<p>I am a Chinese student and I still live in China.</p>
<p>SAT1(new,I took it twice):CR:590 Math:760 Writing:690
CR:640 Math:780 Writing:630!
SAT2: Math2:800 Physics:800 Biology M:710
Toefl(paper):657</p>
<p>My school doesn't offer APs.I am always the top 4% in my grade of 800 students.</p>
<p>Activities:
1.I have been helping a prisoner to rehabilitate himself for 6 years.
2.Member of local badminton and tennis club.
3.Member of school literary club and Editor of school journal.Published 10 articles, one on the city newspaper and the others on school journal.
4.Organizer of school journalist club.
5.Member of local volunteer community.
6.piano(grade 6)</p>
<p>Honors:
1:excellent prize in national English speech contest
2:Excellent performance in English Academy Program in Dean College,MA
3:Great progress award(school)</p>
<p>Have taken an interview with a MIT alum and it was quite good. Nice recommendations. </p>
<p>I am applying to Upenn,harvard,MIT,stanford,cornell,univ of virginia,univ of michigan,NYU,GWU,and ASU. Wanna major in business/economics.Except Upenn, I am applying for financial aid to the univs that offer it.</p>
<p>it's especially hard for an international applicant to get any considerable amount of financial aid if their application isn't outstanding (compared to other internationals).</p>
<p>however china students get a bigger quota than the rest of asia, so that helps you.</p>
<p>Chances are really small at the top schools. You are compeating with so many who have top grades and ECs coming out of Asia. Choose some schools that don't get a lot of Asian applicants. Schools in the mid west and south primarily.</p>
<p>your chances are cornell, MIT, harvard, upenn, and stanford are extremely low given that you are international and you have somewhat low SAT's, but good luck</p>
<p>I dont think I can make any changes now since the deadline of most of the schools is in Jan. What about my chances at NYU,Umich,george washington univ and UVA?</p>
<p>i would rather think that UVA is easier to get into then u mich... even though u mich has high acceptance rate, it is very competitive and emphasizes on grades instead of the SATs.</p>
<p>i dont know about george washington and NYU since i am not applying there. GL anyway</p>
<p>obviously the above poster has no idea what he/she is saying. No one can accurately predict yuor chances. Assuming that your TOEFL is high, I think you'll be fine. HYPSM are reaches for everyone, so if I were you, I'd apply to some safeties.</p>
<p>I think arizona state univ can be a safety. I have a friend who has much lower grades and he got into MIT. He doesn't have very outstanding ECs either. So I thought I'd just give it a try.
Can anyone give me some suggestions on good matches?</p>