what are my chances?!?

jain126
Tue, 08 Aug 2006 22:26:13 +0000

hi I am an international student attending a small school in Texas.

I’m planning to apply as a early action to champaign, and I would like

you guys to juge my chance to get into these schools. ^^

I have had many volunteering experiences

-Helped bulit houses for poor people in the philippines.
-Worked at the city hall
-joined in a NGO
-Taught lesson for poor immigrants.
-Taught English for immigrants.
-Cleaned the city every weekend.
-Worked at the school library.
-Cleaned the river every weekend.
-Joined in a environmental clean project.
-Taught Korean to young people.
-Helped people who were injured by tsunami.
-Made food for poor people
-plant trees
-worked at the post office.
-worked at the government.
-taught bible lessons for students.
-etc.

Therefore I am planning to write my essays about my volunteering
experiences in many countries since I was 12.

However, my scores are pretty bad to apply to some good schools.
SAT 1730 SAt and almost 1800 on oct (very bad score… )
GPA 3.56 (UW) our school doesn’t offer honors or aps
Toefl 240 (required for international students)(average minimum of 213 for most of the schools I’m thinking of)

Leadership skills, activities, and talents.

-captain for freshman(president)
-varsity soccer captain
-Math Team Captain
-Theatre Movie leader
-Won a English speech contest in City
-Won a Math Competion in a district
-Member of study group
-Member of chess team
-leader of international honors society
-Member of design team
-won the district champion for math competition.
-Won the first prize in English depart.
-organized a environmental team
-won the english competion again.
-won the Math competition again.

These are my talents and abilities.
I am considering a major either Math or general studies.
And the univs that I’m thinking of are

UW Madison
Case Western Reserve - EA
UIUC
U of Florida -EA
Purdue
BU -ED
UT Austin
Rutgers
(please separate these schools as reach,match, and safety)

Please judge my chances and give me some

advise. Thank you ^^