<p>I am an international student from mainland china. I want to know what kind of schools should consider seriously and work hard for? And does applying for financial aid hurt the chances? Thank you!!</p>
<p>I am currently attending 9th grade and is applying for 10th.
I am a girl.
I have straight A in my last two years transcript except for PE in two semesters.
I got 73% in ssat and a 100 in TOEFL.
I do MUN.
My interviews are okay, some went really good i think but for some telephone ones I got really nervous.
I do MUN and won some awards and was in the dais for once in my school.
I do some creative writing but it was not official. It is like I do that in my spare time but we dont have that course in school.
I learnt painting for a time but then I quitted because I was too busy with my schoolwork. but I can totally pick that up when I enter my new school.
I wrote a play. But again it is nothing official, it was just for fun. And I directed it, but I did not get a chance to put it on stage cause in chinese schools chances for doing such things are really rare.
That was all. And thank you!!</p>