<p>Hi, I am a junior attending an American curriculum based international school in Korea.
i am starting to worry about my future colleges seeing all my senior friends writing their college apps. </p>
<p>I have always put in my best effort to pursue excellence in academics since I was young. Please give me advice on what I can do to improve my EC's and other stuff. I am hoping to major in either English linguistics of Biology. I know they're two different things but still :) I like them both. </p>
<p>GPA: 3.95~8 ( unweighted)
4.31 (weighted)
ACT: -- not going to take it
SAT: I am taking the real one in January but on practice tests I almost always get 1300~1370 on the English sections and 680~770 on math sections. I guess I get around 2000 and 2100s at most? I will take it 2 more times. Hope it improves by then. </p>
<p>SAT II: going to take bio,chem, and lit </p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
school orchestra for 3 years and I will continue on- lead cello
played piano and cello for over 10 years
took ABRSM and got over 15 cello, piano, musicianship merit/distinction music certificates
in NHS
Student council executive for 2 years
in MUN- won best delegate award
in cross country
over 300 volunteer hours- working in hospitals, labs, orphanages, schools
in newsletter club - got top article </p>
<p>APS:
AP World history -5 - in sophomore year
currently taking AP LIT, AP BIO, AP Psych
will take AP Chem, AP Lang, AP Calc</p>
<p>Our school is a small school so we don't have honor classes. </p>
<p>Class rank:
top 2% </p>
<p>Languages
English
Korean
Spanish </p>
<p>Founder of ensemble club unit - perform at hospitals and etc - related to major - biology
Founder of LIterarcy club - write stories with students and publish them on School newsletter - related to major - linguistics
Wrote for public newspaper
Will publish my own book - I have loved writing since I was young so I am going to make it into a book </p>
<p>I know things are still uncertain because I have not taken much standardized tests. But please chance me!</p>
<p>The colleges I will apply to are
University of Washington
UCLA
UC Berkeley
UC Irvine
University of Illinois, Urbana Champagne </p>
<p>and my dream universities are
Johns Hopkins
UPenn
Cornell
Duke</p>