southerner wanting to escape north

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<ul>
<li><p>ED at Stanford</p></li>
<li><p>Brown University</p></li>
<li><p>Cornell University</p></li>
<li><p>Georgetown School of Foreign Service</p></li>
<li><p>UT Plan II</p></li>
<li><p>John's Hopkins</p></li>
<li><p>Upenn Huntsman Program</p></li>
<li><p>Cornell College of Arts and Sciences</p></li>
<li><p>Swarthmore Honors</p></li>
<li><p>Columbia College</p></li>
</ul>

<p>MY BIO
- going to be a senior in Fall
- IB Diploma Student
- school district's "Talented and Gifted" program
- 8 AP courses in 3 years
- GPA = 3.98 out of 4.0
- Rank = 28 out of 594 (top 5 percent)
- Racially Asian
- attending one of Newsweek's top 100 high schools
- Texas</p>

<p>MY ACADEMICS
- Latin 1 ,2, and pre-AP 3
- AP US History, AP European Studies
- all maths up to AB Calculus AB
- pre-AP Bio, Chem, Physics
- AP/IB SL Bio, IB SL Physics
- AP Psychology
- IB HL = History, English, Biology
- IB SL = Hindi, Math, Physics
- ALL A's in all classes except for 2 B's in Pre-calculus in 10th grade</p>

<p>MY EXTRA CURRICULARS
- unpaid internship at the State Attorney General's Office for a month
- 125 hours community service, of which 100 are from one secular, nonprofit organization alone
- 4000 word IB extended essay on Public Health in South Asia
- 6 years of formal Hindi classes outside of school
- American Red Cross for 3 years (as well as Central Texas Red Cross Youth Leadership Council)
- President and Founder of American Red Cross club at school (2 years)
- Interfaith Club (4 years), Vice President (2 years)
- School Newspaper (4 years), 2 years as forum editor
- JSA Politik In-Depth editor (10th grade)
- Orchestra + Marching Band + Honors Band in concert season (4 years)
- Top award at Regional Oboe Solo competition all 3 years
- Second level award at State Oboe Solo competition (10th grade)
- Made the District Band (11th grade)
- Advanced to Latin State Competition (10th grade)
- 3 smaller awards in Latin competitions (9th and 10th grade)
- 150 hours of IB-defined "Creativity, Action & Service" hours</p>

<p>MY SCORES
PSAT = National Merit Scholarship Finalist
(SAT I scores are all from second attempt)
SAT I Math = 720
SAT I Reading = 740
SAT I Writing = 760
SAT II: Biology = 780
SAT II: US History = 780
SAT II: Math II = 790
ACT = 33
ACT writing = 30
AP US History = 5
AP Calculus AB = 5
AP English = 5
AP Biology = 5
AP European History = 5
IB SL Hindi = 5</p>

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<p>help a browskie out</p>

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<ul>
<li><p>ED at Stanford- 30%</p></li>
<li><p>Brown University- 30%</p></li>
<li><p>Cornell University- 40%</p></li>
<li><p>Georgetown School of Foreign Service - 50%</p></li>
<li><p>UT Plan II- 90%</p></li>
<li><p>John's Hopkins- 50%</p></li>
<li><p>Upenn Huntsman Program- 25%</p></li>
<li><p>Cornell College of Arts and Sciences- 40%</p></li>
<li><p>Swarthmore Honors- 30%</p></li>
<li><p>Columbia College- 30%</p></li>
</ul>

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<p>damn that sucks :(</p>

<p>anyone else?</p>

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<p>Sorry. These are all uber-competitive schools. The good news is that almost all of the other applicants have equally unlikely chances of getting in. You are competitive for these schools, don't get me wrong, but that doesn't change the fact that they are mostly reaches (because they are for everyone ;))</p>

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<p>haha that's true</p>

<p>do you guys think i should do early decision at BROWN or CORNELL? i want to study biology and persian and i like study abroad and international relations.</p>

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<p>Bump///////</p>

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<p>Anyone Else?!</p>

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<p>Those are some really competitive schools! You have great Stat's...great GPA, Great Test scores and very high class rank. I think you have a really good chance at almost all your schools. But as you know the Ivies are a crap shoot.....Good Luck!</p>

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<p>lol that's what everyone says! i guess it's hard to tell with these tough schools. i've seen people with "worse" stats than me get into columbia. i've also seen people with much better stats than me get rejected by every ivy</p>