<p>i'm going to adjust the chances you gave to yourself, because they are a little bit off:</p>
<p>Bowdoin - Reach
Haverford - reach
Wesleyan - Reach</p>
<p>Vassar - slight reach</p>
<p>Bates- Match
Brandeis - Match
Connecticut College - Match
Trinity (CT) - match </p>
<p>Lafayette - Safe match
Dickinson - Safe match
Trinity Uni- safe match</p>
<p>Gettysburg - Safety
St Lawrence U - safety
Occidental C - safety</p>
<p>(no clue about International University Bremen)</p>
<p>thanks huskem...i really appreciate that..i now have a better view of my chances...</p>
<p>Just clear me of my doubts,what is ''match'',''reach'',''safety''?</p>
<p>match - a school you are likely to get into
safety - a school you are very liekly to get into
reach - a school you are not liekly to get into</p>
<p>I think I have it bad -</p>
<p>My counselor is getting fidgety with 4 applications. 4!
He said that the maximum he's gonna do is 4.
I have to narrow down my college list (the ones that cannot take common app), just to suit his laziness!!</p>
<p>just 4!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Hey,thats rudenesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss to its extent only 4?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wont have tolerated that......</p>
<p>Lets see what my counsellor hav got in store for me....my school is not a member of NACAC then how am I supposed to sign a fee waiver form and there is no counsellor in my school its the principal....and vice-principal...</p>
<p>I dont know what NACAC is, but for fee waivers, just get a guy from your school wiht some kind of position, preferbaly a high status, to write a short letter and sign it.
Unless that person is like my counselor - who says that the school needs to see our bank acct and everything. I just just like, nah lets just drop it - i'll pay the damn fees.</p>
<p>I know, 4 is quite rude. He's only having to do 3 people's apps as well - all applying to just 2 schools. That's why he's like 4? 4?! lol o well.</p>
<p>hey shail, do u have a brother by ANY chance that is in trinity Uni?? Because I have a brother there and he says he has a friend from Nepal...... I was just wondering though....... :)</p>
<p>Oh btw, I wanted to just slip in to the international community here so....</p>
<p>Well, as this thread was originally meant to compare our chances, so here are my stats:</p>
<p>White female international from Germany.
A-Level Curriculum (easiest and hardest possible ;-))
Rank: 1/63
ACT: 34
SAT II: Math IIC 800, Physics 800
TOEFL: 113/120
Currently dual enrollment at a university (linear algebra and probability)
No ECs that show a commitment over time (a little bit of student newspaper, tutoring, club judo and dancing) and no big list of awards either (just Best Sophomore in the Lakes Regions Math League and a Prize in the National German Math Competition)
By the way, I will apply as a prospective math major.
In the last four years I took part in two short-term exchange programs with Japan in Hungary and spent a high school year abroad in the US (each on a scholarship).
Biggest drawback: a lot of financial aid</p>
<p>I will apply to some of the following (I am still trying to shorten that list):
UPenn (ED)
Cornell
Brandeis
Wellesley
Smith
Mt Holyoke
Bryn Mawr
Macalester
Bates
Colby
Franklin & Marshall
Connecticut
Colgate
Maybe Williams, but that would just be a waste of an application fee</p>
<p>barium? i thought you were male, hehe. so upenn it is... keep me up to date.</p>
<p>And you applied ED to Princeton, didn't you? At least we won't have to compete against each other in the ED round.
Well, now that we know that I am a girl, what are you?</p>
<p>I'm a white female nonathlete nonlegacy Swedish citizen attending a private international high school in Washington, DC, where I am completing a bilingual IB Diploma in English and French.</p>
<p>Academic
IB Chemistry HL
IB English A1 HL
IB French A1 HL
IB Biology SL
IB Mathematics SL
IB History SL
Theory of Knowledge
Journalism</p>
<p>Numerical
GPA: 6.3 out of 7 where 6=A- and 7=A+
PSAT: 232
SAT I: 2270 (800CR, 760M, 710W)
SAT IIs: 800 (French), 750 (Literature), 700 (Math II), 680 (Biology-M, retaking), 650 (Chemistry, retaking)</p>
<p>Extracurricular
*School newspaper (9-12): News & Features Editor, Photography Editor; the newspaper has received the Columbia Scholastic Press Association gold medal every year during this time
*Photography (10-12): Taking courses at a local darkroom 3.5 hours/week, featured in a local exhibition of student photographers two years in a row, lots of independent work, sending a portfolio
*Equestrian (1-12): 10+ years but not competitively (horse shows are expensive!), worked 40 hours/week as an instructor at riding camp for a month this summer
*Amnesty International (9-12): Not-very-active member in grades 9-11; head of corporate accountability campaign (one of three issues that we are working on this year) in grade 12, and currently in charge of organizing a movie/discussion event in cooperation with the Gay-Straight Alliance... I'm not actually sure what my official title is, but I'm by far the most involved senior (and possibly member) aside from the president.
*Volunteering at a local hospital (12): 15 hours/week for a month this summer (while I was working), 4 hours/week during the year
*Model UN (12)
*Chemistry tutor (paid) (11-12)
*Yearbook (9-10)
*Self-studying Spanish
*misc. art, writing, crafts, cooking, etc that does not serve any purpose or fit on a resumé but that I am including anyway because what the hell</p>
<p>Miscellaneous
*Fluent in Swedish, French, and English (chronological order); self-studying Spanish
*Lived in Stockholm (1989-1990, 1998-2001), Moscow (1990-1994), and Brussels (1994-1998) before moving to DC in 2001
*Academic interests include but are not limited to biology, chemistry, economics, English, environmental science, French, languages in general, international relations, neuroscience, and sociology, in alphabetical order because I am still undecided.
*I'm very uncertain about career goals, but when I think about what would be my ideal job right now, I picture myself at an international organization working with issues like education, public health, or the environment. That would tie together my international background and language skills, issues that I'm passionate about, and my ever-so-idealistic wish to Help People and Make A Difference.
*The teachers writing my recommendations are my English teacher (grades 9, 11, 12) and my Chemistry teacher (grades 8, 10, 11, 12). I may submit a supplementary rec from my TOK teacher and newspaper advisor.
*I'm supposedly a good writer when I try, so hopefully my essays will be decent.
*I'm submitting a photography portfolio. There's no way for me to say this without sounding arrogant, but basically, I know I'm good. It's the only part of my app I'm really confident about.</p>
<p>The list</p>
<p>Amherst
Dartmouth
Princeton
Swarthmore
Williams</p>
<p>University of Chicago
Middlebury</p>
<p>Bryn Mawr
Macalester
Wellesley</p>
<p>My ultimate last-resort safety</p>
<p>Uppsala University, Sweden</p>
<p>I am glad you don't apply to UPenn......</p>
<p>Oh, I forgot to mention that I'm also applying for financial aid. I can probably manage up to $15,000 per year in parental contribution, summer jobs, and Swedish student aid, but I don't want to take out more than $5,000 per year in loans, so that means I'll need enough aid from the college to cover more than half the cost. I find that mildly worrying. :eek:</p>
<p>now thats pretty cool,cameliasinensis.....really good EC record(atleast for me) and a good SAT score...(nice chances)..</p>
<p>b@r!um:Well,your stats are good enough but.....you really need to work on your ECs........</p>
<p>cameliasinensis....if i were you..i would fear for others coz yours stats are pretty cool....thank god i haven't clashed any of my colleges with yours...</p>
<p>cameliasnensis, do you HAVE to apply to uchicago? haha</p>
<p>yep, princeton ed.
i am male and proud to be ;p</p>
<p>2220 SAT, subject results on nov 28, exchange year in brazil... ahh no i hate chances threads. sorry hehe</p>
<p>why is this thread so deserted???</p>