Chance a Military Kid =]

oasis
Sun, 08 Jul 2007 10:30:02 +0000

Okay don’t bump anymore or people will get annoyed. =p

You don’t need to anyways. You have a very good chance at all of these schools.

More in depth:

Stanford (SCEA) - I’d say you probably have the things that Stanford is looking for. They really emphasize personality and character - also the fact that you are applying SCEA will help too. And, if that’s not good enough, they also like Asians (more than HYP) - so yup. Make those essays really good though! I think that’s the most important thing for Stanford. Essays, scores (which you already have), and ECs (which you have a surprisingly solid foundation, having moved around so much).
Harvard, Yale, and Princeton - I don’t think it’s possible to predict exactly how HYP reacts to students. But I guess you have a better chance than most because you are probably within the top 10 in the whole state of Hawaii (are there that many selective private schools there?). I think those schools are trying to build diversity, which you’ve got. Focus on what makes you “unique” from the tens of thousands of applicants applying in those applications.
UC Berkeley - Safety
UCLA - Safety
Duke - High Safety/Low Match
University of Michigan - Safety
Virginia Tech - VERY Safety
Washington University at STL - Match
University of Washington - Seattle - VERY Safety.