please offer your take on my chances, thanks :)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>i have been looking at this board, and the thing is, i have decent stuff, but i want to go to a absolutely difficult place. ivy league, that is.
so....</p>

<p>as a Canadian from vancouver, i have:
SAT: 2400. (2nd testing. First testing was 2280 with 780 in both reading and writing)</p>

<p>Grades and GPA: decend to good. generally 93-ish. but somewhat mediocre in some while very good in others (e.g. 96 in Art History AP)</p>

<p>(have won nationally (joint 4th in history contest) in academic competitions, etc)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: having won national standing in piano, numerous prizes, awards, etc.
(2nd in Canada in one case)</p>

<p>Somewhat (although increasing) involved in community. </p>

<p>senior editor in school literary megazine. </p>

<p>etc. listed above are the more significant points.</p>

<p>sports: my weak spot. i participate avidly (cricket team, swimming) but i am in no way a natural athlete. to be quite frank, i am naturally unathletic, much to my own regret.</p>

<p>it would be of the greatest assistance if you could offer some sort of observation/opinion on my chances for ivies given the above conditions.</p>

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<p>2400 is very impressive, but your EC's/awards lack. Harvard (amongst others), rejects 1/4 perfect SAT scorers. I wouldn't be surprised if you were part of that 25%.</p>

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<p>A big part of your problem is your ability to 'package' yourself. You've probably got decent ECs and some great national awards. But you've done an awful job listing/explaining them.</p>

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<p>you always say that packaging thing ses</p>

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<p>^how ironic</p>

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<p>hahahaha "the pack"</p>

<p>the timing is just perfect</p>

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<p>Just curious, why the ivies, and not similar ranked colleges? They are also "difficult places," and may affect this whole process.</p>

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<p>littlemage897, the only american schools my mom is paying for are the ivies. so there. never really got a second choice. and i plan on going either into international corporate law, or diplomatic service in the (far) future, so i figured ivies are a good feeder for that.</p>

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<p>You shouldn't worry about sports because lots of people don't have any (like me T.T).</p>

<p>I think you have a decent shot at the ivies.</p>

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<p>thanks guys. alrite. countdown to college-application: 1 and half months.</p>