Will you chance me for Ivy League Schools? Pretty Please?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Long story short, I go to high school in the US, but am considered an international student.
I need aid, so I will be applying to all the schools that are need-blind towards international students: Yale, Harvard, Princeton, MIT, Dartmouth, KAIST, Amherst, Williams, Middlebury</p>

<p>If I don't make any of these schools, I will most likely return to my home country and go to a native college. </p>

<p>Stats!:</p>

<p>SAT: 2390 (CR: 800, W:800, M:790) PSAT: 236
SAT II: Math II 800, Chem 800, Bio M 770, US History 800
APs: Taking Chem AP and US His AP next week, taking 5 APs as a senior next year</p>

<p>Class rank: 1% out of 350 kids </p>

<p>In school (ECs) :
-Varsity Track/ Cross Country for 3 years (will be captain next year, our school is extremely good at track, wins state sectionals almost every year) can run at DIII schools, but not at DI schools.
-President of Diversity Club at School (10, 11th grade)
Varsity Debate (10, 11th)
Math Travel Team (only 10 kids at the school are chosen for travel team), Captain
Science League
Ski Club
Peer Mentors (club that helps younger kids, get trained at community colleges before meeting with the kids)</p>

<p>Outside of School:
Volunteer at a local children's center (for children in need) - 300 hrs, got the President's Volunteer Award Silver
Violin- won an award for a radio center competition
Got into NJ Governors School, will be going this year
Will also be doing nanotechnology research with a professor at a local college
TSA Engineering Teams Competition, 4th in state</p>

<p>I guess my biggest flaw is the lack of ECs. They're pretty generic, and a majority of them are in-school :/
I also have no major awards, while many of the international students applying will have.</p>

<p>Do I have any chances for these schools as an international? What about as a US permanent resident?</p>

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<p>in my opinion, you’re very well-rounded and you show it, but I think those schools (especially as some of them are ivies) are a bit of a stretch. The last few (Dartmouth, KAIST, Amherst, Williams, Middlebury) you can probably get in but the first three, I’m not 100% sure about.
This is just my opinion :)</p>

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<p>Oops, KAIST isn’t supposed to be on that list. That’s a Korean college. My bad! But thank you for the imput.</p>

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<p>Also, are there any other schools that might offer me merit based aid despite the fact that I’m an international? Maybe state schools? THat would be so helpful!</p>

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<p>Hi, I am an international studnt too abd thibkibg avout applying to some of the schools in your list because of their need blind policy.
In my case, I have been awarded a great scholarship from KU that covers tuition, leaving my parents to pay aprox 12000 per year. My stats are not as good as yours (your scores are almost perfect!), and if I can get this Finantial aid package you surely can. I know KU is not the best, that is why I will be applying as a transfer for next fall. Good luck on your application, hoping for the best ^^</p>

<p>Sent from my GT-S5570L using CC</p>

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<p>I don’t know if this would apply to you but UPenn is need blind for internationals from Canada and Mexico.</p>

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<p>does ur school have GPA?</p>

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<p>Johasua, Nope, I’m an asian female, so that would not apply to me.
jinglybells, oh yes we do! I completely forgot to add that. Unweighted gpa is 4.0</p>

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<p>The issue for Koreans needing aid is that there are so many full paying qualified Korean applicants, that top colleges don’t have to give I’d to get the number of Koreans they want in their accepted school. I would add some schools less popular with Korean and other Asian intnls.</p>

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<p>Waverly: Right. Do you have any suggestions to what those colleges might be?</p>

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<p>LACs in the MW and South will be your best shot. Try Grinnell, Macalester, Carleton, Kalamazoo, Rollins, Davidson.</p>