<p>Status -- INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT<a href="S%20Kr">/b</a>
School Type -- **Very prominent school<a href="one%20of%20those%20applicant%20factories">/b</a>
GPA -- **4.15(W) 3.82(UW) (gives no ranking & gives only weighted GPA)
SAT1 -- 2290<a href="CR700-M800-W790">/b</a> still working on my CR
SAT2 -- **3200 MathIIC, Physics, Chem and Bio-M
AP -- 5 on Calculus AB, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Physics B, and Physics C Mechanics and Electromagnetism
waiting for results on Cal BC, Computer Science AB, Chem, Bio, Statistics and Psychology (I'll probably get a 4 on psychology)</p>
<p>144/150 on AMC 12 - sophomore year
12/15 on my AIME - junior year
2-year consecutive AMC school champion (got a medal from MAA)
silver and bronze medals in Korean Mathematics Olympiad(KMO)
Final Korean Mathematical Olympiad (FKMO) Qualifier (2 years)
bronze medal in Korean Economics Contest for high school students
Global Enterprise Challenge Finalist - Creativity Award
HOBY WLC Ambassador (KOREA)
Singapore SYC Ambassador (KOREA) -- this is like the WLC of ASEAN+alpha countries
research on stem cells for 2.5 months this summer
8 week job experience as a math TA</p>
<p>200 hrs in-school tutor (math, java and econ)
Interviewed Mr. Ban, UN Secretary General
student newspaper editor, acappella, cello, horseriding, dance and church activities
various voluntary works in and out of Korea.. but none are super-significant, I think. </p>
<p>Please chance me for Stanford SCEA on Mathematical & Computational Science Program! is my ECs enough?</p>
<p>oh and one more question - as a Korean, Spanish is very, very, very hard.
if I take SAT Spanish with listening as an additional resource and say that I speak 4 languages, would that count significantly? how much would it count?</p>
<p>well you see internationals aren't allowed to take USAMO because they might as well take their own country's Olympiad such as KMO.. so I only have my AMC/AIME scores. I think the fact that I'm an international should be more of a concern.</p>
<p>As a fellow Korean who knows the vigors of Korean "education," I applaud you for your ECs. It's really hard to do that on top of all those crazy midterms and finals. ; ) Nevertheless, overall, compared to OTHER (as in US) applicants, your ECs ARE a bit shaky. I wouldn't worry about them too much, 'cause frankly, what can you do now? :) I would rather focus on those essays and PERFECT them. </p>
<p>BTW, from your English, I'm guessing you go to dae-won or min-jok or something like that. If you're doing pretty well at those schools (ie. good school rank (I know you said your school doesn't rank, but you still know where you stand within your class)) you should be good for atleast one Ivy-quality school. Note that I'm saying "atleast one," meaning that in the case you apply to multiple you have a good chance of getting into one, but not <em>necessarily</em> Stanford.</p>
<p>CONCLUSION: WORK THOSE ESSAYS.</p>
<p>PS. before I left for the US, I took the KMOs. I got creamed. Hahah, I was an ignorant little 5th grader who had only just finished jung-suk - that was one Sunday I never was going to get back. Kudos for getting those medals.</p>
<p>I would say that you are most assuredly in at Stanford whether you apply EA or not. Your grades, scores, awards, and extracurriculars are all excellent. You are more well-rounded than many others that possess similar stats. Again, write a good essay, and you'll obtain a first-class ticket. Good luck!</p>
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<p>In what context? If you plan to include this in your application, list it down as something like, let's say, "Journalism", and then you can elaborate and give examples. (And I think it's really impressive, btw)</p>
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various voluntary works in and out of Korea.. but none are super-significant, I think.
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<p>Volunteer work is always a good thing to include in applications. But if they don't mean that much to you, I think you can just include a succinct description in your ECs list. Besides, I suppose your main volunteer activity is being an in-school tutor, yeah? Do not enumerate every single volunteer activity you've done.</p>
<p>I normally don't chance other people, but whoa dude, your chances for Stanford SCEA are whack, and I mean that in a very very good way. Your ECs are good enough, don't worry about that. If you write decent essays, I'd say you're in. Good luck :)</p>
<p>hmm, how did you get into HOBY and Singapore SYC Ambassador? Was it sponsored? SAT scores are great, a question though, how is it possible for you to get only a silver for KMO when you are the top scorer in AMC from your school? ECs above average for people applying to stanford. Nonetheless, you stand a good chance of getting in.</p>
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well our school students visited america for college tour, and some of my fellow students and I wanted to meet him desperately. We wrote letters, book reviews and Youtube movies describing how we think of him and what we want to do in the future. Our school is kinda special, so he replied to us that he would like to meet us, but couldn't arrange to meet us all. So, as the captain of the project group, I went to the top floor of the UN headquarters with 6 other key members of the project. Unfortunately, there are only school newspaper articles and pictures to prove this. what should I do? btw thank you for your detailed post. it really helped me a lot.</p>
<p>kwaldner)) Yes, the HOBY and SYC was both sponsored. They took me for interview and for HOBY I attended the Korean HOBY and wrote essays to get in. For HOBY, however, I did have to pay a large amount of payment. SYC was 100% sponsored. and Yeah, there are literally thousands of students studying only math to get a prize in KMO to go to college. A silver prize means you're in the top 50 of Korea, so that means quite a lot more than AMC top scorer. thanks for the questions!</p>
<p>mihan)) yeahh Korean! haha I saw your other post with the 2390.. that's like what everyone dreams for crazy, especially here in the factory hahah.. I'm learning French as well, but not a quality to take the SATs.</p>
<p>I love Korea and their crazy educational standards (and yes, I am Korean...)..
I'm glad you're still alive after all of that, and I personally think you have a great chance at Stanford, though I wouldn't say 100% just because I know life is sometimes unfair..</p>
<p>Excellent chances if you are applying without significant financial aid (this will cost A LOT because uncle sam doesn't give u bonds and the like), but not guaranteed.</p>
<p>Yeah..that's what drives me crazy - the drive to get the perfect score - when really it's more about the person...not the number. I mean scores do reflect SOMETHING, but when most of the applicants already have over 2200, it doesn't really say much. Personally think any score 2200+ should be counted the same (ie. this student can think and do a bit of math. whoohoo.)</p>
<p>I just thought of this from PBailey's post. You ARE an international student, so the obviously the standards are a lot higher - especially for the asians. It's like they EXPECT us to have gone to IMO and have done science competitions. Just even MORE reason to work on the essays to make yourself stand out from the crowd of math geniuses and know-nothing-but-brilliant-test-takers too often produced by the crazy hak-won system. ; )</p>
<p>pjh90zzang, wow that's really impressive (top 50). Given your perfect SAT II scores and good SAT I scores, coupled with HOBY and your strong pursuits in math and econs, you definitely have a very good chance! Are you applying for schools other than Stanford? Or is it your first choice? Gd luck!</p>