new stats just in, can you help?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>OK....changed things and added new stats, what do you guys think?</p>

<p>International student from Costa Rica ( native language :spanish)</p>

<p>I attend a private school</p>

<p>Full IB Diploma: Math HL, Spanish A1 HL, Physics SL, TOK (senior year replacing it with musical composition, because TOK is a 1 yr course), English A2 HL, Economics HL, Business and Management SL</p>

<p>GPA- 3.9 UW, 4.13 W ( ranked third, but my school doesn't give out specific ranks to colleges). </p>

<p>Sat 1- 800CR, 740M, 730W
SAT 2s- Lit- 730 math IIc- 730 ( retaking in oct. for 800) bio-680 ( retaking) spanish-800</p>

<p>Awards- I have a bunch of academic awards that my school gives out for +95avg. I obtaioned top student in my econ and english a2 classes.</p>

<p>ECs-
-Knowledgebowl club (vice-president, team member, we got 3rd place in centralamerica last year)-2yrs (I've been there since it was created)
-Tutoring underprivileged kids- 2yrs
-German lessons- 4yrs
-Student council secretary- this year
-Volunteer at the national children's hospital- permanent volunteer 2yrs
-Electric guitar lessons- 6 yrs
-Classical guitar lessons-2 yrs
-Emo band- lead guitar and composer- around 4 yrs
- Various ensembles- 2 yrs. We play a wide gamma of genres. We are gonna present various songs at the national university.
-DJ lessons- 1 yr
- I took a Costa Rican stock exchange course along with some friends. I plan on enrolling for a finance and accounting course at a local university for my senior year.</p>

<p>Recommendations- I'm sure they're gonna be great. My GC is an awesome guy and I get along with him really well. My other recommendations will come from: my econ teacher, my math teacher and my english teacher.</p>

<p>Major: math and econ</p>

<p>List of universities ( if you could help me classify them by reaches matches etc I'd really appreciate it).</p>

<p>Princeton
Upenn- wharton or college, not sure yet, most likely college
MIT
Harvard ( just because my parents insist, not really an H-fan myself)
U of chicago
colgate
villanova
Boston college
St. Olaf
UVA
lehigh
swarthmore
george washington university
texas a&m
UT- austin</p>

<p>Yep...thats about it. If you wanna recommend any more schools it would be awesome. Thanks guys</p>

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<p>If you could tell us just a few more things it would help--</p>

<p>How many students are in your graduating class?</p>

<p>How many students from your school are accepted to Ivy league or other colleges in the US on a yearly basis? (and about how many of these actually attend)</p>

<p>What do you intend to write your essay on?</p>

<p>And what majors are you considering pursuing in college? </p>

<p>Did either of your parents go to college--and if so, was it at one of the colleges you listed above?</p>

<p>Thanks,</p>

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<p>Princeton- Reach
UPenn (College)- slight reach
UPenn (Wharton)- reach
MIT- reach
Harvard- reach
UChicago- match
Swarthmore- slight reach
UVA-slight reach (out of state)
UT-Austin- match (out of state, top 10% rule)
BC-safe match
Lehigh-safe match
Villanova- safety
Colgate-safety
GW-safety
A&M- safety
St Olaf- i really dont know much about it</p>

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<p>thanks-ckmets13 :)</p>

<p>cal cruzer-
my graduating class is about 100...but still my school doesn't give out specific ranks</p>

<p>about 2 or 3 are accepted and attend ivy leagues / top schools, but when they apply, because we don't have applicants to the US every year</p>

<p>my essay- not really sure yet, I have various different drafts from which I'll choose my final essay</p>

<p>majors- math and economics</p>

<p>Both my parents went to college, but they did college here in costa rica. They did grad school in the states in some of the schools I mentioned, does that help?</p>

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<p>Are you looking for financial aid? You seem to have a lot of safeties, quite a few reaches, and not much in between. Which is fine, it just depends on what you want, and your strategy. If you need aid, and if the safeties give aid to international students, it makes sense. Otherwise, I would change a little to have more matches- maybe Rice, Cornell, U of Rochester, Carnegie Mellon, Vanderbilt, NYU.</p>

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<p>bump bump bump</p>

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<p>bump bump please</p>

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<p>ANSWER OneMom's question. if you need financial aid as an international, your chances at schools other than HYPM are VASTLY reduced. </p>

<p>your SAT I and SAT II math scores are too low for a math major. also, you show no significant strength in the sciences and math, so MIT is a super reach.</p>

<p>your EC is average for HYP: not enough leadership. they will not help you in, unless you write a heartfelt essay about one of your passions (volunteering?)</p>

<p>in all, 10% at MIT, 20% at Harvard, Princeton. 40% at UPenn.</p>

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<p>financial aid...depends, not sure. If my grandparents pay for it no, if my parents have to then yes. It will all be decided before apps</p>

<p>Regarding the math thing...yeah I know. I suck at standardized testing in math, its always happened to me, not only with the SAT.But I'm taking IB math HL and I've done well (98) and I've been discussing with my teacher my future in math and he feels confident that I would do well.</p>

<p>Regarding ECs, will adcoms take into consideration that the avg. student in costa rica isn't involved in any EC? that just having a couple is way beyond normal ( I'm sure my GC will mention it in the recommendation letter)</p>

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<p>bump ( 10 char)</p>

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<p>will adcoms take into consideration that the avg. student in costa rica isn't involved in any EC?
a little bit</p>