Hi 
I’m currently a senior in Brazil and would like to know realistically what are my chances of getting into Yale, Brown and other selective universities (also if you could chance me for Emory Scholars as well, that would be great). Here it goes:
Intended major: International relations/Global studies
SAT: 1520 (750 English and 770 Math) (only took it once)
I got only 15 on my SAT essay, so there is that…
Toefl: 113 (30 reading, 29 listening, 28 speaking and 26 writing)
Didn’t take the ACT
Grades: 9,5 (unweighted) (my school utilizes the 0-10 scale and is pretty demanding)
Sat Subjct: I took Physics, Math 2 and Spanish and am currently waiting for the results. I expect around a 750 in all of them but not quite sure.
I think my essays are pretty good but not enough to “save” an application.
Extracurriculars and Honors
(I’d like to note that I spend a LOT of time at school so there isn’t much time to do other stuff)
- Top of my class of 90 students in a highly demanding high school.
-Great scores on the vestibular (Brazilian college entrance exams)
-I did ballet my entire life and also 2 years of contemporary dance in high school, and the average number of hours per week I spend in these activities was around 8. I didn’t participate in competitions as a soloist in the past few years but danced a duet that got 3rd place and two group choreographies that got first place in national-level competitions.
-Volunteer work: I worked for a year as a teacher in a non-profit after-school program for kids from a poor neighborhood near where I live (my shift was 2h a week only). Also, after that, I’m currently working on another non-profit organization as a ballet teacher for girls from an underprivileged community. (Also 2h a week).
-Spend a month at UBC (Vancouver, Canada) studying English in a study abroad program during my freshman year.
- I won the gold medal in a national academic competition about History during my senior year. Out of the 73,000 initial participants, only 45 got the gold medal. This competition has several stages that require working in trios and a lot of research and critical thinking (Olimpíada Nacional em História do Brasil). (Also participated during my junior year, but only got to the semifinals - 6th phase)
-Won honorable mention in a national academic competition in math. (junior year)
-Won a silver medal in a state-level academic competition in physics. (junior year)
-Won a bronze medal in a national level academic level competition in informatics (basically tested logical reasoning) (freshmen year)
-Participated in a short course promoted by MIT in my city during school break (MIT teaching lab - taught by MIT students)
I know that it is pretty focused on STEM, but basically there aren’t many opportunities for honors/extracurriculars in humanities here. Also, the SAT subjects choices were due to the fact that the way we study humanities here is kinda different from the US, so I didn’t want to be tested in aspects of the subjects that I haven’t studied.
That’s it! If I need to explain/talk about something else let me know pls Thanks in advance