Chance for LACs. Please >"<

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am an international student from Taiwan.
And, I don't have father.... which I am going to write about this in my essays. </p>

<p>Japanese-Taiwanese.
GPA: 2.8 ( I know. But the best grade we usually get is about 85...no one ever gets above 90 except for courses like music and which we can only take for 2 years)
Rank: 13/1863 (yes, it is a very big school)
School: Private girls' high school. Very competitive. </p>

<p>ACT: 31
SATII: US History, 800. Japanese, 800. Biology, 780. </p>

<p>AP's:
There is no such thing in my school. Everyone has to take exactly the same classes. </p>

<p>Awards:
- National High School Choir Competition--First (twice)
- National High School Piano Competition--Second
- School Essay Competition--First
- City High School Speech Competition--Third</p>

<p>Leadership (My high school is 3 years)
- 10th grade, class president
- 11th grade, junior prefect
- 12th grade, senior prefect</p>

<ul>
<li>11th grade, student government secretary, president and accompanist of concert choir. </li>
<li>12th grade, student government president, accompanist of concert choir.
(I am the exception in choir because normally school does not allow seniors do any activity in school)</li>
</ul>

<p>EC's:
- Concert choir, 3 years
- Model United Nation, 2 years
- Hospital Volunteer, over 150 hrs.
- Student teacher program for mountain children, over 100 hrs
- volunteer @ India
- Taipei Philharmonic Youth & Children's Choir, 3 years </p>

<p>I want to major in Biology and (East) Asian Studies.
Wellesley
Middlebury
Bryn Mawr (my dream)
Kenyon
Trinity College
Connecticut College</p>

<p>I know it's hard to chance me.... any comment, idea will help me a lot.
Thank you for your time. =))))</p>

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<p>I was too rush that I would like to add some details here. </p>

<p>My school runs from 6:30am to 9pm everyday except Sunday. We have 10 periods everyday and the rest of time is are quizzes and study. We do have art studio and music in the first two year (one year for art and one year for music). Both of them are 1 hr a week and 99%, math teacher will "borrow" the class so he can teach more. Club are 2 hrs each week and same as music and art, only 1st and 2nd year students can participate in. I am an exceptional. </p>

<p>We have very special "class order" that about 1800 students arranged into different class by who good they did on high school exam (which more than 400,000 kids take on the same day, using the same exams). My school is top 5 in the whole country and I am the top 55 when enter the school. The best 55 students will be in Class#6 and next 55 students will be in Class#5. Each class has its own schedule and we never go to different classroom for different course. The second year, we have to choose to be in science class or social science class. People in science class don't need to study anything related to history and geography. Social science students don't need to study bio, chemistry and physics. </p>

<p>Anyway, it is very different from United States. I am pretty worry that school won't understand the system. I want to learn more but it is just possible to do it in my school. That's part of reason I want to go to US....</p>

<p><strong><em>There are some more things I have done</em></strong>
I have been student editor for National Newspaper for 2 years. Only 15 students are selected in the whole country. We been to several places and wrote the stories about that place. Place like, North Korea and Mongolia. </p>

<p>I represented Taiwan to United States last April and took part at Model United Nation. </p>

<p>I don't have any award in science but I did a lot of music performances and at least 3 times a year, I perform at National Concert Hall. </p>

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<p>I know it is hard to chance me.... =(((
I just can't help but ask if there is anything more I can do?! I did my best on the exams. >"<</p>

<p>By the way, I need financial aids so I can only aim for private schools.</p>

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<p>for a foreigner, you have exceptionally good english</p>

<p>Wellesley - high match
Middlebury - high match
Bryn Mawr (my dream) - low match (congratulations)
Kenyon - high match
Trinity College - ???
Connecticut College - ???</p>

<p>what's your TOEFL score?</p>

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<p>Thank you so much, siglio21. </p>

<p>I scored 103 on my TOEFL. :)</p>