<p>Junior at a very competitive public high school in Canada (selected as Canada's top academic school by McLeans, don't know if that means much tho haha :P...school IB average last year was 5.60 out of 7, world average being around 4.5.)</p>
<p>International student (citizen of South Korea, non-citizen in Canada)</p>
<p>I will DEFINITELY need financial aid. </p>
<p>GPA: 95.4% (sophomore year)
RAnk: 2 / 128
SAT: haven't taken it officially yet, but on practice tests I usually get 800M, 700~750 CR, and 750~780 W. </p>
<p>Courseload
* all courses with the letter B is IB. I have biology, social, and english as HL IB courses.</p>
<p>Freshmen (Junior high)
Language Arts 9
Mathematics 9
Social Studies 9
Science 9
Physical Education 9
Music 9
Art 9
Religion/Health 9</p>
<p>Sophomore (high school)
English 10B
Mathematics 20B
Science 10B
Social Studies 10B
Biology 15B
Chemistry 25B
French 20B
Career & Life Management 20
Debate
Instrumental Music 10
Art 10</p>
<p>Junior
English 20B
Mathematics 30B
Social Studies 20B
French 30B
Biology 20B
Chemistry 20B
Physics 20B
Computer Science 10B
Computer Science 20B
Instrumental Music 20
Art 20</p>
<p>Extracurricular Activities
- School Instrumental Band (Gr. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
- School Jazz Band (Gr. 7, 8, 9)
- School Basketball Team (Gr. 8, 9, 10, 11)
- Mathematics Club (Gr. 10, 11)
- Debate Club (Gr. 10, 11)
- Science Olympics (Gr. 9, 10, 11)
- School Drama Production Orchestra (Gr. 10, 11)
- Student Union Room Rep Alternate (Gr. 11)
- Invited to 2004 Summer Regional Math Camp at University of Alberta</p>
<p>Volunteer/Work Experience
- Canadian Blood Services Youth Committee (Gr. 10, 11)
- Various school events
- Tutoring Peers in Mathematics and Sciences (Gr. 10, 11)</p>
<p>Awards
Grade 9
- 2004 Edmonton Junior High Mathematics Competition Invitational 2nd place
- 2004 Science Olympics 2nd place in Edmonton
- 2004 Kumon Math Challenge 4th in North America
- 2004 Stop Racism Poster Competition 3rd in Edmonton
- 2004 School awards (Honours, Top 5 Academic Award, Art Award, Wellness Award: voted by peers)</p>
<p>Grade 10
- Alberta High School Math Competition Top 50, which qualified me for part II
- Canadian Open Mathematics Competition Top 25%
- Gr. 12 Euclid Math Competition Top 25%
- Gr. 11 Fermat Math Competition Top 25%
- Gr. 11 Hypatia Math Competition Bronze Standard
- Michael Smith Science Challenge 1st in Alberta
- Science Olympics 2nd in Edmonton
- School awards (Honours with Distinction, Mathematics 20B Award, Biology 15B Award, French 20B Award, Science 10B Award, Chemistry 25B Award, Service Award)</p>
<p>Grade 11 Extracurricular Plan (some of these were mentioned above)
School Varsity Basketball Team
Math Club Vice-President
Amnesty International Club
Multicultural Club
Debate Club (going to go to many tournaments)
Aventis Biotechnology Challenge (which I think is sort of like Seimens-Westings or w/e that you Americans do :P)
Many many math competitions, physics competitions, biology competition, and chemistry competition :P:P
Junior Achievement Program (in which I form my own company with like 20 other people, create our own products and sell them)
Student's Union Room Representative Alternate
Award's Committee</p>
<p>What are my chances with EA? Is it true that Harvard doesn't take nationality into account in admission process?</p>
<p>What do you think I should work on to improve my chances? Thanks a lot! =)</p>