What are my chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Background: Korean citizen</p>

<p>SAT scores
Reading 630
Math 800
Writing 710 for highest combined,
highest composite was 2090.</p>

<p>SAT II
Chemistry 770
Math II 790
Japansese 760</p>

<p>TOEFL - 107 (would take it again.. not personally satisfied with speaking section)</p>

<p>APs
US History 3
Statistics 5
Micro Economics 5
Calculus AB 5</p>

<p>GPA
one not A in freshmen report card
all As besides that..</p>

<p>ECs
In the Know (kinda jeopardy + mathleague thing) - Captain
Student Council - committee chair
Taekwondo - 1st degree black belt
National Honor Society
Senior Leadership Team</p>

<p>Volunteers
ESOL Teaching Assistant at local ESOL class for adults
Altar Server Leader in Korean Catholic Community</p>

<p>Awards (all from school...)
Spirit of Sophomore Service
Outstanding 150 hours of Service
Math Scholarship Award
Achieving 95th percentile or above on PSAT/NMSQT</p>

<p>Colleges Thinking about applying.. (intended major is some sort of engineering)</p>

<p>Harvard
Yale
Stanford
MIT
Cornell
Rice
Carnegie Mellon
UIUC
Purdue (or may be Georgia Tech?)</p>

<p>i am not very happy with my toefl...</p>

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<p>Harvard: REJECT
Yale: REJECT
Stanford: REJECT
MIT: REJECT
Cornell: REJECT
Rice: REJECT
Carnegie Mellon: Maybe
UIUC: Maybe
Purdue (or may be Georgia Tech?): Likely</p>

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<p>Your stats show low CR scores for Harvard/Yale/Cornell.
And your ethnicity will SO hurt you at most of those schools...</p>

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<p>Reject at: HYS MIT Cornell Rice</p>

<p>Carnegie mellon UIUC and Purdue are definitely possible.</p>

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<p>You're an international student from southeast asia with scores that probably wouldn't get US students into Stanford/Harvard/etc.</p>

<p>I agree with the above chances posts.</p>

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<p>haha, i so hate my ethnicity lol
i am gonna apply for them as if i am buying some lotteries.</p>

<p>what schools would be my safeties then?</p>

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<p>Two or three rungs down the ladder.</p>

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<p>agree. UIUC- in.. others no</p>

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<p>I thought it would be nice if I post how I really turned out to be.</p>

<p>Harvard, Yale, MIT, CMU: reject
Stanford: didn’t apply
Cornell: ADMIT
Rice: ADMIT WITH FULL TUITION
UIUC: ADMIT
Purdue: ADMIT with Trustee scholarship
OSU: ADMIT with International Scholarship + Honda-OSU Math Medal Scholarship</p>

<p>Things that were added after this post: SAT highest score was R: 630 M: 800 W: 710
Honda-OSU Math Medal Scholarship</p>

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<p>ses…just to let you know, Korea is not in southeast asia.</p>

<p>Anyways congrats on Cornell, Rice and all of you other acceptances.</p>