Very cliche, I know, but please chance me! *Need blunt opinions*

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello!</p>

<p>I'm an international applicant (Indian), female, interested in the Liberal Arts.
I will be applying to Princeton, Cornell, Dartmouth, Wellesley, Vassar and Amherst.</p>

<p>My SAT 1 scores are 780 WR, 710 CR and 650 M.
SAT 2 scores- 700 Lit, 750 Chem.</p>

<p>I have strong high school grades- 97% with CGPA 10, in class X, 84% (but still in the top 10%) in class XI, and i have yet to take the 12th exams (expecting 90%+).</p>

<p>ECs:
1.Royal Commonwealth Essay Competition (international): runner up/bronze medal winner/commended/highly commended in 2008/2011/2007/2006.
2. School magazine editor (co-wrote the editorial).
3. Interviewer, script-writer and narrator for an official school documentary.
4. Have a huge amount of data from a 2 yr project (as part of a UK school exchange program) on a local lake, as a member of the Leadership club: Interviews, reports, articles, photos, poems, skits.
5. School cultural captain and House Captain (our house got 1st prize in EVERY competition that year).
6. Team member for a science project that won 1st prize at the national level science exhibition (we made a Dye Sensitized Solar Cell).
7. Contributed an article in an award winning local magazine.
8. Exhibited oil paintings and photographs twice in IIT Bombay's annual exhibition.
9. Have a blog where I put up my articles.
10. 60 hours of community work teaching underprivileged kids at a local NGO.
11. Have sports prizes for inter-house (though in school) athletics and throwball competitions. (1st prizes)
12. 1st prizes in one interschool and multiple within-school essay competitions.</p>

<p>Other things I will mention in the additional section include-
1. I solve the Rubik's cube (want to get it under 3 mins by the time I apply)
2. I taught myself to become ambidextrous and write laterally.</p>

<p>I plan to submit the arts supp because I have a strong interest in photography and oil painting; I'm building a website to showcase my work.</p>

<p>My app essay and recos will be pretty good. I need financial aid >90%.</p>

<p>(Not to sound cliche, but) what are my chances?
Thank you so much for chancing me, and all the best :)</p>

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<p>you are trying too hard</p>

<p>dont put the rubics cube and ambidexterous thing i feel like it would hurt you</p>

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<p>^The admissions officers aren’t inhuman; this won’t hurt you.</p>

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<p>I think the fact that you can solve a Rubix Cube in (hopefully) under three minutes is pretty cool. Same with the ambidextrous thing. To me, it doesn’t scream “try-hard”, it screams “hey, this girl is a little bit quirky.” For things like Princeton and Dartmouth, I think you need to raise your SAT score a little. For the colleges besides the Ivies, I think you’re all set. Good luck!</p>

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<p>You seem very focused on writing and art, and this will probably help your applications. That being said, your CR and M SAT scores are a little low for some of the schools on your list (I don’t know how this will affect you considering your focus on writing). Your grades seem strong, but I don’t really have enough knowledge of your system’s rigor or grading system to really pass judgement in that area. Your art supplement should help you. In terms of financial aid, I know that at least Princeton and Dartmouth have superb need-based aid; I can’t speak for the others.
Based off of what I see:
Princeton: Mid Reach
Amherst and Dartmouth: Low Reach/High Target
Cornell: High/Mid Target
Wellesley and Vassar: Low/Mid Target</p>

<p>I am not super knowledgeable about all of these schools, but those are my predictions.</p>

<p>Chance back please!:
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