Chance a Dane :) - HYPSM

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Applying SCEA to Yale. Yale is my top choice; second is Harvard; the rest are shared third. Chances would be appreciated!</p>

<p>SAT/ACT (these values are approximations, didn't take the tests yet, but basing these figures on full practice tests)</p>

<p>SAT1: 2100s, low 2200 (high CR and W, low M) [Expecting significantly higher scores on retake)
Subject tests: German: 800, Biology: 740, Literature: 740+</p>

<p>ACT 32-33</p>

<p>GPA: IB diploma candidate, grades go up to 7.
9th: 4.53 (didn't take classes seriously.)
10th: 4.53 (didn't take classes seriously.)
11th: 6.8 (took classes seriously.)</p>

<p>Class rank: 2/110, top intl. HS in Bavaria</p>

<p>Projected 12th grade 1st semester: 7, rank 1</p>

<p>Legacy
Both parents did their Ph.D. at Yale;</p>

<p>Father was elected to be Visiting Scientist at Harvard Medical School in 2000. Mother is twice fellow of Harvard Law School.</p>

<p>Sports</p>

<p>-Two years of being varsity volleyball captain, one year of being junior varsity captain, and two Most Valuable Player Awards as well as one Coach's Award.</p>

<p>-Two years of co-coaching Middle School volleyball teams.</p>

<p>-Competing in the Bavarian Beach Volleyball championships next year. Expecting to place in top 20.</p>

<p>-Competitive martial artist (Arnis): undefeated locally (at my age group), once scored a point against Europe's second highest ranked fighter (not my age group).</p>

<p>-Avid rock climber.</p>

<p>-Competitive bodybuilder. Currently in the draw for the bodybuilding.com Teen of the Week. Spent some hours as a diet and nutrition research assistant for the school's athletic department.</p>

<p>-Low handicap golf player.</p>

<p>Work experience and internships</p>

<p>-Internship with the Head of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the U.S. Congress in the summer between Junior and Senior year. This position is normally reserved to students who have completed at least one year of college; even then it is very competitive. I am the only exception.</p>

<p>-Two years of working as a fully-salaried translator at a local, highly regarded research institution (translating press releases) - the institution fired a Princeton student to hire me.</p>

<p>-Worked 50+ hours with an autistic child for community service.</p>

<p>-'Business @ School' extracurricular Business classes and presentations.</p>

<p>Background</p>

<p>-Skipped a grade (6th)</p>

<p>-International applicant: part German, part Danish. Currently studying the International Baccalaureate (IB) in Munich, but spent time in the Danish, German and American school systems.</p>

<p>-Fluent in three languages with passive knowledge of another three</p>

<p>-One of the highest Economics and Business & Management test score averages in the history of my high school.</p>

<p>-Glowing teacher recommendations as well as a recommendation from the Head of the Foreign Relations Committee of the U.S. Congress.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>What are you considering majoring in?</p>

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<p>Philosophy, Economics, Mathematics or Classics :)</p>

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<p>Does Biden know you well? Make sure you look over the recommendation after he or his secretary writes it because the problem with high level political recommendations is that they honestly don't have time to spend time on them so they just use a general 'form' recommendation that is very generic and that they simply give to all their interns who ask for recommendations.</p>

<p>Look over it before you send it to make sure it says more than the regular "X was a very studious, hard-working, valuable intern who has a passion for politics." Trust me, that's the generic form and adcoms will just be annoyed by them because they know they are just generic form letters too.</p>