<p>Hi,
Ah man, I really didn't want to become one of "those kids" posting a chance thread, but anxiety over college applications has gotten the best of me.
Thanks in advance for taking the time to go through this. The more honest the replies, the more I will appreciate them, thanks.</p>
<p>Rising Senior
Current High School: The American School in Japan
Previous High School: A somewhat prestigious boarding school in CT
Nationality: Japanese
Japanese is my first language, but my English is equally as good if not better.
Have gone to English speaking schools all my life in the US, Malaysia, and Japan.</p>
<p>Colleges I'm looking at:
Bates College
Colby College
Colorado College
Connecticut College
Macalester College
Skidmore College
Wesleyan University</p>
<p>I'm looking to be a Poly Sci or International Relations major or the equivalent offered at any of those schools</p>
<p>GPA: 3.74 Weighted, school doesn't do unweighted.
But this was just for junior year, and my grades were lower my first two years of high school</p>
<p>Tests:
SAT: CR720 CW690 M630 2040/2400
retaking in Oct.
SATII:
Math 2: 690
US History: 710
APs:
USH: 4
Environmental Science: 4
French: 5
English lang: 5
Japanese: 5</p>
<p>Junior Year Courses: APUSH, APES, AP French, AP English, Japanese 8 (out of 10 levels at my school), Precal, Painting
Senior Year Courses: AP English Lit, Japanese 9, Japanese Seminar (Honors History course, arguably one of the hardest classes offered at my school), AP Statistics, Drawing, Forensics (1 semester), Marine Studies (1 semester), Comparative Government (online course)</p>
<p>ECs:
Cross country (4 years)
Track (2 years)
Tour Guide (Sophomore Year)
Sophomore Class president
Took 3 hour saturday classes at local French Institute to improve french, took the French Proficiency Exam (DELF B2) and passed
Community Service, Boys and Girls Club Hartford (Sophomore Year), After school Care (Sophomore Year)</p>
<p>Awards/Etc:
2011 National French Contest Level 3A (Ranked 8th nationally, 7th in Connecticut)</p>
<p>Summer:
Before Soph Yr: SYA summer in France, a 5 week French language home stay program
Before Junior Yr: 1 week in Thailand with Rustic Pathways teaching English and helping build a library, 2 weeks in Morocco with Travel Abroad studying French in the mornings and helping out at a center for street kids in the afternoons
Before Senior Yr: 2 weeks in Cambodia with Rustic Pathways with 1 week meeting with NGO/NPO/US Embassy and 1 week service in a rural village, 1 week in Thailand with Rustic Pathways, same program as year before.</p>
<p>Employment Experience:
2012 Rugby Sevens Tournament. Team Liaison. March 2012. 2 full days.</p>
<p>Cool</p>
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