Asians Should Check This Out

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<p>Hello CC,
The title above ^seems somewhat "out-of-the-box" and atypical.
Please finish reading this entire thread, and I would love to hear your opinions.</p>

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<p>Thank you for your time.
I am only a rising senior. I am Asian, but I am applying from a different side of the globe.
I did not have the opportunity to attend a FLHS in Korea.</p>

<p>My grades are mediocre, in a highly competitive school, often ranked the best in our country.</p>

<p>With a stringload of B+s, I have recently found out that the teachers in our school have set up a quota for giving out As- 5%-10% of the class receives As, and the rest receives Bs and Cs and Ds.</p>

<p>Coming from a very different culture, I have always believed that As are reserved for highly, and let me once again stress the word highly gifted students.
I have a decent mix of As and Bs, 5:3, I think?</p>

<p>Judging by my test scores, I am highly competitive applicant.
You can find my academics on the link on my location :-)
On (almost) every standardized exams, I have received a perfect score.
With the exception of one 4 in an AP class, haha.
I have always believed my grades to be decent, but an UW of 3.7 seems a little too low for any Ivies.</p>

<p>I do not know how the adcoms will think about my grades.
Will they be glad to see that I am the first international applicant from Asia without perfect grades?
This might show that my grades are not inflated.
My test scores show that I am a hard-working person.</p>

<p>I am an unique case.
Mostly, Asian students study in their home countries, or in the US.
I have rarely seen them apply from Europe, for example.</p>

<p>Can this be an asset to my application?</p>

<p>Thank you for reading this long post.
Start a post!</p>

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<p>More reports:</p>

<p>[Ivy-League</a> bound, by fair means or foul : National : Home](<a href=“National : News : The Hankyoreh”>Ivy-League bound, by fair means or foul : National : News : The Hankyoreh)</p>

<p>[[Feature</a>] SAT scandal leaves many questions unanswered : National : Home](<a href=“National : News : The Hankyoreh”>[Feature] SAT scandal leaves many questions unanswered : National : News : The Hankyoreh)</p>

<p>[Gov’t</a> probes grade manipulation in study abroad programs : National : Home](<a href=“National : News : The Hankyoreh”>Gov't probes grade manipulation in study abroad programs : National : News : The Hankyoreh)</p>

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<p>You worry too much. The admissions officers at HYPSM and other schools are not idiots or number crunching machines with no memories. If all they ever receive from a school is a long string of "A"s on every single student’s transcripts - then of course they will not trust those transcripts much. In fact, this would hurt the school’s reputation in the long term.</p>

<p>Your GPA is also correlated to your SAT scores. A 2000/4.0 and a 2400/4.0 will definitely conjure up different first impressions in the minds of the admissions committee. The admissions committee can tell the average standard of the students in the school via its SAT I, II and AP scores anyway.</p>

<p>You are going to be compared with students from Europe anyway, so why worry about what the kids in Korea do?</p>

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<p>^Frankchn, wow, I never knew that.
I always thought I was in the Asian pool, and I was really frustrated with our country’s grading system.</p>

<p>Thank you!
You have greatly enlightened me =)</p>

<p>I have a 3.7 and a 2400, 800*6 subject tests.</p>

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<p>Hey I am Korean student, planning to apply for class of 2015 as you notice. Let me clear your misconception about Korean boarding schools which you generalized in one: one that only gives students all As, raises them in perfecttestfreaks, and pushes them in routine ecs such as MUN, newspaper, debates, etc. There are significant differences between Korean highschools, generally believed as “hierarchy”. One you commented on, that Hanyoung something high is kinda in a low rank. The highest one is perhaps KMLA (in general) or KSA(a.k.a Korean Science Academy, in science field specifically). These schools do not throw As! There are most competitive and selected students over the world with Korean nationalities (or sometimes, foriegn ones). Students attending have pride and abilities; generally, schools themselves are very strict. The second rank are Daewon foriegn high or Young-in. Recently, those two schools were caught for badass deeds. Particularly, the Daewon one got in trouble dealing with latest AP tests and giving all students As. I read an article that Daewon got warning note from the government ministry of education about the issues. Young-in is getting reputation for its quality education for English major class students. Compared to the slacking Daewon, Young-in is fine. And then, you have these various unknown foriegn language highs. Only one or two (at max) students from there can have chance to apply for US highly competitive colleges. Most of the students are studying in plans to go to Korean universities. Well, if this reply minds you, I am sorry. But you should not generalize all the Korean highs with bottom level. Take care.</p>

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<p>^I AM Korean. I know all of those schools that you mentioned and I planned to apply to one of them when I was in middle school.</p>

<p>And I am not generalizing, I just wanted to know whether I am in the same pool.</p>