Predict me for Top Schools!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Intended Major: International Relations/Polisci or Gender Studies</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Chinese Asian
Gender: Female
Applicant type: International (Canadian Citizen)
FA: Yes, but I can contribute probably half myself. If REALLY REALLY needed (as in zero schools give me aid), Ill pay full.
Hooks: First generation</p>

<p>GPA: 3.88 UW, school doesn't do rank but top 10% out of 350
SAT: 780 CR, 780 WR, 660 MATH (math is very low) *Will be taking Oct sat
SAT II: World History (700), Lit (750), Mandarin (800) <--born in Canada, second language
APs: World History (5), Euro History (5), Comparative Gov (5), Psychology (5), Human Geo (5)</p>

<p>Note: I self-studied all of my APs and SAT IIs because my school is non IB/AP</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Women's Rights (9-12):</p>

<p>-Researcher and assistant writer for a book on girl empowerment. The writer is a pretty famous retired activist.
-Co-founded a girls rights conference where we had speakers/workshops and around 100 delegates
-Public speaker for an international girls rights organization; founder of local branch for same organization (raised over 5k)
-Volunteer at Rape Relief Shelter (help babysit, edit resumes/cover letters, tutor English)</p>

<p>Model UN (8-12):</p>

<p>-Deputy SG of a national MUN conference 2015 (700 delegates)
-Chief of Staff of same national MUN conference 2014 (600 delegates)
-Director of Sponsorship for international MUN conference 2013 (500 delegates)
-Exec/coach of school conference; also dsg-internal for school conference
-Delegated and staffed over twenty conferences, many awards, spent a lot of time on this activity
-Also volunteered 54 hours at WorldMUN</p>

<p>Political stuff (8-12):</p>

<p>-Been in youth parliament since grade eight, held positions every year. Elected and serving as Premier.
-Worked for Provincial elections as an elections officer (paid)
-Volunteer and Youth Rep for a Federal level political party (cold-called during elections, attended rallies, help organize events)
-Editor-in-Chief for an online youth political website</p>

<p>City Involvement (11-12):</p>

<p>-On city youth action council, where I help plan a three day conference for youth
-On city youth leadership council, where I represent our city's youth at special events etc</p>

<p>Debate/Speech (8-12):</p>

<p>-Top three in Regional champs; qualifier to Provincial Champs
-Finalist for largest debate champ in Canada (8th out of 74 teams)
-Top 4 for Provincial Law Cup
-2nd for District Speech Champs; qualifier to Provincial champs
-Coach/exec for school teams; helped organize school invitational tournaments</p>

<p>Non-profit (10-12):</p>

<p>-Started this registered non-profit organization in response to teacher strikes
-We organized educational conferences, hosted fundraisers (ie debate tournaments), set up tutoring programs at inner-city schools, and had outreach teams bring school supplies to developing nations</p>

<p>UPenn CAS (ED)</p>

<p>Columbia
Princeton
Dartmouth
Brown
Cornell
Berkeley
Washington St. Louis
Georgetown SFS
Rice
Duke
Middlebury
Emory
Vanderbilt</p>

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<p>You don’t have to answer this, but are you from Vancouver? You sound like someone I briefly knew. </p>

<p>Anyway, some comments before I chance you:</p>

<p>SAT Mandarin. If you’ve got a Chinese last name, it really won’t matter that technically you learned (and may have worked hard at) Chinese after English. SAT Mandarin won’t be as impressive as SAT Spanish for you.</p>

<p>Other stats are competitive. </p>

<p>ECs are amazing and very focused.</p>

<p>Nevertheless, most of the schools are reaches for everyone. I would say Berkeley, Rise, Emory, and maybe Cornell and Brown are easier than the rest. You are, however, very competitive at all of them. </p>

<p>Chance me? <a href=“Claremont Mckenna, Duke, Bucknell, Grinnell, UofR chances! - Chance Me / Match Me! - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1690007-claremont-mckenna-duke-bucknell-grinnell-uofr-chances-p1.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>You have a great narrative in your ECs – very similar to mine and I was accepted and/or waitlisted at several of those schools (now attending one!). </p>

<p>Debate is such a great EC!! </p>

<p>I think you stand a great chance if you keep to that theme of workers rights/feminism/ international affaris/ etc., but your GPA is a bit low (maybe you went to a competitive school?)</p>

<p>At Cornell, you should consider the ILR school. It seems like you’d be a great fit. And there is the Woodrow Wilson school at princeton. </p>

<p>At this point, it’s all about framing your application to tell your story, what motivates you, etc.,. </p>

<p>As far as your hook goes, I’m not sure if that’s a good one / one you should focus your application on. So many international/CHinese first generation, unless your family grew up in abject poverty or suffered great hardship under a poor law (hey! Ties into int’l law, which all your ECs are!) .</p>

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<p>@kate244‌ Thanks so much for the advice! My parents never attended college because of the cultural revolution (my dad was born in '46) and did grow up in abject poverty (communist china ftw). Right now, my essay is on a stuttering speech impediment I have conquered, how MUN helped give me that boost of confidence, and how I use my voice to help others and encourage others now!</p>

<p>My grade is extremely competitive. We are a suburban public school in Canada, and most people don’t even know what ivy leagues are. However, there are 11 people in our grade applying to top schools in the US this year. My GPA is a tad low because of a 72% in Math 10 and a 82% in Science 10 (I suck at sciences and math). I do hope I compensated for the poor grades by getting 95% in Math 11 and 92% in Biology 11!</p>

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<p>Bump! Will chance back :)</p>

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<p>Bump! Just got my October SAT scores back and I got 800 CR, 760 WR, and 720 Math! What are my chances with the much higher SAT Math score??</p>