Updated stats but still not your typical asian genius. will chance back!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi guys, I posted a thread about a year ago but now I have some updated stats and stuff. The colleges I'm looking at are:
-Johns Hopkins
-University of Chicago
-George Washington University
-William and Mary
-Pomona
-Middlebury
-Tufts
-OSU honors college
-perhaps an Ivy or something, just to see</p>

<p>My intended major is international relations and possibly economics. If any of you have suggestions for other colleges with a good international relations program, please do suggest it.</p>

<p>-Rank: 1/524 or around there after this year.</p>

<p>-Weighted GPA: 4.417</p>

<p>-Unweighted GPA: 4.0</p>

<p>-ACT: 32 composite; 34 english, 31 math, 32 reading, 29 science</p>

<p>-SATII: 710 literature (low i know but i dont have to send it); planning on taking 1 or 2 more</p>

<p>-PSAT: 206..not much, guessing commended</p>

<p>-Awards: nothing significant
honor roll (9-11), academic letter (9-11), junior academic achievement award (11), character counts award (11), departmental awards for all subjects (9-11), 2nd place state novice debate tournament, 9th top speaker (11), solo and ensemble award for band: excellent rating (9), rookie of the year for a summer swim team (9), runner of the week for cross country (11). Lots of these are trivial that I will not bother putting on my app.
--The major one that I just got was the Congress Bundestag Youth Exchange Scholarship to study abroad in Germany for a year.</p>

<p>-Volunteer/ Community Service: Hospital Volunteer 12 hours a month (11), teen court (11); yeah kinda lacking in this department</p>

<p>-Extra Curriculars:
--Marching band (9-11): Section leader and squad leader
--Private cello lessons (5-11)
--Class Executive Committee (10,11): secretary
--JV soccer (9,10)
--Cross Country (11)
--Speech and Debate (11): state varsity tournament qualifier</p>

<p>--will be attending Buckeye Boys State this summer.</p>

<p>-Freshman Schedule
--Honors English: A
--Honors Geometry: A
--American History: A
--Band: A
--German: A
--Japanese: A
--Earth, Space Science, Physical Science:A</p>

<p>-Sophomore Schedule:
--Honors Algebra 2: A
--Honors Biology: A
--Honors English: A
--Honors World History: A
--Band: A
--German 2: A
--Health (1 semester): A
--Trig (1 semester): A
--Soccer/Basketball (1 semester): A
--Principles of Economics (1 semester): A</p>

<p>-Junior Schedule
--AP Econ
--AP Stats
--Pre-AP English
--Honors Chemistry
--Band
--Physics
--Calculus with Precalculus I and II (at a local university)
--Elementary Spanish 1 (at said university, spring semester)
^^all As so far^^</p>

<p>-Work Experience
--panera around 10 or (a little) more hours a week.</p>

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<p>have you tried the SAT? or maybe the ACT again? a tad higher score (33+ or 2200+) and you’d get into some of these schools easy. right now, your chances are pretty good considering you’re top 1%.</p>

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<p>Thanks north_face, I haven’t tried the SAT yet but I’m signed up for it in June. My PSAT score was only 206 though, with my trouble really only being math. I will try to get that up.</p>

<p>But are there any schools that I most likely will not get in, in your opinion? I know the Ivys are ultra reaches but I’m willing to send in an app or two.</p>

<p>I know that JHU’s biggest major is IR…could studying abroad possibly help my chances?</p>

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<p>Sorry your Mom dropped you on your head. Only about 97% of the colleges in the United States would regard your application favorably. LOL</p>

<p>IMO:
UofChicago is a reach.
Hopkins is a reach.
Middlebury is a reach.
W&M is problematic for OOS.
Your others are a pretty good fit. </p>

<p>Do not respond to the following, I do not need to know; Consider your financial aid situation. Endowments are still going to be tanked next year. If you need aid lower your sights. If you can pay cah, raise them.</p>

<p>Practice, practice, practice helps math!!!</p>

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<p>Thanks, BigG, although I don’t entirely understand what you were getting at in your first line :-P.</p>

<p>Thanks also for the reality check haha…I will add more safeties to the list of course…</p>

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<p>Have you seen ay Foghorn Leghorn cartoons?</p>

<p>“That’s a joke son, I say that’s a joke” delivered in a loud raspy booming voice.</p>

<p>My point is that all but the very tippy top schools would love to have you as a student. Some of them might give you a chance. Stranger things happen in college admissions.</p>

<p>I listen to asian kids at my D’s prep school and read stuff on line. I realize you may have prestige issues because of your parents. Do not get fixated on the Ivies. There are a lot of good schools where you can get a good education, make a lot of money after you graduate, and do something you like with your life. Hopefully all three.</p>

<p>Man, an Asian that can’t do math is like an African American that can’t play sports or a redneck that can’t fix a car. Are you sure you aren’t rebelling agaist a very postive ethnic stereotype?</p>

<p>Note the math team at our prep school consists of three Asian young men and my very Caucasian D. Come to think of it, I am 1/8 Cherokee and Native Americans are genetically Asian (or close). Make that my mostly Caucasian D.</p>

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<p>‘Man, an Asian that can’t do math is like an African American that can’t play sports or a redneck that can’t fix a car. Are you sure you aren’t rebelling agaist a very postive ethnic stereotype?’</p>

<p>i lold :stuck_out_tongue: </p>

<p>i think you have a good shot as most schools like bigG said :slight_smile: but yea, try to raise the standardized scores :slight_smile: maybe do some volunteering this summer :)</p>

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<p>lol yeah im taking calc but i can barely do the math on the SAT :-P. i guess im a rebel</p>

<p>but yeah, its not really a prestige question. I mean, I think i have a pretty good shot at OSU so i figured why not try some more selective schools. I didn’t just randomly throw them on my list though; all the schools I chose had to have a decent IR program.</p>

<p>ns89, thanks for the advice and the three smiles :-). im hoping that some of my essays that i write while abroad about my experiences will help me a lil so i dont just seem like the typical applicant.</p>

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<p>bump. anyone else please? :-)</p>

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<p>no takers? ill chance back</p>