<p>Female, 17, Malaysian
private school, top in state. rarely sends kids to US, most of the students here go to Australia or UK. (in fact, most Malaysians don't see America as a place to get an education)</p>
<p>SAT: 1300/1860 (600 CR 700 Math 560 Writing)
SAT II: 690 Math II, 710 Chinese, 540 Lit
Rank: 24/151 in my year, 12/57 in my class
School doesn't do GPA.
Average:
Form 2 - 71.73
Form 3 - 77.18
Form 4 - 70.26
Form 5 - 78.87
it's pretty rare that people get 80+ in my school...#1 is probably like 80.57 or something like that.</p>
<p>Lower Secondary Assesment exam (took in Form 3): 5 As, 2 Bs
School leaving exam (SPM) trials: 7 distinctions, 3 credits- real results come out in early March, so I'm sending the trial results instead</p>
<ul>
<li>vice-president of Domestic Science Club 2 years ago, have been a group leader since</li>
<li>advocate in mock trial team (runner-up '07, first round '08)</li>
<li>advocate in Bond University's Mooting competition</li>
<li>school choir competition; prelims '05, second place '06, third place '07, winner '08</li>
<li>volunteering at an old folks' home</li>
<li>piano since age 3; grade 7</li>
<li>collecting funds for Sichuan earthquake victims</li>
<li>speaks 6 languages fluently: English, Malay, Mandarin and 3 Chinese dialects</li>
<li>knows elementary Arabic and elementary Chinese (reading & writing)</li>
<li>Distinction for University of New South Wales English Competition '06 and '08, credit for '07.</li>
</ul>
<p>Essay: English teacher said that it was very good.
Recs: awesome, I think.</p>
<p>first kid to go to college, no financial aid needed.</p>
<p>My list:
Fordham University
Boston University
Sarah Lawrence
Claremont McKenna
Bowdoin
Pitzer
UMich Ann Arbor
Northeastern
Knox</p>
<p>I'm thinking of majoring in Economics and doing the pre-med thing.
I need some safety schools and I can't think of any.</p>
<p>Thank you so much! :)</p>