what should I expect?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I just wanted get some idea where I am right now.</p>

<p>Some backgrounds:
Nationality: Korean (no green card)
School: Catholic School (I am the only international student in my school)</p>

<p>Stats:
Rank: my school doesn't release the rank info.
Unweighted GPA: 3.98
Most rigorous courseload except for regular English classes
SATs
Highest sections combined = 2060
1st: 770 Math, 580 Reading, 650 Writing = 2000
2nd: 800 Math, 610 Reading, 610 Writing = 2020
Final Shot: On May 5.
SAT II: Math IIC 790, Japanese with Listening 760, Chemisty on June
TOEFL ibt in this summer..
APs
Sophomore year - US History 3
Junior year - taking AP Calculus AB, Human Geography, Micro Economics, and Statistics
Senior year - planning on Comp Govt, CS A, Calculus BC</p>

<p>ECs:
2 years of Choir
3 years of Taekwondo (1st degree black belt)
2 years of In the Know (president)
2 years of Trivia club
1 year of Spanish club
3 years of Student council</p>

<p>Volunteers:
Lots of church activities
Teaching assistant in local ESOL class</p>

<p>Awards:
4.0 Academic Award
Spirit of Sophomore Service Award</p>

<p>Majors that I am thinking - Mechanical engineering, Civil engineering, Electrical engineering, or Chemical engineering</p>

<p>Colleges that I am thinking:
Stanford
MIT
Yale
Cornell
Rice
Carnegie Mellon
UIUC
Perdue</p>

<p>My questions:
1. What are my chances at these schools based on infomation above?
2. Am I ignoring some good engineering schools that might be match for me?
3. Should the fact that I started getting high GPA and elected to student council just after coming to America help me get into those colleges? or is that just common thing that all competitive international students do?</p>

<p>thank you for reading my post!</p>

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<p>Based on your current stats, your chances at Stanford, MIT, and Yale are slim. These are all reaches or big reaches. Rice is probably a low reach. Cornell, on the other hand, is probably a high match or match. Figure a 50% chance there. The good news is most probably you'd be accepted at all the other schools on your list.</p>

<p>You should also take a look at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Stevens Institute, Renssellaer (spelling?) Poly Tech, and Case Western Reserve.</p>

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<p>get your sat score up on may 5th :)</p>

<p>also, try to involve yourself with research or an internship that is related to your career pathway (possibly over the summer?). realize that a good amount of people you will be competing with for schools like MIT will have some research or job experience in the math/science area. in other words, show them what you are interested in! at least take part in something math or science related at school (ie science olympiad)</p>

<p>good luck!</p>

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<p>thank you for your advise. i appreciated it.</p>

<p>i know that research or an internship helps a LOT when you're applying for the colleges, but i don't know where to do such things.
it looks like me that those kids who did research or an internship during their high school are just lucky enough to have someone they know in specific field. (my friend did internship in business company just because his father's friend worked there...)</p>

<p>also, my school doesn't have anything math or science related clubs except for In the Know. do you think it can still help if i found one even in my junior/senior year? i'm afraid founding such club at the end of junior year or beginning of the senior year might give some bad images to adcoms.</p>