Please Chance for Wharton, Columbia, Cornell..(will chance back if asked)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Please chance me for Wharton (UPenn), Cornell, Columbia, Georgetown, Emory, UVa, Carnegie Mellon, UChicago and NYU. Your help is greatly appreciated :)</p>

<p>Major: Finance
(Exception: Economics for University of Chicago)</p>

<p>Asian International Student, IB Qualifications, switched three schools across three countries and two continents within four years of high school. </p>

<p>School: International schools in Hsinchu, Bangkok and Berlin
Grades: Almost always A to A+ Range
Class rank: School does not rank</p>

<p>Statistics:</p>

<p>Predicted IB results:
IB Economics HL-7
IB Math HL-6
IB English A1 HL-7
IB Biology HL -7
IB History SL-7
IB German Ab Initio-7</p>

<p>SATI- CR:700 W:710 M:740 (Not a very Asian score unfortunately)
SATII Math2: 760
SATII Chinese: 800
SATII German: 740 </p>

<p>AP Calculus AB (sophomore year) -5</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Taiwanese Cultural Club Vice-President
Interact Club President
Human Rights Club President
Student Ambassadors Secretary (predicted)
Participated in 3-4 MUN conferences, actively involved for 3 years. </p>

<p>Strongly involved in a lot of community service clubs and projects...over 200+ hours. (Stayed in clubs for as long as I was at a particular school, but I switched three schools in four years. Clubs at one place are often different at another so I won't bother listing all of them but let me know if its necessary to know)</p>

<p>Awards:</p>

<p>Citizenship Award
Principal's Award for Outstanding Performance </p>

<p>Honors:</p>

<p>High Honor Roll Student (until second half of junior year when my third school doesn't offer it)</p>

<p>Sports:</p>

<p>Badminton Team 1 year at my first school but joined a badminton club for duration of third school</p>

<p>Work experience:</p>

<p>Kindergarten Assistant
Intern at the Commerzbank (Second largest bank in Germany)</p>

<p>Other:</p>

<p>Recognized for community service efforts and my school work so was chosen by my school to meet the German president, Christian Wulff, as part of the Aktion Tagwerk initiative.</p>

<p>I'll gladly chance back if you tell me to. Should I lower the schools I'm applying to? Thinking about applying early decision to UPenn Wharton.</p>

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<p>IB scores are calculated out of maximum of 7 points. I will probably be predicted 44/45 points.</p>

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<p>Your credentials are pretty good. I’m not really familiar with IB information, but what you’ve provided seems impressive. You SAT scores could be a little higher, but they are still good; your subject tests are excellent. I think you have just as good a chance as anybody; at this point, it is up to your essays and teacher evaluations</p>

<p>Good Luck :)</p>

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<p>Wharton (UPenn): High Reach
Cornell: Reach
Columbia: High Reach
Georgetown: Low Reach
Emory: Low Reach
UVA: Low Reach
Carnegie Mellon: High Match/Low Reach
UChicago: Reach
NYU: Low Match/Match</p>

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<p>Thanks for the comments,</p>

<p>quick question, does early action improve my chances of getting into a particular college? Or is that only for early decision?</p>

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<p>Dayum, 7 in HL English? That’s pretty impressive. Anyway, if you have the chance to retake the SAT I, you should probably do so and aim to get 2200+, as your score is a little low in the “asian” category. </p>

<p>Wharton - Reach
Cornell - High-mid match
Columbia - Reach
UChicago - Match
NYU - Match</p>

<p>Also, early action and early decision are more or less the same thing. The only difference is when a school offers “restrictive early action” - where you can’t apply early to any other school if you apply early there (eg. Stanford, Cornell). Generally, when applying early, the acceptance rate is higher, but the pool of applicants is stronger. </p>

<p>All the best. </p>

<p>Chance back? =)</p>

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<p>The impact of EA varies, highly.</p>

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<p>Would you say EA is worth it? Or should I choose to ED instead?</p>