chance me please!

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<p>Firstly I'm an international student from Brunei (small rich country loaded with oil near Singapore). I'm half Hongky (Hong Kong) and half Malaysian. I've also been studying at an international school all my life.</p>

<p>For my IGCSE's (grade 9 and 10):
I got A's and A*'s apart from 2 B's. I'm definitely in the top 5 in my grade.</p>

<p>Right now for grade 11 and 12, I've been doing the IB:
My predicted grade is 43 points. which puts me in the top 2% worldwide in terms of IB scores. And I've consistently been a 40+ pointer. I take Higher Level Maths, HL English A1, HL Economics, Standard Level Geography, Biology and Malay Ab Initio. And I've always been getting 6's or 7's. (A's or A*'s)</p>

<p>EC's: (Throughout my entire highschool life and ALL long term - done almost 400 hours in a school year excluding holidays)
- I do basketball, soccer, netball (english sport like basketball), tennis, badminton on a varsity level. I also do swimming seriously and I am the captain of the basketball and soccer team as well as being national champions multiple times. Im also in the national netball team in Brunei. I've also climbed the tallest mountain in South East Asia. I've also travelled all over Asia to take part in international competitions.
- I also do a lot of creative EC's such as the guitar (ABRSM Grade 3), Piano, Chinese Cultural Dance, Salsa, Theatre. I've been selected in lead roles in many school musicals.
- I am a Yearbook representative, involved in all student council events and Senior house captain.
- I've been involved every year in the Borneo Global Issues MUN Conference with a few hundred students from all over South East Asia as a delegate, Committee Chair and Secretary General. I was also selected for the Model United Naitons in Doha, Qatar.
- I do a LOT of community service like painting the children's wards in the hospitals, planting trees in the rainforests of Borneo, refurbish a broken down community hall in Malaysia, regular volunteer work at this center for disabled children, organised fundraising events such as Talent Shows, Food Fests to donate to charity, helped autistic children do gymnastics, helped out in several school events etc. I also won the Director's Award this year for Community Service because of all my contributions and embodying the school ethos.
- I've been selected to be my school's representative in a National Maths Olympiad competition.</p>

<p>I havent taken the SATs yet due to particular reasons but I am taking it very very soon. I was wondering if I've got a chance at Dartmouth from what you've seen becuase I'd love love looooove to go to Dartmouth</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>Netball…that takes me back. :slight_smile: Netball is to basketball as rounders is to baseball.</p>

<p>How big is your school? Top five out of how many? Where do the top students at your school typically go?</p>

<p>I have no idea of your chances, sorry. Do you have any idea how many students from Brunei apply, and how many get in? I seem to recall having seen some stats on international applications per country last year…</p>

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<p>well we’re a pretty small school but we get really good results. Every year we get a couple of 40 pointers, and people going to Oxbridge, and ivy league. but there’s only about 55 students in our grade. I’m about #3 in rank i think. Two years ago we had this girl who got a 45 pointer, got full scholarship offers to yale and princeton and ubc. Ended up in yale. Year before that, another 45 pointer who got into Cambridge without even looking at his final results. </p>

<p>Since we’re an international school, not everyone applies to the states. So its usually Australia, Canada, UK and the States so I can’t really say how many apply to the States :confused: but thanks for replying!</p>