<p>This is my first post on college confidential and i hope it goes well!
I am currently a junior. My ultimate dream university is stanford. Next to that is harvard. I am canadian which means that i am going to be an international student applying, significantly lowering my chances but here are my stats etc. please leave a comment below. Constructive criticism is appreciated!</p>
<p>Schools that i want to apply to (in order)
1. Stanford
2. Harvard
3. Yale
4. Columbia
5. Berkeley
6. Duke
7. Cornell
8. Princeton</p>
<p>I go to the top high school in my province which in fact, is a prep school</p>
<p>Rank: 1 or 2 / 102
SAT: 2280
SAT II: french 750, math level 2 750, chemistry 800
APs: biology, chemistry, physics, calculus, french, computer science, world history, psychology, music theory, microeconomics (for all these APs i am aiming for 4s and 5s)</p>
<p>GPA: 95% (canadians dont have gpa lol)
Courseload:
Freshman year : 3 honours classes (math, french and mandarin)
Sophomore year: 2 honours classes (french and math) along with a program my school offers called Challenge 10 which practices leadership skills
Junior year: AP computer science, AP Biology, honours english, honours math
Senior year: ap french, ap calculus, ap world history, ap literature, ap chemistry and ap physics</p>
<p>EXTRA CURRICULARS:
In school:
- peer tutoring
- varsity badminton (5 years; team captain for one year)
- varsity volleyball (1 year)
- track and field (2 years)
- student council (3 years)</p>
<p>Outside of school:
- piano (finished all levels, including performance training level with first class honours)
- badminton (6 years)
- ballet (6 years)</p>
<p>Awards:
- national essay contest (runner up)
- over 10 piano awards from major piano competitions (gold, silver and bronze)
- national music competition (piano: provincial finalist)
- university or waterloo math contest (scored in top 25% of participants)
- math leagues contest (4 years in a row: highest score in my school)
- ballet (one bronze and one silver)
- represented my school in a provincial math contest two years in a row
- kumon north american gold honour student (3 years)
- scholarship from the province for $1500
- 2009 badminton tournament, silver
- 2012 provincials, singles quarterfinalsit and semifinalist
- expected to get silver at provincial badminton next year
- independent schools volleyball tournament (gold)
- independent schools badminton tournament (2 years; gold)
- provincial school teams badminton tournament (2 years; gold)
- duke of edinburgh awards program (completed all 3 levels; gold)</p>
<p>Summer programs:
- EPGY (educational program for gifted youth at stanford university)
- SIMR internship at stanford university
- SSSEC internship at stanford university
- rustic pathways medical certification and service trip (received cpr, first aid and other medical training certification)</p>
<p>Volunteer and leadership:
- student council for 3 years
- expected to be valedictorian
- i was a young superhero for my province's children's hospital and received a letter of service excellence from the house of commons
- i was a young ambassador for my province's children's hospital for 3 years (leadership)
- 2 service trips with my school
- aiming for at least 600 service hours</p>
<p>Other:
- was interviewed by a major tv station about the importance of children's education. It was aired for an hour
- my artwork was selected to be featured in the independant school's art show (10 + schools participated)</p>
<p>Thank you guys so much!</p>