Chance Me :)

Applying to College
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<p>Hey!
I'm an international prospective student from Israel.
I'm currently serving in the IDF and planning to study in the US when I'm discharged.
I'm a Mamram graduate (The IDF elite technological units' programming course).</p>

<p>Graduation Year: 2009
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Religious Affiliation:Jewish
First Language: Hebrew</p>

<p>Class Rank: 10
Class Size: 190
Rank (%): 5.26%
Unweighted GPA: 90 out of 100
Weighted GPA: 107 out of 120</p>

<p>Extra-curricular activities:</p>

<p>I have to mention that the typical Israeli high school
has few clubs or has no clubs at all. So I'm sure I
didn't take a part in a lot of clubs as you guys probably did.</p>

<p>I hope these activities still interest the universities since I graduated in 2009...</p>

<p>Urban Squash Team - 9th grade</p>

<p>Class President - 9th grade</p>

<p>Ness Technologies CTM-Ed Program - 10th, 11th, 12th
A student in Ness Technologies' "CTM-Ed" (Certification, Technology, and Management – Education) program. The purpose of the course is to educate future Technological Leaders and to achieve that goal the students learn and experience a wide range of topics from Leadership, Teamwork, Policies and Strategy through Singularity, Nanotechnology, Biotechnology and computer science to Knowledge management, Assertiveness and Research methods.</p>

<p>School Robotics Team - 10th, 11th, 12th
Participating in the international fire fighting robot contest at Trinity college (CT) after winning the national contest in Israel.</p>

<p>Community Service - 10th, 11th
Beit Chabad (Helping poor families with food and other basic needs).</p>

<p>Poland Delegation - 12th
Visiting the Holocaust memorial locations in Poland.</p>

<p>Staff In Training Program - 9th
Associated with Tel Aviv university's summer camp in Israel.</p>

<p>Camp Chi, Wisconsin - 11th
Spending a month at this camp as a part of the Israeli delegation.
Camp Poyntelle Lewis Village, Pennsylvania - 10th
Spending a month at this camp as a part of the Israeli delegation.
I was also water skiing and wakeboarding everyday while I was at camp. :) </p>

<p>I want to major in Computer Science.
I'm really into programming...:)</p>

<p>Universities I'm going to apply to:</p>

<p>MIT
Yale University
UC Santa Barbara
CalTech
Stanford University
UCLA
Pepperdine University
Georgetown University
Harvard University
UW Green Bay</p>

<p>As you might have noticed I don't have SAT/ TOEFL results. I'll take it soon.
I know it's pretty hard to chance me without these tests but I wanna know if my army experience and all my extra-curricular activities put me in a good position and increase my chances..</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>It’s actually impossible without scores. Scores will give context as adcom won’t be familiar with your high school in all likelihood.</p>

<p>Army experience will be seen differently by different individuals, but if you stress leadership and the other things that came out of it, it will be a good “EC”.</p>

<p>Assuming you don’t need aid, a 2100 should get you in the running.</p>

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<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>I totally get you about the army thing but my army experience is a bit different.
I’m experienced with programming…something that is rare comparing to other applicants… I thought it would be a good thing but I’m still aware of the fact that universities might see it differently…</p>

<p>Thanks again!</p>

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<p>anyone else? please!</p>

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<p>bump bump bump</p>