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Hi guys, I'd really appreciate it if you could rate my chances at the following schools with these stats. I've already completed my applications to them, but I just want to see if what I'm hoping for is realistic.

In order of preference:
Northwestern
Cornell
Columbia
Stanford
UPenn
Berkeley
UCLA
UC Santa Barbara
(out of state)

Asian-Canadian Female
SATI 790M, 750V (1540)
SATII 720Wr, 800IIC, 790French w/ List
GPA 4.0 UW
Ranked unofficially 6/423, school doesn't officially rank though

EC's are not too many sadly
Co-Editor of school paper
Piano for 11 yrs
Treasurer of Ontario Students Against Impairing at my school
Concert Band, Jazz Band (1st Alto Sax)
Volunteering at local hospital (100 hours)
Ski Club

Employment
Webdesign, teaching piano

Awards
Media Studies Subject Award
Communications Subject Award
French Subject Award (Gr 10 & 11)
Various gold and silver medals in regional piano competitions

Solid recs, creative essays, but nothing spectacular.

Applying to (depending on whether the schools have it) Journalism, Communications, Pyschology, or English.

Do I have a shot or will I be stuck in Canada?

By Epasato (Epasato) on Thursday, December 18, 2003 - 06:50 pm: Edit

you definitely have as much a shot as anyone else--problem is that the top schools have so many people who are just as qualified as you are that they have to accept and reject people for literally no good reason (it will be something ridiculous like if you are up against someone from a demographic they need more of, and you guys have equal qualifications, they'll take the other guy). a close friend of mine got into harvard #2, brown #7, and duke#5 (3 of the top 10 schools in the US) and was rejected from columbia#6, penn#10, and yale#4 (also 3 of the top 10 schools). go figure!

By Jennyzsong (Jennyzsong) on Thursday, December 18, 2003 - 08:13 pm: Edit

the thing is i heard princeton review's counselor-o-matic was really optimistic and I just went on and it told me all these liberal arts colleges I thought would be matches were reaches... as well as cornell...

By Jennyzsong (Jennyzsong) on Friday, December 19, 2003 - 01:48 am: Edit

bump

By Jennyzsong (Jennyzsong) on Sunday, December 21, 2003 - 01:39 am: Edit

bump again.. please?

By Becks777 (Becks777) on Sunday, December 21, 2003 - 12:47 pm: Edit

definitely in at NW, UCLA/SB/Berkeley

A good shot at all others!...good luck!

By Jennyzsong (Jennyzsong) on Tuesday, December 23, 2003 - 12:58 am: Edit

thanks becks one more bump?

By Jennyzsong (Jennyzsong) on Thursday, December 25, 2003 - 12:34 am: Edit

lol come on, just one more opinion