Preface: I’m an Int’l student from Egypt studying in a British school in Saudi Arabia
GPA: School doesn’t award [British system is more oriented towards the final exams] - However, according to Cambridge’s guidelines, should be 4.00 or 3.99 UW
Standardized Tests:
IGCSEs [Graded from A to U]:*
-English as a Second Language: A*
-Physics: A*
-Biology: A*
-Chemistry: A*
-Information and Communication Technology: A*
-Mathematics: A*
-Arabic: A
AS Levels [Graded from A to U]:
-Physics: A
-Information Technology: A
-Mathematics: A
Expected A Levels [Graded from A* to U]:
-Physics: A*
-Information Technology: A*
-Mathematics: A*
ACT:
-Composite: 32
-English: 35
-Math: 31
-Reading: 30
-Science: 33
-Writing: 9
SAT II Subjects:
-Math Level 2: 720
-Physics: 770
TOEFL:
-Total: 113
-Reading: 30
-Listening: 30
-Speaking: 29
-Writing: 24
ECs:
-Cryptocurrency Investor: Starting with the payments I collected during my work in Marketing, my current portfolio has over 45 different tokens and a net worth of ~ $5,700,000
**-Community Manager ** I joined a project as a Community & Marketing campaign manager during their $16M crowdsale (the 21st largest crowdfunding project in the world) in 2014.
-School Website Designer: During the mid-term break, I started working on a new school website on the side to take my school out of the 90s and into the 21st century.
-Marketing Agency: After earning my first bitcoins by doing various marketing jobs as a freelancer, I started Altcoin.co as a one-man Marketing Agency
-Representative [School Cabinet]: Elected as the Students’ Representative - Trying to implement a set of extracurricular opportunities for the next batch of students.
-School debate team leader: Lead a team that won the annual school debates in freshman and sophomore years.
-Teachers’ Day Play - Script writer: Since freshman year, I’ve been responsible for writing the script for the annual teacher’s day play, that is performed by the yellow house.
February Updates:
Portfolio increase from $5.7m to $6.5m
Creating website for responsible investment tips
Verified as an accredited investor as defined by the SEC guidelines
Reached a philanthropic agreement with an Alzheimer Startup
Notes: As most of the schools I’m applying to are need-aware for internationals, I wanted to note that I’ll not be applying for fin aid.
I’m applying to: Stanford, Princeton, Duke, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Yale and UPenn.
Declared Interests: Comp Sci, Economics/Business Studies