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Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys!
Quick overview of situation: I'll be applying from Singapore. My parents are expatriates, working in Singapore. I've been here since sophomore year. I'll be applying to college this fall. Chance me!</p>

<p>I attend an international school in Singapore. I am originally from New Yawwwkk.
Major: maybe international business</p>

<p>GPA: In New York: 4.13 weighted, Singapore: 3.92 UW
SAT: 780 Math, 700 CR, 760 Writing
SATII: 700 Lit, 800 Math II, going to take Spanish
Completed APs: Chemistry, World History, Calc AB, Micro Economics, Macro Economics, Physics B, Language and Composition, Chinese Language. Scored all 5's except for Chemistry-4, Physics-4
Senior Year APs: Environmental Science, US History, Calculus BC, Spanish Language, Literature
High honor roll and whatnot.</p>

<p>Sports-- Tri-Season athlete.
Varsity Tennis-- 5 year letterman, sectional champions,IASAS delegate (International Association of Southeast Asian Schools.. it's kinda a big deal around here to be selected to represent your country), 2nd team all county, 1st singles..
Varsity Volleyball-- 3 year letterman, state champions, IASAS
Varsity Badminton (It used to be Varsity Lacrosse, but they don't play lacrosse in Singapore!)-- 2 year letterman, IASAS
2 years of lacrosse- State champs!
Sports are a big part of my life. I believe it sets me apart from the billion other Chinese chicks that are applying to college.
Scholar athlete (good grades during all seasons)</p>

<p>Music:
Violin, Piano, Cello.
Concert mistress of the school orchestra
Attended the Eastman school of Music, maintained a 4.0
13 All-state/county ensembles
Rochester Youth Philharmonic Orchestra (quite hard to get into)
Leader of all quartets/ensembles
Won lots of competitions, regionally and internationally.
Attended international music conferences, representing Singapore.
My music credentials can go on and on and on. Those are some of the main points though.</p>

<p>Clubs/other EC:
Melodies for Hope: President, we play gigs around town and donate the money to schools in indonesia/africa
MUN-- sweet club. got lots of awards. outstanding delegate, best delegation.. etc
Student Council-- rep
Masterminds/Knowledge Masters
Math League
School paper features section editor
Music Honor Society-- lots of volunteer hours.
Medical Explorers-- more volunteer hours</p>

<p>Volunteering/Community Organizations:
Ji Lin Retirement Home (Summer of 2007) -- Volunteered at a retirement home during summer vacation. This retirement home was located in the Ji Lin province in China. Prepared meals, did daily cleaning (dishes, floors, beds), and tended to the residents.
Africa(Feb 2008): Spend a week in a small township in Africa and helped fix up a school for children whose parents were suffering/died from HIV/AIDs.
Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester Newspaper) – Published several articles for this major city paper as a guest essayist. The topics range from movie reviews to my experience meeting the Time Magazine's Man of the Year.
Chinese School of Rochester- Attended CSR on the weekends to gain proficiency in the language, helped coordinate end of the year events and was the MC for the final production of the school.
Practice Partners- Taught children in my community violin and piano, helped them practice their songs so they are competent when they have their lesson, offered piano accompaniment for recitals. This hobby was later turned into a year long job. </p>

<p>Employment </p>

<p>Xerox Intern (summer of 2008) – Worked in the Fuji Xerox Corporation for six weeks, visited suppliers, researched for a new branch of the company, edited marketing brochures, wrote out the groundwork and outline of a website that was to inform the public about the services of the new sector, worked with the marketing department to lay out the website and establish it on the Xerox page, researched and developed an effective benchmarking process in which Xerox can successfully perform benchmarking sessions with potential customers to identify areas of improvement and areas the new company can offer its services to.<br>
Music teacher (9-present)—taught over 10 children in my neighborhood violin, piano, and beginner music theory.
Tennis coach (10-present)—Gave young children private and group tennis lessons at the tennis courts in my apartment, utilizing my experience gained through competitions, lessons, and the varsity tennis team background.<br>
Tutor (9-11)—Tutored students during free periods and after school subjects that had received good grades: chemistry, math, and Mandarin.</p>

<p>All in all, there's a lot more things (awards and stuff) but I hope you guys get the main picture. I got lazy the last part.. copy+paste from resume.. </p>

<p>Tentatively Applying to:
Columbia
Brown
Yale
Princeton
Harvard maybe
Cornell
University of Chicago
Northwestern
Johns Hopkins
Carnegie Mellon
University of Rochester (safety)
NYU safety maybe
Georgetown</p>

<p>Any more suggestions ? my school only allows you to apply to 10 schools. Again, this is my life in a nutshell. </p>

<p>Thank you so much!</p>

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<p>hahah IASAS...SAS has good athletes.
and you got pretty strong ecs</p>

<p>Columbia: reach
Brown: reach
Yale: high reach
Princeton: high reach
Harvard maybe: high reach
Cornell: reach
University of Chicago: high match
Northwestern: match
Johns Hopkins: match
Carnegie Mellon: match
University of Rochester: safety
NYU: low match/ high safety (just because its NYU, #1 dream school. but dunno if that still applies)
Georgetown: match</p>

<p>im assuming from your info that you'll be writing outstanding essays and getting great recs. </p>

<p>i'd say kick out either Harvard or Princeton off the list. no point applying to 2 schools that are super high reaches for everyone. plus, you've got enough ivies as it is. </p>

<p>you could maybe replace that harvard with a safety safety. something decent but not outstanding...liek UIUC for example. or any other school where your stats are like..at the top of their applicant pool.
the advantages of this is that theres a possibility of merit scholarships and possibility of a 4 year free ride.
and then you could graduate at the top of that particular uni and go on to an ivy graduate school. </p>

<p>another advantage is that you'd be at least 90% sure that you're in the schoool. </p>

<p>just my two cents seeing as everything i've said so far is what i'd do if i had the states you did ! :)</p>

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<p>Whats wrong with Dartmouth or Pennsylvania, lol. Seem the only Ivies you haven't applied to, lol. You look incredibly strong to me so I say you'd get into most universities seeing you have academics, centered ECs and tonnes of awards. </p>

<p>Only thing against you is you are Chinese and people think that Chinese and Korean students just play the college game, but judging from how centered your ECs are, you should be fine. </p>

<p>If you're an American citizen which I guess you are then you have as good a chance as anyone. If like me, you're an international even you may get rejected unfortunately.</p>

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<p>I was born in the US of A, silly. Ohio, represent!
But yeah. I didn't want to be another Chinese chick who does 500 million hours of community service and has a 7.8 GPA. You know? </p>

<p>what more can I do, as of now?</p>

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<p>"Attended international music conferences, representing Singapore." - was this sponsored? Was there like a selection round or interview round to choose who gets to represent Singapore? I'm also from Singapore too, but i've never heard of IASAS? I've only heard of Singapore Schools or ASEAN juniors. Your Ecs are rather good, though i must confess that i've not heard of them before. No particular hooks though. Do you have a ABRSM diploma in your violin/cello/piano? Gd SAT score!</p>

<p>"Sports are a big part of my life. I believe it sets me apart from the billion other Chinese chicks that are applying to college." Exactly how good are your sports? Have you finished in the top four of any Singaporean national competitions?</p>

<p>Columbia - low reach
Brown - low reach
Yale - high reach
Princeton - high reach
Harvard - high reach
Cornell - IN
University of Chicago - reach
Northwestern - IN
Johns Hopkins - high reach (since they look for more of the "science" kind)
Carnegie Mellon - low reach
University of Rochester - IN
NYU - IN
Georgetown - IN</p>

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<p>I'm not terrible at sports. If I was bad, I wouldn't have made varsity for so many years. I've placed in the top 4 in the Singapore tennis tournament. I'm playing in the doubles tournament tomorrow. </p>

<p>I go to the american school. Where do you go to school?</p>

<p>IASAS is highly competitive in the elite 6 school in SE asia. It is quite an honor to go to the competition, considering we prepare for the event throughout the entire season. Imagine going against bangkok, jakarta, taipei, manila, kuala limpur...</p>

<p>I'm not worried about music. My music credentials range from Eastman School of Music to International Prokofiev piano competitions. </p>

<p>Any more suggestions? Thanks you guys.</p>

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<p>I think you can use your music as a "hook" since it sounds impressive. Although i've placed harvard as a "high reach" for you, if what you say is true, top 4 rank in Singapore, i won't be surprise if you made it into harvard! Btw, this IASAS is just for international schools in SEA right? By the way, i think your ECs are just brilliant! Tons!</p>

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<p>Thanks. And yes, IASAS is just international schools.</p>

<p>Anybody have suggestions? Pleaseeee?</p>

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<p>Panic! At! The! School! Where! They! Teach! Factorials!</p>

<p>yeah I found that funny.</p>

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<p>hi cindy</p>

<p>u r not a stu. co. rep.... jeez :p</p>

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<p>Hi Cindy, Hope you still have a link to this thread as it is a bit old. It is teacher Cindy that used to teach Josephine in Singapore? It is so long ago that i forgot your family name so couldn’t look you up on facebook. </p>

<p>I was going through albums the other day and saw a photo of you so thought I’d look you up and see how you are going. We are in Dubai now after 2 years in Russia. Josephine is still doing piano and violin. </p>

<p>Look me up on facebook - Nicola Warda</p>