My Chances? Pshh

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Just wondering what my chances of getting accepted are.
I am an international student in Japan.</p>

<p>I am applying to:
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
UCLA
UCSD
UC Irvine
Northwestern
Cornell
WPI
and University of Michigan Ann Arbor</p>

<p>(Engineering major for all of them)</p>

<p>GPA: 3.62 (weighted)
SAT:
Reasoning 2030 (Math 780, CR 680, Writing 570)
Subject: Physics 760, Math II 780, Japanese 790</p>

<p>AP Microeconomics 5, AP Calculus AB 5
Planning to take AP Physics B, Macroeconomics, and Calculus BC this year.</p>

<p>All my courses are IB courses.</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
Varsity Basketball 3 yrs (Captain in senior yr)
Varsity Cross Country 4 yrs
Band 2 yrs</p>

<p>Lets just say my essays are average.</p>

<p>Soooo... what do you think? Bash me up :)</p>

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<p>someone? anyone?</p>

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<p>i'm pretty sure about Cal poly SLO and Irvine the others not too sure</p>

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<p>lalala bump</p>

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<p>Seeing as you're an international student, I'd say you have a good chance on half of them, and the other half may be split low match and reach. You've got great SAT II scores, but your SAT and amount of ECs may be less than what is expected of some of those colleges. Best of luck though!</p>

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<p>Thank you for the replies. I really appreciate it. :)</p>

<p>I'd be grateful for more opinions.</p>

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<p>In general, I'd say..</p>

<p>Reaches: Northwestern, Cornell, UCLA</p>

<p>Matches: UMich, UCSD</p>

<p>And the rest I don't know enough about to give accurate chances.</p>

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<p>bumpity bump bump :)</p>

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<p>key is if you apply internationally with fin aid.... you are out of luck, you will be place on the other pile of file for consideration, you are competing with thousands of highly qualified students pretty much everyone has over 2200 SAT for only 80 - 90 seating cuz college won't issue Visa easily..... but if you apply without fin aid you will be consider as an US citizen states. i think you have a big chance getting in all of them!!!!</p>

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<p>Thank you for the advice zsimcal. I most likely will not apply for financial aid. But that doesnt mean I cant look for other non-NU related financial aid, right?</p>

<p>My college counselor told me you can get financial aid for practically anything, if you look for it.</p>

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<p>actually trick is you can apply for aid after you get in, but you probably need to pay out of pocket for the frist year. After you got your visa, you are free to apply everything.... they can't just simple revoke your visa for that lol, but remember if one day you are out of money (assume you apply to anyother aids failed) they can revoke your visa...
hey chance me too lol</p>

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<p>You're a Japanese student and got a 790 on the Japanese SAT II? You should be ashamed...just kidding, but your SAT I isn't very high, neither is your GPA, so</p>

<p>Cornell, Northwestern, UCLA- Reach
Cal Poly- Match
UC's- Low match, low reach
UMich- Match</p>

<p>Those are all of the ones that I know.</p>

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<p>Northwestern is a possibility. My classmate got in, and she has roughly the same SAT, although more AP's and a much higher GPA and class rank. As for Cornell... I don't think so. A friend of mine didn't get in (ranked 3 in the class) and he had a 2230 on the SAT I. Your low writing subscore is a bit bad though-- a 500 in any SAT subtest is a bad thing. I'd think your higher math score and CR score would compensate though.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the opinions. Much appreciated.</p>