<p>Okay, I'm applying from Finland so I'm very very URM.</p>
<p>I will not need Financial aid.</p>
<p>My SAT scores are very low, I know: CR 630, M 680, W 610 (Essay 10)
I'm taking my subject exams in december and I'm pretty sure I will score both French and World History above 700.</p>
<p>TOEFL: 107</p>
<p>I'm among the top 3 students ever attending to my high school. My GPA is 9.8 (4-10). In my Matriculation Examination which is considered very demanding I scored the best grade (Laudatur that is given for top 5%) in these subjects: History, Societies, Religion, English, Literature and Math. I got also the second highest mark (Eximia that is giver for top 15%) in French and Swedish.</p>
<p>Please note that only 50% of Finnish Middle School goers enter high school because of GPA requirements, others go to vocational schools. Therefore getting L is very hard.</p>
<p>My school rank is 1 out of 180 students. </p>
<p>Extracurriculars/work/volunteering:
-11 years in a private Art School (I've received bunch of awards there)
-Founded International's Club at my school (helping our school's exchange students in everything possible and organizing all kinds of cultural event many times per week)
-2 Comenius projects via European Union (trips to Belgium and Russia)
-I founded a ''Homework club'' for immigrants (under the Finnish Red Cross) that has been a great success.
-I was the President of the Art Club in USA (I also worked as an assistant teacher teaching kids color theory, composition, art history and aesthetics)
-I'm a member of EU Youth Organization and Finnish Coalition Party (during the elections I've done campaigning)
-Volunteering over 300h (with Amnesty International, Finnish Red Cross, etc.)
-I've worked this Fall at my former high school and middle school as an assistant teacher (I was asked by the principal) and per week I teach about 30-35 hours philosophy, math, religion, arts, literature, etc.
-I have 3 private student who I am preparing for the Matriculation Examination</p>
<p>I spent one year on an exchange student program in the USA.</p>
<p>Awards:
-National award in French writing
-Regional competition concerning the economy and social issues
-Bunch of art awards (from USA and Finland)
-School award for: ''Brilliance in the Academics'' and ''Success in the Matriculation Examination''</p>
<p>Letters of Recommendations will be very, very good.</p>
<p>Plus I will send my art portfolio.</p>
<p>I'm applying to:
-Yale
-Brown
-Williams
-Bates
-Reed
-Vassar
-Colby
-Tufts
-Brandeis</p>
<p>I would appreciate a lot for chancing me. :)</p>