<p>Im a German, Caucasian male currently living abroad in Australia going to a Public High School and living in a host family. Im a full IB Diploma Candidate and my ib will be bilingual because im doing German/English A.</p>
<p>SCORES
1890 SAT I; Math 660 CR 640 WR 590 (retaking in October)
Will be doing SAT IIs in November</p>
<p>English HL 4
Mathematics HL 4<br>
Business HL 7
Biology SL 6
Physics SL 6
German (Self taught) SL 5
adds up to 32/42 (without bonus)
also take into consideration that these grades will probably increase in the end.</p>
<p>generic teacher/counselor recommendations</p>
<p>EC</p>
<p>-Model UN state finalist
-Young Scholar’s program (showing Year 6/7 Kids high school)
-Giving Year 8+9 Kids lessons about Germany and cultural differences
-Relay For Life (Funding Money for Cancer Research)
-Helping out with the organisation of a Mathematics Competition in our school
-Also have been doing the ASX stock market game</p>
<p>AWARDS</p>
<p>Academic Award
Community Service Award</p>
<p>I wanna do an Economics Major, unis I will apply to are:</p>
<p>I have seen the NYU campus and will be looking at the other ones in California during the next two weeks but I think UCLA will be my favourite.
I won’t need Financial Aid. Any chance that being German could be a possible hook?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance for all your help.
Rob</p>
<p>PS: I would also appreciate comments about how I could increase my chances.</p>
<p>The fact you are German prolly works against you. American admissions officers want Botswanan diamond miners who had to eat dung beetles while studying the intricacies of Nietzsche by candlelight.</p>
<p>I think my great grandfather made wagon wheels in the Ruhr before he came to the US circa 1910. 25% German, and i do not like my German last name. People are always spelling it wrong, and confusing it with a variety of avocado. I would have strongly preferred any other surname from my British, Swedish, or. . . gulp, even Irish heritage.</p>
<p>If you really want to go to a UC, perhaps consider attending a junior/community college in CA, save a large amount of money, and then transfer after 2 years. Many internationals take that route.</p>
<p>Also, I think you could acquire CA residency status with this route, and get preferential treatment in addition to that received by attending a CA community college.</p>
<p>Yeah I’ve heard that. The only issue I have with that is the fact that I’m so old already. Once completed the IB I will have done 13.5 years of school (German school system -.-) and I will be 20 already. And CC would only provide a chance, right? I guess, I’d take it into consideration if I don’t get into any of the universities.</p>
<p>With a 3.5 from a CC you will definitely get into UCSB, and probably UCSD. For UCLA you will need a 3.7+ and some luck (even 4.0’s get rejected). For USC, the same as UCLA, or a nice letter of rec from a USC alum, or a generous donation (it’s private, so the rules are different, or tossed out altogether in some cases).</p>
<p>Also, what is this about whining about graduating when you are 23 or 24?</p>
<p>Whats this asx stock market game? I like business type games myself. Ever play capitalism II?</p>
<p>haha I just googled it. Sounds fun, although its 8 years old. Ill have a look at it.
ASX stock market game is basically a silmulation of the real Australian stock market. You get 50 grand and have to invest; stocks act like in real life. Its a nation wide thing. Didn’t do too bad. I was in the Top 10 for some time.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure Germany is “grayer” than the US, and I think Australia is comparable to the US in terms of the age distribution of the population.</p>
<p>People won’t even take you seriously until you are like 40. You and I are just some punk kids.</p>
<p>I am sure an average German high school graduate is more capable in just about every way possible when compared to a typical American high school graduate.</p>
<p>An American high school graduate very quickly learns his or her marketable skill set is usually equivalent to that of an illiterate peasant from the Chiapas. Yeah, gotta love college prep. In the olden days they taught useful things like how to fix a car, or weld, or make cup-cakes.</p>