Please chance me and help me narrow my list!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi everyone! I'm an Asian and goes to a non-US system high school. Though I know this might be a bit late, but please comment on my chances and tell me what else I can do to enhance my chance of admission. Thank you!</p>

<p>Stats:
Studying in the best high school of the nation. I'm also in the Humanities Honor Program
GAP: 4.0/4.0 UW
Ranking: 1/20
SAT I: CR600 W700 Math800 (total 2100)
SAT II: Math I 780, Math II 780, Physics 730 (planning to take Biology in Jan and think I can get a pretty good grade)
My school does not provide any AP course or IB course</p>

<p>ECs:
Humanity Research Thesis
President of Business Management Society
President and Chief of Flute of School Orchestra
Founder of School MUN club/Director of a MUN
Adminitration Director of Student Council
Director of my school's annual international exchange program (academic and cultural)
Financial Director of a Research Presentation
Continuous Volunteer Service for more than 2 years
Volunteer work at the Student Affair Office
Flute 8 years/ Piano 13 years/ Cello 3 years
Member of School Chior 3 years
Photography 3 years
Worked as a part-time assistnat at an small international trading firm
Worked as a waiter in a local store similar to Starbuck
Very good at culinary stuff. I'm responsible for regular meals/dessert and everything in my family</p>

<p>Awards:
Second Place in a National Chior Contest
Thrid Place in a National Music Contest
Full Scholarship to a week-long abroad Conference (National)
Third Place in a School-wide Chior Contest
Fourth Place in a School-wide English Speech Contest
One prestigious Book Award
Academic and Ethical Honor Awards
Excellent Service Awards</p>

<p>Recommendations:
excellent!</p>

<p>Essays:
Pretty well, I'd say</p>

<p>Other:
Language: Japanese, English, Chinese
First generation for college</p>

<p>Schools currently on my list:
all Ivies
U of Chicago
NYU (Stern)
Duke
Georgetown (McDonough)
BU (School of Management)</p>

<p>Is there anything I can do now to improve my chance of admission? I know my SAT I is pretty weak, but what if combining with other materials above?
Please help me! Thank a lot!</p>

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<p>Retake your SATs, and you should be fine.</p>

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<p>to what SAT score do you think I must get to get in those schools?</p>

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<p>I think around 2250 or 2300…</p>

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<p>thanks a lot!</p>

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<p>Ivies will be very tough, with low scores and no stand out ECs, given competition from Asia. I highly recommend looking beyond the schools all candidates from Asia will apply to.</p>

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<p>Are you an international applicant?</p>

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<p>Only a couple of schools on your list are need-blind for internationals. Do you need financial aid?
The fact that you have all the Ivies on your list suggests that you are looking at prestige only and not fit. Maybe you should reconsider.</p>

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<p>If you’re international…this could get ugly. You definitely go to a small school, but being valedictorian, even for someone who is international, the SAT is low for Ivy and other top tier school applications. Sorry to say, but your ECs don’t exactly shine either. I follow several other CCers in saying that you may want to look at other schools; the Ivies and equivalents aren’t the only colleges in the US.</p>

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<p>Yes I’m an international student. But I don’t need financial aids. My high school is pretty big actually, more than 1000 students a year. I wrote the literally class rank because my GPA year rank doesn’t look good.</p>

<p>Thanks everyone with all helpful advice! </p>

<p>How about if I manage to score higher on SAT I, like about 2200?</p>