What are my Chances?

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Hey</p>

<p>I’m an irish student looking to apply to Yale,University of Chicago,UCLA and thinking of Columbia.</p>

<p>Im in fifth year( equivelent to junior year) </p>

<p>Academic
All honours(7 subjects)+applied mathematics outside school
Current GPA 3.9
SAT 1= 2250
waiting to do SAT 2 in Physics and french</p>

<p>Achievements
Recieved Blackbelt in karate at the age of 12(was the youngest in ireland for 2 years)
3rd place in National Karate championships
2nd in National Gaelic football final (may not be relevent over there)
Student of the year three times/personality of the year once
Class prefect 3 years
achieved a bronze presidents award (volunteer work/sports)
Team Manager for Engineering competition (national final *2)</p>

<p>ECs
Karate for 7 Years
Row Crew(4 years)
Play Guitar (5 years)
volunteer work (elderly day care centre,charity shop,primary school,fundraising) 100+hours
Member of student council 3 years</p>

<p>thanks in Advance</p>

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<p>Any opinions! Positive or negative ?</p>

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<p>Bump----!! Anyone?</p>

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<p>Good chance at UCLA.</p>

<p>Yale, Chicago and Columbia are reach schools.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the input!! i’m guessing by reach schools you mean it would be a long shot?</p>

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<p>No. More like it could go either way. No matter your stats admissions for those schools are always a crapshoot</p>

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<p>Admissions to top schools are a crap shoot. You have as good of a chance as any other applicant. Over 80% of ivy applicants are qualified and between 6 and 12% (cornell is higher) get it. That means they need to turn down most of the applicants even though they are qualified. Best of luck to you, you have a good shot.</p>

<p>Chance me please:
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<p>Thanks for the input!! would it make a diference if i mentioned that my first four years of secondary eduacation(six year cycle here) were through a second Language(irish), every subject apart from english was taught through irish??</p>

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<p>Are you asking for financial aid?</p>

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<p>Yes - i’m also an american citizen so i think that changes the financial aid situation?</p>

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<p>Could I just add ! That from today I have been accepted into a mathematical modelling program in a university this summer plus I’m volunteering on a pilgrimage for the elderly to france!! Also scratch columbia !! I’ve decide that princeton is my first choice!</p>

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<p>Your ECs are weak, so I’d say Yale and Princeton would be reaches. Your SAT isn’t bad, but it isn’t amazing either, and the only thing that really stands out to me is the karate, but it doesn’t look like you’re too involved in much else.</p>

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<p>UCLA is the likeliest admit here, but they won’t give you aid because you’re not in state.</p>