these threads scare me -- do i even have a chance?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>wow im looking through these "chance me" threads and a lot of them are incredible! my profile is substantially less competitive:</p>

<p>Basics:
race: asian
high school: rarely sends students out of state, much less to selective colleges
location: small city in rural state</p>

<p>Academics:
GPA: 4.0 UW
SAT: 770 CR, 720 M, 770 W
SAT II: (havent received them yet, but i have a pretty good idea from consolidated question lists in the tests preparation forum lol)
us history 800
biology 730ish
spanish 600? (definitely retaking this)
class rank: valedictorian
AP classes: took as many possible at our school (only 7 total), also asked to take another AP online</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Editor in chief of school newspaper
Student Council President
NHS state convention president
track/cross-country - team captain for cross country, MVP
piano player for church (5 hours per week)
Vacation Bible School Decorations Chair and volunteer (summer church program for children)</p>

<p>Awards:
winner of a national essay contest
winner of statewide poetry contest
runner-up state essay contest
1st in newswriting at state convention
some 1st place awards at a regional foreign language competition (is this even worth mentioning?)</p>

<p>im also 1st chair in my school band, but ive yet to decide if i want to put this on my application since it might be seems a bit of an overload and im not that passionate about it</p>

<p>thanks in advance for any comments and advice!</p>

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<p>whoops i forgot to specify which schools im applying for! </p>

<p>ivies:
yale - EA
harvard
princeton
upenn</p>

<p>other:
duke
washu</p>

<p>plus some state schools, but of course i'll get in those</p>

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<p>you have as good a shot as anybody</p>

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<p>"these threads scare me"
don't you scare yourself lol</p>

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<p>Oh my God, you scare me that you are scared. You have a good chance at all of the Ivies, but it is hard to say you are getting in (to an extant it is a crapshoot)</p>

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<p>i can really see how you're profile is substantially less competitive. you're only valedictorian, president (times 2), captain, editor-in-chief, etc., etc.</p>

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<p>You are so asian</p>

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<p>HYP will be tough given that your HS isn't strong and your scores and ECs are pretty average for applicants and low for Asian competition. You have a good shot at Penn (not Wharton) and the other ivies and top schools other than say Stanford, MIT, CIT.</p>

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<p>reading your profile scares me...lol...if you think this is bad...then im definitely worse..he he..keep up the good work<br>
n relax!</p>