what are my chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey, hi</p>

<p>can you decide… or at least advice what should i do with these?</p>

<p>I’m class of 08 in Korea, and a student in Foreign Language HS</p>

<li><p>SAT I - 2310 / 2400</p></li>
<li><p>GPA - (MID) 3.62/4.00
(FINAL) 3.70/4.00 -> I will be 3.7, if i get all As from my last semester.</p></li>
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<p>*WE Don’t use Weighed GPA, and school does not send “ranks” to the colleges, because my HS is quite competitive in entire Korea.</p>

<li><p>SAT IIs - Chem 720
Phy 780
Math IIC 780
AND PLANNING TO TAKE 1 MORE</p></li>
<li><p>APs
I took
AP CAL BC
CHEM
PHYS B
BIO
PSYCHOLOGY
GVNT&POLITICS - US & COMPARATIVE
MICRO/MACRO
STAT</p></li>
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<p>AND the result will soon come up through the mail. (i didn’t call and check it)</p>

<li>extracurricular activities</li>
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<ul>
<li>volunteering work : habitat, amnesty, own volunteering work near my home</li>
<li>awards
Outstanding student of the yr - by principle
chemistry olympiad - encouraging award
Creativity Olympiad - Bronze Medal
published thesis 2 times
won national awards (gold medal 2 times, silver medal for 1-- all science)</li>
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<p>-internship
MEMS lab at Seoul National University, for summer break
Lab at KAIST
and more little things.</p>

<p>-sports
basketball/futsal/soccer (varsity?-maybe. there’s no official “school team.”)</p>

<p>i would like to apply to one of them
EA : Caltech + EA: U. Chicago
REA : Stanford
ED : U Penn Wharton- Jerome Fisher</p>

<p>and for RD

  • Harvard, Princeton, MIT, Caltech, Stanford, UC-Berkeley, Deep Springs, Carnegie Mellon, Duke, Cornell, Penn, Chicago, U Virginia, Swarthmore, Amherst, Williams, Cooper Union.
    What are my chances? T_T</p>

<p>i really want to go to MIT, Princeton, Harvard, Penn, Stanford. but the problem is my GPA. Most kids get high scores from my school…(not sure if i will be top-50% among entire students)</p>

<p>P.S.: There’s certain “thing” that differentiate me from entire Korean Applicants, does this can make BIG difference?</p>

<p>And one more question-- if i don’t meet “fundamental standard”- such as basic “GPA” or “SAT” scores, then would i be offered to get chances to be reviewed by Admission Committees?</p>

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<p>Oh, im Korean, male, w/o US Citizen..</p>

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<p>You're not in top 50% in your grade at your school?</p>

<p>If not, you'll be rejected at a lot of these schools, especially the Ivy Leagues and many of the other schools on your list.</p>

<p>"P.S.: There's certain "thing" that differentiate me from entire Korean Applicants, does this can make BIG difference?"</p>

<p>and what would that be?</p>

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<p>I agree with Gaffe. MIT and Stanford will automatically reject you if you're not in the top half of your class as an international.</p>