Columbia Ed and other selective school

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>I am an international Student from Vietnam living in US
Iam applying to these schools</p>

<p>Columbia (ED)
Harvard(needblind)
UPenn
Dartmouth(needblind)</p>

<p>Amherst ( Needblind)
Williams ( Needblind)
Bowdoin
Middlebury
Wesleyan</p>

<p>Colby
Bryn MAwr
Franklin and Marshall</p>

<p>SUny Binghamton</p>

<p>High School: Public
High School Type: rarely sends grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.80
GPA - Weighted: 4.16
Class Rank: top 10%
Class Size: 384</p>

<p>Scores:
SAT -2310
SAT I Math: 780
SAT I Critical Reading: 730
SAT I Writing: 800</p>

<p>SAT II U.S. History: 750
SAT II World History: 750
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 800
SAT II Physics: 750</p>

<p>AP CAl Bc (10)- 5
AP Calc Ab Sub (10) 5
AP WorldHis (10) 5</p>

<p>AP Phys C: Magnetism (11)-5
Ap Phys C: E&M (11) -5
AP UShis(11) - 5
Ap Micro(11)-5
AP Macro(11)-5
AP Stats (11)-5
AP English 11th-4</p>

<p>Courses this year
AP English12th
AP Chem
Advanced Chem LAb
AP EuroHistory</p>

<p>Awards:
National AP Scholar
AP Scholar with Distinction
Other trivial stuffs like : Honor Roll, Excellent student…</p>

<p>Extracurricular: (really bad)
Piano _7yrs-self study
Guitar-2yrs-selfstudy
Swimming</p>

<p>Asian club(9,10,11,12)
Math Center Tutor (9,10,11)
Teen Women in Action ( 10,11)
Yearbook (10,11)
Counselor Assistant (10)
Young Theater Project (10)- write play
Public Library (9,10,11,12)
Embassy of Vietnam - do tons of stuff (9,10,11,12)
Peer Counseling (9,10,11,12)</p>

<p>Summer:
10th: Student Conservation Association
11th: House of Disabled Kids
Volunteer at a bookstore
Organizer of a making cake class- money sent to support Aids Victims
Embassy of Vietnam in Beijing
Internship at a traveling company
House of the Aged
Guitar Lessons
Tennis Lessons</p>

<p>Others:
Chores 4hrs a day helping single mom (9,10,11,12)
Songwriting everyday
singing-everyday (very serious abt this)</p>

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<p>i dun know why ppl dun answer… hichic…</p>

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<p>whooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaa</p>

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<p>well international students are ALWAYS at a disadvantage, and there’s just no two ways about it
you have really good test scores, a mediocre GPA, and you could work on your EC’s
but i think you have a shot</p>

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<p>yeah i know iam very disadvantaged cuz i need alot of aid… may be 100%… and Columbia isn’t needblind…
thank you…
anyone else??</p>

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<p>Middlebury is need blind as well.</p>

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<p>for international student? well i didn’t know that…</p>

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<p>anyone willing to chance me?</p>

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<p>i never understand 10chalar… iam gonna try</p>

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<p>[Need-blind</a> admission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need-blind_admission]Need-blind”>Need-blind admission - Wikipedia)</p>

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<p>yeah thanks… but not for international students…</p>

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<p>anyone else willing to help???</p>

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<p>Well, I’ll start off by stating two important points you probably already know: You are in the hunt for all the schools, but disadvantaged from being an overseas applicant. You certainly look like a very bright good applicant, but there are just too few available “slots” at top schools. I would guess acceptance rates in your situation for your top six are really in the 5-10% range.
If you want brutal honesty (my opinion, which is only that), from a parent with kids going to schools on your list–and familiar with acceptances and rejections from others on your list…
Your top 6 are definite big reaches and the nest 2 are reaches, but more possible.
Give your application a killer essay.
And good luck!</p>

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<p>thank you so much… i knew that iam have very little chance of getting into any… Are you willing to read my 1414 word essay and critique it?? thanks so much</p>