Chances at Princeton, Harvard, Stanford, U of Chicago

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Hey I live in Canada</p>

<p>SAT 1
2010 </p>

<p>SAT 2</p>

<p>Math 2 710
Math 1 720
Physics 650</p>

<p>Grades</p>

<p>10</p>

<p>Science 97
Math 1 Advanced (honors) 96
History 91
English 93
Music 95
Math 2 Advanced (honors) 98
Gym 100
Spanish 91</p>

<p>Unweighted 95
Weighted 96</p>

<p>11</p>

<p>Advanced Chemistry 99
Advanced Physics 98
Advanced Math 98
Canadian History 99
Music 94
Spanish 94
Advanced English 88</p>

<p>Unweighted 96</p>

<p>Weighted 99</p>

<p>12 </p>

<p>Advanced English 93
Pre calculus 97
Music 96
Global History 100
Law next term
Calculus next term
Advanced Physics next term</p>

<p>unweighted 97
weighted 99</p>

<p>EC
Model parliament, model UN, Football (school team), fencing, Math Team, Travial team, String emsemble, musical</p>

<p>volunteer food bank, hospital</p>

<p>REcs great
Essays great</p>

<p>rank 4 out of 475
moving up most likely to be first</p>

<p>Chances at Harvard, princeton, u of chicago, stanford</p>

<p>Interview for harvard- great</p>

<p>Keep in mind universities cut canadians some slack on lower SAT scores due to he fact that we don’t have them in canada and are not use to takign them.</p>

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<p>Forgot to add taking hardest courses avaliable.
Competitive school.</p>

<p>Plus whats the conversion from percentages to GPA? We don’t use GPA at my school.</p>

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<p>even with your good rank, your SAT I is way too low for your specified colleges.</p>

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<p>again I’m from Canada so SAT scores count for less also an above 2000 ranked in the 93% tile.</p>

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<p>not good enough excuse to make up for low scores. </p>

<p>If 2150, the canadian factor may gloss is over but your score… -_-</p>

<p>especially those atrocious math and physics scores…</p>

<p>aren’t those like the 70th percentile or so?</p>

<p>I hope you applied to some safeties… like SFU or UBC…</p>

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<p>As a fellow Canadian and Harvard grad, you’re dreaming. Where did you get the idea they cut Canadians slack because “thry’re not used to taking SAT?”
Total BS. We get to take them when Americans do.</p>

<p>Your scores are simply too low for there schools. Are you also expecting slack for weak ECs and no leadership?</p>

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<p>I was told by the admissions person that came to give a talk on the harvard admisssions</p>

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<p>thanks for your opinions though</p>

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<p>I’m not sure about Harvard and Princeton considering your SAT may be a bit low…but I think you have a better chance at Stanford and U Chicago.</p>

<p>Nothing wrong with applying to all though.</p>

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<p>bobby I was just wondering what you have been doing since graduating and how you would describe your experience. Plus what were your stats coming out of high school and where in Canada you came from, thanks.</p>

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<p>Comes from Toronto, went to UCC. Got rejected from Harvard as a freshmen. Went to McGill, got involved in some great research, transferred to Harvard as a Junior. high GPA there, works in venture capital, great job–Bobby’s story</p>

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<p>Nothing really to distinguish you, so all of them are reaches.</p>

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<p>I totally agree with the other posters. With your SAT score of 2010, it really isn’t enough for the schools you’ve listed. I am a Canadian, and most of my friends here have at least 2100+ when applying to HYPS. The fact that you are Canadian is certainly no excuse. It could even hurt your chances since Canada is an English speaking country, so you are expected to do well on the critical reading and writing languages. </p>

<p>As for your ECs, they will be considered “very average” at the schools you are aiming for. I am not trying to make some kind of criticism here, but you got to realize that this is the reality about elite school admissions. For one thing, I don’t see any sign of depth and focus among your many clubs. If you don’t believe what I’ve said, take a look at the past stats of those deferred people on the Harvard, Yale, Princeton threads (in fact, many of the deferred and rejected ones have outstanding ECs, class ranks, and 2200+ SAT scores…)</p>

<p>One more thing: If you are asking for financial aid at Stanford and U Chicago, your chances will plunge further. Stanford and U Chicago are uniquely of those top 10 schools who are NOT “need blind” to international students (and that includes us Canadians:()</p>

<p>Sorry for such harsh blabbings. Even though you may not appear to be a suitable candidate for certain schools, I’m sure you’d be able to fullfill your goals and succeed else where. Whatever the outcome is, keep up a positive attitude. Best of luck!;)</p>

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<p>In fact, international students have an even harder shot at admission because many elite universities have quotas on the number of internationals they can accept.</p>