Hi! I’m an international applicant from the UK and thinking of applying this fall. My top colleges are Northeastern, BC, UWash Seattle, UCLA, UC Berkley, Tufts, and a couple ivy leagues like Cornell and Brown.
school: private christian co-ed boarding school in UK
race: white female
GCSEs: 7 A*-A, 2 Bs
A levels: Maths, biology, economics and predicted AAA, might be self-teaching AS further maths, hoping to get A/B
GPA: we dont have it in the UK but i used a calculator and i think its UW: 3.83, W:4.1
SAT: Havent done it yet and wont send it off as most of the schools i want to apply to are test-optional and i know it wont be a strong score. Hoping 1350-1450. SAT Subject tests Biology and Maths: Hoping 750+ for bio and 700+ for Maths.
ECs
business/marketing (what i want to major in)
-ran a youtube channel w/over 250,000 views +made it into a business
-marketing and finance intern at a big film company
-currently a social media coordinator for a NGO that connects communities in the COVID-19 Pandemic
-microsoft STEM student challenge finalist (national competition)
volunteering/jobs
- Pinsent Masons virtual work experience (Law)
- animal shelter volunteering + retail assistant volunteering (over 70 hours all together)
- waitress
music
- school orchestra and choir, 5+years
- lessons in singing, cello and piano
- piano (Grade 6) and music theory (Grade 5) ABRSM music exams
- Did some choir and orchestra performances in London concert halls and around Europe
- music tech club
sport
- club cross country/track athlete
- school cross country, track + netball teams
- a couple RYA sailing awards
random
- DofE bronze
- 7 years of girl guiding
- navy cadets
- random clubs like Biology society, science club+oxbridge economics
- classics school prize
- about to start a course on intro to English common law as i want to go into law after my undergrad
I know its harder to get into US unis as an international student so would this be good enough to get into some top unis?