Harvard, Princeton, JHU, Stanford, UVA, etc

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>So these are the schools I’m applying to:
-Harvard (EA-Deferred)
-Stanford
-Princeton
-UVA
-Johns Hopkins
-Yale
-UPenn
-MIT
-Duke
-Columbia
-Virginia Tech (Back-up)</p>

<p>And here’re some info about me:</p>

<p>-International Applicant (need financial aid :()
-Asian female
-Moved to the U.S. 3 1/2 years ago
-Public High School
-IB Diploma Candidate
-no legacy
-do not speak English at home
-Born in S. Korea, lived in Malaysia for 3 1/2 years, lived in US for 3 1/2 years</p>

<p>-AP Govt: 3
-AP Chem (independent study): 4
-AP Statistics: 5
-IB Math Studies: 7
-IB Chemistry: 6
-(IB Exams are out of a 7)</p>

<p>-SAT I Verbal: 580
-SAT I Math: 800
-SAT II Writing: 720
-SAT II Chemistry: 750
-SAT II Korean W/ Listening: 800
-SAT II Math IIC: 800
-TOEFL: 280/300</p>

<p>-Freshman:
–English 9 (A)
–Geometry (A)
–Algebra II (A)
–Adv World History (A)
–Strings Orchestra (A)
–Gym (A)
–Biology (A)</p>

<p>-Sophomore:
–PreIB English 10 (B)
–PreIB US Govt (B)
–PreIB Chemistry (A)
–Adv Strings Orch (A)
–Latin I (A)
–Gym (A)
–PreIB PreCalc (A)</p>

<p>-Junior:
–IB English 11 (B)
–IB US History of the Americas (A)
–IB Chemistry (A)–Early Morning
–IB Biology (A)
–Adv Latin IV (A)
–IB Math Studies (A)
–AP Stats (A)
–IB TOK (A)</p>

<p>-Senior (first 9 weeks grade):
–IB English 12 (A)
–IB US History of the Americas (B)
–IB Biology (A)
–IB Latin (A)
–IB TOK (A)
–AP Physics (A)
–AP Calculus (A)–Independent Study
–Adv Strings (A)</p>

<p>-cum GPA: 4.474
-rank: 7/307</p>

<p>-Past summer:
–Music camp for a week
–Summer Governor’s Latin Academy for three weeks
–National Youth Leadership Forum of Medicine for ten days
-Two Summers ago:
–Independent Study Latin II</p>

<p>-Major EC:
–School Orchestra
–Strings Trio
–Violin Lessons
–Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra
–SODA (Mentor program)
–Ruriteens Secretary (service club)
–Volunteers at the Salvation Army during winter seasons
–Chess Club
–Key Club
–Academic Team</p>

<p>-Major Awards:
–Excellence Award in PreIB Precalc and PreIB English in 10th grade and IB English in 11th grade
–Book Award from Randolph Macon Woman’s College in 10th grade
–3rd place in a local music competition
–Principals Honor Roll Award in 9th grade
–Induction into the National Latin Honors Society
–Hanover Scholars Awards</p>

<p>Any chances to any of the schools on my list, do you think? :X</p>

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<p>anyone…?</p>

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<p>Yale and Princeton will be hard for you. You have a shot at the others with varying degrees of probabilty, if you can raise you SAT I verbal score. Retake it.</p>

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<p>Your stats are excellent with the exception of your SATI verbal score. That will bring you down a lot, but otherwise, your chances are just as good as the majority of the applicants.</p>

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<p>i got a 580 the first time i took it and got a 550 the second time… so now im afraid to take it again, because like w/ my math, i have nowhere to go but down… and i dont wanna show them that i went down in both math and verbal the third time i took it… i was kinda hoping that my toefl score and my background will kind of cancel out w/ my verbal score but i dont know =/</p>

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<p>These schools want to know that you can read and understand complex ideas in English, given the rate at which you will be bombarded with course work. Toefl will help. SAT I is about nuanced ideas. Try and locate students at these schools who work with the admissions office and have them do some discreet querying for you.</p>

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<p>hm, just wondering… what makes Yale and Princeton different from other schools that I’ve listed?</p>

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<p>Admission demand at these schools is extremely high.</p>

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<p>but the same goes for harvard and stanford… doesnt it?</p>

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<p>Very true. But they are all quirky. Something in your particulars may open the door at one one of these top schools (as in deferred, rather than rejected, at Harvard) but avail you nothing at the others. Objectively speaking, your verbal score is normally a door-closer at HYP.</p>

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<p>US HOTA? lol</p>

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<p>oh hahhahaha, that’s supposed to be just history of the americas, not US history of the americas, lol</p>