Please Chance!!! Worried International...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi! Please chance me for the following schools: Bates, Brown, Colby, Colgate, Grinnell, Middlebury (extremely good interview), Oberlin, Reed, Vassar, Yale.</p>

<p>I'm an international student from Estonia (so I'll be lucky if they know where my country is).
GPA: 92-93% UW, no weighted gpa
Rank: in the top 10%
Most rigorous courseload, one of the best high schools in the country
Expected final exam results:Estonian 90%, English 95%, Social Science 90%, Mathematics 80%, History 85% (these results are extremely good, although they don't seem to be)
SAT: CR:650, M:700, W:650; 2000
SAT II: MathI: 640, Lit: 630
TOEFL: 111</p>

<p>I won't list my ECs, they are good in the context of my country. Some leadership positions and awards. I'm quite active in school events. So ECs are OK.</p>

<p>Essays are good, main commonapp essay excellent</p>

<p>Recs: One was really good, have not read the others but I have reason to believe that they were as good. </p>

<p>And I need FA</p>

<p>I'm quite worried because the only thing that makes me stand out is my country (and my essays which were a bit unusual but still good)</p>

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<p>Forgot to mention: I have taken 3 univeristy courses in local unies + have work experience.</p>

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<p>How do you stack up compared to other successful applicants from Estonia/the rest of the Baltic region? That’s a good way to judge your success, especially being from a country that doesn’t send too many students to these colleges.</p>

<p>Anyway, on the pretext that your ECs are good (with good being a relative term, lol) AND the fact that FA makes things iffy for everyone:</p>

<p>Bates, Colby - low reach
Brown, Yale - high reaches. Crapshoots as always. Again, a lot depends on the recommendations and essays.
Colgate, Grinnell - reach
Middlebury (extremely good interview) - hopefulyy that will throw its weight around a bit (lol), I’d say reach right now because it’s need blind
Oberlin, Reed, Vassar - depends tons on your personality and essays. They like individuality. Did you present yourself in a unique light?</p>

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<p>Thank you!
And yes, I believe my essays were quite original and atleast one of my recommendations supported them :)</p>

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<p>bump :slight_smile: 10char</p>

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<p>bump again</p>