Please chance an easter european student

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>So i've sent my application to college and the waiting is killing me.
I'm a romanian student curently studying at a small private school (a class of just 30).
I'm an IB diploma canditate with a predicted grade of 44/45.</p>

<p>History HL 7
Business Management HL 7
Math HL 6
Physics SL 7
Romanian A1 SL 7
English A2 SL 7</p>

<p>GPA: 3.81 UW 9th-10th grade</p>

<p>My sat score si a bit lousy as i decidet at the last moment that I wanted to apply in the US.</p>

<p>SAT1: 2080
SAT2: Math level 2-760; US History-760; Physics-720</p>

<p>EC's
Math club
President of the History club
Founder and president of the astronomy/astrophysics club
President of student body
Co-editor of the school magazin
Captain of the handball team</p>

<p>Awards(just one)
'George Palade' scients contest 1st place 2010(regional)</p>

<p>250 hours community service (seperate from my EC's) </p>

<p>Intendet major:Economics</p>

<p>Stanford
Harvard
Princeton
UC Berkleys
Yale
U. Chicago
Cornell university
MIT</p>

<p>I know my SAT's and EC's are not great not to mention my awards but I hope IB grades will compensate.</p>

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<p>Also my recommendations are excellent and I hope my essay is also(my former english teacher who is a writer helped me with it).
The school doesnt rank but I’m deffinetly in the top 5%</p>

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<p>BumpBumpBump</p>

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<p>Are you applying financial aid?
If you are, then for what colleges?</p>

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<p>You’ve applied to some very tough colleges, schools where grades are just the first step towards getting you considered. In general, even Americans applying to these schools end up being chosen for their activities outside of the classroom once they have the required stats.</p>

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<p>Firstly I didn’t apply for financial aid. Secondly I know I don’t have all that many ec’s but they certainly are better than most other applicants from romania or this part of europe.</p>

<p>Also if it helps you get a better picture I accumulated my community service hours by volunteering at an orphanage and a nursing home for old people.</p>

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<p>bump and bump</p>

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<p>With no aid needed, I do tying you have a good shot at Berkeley.</p>

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<p>^ Agree with 2college2college. You have good EC’s but unfortunately a 3.81 GPA and 2080 SAT will not be overlooked by the top colleges.</p>

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<p>I agree that the sat’s are low but is a unweighted gpa of 3.81 that bad?</p>

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<p>It is a fact that in Europe high grades are rare. The most european educational systems are against the inflation rate. The class of 2010 of my high school (the class that graduated the previous year) had an average GPA of 3.3!!! By rhe way 55% get into the most prestigious school in the nation. 7 went directly to med school, 10 to law school and 11 to engineer school. And 82.5% percent of the class went in university (top + community colleges ect.) A great part was excellent students, yet a lot of them had a GPA of 3.5. </p>

<p>My point is that in Europe a B has a great value. A is for the top 1-5% EXCLUSIVELY. There are other letters as well, B C D… and universities are aware of that.</p>

<p>In your case I believe that US colleges will take into account that you may came from a country or a school with more strict policies about grade distribution.</p>

<p>Good Luck!</p>

<p>I am from Eastern Europe too (see my name…)</p>

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<p>Thank you all for replying, but could some one please tell me wath chances do I have for each university.</p>

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<p>BUMPandBUMP</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>again bump</p>

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<p>chould some one please post a typical response, you know reach/mach</p>

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<p>SHYPM-- high reach
CC–reach
Berkeley-- match</p>

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<p>Thank you for replying</p>

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<p>anyone care to post a second opinion?</p>

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<p>Or do you agree with the previous post?</p>