Will thr ever come a day, when I can say: "Im a Yalie..???"

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>well here goes.. </p>

<p>International student: Arab but move around a lot
School: International Boarding school in Switzerland ( my second year here).
Female</p>

<p>Academics----
GPA: 4.0 (we do not w)
Ranking: no official ranking but I must be like top 2-5%
Coarseload: Hardest since freshman year (honors etc..)
Full IB Diploma Candidate (4 HL's)
IB Predicted Marks: either four or five 6's and one or two 7 (one teacher wouldn't tell me wether my pre. was a 7 or a 6)</p>

<p>Languages: English (1st), Arabic(1st) , Spanish (2nd),French (3rd) - fluently Russian (not so fluently)</p>

<p>SAT 1: Will take it in October, im probably never EVER going to get more then a 2100 .</p>

<p>SAT2: Spanish:790 Bio:760 Lit:780 I might take French but people have told me that only one language test is looked at … </p>

<p>Activities----
- Ballet: for about 10 years (choreography, teaching assistant, MANY solo and group performances, accepted and attended a prestigious dance program in the opera house, costume designer etc..)</p>

<ul>
<li><p>Poetry writing: Published in an anthology and some magazines and local newspapers, won international/local competitions (including one held by the first lady) and got a commendation letter from the superintendent of the school. Will send a few samples</p></li>
<li><p>Religious activities: Classes in Koran understanding and oration, help teach younger foreign students about Islam at a local mosque. </p></li>
<li><p>Language Classes: Outside of school French, Spanish and Arabic classes, seminars and other cultural activities. </p></li>
</ul>

<p>-Student council : grade REP , school service/activity officer , President(founded/wrote school constitution, organizer of assemblies special days etc.. welcome speeches and tours to princess of Thailand and other important school visitors)</p>

<p>-MUN: Participant, leadership roles (council president, organizer etc..), many international conferences, school ambassador, many passing resolutions</p>

<ul>
<li>AMNESTY: Member (11, 12)</li>
</ul>

<p>-DRAMA CLUB: Member and a lot of leading roles (9-12)</p>

<ul>
<li>ACADEMIC BOWL: Member</li>
</ul>

<p>SPORTS----
- BOTH varsity and JV teams of soccer and bball ever since grade 7; Captain and co captain of JV and varsity soccer AND Bball Teams ( 9-12 accordingly)
- traveling team
- Played basket Ball for a club for 2 years before I moved
-competitive participation in MANY international/National/exchange type sports tournaments, where we ranked 1st mostly and at times 2nd</p>

<p>AWARDS ---</p>

<ul>
<li>MANNY Sports awards from school and from club ( MVP, MIP Athlete of the year etc…)
-Various Academic achievements and language awards
-Poetry awards (national and local)
-Other school awards (student of the year ets..)</li>
</ul>

<p>ESSAYS: iv only finished one and its so 'AWWWW' , personal and unique </p>

<p>REC'S: Im sure they are going to be great, and im sending in a supplementary one from a teacher that involved me in poetry contests and such - he is like a father to me. </p>

<p>OTHER: My father is an Ambassador (not that it matters) but that affects me A LOT as im very multi-cultural and internationally aware – hence me wanting to major in international relations. </p>

<p>Also, I will prolly apply for some financial aid as our government is very poor and contributes very little money towards our education after high school and my dad earns a lot less then people would think ( much MUCH less then 100k a year). </p>

<p>IM applying to Yale SCEA and was wondering weather my chances are abysmal or ok… </p>

<p>College List:
Harvard
Yale
U of Chicago
Cornell
Macalester
Boston U
NYU (maybbbee)
Marquette
George Mason
Northeastern
U of Toronto
do I have too many safety schools?
anywhoozzz what do u think.....??</p>

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<p>Harvard - Reach
Yale - Reach
U of Chicago-Match
Cornell-Matchish
Macalester - Match
Boston U - Safe
NYU (maybbbee) safe match
Marquette very safe
George Mason very safe
Northeastern very safe
U of Toronto ?
I think you are applying to too many safe schools...choose just one</p>

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<p>SATII lit is much harder than SATI verbal, and you got 780 on that</p>

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<p>ya I know.... Im REALLY incompetent when it comes to math.. im hopeing for like a 650 ill b VERY happy with that.
so any1 else wanna comment about my chances?</p>

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<p>50 views and onlyyy 3 replies howw commee??</p>

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<p>You could go either way in terms of top colleges... just keep in mind that it's so much harder for internationals. You'll get in somewhere good, though.</p>

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<p>oky thanx... how come either way tho?</p>

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<p>because they can only accept 1/10 of their applicants, and almost everyone is qualified. even so, you'll probably get into at least one of the top schools (i'm including chicago and cornell in "top schools" by the way... those two are hard) and all of your matches/safeties. just my opinion. good luck!</p>

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<p>oh ok.. I thought mayb you meant that because of some weak point I have.. thanks anyone else plzz??</p>

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<p>IBV, You have an admirable set of statistics and ECs plus an interesting background. There is nothing in your profile that would keep you out of Yale (or Harvard) and you are a strong contender for Cornell and Chicago. Having said that the combination of being international and needing financial aid is your major negative, so applying to a wide range of schools is a good strategy.</p>

<p>I'd also suggest that you take a look at Williams and Amherst. I'm not too sure about Amherst, but Williams for sure is need blind for internationals. both are academically rigorous and offer a lot of personal attention in a nurturing environment which is good for kids far away from home. Both are very interested in internationals, ethnic and religious diversity (score extra points for Islam) and athletic kids. Williams offers exceptional opportunities for dance and drama performance even for non-majors.</p>

<p>You don't need so many safeties -- just two or maybe three that you'd really like to go to. Again, financial aid is a factor here so you may have to drop down a few notches in selectivity (not necessarily quality) in order to have a financial safety. I think Smith or Mt. Holyoke would be good options for you if you'd consider an all women's school.</p>

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<p>o ok thank you.. anyone else have advice?</p>

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<p>i was thinking that u of Toronto would be a good financial safety but please tell me if you think otherwise..
Also , even though BU is not one of my FAVORITE schools, im applying there because they give out 30 full scholarships and id be really happy to go there if i got one – regardless of the immense student population.
I thought about Williams but if i do apply thr i feel i have to many reach schools. I might end up applying there instead of Cornell though; as I did hear that Cornell was rather stingy on international aid... and even though i like Cornell a lot ill not apply if i won't get the money to attend - u know what i mean?
Macalester is really international and suits me a lot and hence im applying thr even though im not sure if i have a good chance or if they give much money to intels
I don't really want to go to an all girl school even though mt .Holyoke has an attractive intel relations program with some other colleges.. (sry i forget the name)
I like NEU a lot even though its not top notch and seems to be hard with aid for intels; their co-op system is VERY appealing… and this basically leaves me with two safeties George mason and Marquette...
i know that its wrong; but i really don't wanna go to either. I wish i LOVED my safties but how could I when Yale exists?? Im only applying there because they seemed like suitable safeties with good courses and anyways if I followed my impulse to apply to only the schools I like id have a list of 2..
the question of weather or not ill get aid from/accepted to any of the schools i apply to is leaving me rather frazzled ..which leads to my sleepless nights and hence this thread.</p>

<p>Well thank you and have a nice day :)</p>

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<p>bump......</p>

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<p>bump plzz .</p>