my 2 cents.</p>

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<p>why did u take sooo many sat IIs?</p>

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<p>You rated me as a match/safety for cornell but put me match for JHU. I'm just wondering right now, do you think that it's easier to get into cornell than JHU?</p>

<p>I took SATII for each science after I took the science. So I took Bio E and M after I finished bio in freshman year. Chem after sophomore year. Math, i was prepared to take it by the end of sophomore year. Took AP US so I thought I might as well take USH SATII. Writing was mandatory. I took four years of french and was supposed to take AP french this year (but I did crap on the SAT, hahaha). Japanese because I'm Japanese, but I guess my understanding of English hampered my showing that I can understand Japanese. I'm not intending on sending all the scores though, just to let you know...</p>

<p>Oh one more question: My percentile on bio e was 91 with 710 and percentile on chem was 84 with 730. Should I send bio or chem for a science SATII score? I have my ap phys scores to show my ability in physics and i'm taking ap chem now, so I was leaning towards bio but i kind of want some input on that.</p>

<p>THANKS ahead of time!</p>

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<p>bumpbumpbump!</p>

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<p>Yep...</p>

<p>It depends which school of Cornell, though they can be stats driven at times. JHU's adcom seems to be more flexable, but expect more well-roundedness.</p>

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<p>I am planning to do a Computer Science major in undergraduate and if they ask what I plan to do in graduate, I will answer continuing what I did in undergraduate or Law.</p>

<p>I really am trying to emphasize that I am Japanese since it is very rare for Japanese to apply to American universities but I think that the fact that I am a "legal alien" is sending a mixed message. Although I have never attended a Japanese school, I did receive a diploma from a Japanese school, meaning I have completed Japanese compulsory education and I took the Japan Character Aptitude Exam Level jun-2, meaning I have the same understanding and writing ability (in terms of Chinese characters) as any normal Japanese my age or maybe even better. I am going to try to stress this as much as possible.</p>

<p>So my questions are:
1. How will being Japanese really help me?
2. Will CS major change my chances?
3. Bio E score or Chem score, which should I send?</p>

<p>Thanks ahead of time!</p>

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<p>buuuuuuuump please respond!!!</p>

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<p>how come no one will answer??? please help! bu-----mp</p>

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<p>Being Japanese in itself will hurt you. Being a legal alien with a cultivating story will help. Your choice of major depends on what university you apply to. You can't choose which scores you send, the admissions board will still see them all (hence my disapproval of your having taken too many). SAT tests don't mean anything. These schools will glance at them, and throw your app in the "qualified pile" from which 70% get rejected. You have a shot, but take advantage of the essays and the interviews to let your personality and character shine since ultimately that will make it or break it.</p>

<p>ZZ3</p>

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<p>Im also an int'l student (from France)
I think u should really put forward ur int'l heritage/background and all that crap.
Also emphasize community service stuff as its pretty rare for int'l students to have that experience (its an american sort of thing...) ur sat scores are good (id say send the physics for comp sci).
u stand a strong chance. out of the 8 schools u should get into at least 3 and hopefully mit or stanford. Good luck :)
PS: take a look at my thread (what are my chances>>foreign student appling to ivy schools) and tell me what u think.</p>

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<p>thank you everyone for your responses. like a lot of posts say, the essay makes a big difference. That means I've got to start brainstorming some ideas!</p>

<p>axfr, you look like you're in really great shape! you need not worry!</p>

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<p>MIT Reach
Stanford Reach
Carnegie Mellon Match
Northwestern Match/Reach
Johns Hopkins Match
UPENN Match/Reach
Columbia Reach
Cornell Match</p>

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<p>MIT-In
Stanford-reach
Carnegie Mellon-in
Northwestern-in
Johns Hopkins-in
UPENN-slight reach
Columbia-slight reach
Cornell-in</p>

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<p>hello... you live in dubai?</p>

<p>I was just there staying in the Burj Al Arab... what an amazing country!</p>

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<p>Wow, you have amazing stats. You are very hard working.</p>

<p>You should be accepted at any university you apply to.</p>

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<p>I forgot to mention that I studied for the AP Calc BC exam as an independent study.</p>

<p>Will that change my chances a little?</p>

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<p>just as an aside, computer programming isn't a major, though the general area that falls under, systems, is a grad school track.</p>