A chance to Cambridge and Harvard? A grave concern...

<p>*Nationality/Ethnicity
:Asian International</p>

<p>*Schoolings…
Michigan(1yr,exchange student)
Boston(2yrs-competitive private school)-Soph&Junior
Lilongwe, the capital of an African state of Malawi(2yrs-The best school in the whole country I believe…Intl school)-Junior(redid)&Senior(will be…this fall)</p>

<p>*GPA
-Michigan=3.6 UW-No rank available
-Boston=3.8W…got ABBBBC during Junior yr which literally killed me
=Top quintile(the school generously ranked us with quintile
due to the competitive nature of the school)
-Malawi Junior yr=Top of the class all A (The class is consisted of…
say…20kids, so the rank doesn’t really stand stellar)</p>

<p>*SAT I
:2240</p>

<p>*SAT II

  1. Math IIC-800
  2. U.S. History-780
  3. World History-760
  4. Japanese-800
  5. Korean-800
  6. French (Reading Only)-760
  7. English Literature-720
  8. Chemistry-This October,</p>

<p>*APs

  1. Biology(Freshman)-3
  2. Human Geography(Selfstudy)-5
  3. Microeconomics-5
  4. Macroeconomics-5
  5. Calculus AB-4
  6. Physics B, a fiasco-1-I did bad…lol
    From here…I studied 9 APs in Africa by myself…cuz the school
    only offered IB diploma…and the scores, of course, are prediction…but
    will become a solid reality within this month…I think I will get mostly 5s
    and some 4s
  7. French language
  8. Japanese language
  9. World history
  10. U.S. history
  11. U.S. government
  12. Comparative government
  13. English literature—this might give me a 3…not sure
  14. European history
  15. Psychology
    –I won’t take any APs in senior year…the raison why I studied 9 APs
    in my junior year was solely cuz of American college application…I will
    just comfort myself with school’s IB programme, rather.</p>

<p>*IB courses

  1. Geography HL (High level)
  2. French, as foreign language HL
  3. English, as native language HL
  4. Math-HL
  5. Business Management HL
  6. Chemistry-SL (Standard level)</p>

<p>*Co-curriculars…

  1. Student Council-both Boston and here
  2. Cambridge Tutoring centre-tutor
  3. Model UN,boston-Rapporteur
    -Georgetown Univ. Conference
    -UChicago Conference
    -William&Mary Conference
    to name the big ones…
  4. West Africa Research Association, U.S. headquarter at Boston Univ.-Intern
  5. NHS-Boston
  6. Department of National parks & Wildlife (Malawi governmental department)
    -Intern
  7. Department of Finance (Malawian governmental department also)
    -Intern
  8. Some published researches about Malawian economy…in Western papers
  9. Korean school of New England-TA
  10. Varisty Football(Soccer in American)-africa</p>

<p>*Summer
-Chines Embassy Cultural centre in Seoul-Exhibition managing internship
-summer of rising sophomore
-Philippine Embassy in Seoul-Internship-summer of rising junior
-Chile Embassy in Seoul-Internship-summer of rising junor
-Philippine Embassy in Seoul-Internship-last summer
-Philippine Embassy in Seoul-Internship,this summer
I love Philippine.</p>

<p>*Schools … I might be able to apply …or not…</p>

<li>Harvard-I love Harvard</li>
<li>Cambridge-2nd choice…</li>
<li>Yale</li>
<li>Princeton</li>
<li>Columbia</li>
<li>London School of Economics (LSE)------3rd choice</li>
<li>Dartmouth</li>
<li>Cornell</li>
<li>Penn-Wharton Huntsman with Fench language, African Biz.</li>
<li>Duke</li>
<li>Michigan-Ross</li>
<li>UC Berkeley</li>
<li>Stanford</li>
<li>UChicago</li>
<li>American Univ. (Cairo)-It is basically the star of Egyptian civilization…which, of course, facilitates the westernisation of our ancient capital…fascinating</li>
<li>University of Capetown</li>
<li>UVA</li>
<li>MIT</li>
<li>Georgetown-Walsh</li>
<li>NYU-Stern
=–============Except for some biz school and Walsh,
My major would be (economics + African Studies)
==Redoing of my junior year is giving me a quiet a bit of concern…----------
-0----------
Malawi shares borderlines with Tanzania, Zambia, and Mozambique…but, sadly, a quasi economic colony of S.Africans…</li>
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<p>your gpa is low for nearly all of the schools, especially at your top 10 choices you are far below their averages. I'd say all are reaches</p>

<p>Haha. "I love Harvard", "a chance to Harvard...a grave concern". This board amuses me with its admissions-obsessed psycho students. </p>

<p>In all seriousness, you have a lot of hooks going for you. Fluent in multiple languages, an Asian expat living in Africa. I think your unique position qualifies you for a good shot at all those US schools listed.</p>

<p>Really low GPA.
3.8 W? What's unweighted?
Asian applicant...</p>

<ol>
<li>Harvard-I love Harvard: REJECT</li>
<li>Cambridge-2nd choice...: Don't know British school admissions</li>
<li>Yale: REJECT</li>
<li>Princeton: REJECT</li>
<li>Columbia: REJECT</li>
<li>London School of Economics (LSE)------3rd choice: Don't know British school admissions</li>
<li>Dartmouth: REJECT</li>
<li>Cornell: REJECT</li>
<li>Penn-Wharton Huntsman with Fench language, African Biz.: REJECT</li>
<li>Duke: REJECT</li>
<li>Michigan-Ross: Maybe</li>
<li>UC Berkeley: REJECT</li>
<li>Stanford: REJECT</li>
<li>UChicago: REJECT</li>
<li>American Univ. (Cairo)-It is basically the star of Egyptian civilization...which, of course, facilitates the westernisation of our ancient capital...fascinating: Don't know school</li>
<li>University of Capetown: Don't know school</li>
<li>UVA: Maybe</li>
<li>MIT: REJECT</li>
<li>Georgetown-Walsh: Maybe</li>
<li>NYU-Stern: Maybe</li>
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