<p>Hi guys</p>
<p>I live in Switzerland and here it's really hard to do any extracurricular activities or join any clubs, because our schools don't offer them.
We have a totally different school systems and I did an apprenticeship for the last 3 years ( I worked 27 hrs per week in a Swiss Bank, took evening classes and the other 2 days I went to a higher high school.)
So besides work I had to study for all my exams etc. and the apprenticeship which I did is the most demanding one.
Once a month over 3 years I participated in a program for "Young Professionals in Banking". There I had exams and lots of self-study too. (just to be clear, I do NOT have a bachelor degree or an associate degree.)
The only extracurricular thing I did was being the class representative over 3 years and whenever I had the chance to help out for my employer, I did.
Besides that, we don't get any honors or awards and therefore I don't have anything like that either.</p>
<p>My GPA is about 3.8 (I don't know how they'll look at it because of our different grading system and a 4.00 is impossible in Switzerland) and my SAT scores are around 700-720. In the French with Listening Subject Test I scored 800.
I am fluent in German, English, French and at a beginner level in Spanish and Italian.</p>
<p>Our school doesn't rank, but after 3 years we have our final exams and I scored a 5.4 out of 6 and I was number 2 out of 1000+ students.</p>
<p>My essay is about how I matured and how I changed because I started working with senior bankers at the age of 15. (I'm a girl, blond, and thanks to prejudice everybody thinks I'm stupid.)</p>
<p>What do you think are my chances to get into a highly selective college?
Should I start doing anything else to make my extracurricular activities look better?</p>
<p>I really have no connection to anybody who can help me with the admission process so I'd be really thankful if somebody takes his/her time to answer.</p>