I’m an International student doing 5 A-Levels, Predicted 5As. ( Maths, further maths physics economics chemistry ). A-Levels are usually very, very rigorous when compared to the American Diploma. The average UK student does 3 A Levels and I’m the only one in my school to do 5 A-Level exams. I have very solid GCSE/IGCSE grades (10As-As). I think the 5 A Levels would translate into doing 10-12 APs and a Score of an A* is probably equivalent to a 5. I have very strong Essays and Recommendation letters ( My teacher mentioned that I was in her top 5 to ever teach!). IN ECs, I did a 55 hour internship at an engineering company, MUN, I teach AS Further Mathematics at School( for grade 11 students) , also assisted in teaching grade 8 maths. Charity committee at school. Learning german ( as a third language outside school), played alot of tennis and participated in tournaments. But I think the thing that would make me stand out a bit is that I ended up achieving the highest mark in all of my country for mathematics and physics this year. I’ve done the SAT and achieved a score of 1420 ( 800 Maths 620 English). IN my GT essay, I kept on talking about the coop offered at GT, the free credit hours available, virtually integrated projects, the research of a certain professor and how that appeals to me, also , talked about Atlanta’s prospering economy.
PS I applied to 3 other US unis ( Cornell, NYU, Purdue). Got into Purdue FYE ( regular decision) which I’m also really excited about.