<p>hi guys</p>
<p>this is a girl from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
I really really want to go to Yale next year, so please chance me and tell me how i can improve</p>
<p>i really want to major in economics/international studies
I'm fully aware that Yale is the best school for programs like that, and i know that compare to many US applicant, my stats don't stack up that well</p>
<p>but i really want to push myself and see what i can get =)</p>
<p>therefore,
here you go=)</p>
<p>background</p>
<p>chinese female, low income,
came to canada in freshman year, school is quite competitive with 50% chinese and 49% indian</p>
<p>GPA/RANKINGS</p>
<p>rank : top5%?
freshman 92
gr10 --94
junior 95(probably)
senior prediction: 99 (by the time my midyear report will be typed)</p>
<p>i've gotten 1 c and 1 b in english (since i was new to canada) i skipped esl when i came here after being tested for my english level, but i still got C (gr9) A(gr 10) B(gr11) in english
will these hurt my chance?</p>
<p>SAT-(c/m/w) 700/800/700
SAT II math iic 800 french and chem unknown (will take in june)</p>
<p>EC
-student council 2 years treasurer
---our school's student council is quite active, we did fundrasing for various charity for around 200-500 dollars</p>
<p>-<strong><em>ambassador club founding member (will talk abt in essay)</em></strong>***
--our school , being in the middle of a town where tons of new immigrants live, receives tons of asian immigrants and ambassador club will help them to settle down
--it has a quite heavy focus on international affairs too, we just did this fundrasing for kids in kenya, we raised 500 school kits and 500+ cash. i'm a leader in that</p>
<p>-yearbook editor-in-chief
-drama club/production 3 years
-math club 4 yrs, school math team captain
--part time job as a pharmacist assistant --4 hours/week</p>
<p>--secretary officer of our region's regional student council, i personally oversee 25 schools and will organize many event such as regional talent show to raise money for charities</p>
<p>-toronto youth cabinet, member 2 years
-discussed and put forward motions at city hall</p>
<p>Summer
-gr9: nothing lol
--gr10 invited to canadian national math camp
--gr 11 going to impoverished villages in china to teach little kiddos XD (will talk about in essay) also i'm the founding president of this international charity (quite famous and reliable in china) in Toronto, we will do a lot of fundraising later on
--will get an internship at chinese banks this summer</p>
<p>Community service
--300+ hour, hospital gift shop
--50 hour, tutoring at school
--100+hour, translating for chinese charity
--50 hours, girl guide junior leader</p>
<p>now here comes the weak part
Award
- i could have focused on math and gotten more math awards, but instead i decided to get involved in this new environment (ie canada) asap. =) so the awards section is kinda weak =)</p>
<p>-gr 9 7th place in national math contest
-gr 10 1st place international +national +provincial for AMC 10, qualified for USAMO
-gr 11 first place in canada for a contest called math kangaroo (its not a very competitive contest)
-gr 11 failed AMC 12 and did NOT qualify for USAMO =(
will this hurt my chance? me being qualified in gr 10 but not gr 11? i got qualified in gr 10 due to age =P
-some other minor math awards
-DECA business contest, marketing, top 10 regional in oral and written'
-DECA provincial, marketing, top 10 written exam
-a scholarship from a chinese organization in canada ($800)
-other random school awards
-in school debate contest 2nd place (will mention in essay since i tried really hard for it XD)</p>
<p>RECS:</p>
<p>2 teachers will be good (cant tell if they will glow)
2 outsides will GLOW XD</p>
<p>please help me out here. i really need some comments on that, i know i will definitely apply since yale is my dream school.</p>
<p>should i apply early? what other schools can i look into ?
other schools i'm considering are: Harvard (lol i know), Upenn wharton, nyu, dartmouth, u mich, columbia cornell princeton, stanford, georgetown</p>
<p>and all my safeties so far are canadian universities =) can you guys suggest some US safeties?</p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>ps i will ask for Fin aid at schools that offer Fin aid to intn'ls</p>
<p>thanks again!</p>