<p>¥^_^¥Hi, I am an international junior student currently studying in US high school. Please chance me for Columbia/ Cornell/ Rice/ U Penn's Architecture major.</p>
<p>GPA:
I've studied at 4 high schools with distinct educational system so my GPA and grades are not stable and not at all impressive >. <. I was top one in my class in ninth grade in my first school; top one in 10th grade fall semester in my second school, top 10% in 10th grade and my GPA was 3.68 in my third school; then I transferred to US and my GPA was 3.77, class rank top 25% in my fourth school (because I was out of school for two month due to my VISA delay; now my GPA is 4.38 (due to restriction on course selection, the maximum I could get this term is 4.5) I believe I can achieve a GPA of 4.93 during 12th grade fall assuming that I don't transfer again.</p>
<p>Standardized Tests:
My SAT score is 2340. My math level 2 and physics subject test are both 800s. I am going to take US History in May and probably will receive an 800 as well.
I am positive that I will get 5s on CalculusBC, PhysicsC mechanics and E&M, Art History, Macroeconomy and English Language.</p>
<p>EC:
I was the secretary of student parliament in my former school and changed many school policies for the better;
I have initiated Mu Alpha Theta in my school and is the president;
I am also in Art Appreciation Club and National Art Honor Society;
I have had apprenticeship in an well known Architecture Design company and have attended architecture design workshop for 2 years;
I intend to join Peer Tutoring next year.
I will be competing in PhysicsBowl2 soon and AMC12 next year though I have no idea how I will do.
I am applying for Women's Technology Program, yet once again I have no idea if I could get in or not.</p>
<p>Major:
I extremely want to major in Architecture Design and I have prior experience using Sketch Up Pro. 8, AutoCAD and Rhinoceros. I am adept at drawing and sketching and are somewhat acquainted with Architecture History and principles of architectural design. I would say that I am pretty passionate about architecture and is artistically talented.</p>
<p>Background:
Received most of my education in China. My family economy status is okay. Not the first generation to receive college education. Have a little sister who was born in US. I have been transferring my whole life because my family kept moving and have attended 11 schools until now.</p>
<p>Weakness:
I know that most universities have higher standard for international students. But I have no Olympiads or any awards of such kind because I never had the opportunity to attend in these competition (though I hope I could do well in PhysicsBowl and AMC12) and, I have to admit, my GPA looks terrible and doesn't match my standardized test scores. However, I have learned multivariable calculus and linear algebra via Stanford Virtual High School and received a good looking score. In addition I self taught myself to use MATLAB and Mathematica and JAVA.</p>