Chance me - international student (BU, Carnegie Mellon)

College List :

  • Boston University
  • Carnegie Mellon
  • Dartmouth
  • Northwestern
  • U Chicago
  • Vanderbilt

Scores :
SAT : 2200/1550 (750,800,650) once.
SAT II : MATH II 800 , CHINESE 800, SPANISH 780
GPA : School does not provide. (by using converter i would guess it’s 3.8~3.9)
Rank : Decile : Top 10%
AP/IB/Honors : School does not provide. (I was in an experimental class, which is like honors in China)

Other :
Ethnicity : Asian
Gender : Male
Languages : Korean/Chinese/English/Spanish (Korean is my mother tongue)
currently on gap year

Major : Economics
Financial Aid : None

ECs (Public schools in China does not provide / encourage EC : can’t participate on sports unless you are an athlete, club activity is very limited, less than 3% students take more than one club)

  • Lead Translator : Gwangju Universiade 2015 , FISU
  • President & Co-Founder : Guitar Club. (10-12)
  • Vice President : Psychology Club (10-12)
  • Editor of Psychology Magazine
  • School Volunteering (9-12)
  • Local Volunteering (After school)
  • Translating Volunteer (community & online talent donation programs)
  • etc

Work :

  • Interpreter / Contract Translation in China
  • Tutoring (4 years)

Awards / Honors

  • Medalist in National Mathematics Olympiad
  • Delegate : Olimpiada de Mayo
  • Delegate : FTDC
  • Medalist : National New Curriculum English Language Competence Competition
  • etc

Essay / Recommendation

Essay : 8/10, It’s good, but not exceptional, i guess?
Teacher Recommendation : 10/10, They both love me, and they said they will write me the best letters.
Counselor Recommendation : 9/10, He does love me, but who knows how he will write.

Strength : Fairly good scores, 4 language speaker, being an Asian? (My friend told me that being an Asian might mean I have to compete in a different applicant pool?)
Weakness : Since I was in a public school, the education system is not well applicable to the US-standards, causing the following: Lack of ECs, AP/IB/Honors)

Any other college suggestions?

bump

My brother attends CMU and your stats are much more impressive. I think you have a good chance at CMU and definitely BU!