<p>ECs:
-Have been working at my mothers store for 10 years now, 12-14 hrs a week, 48 weeks per year
-Phylately (stamp collecting) 4 yrs
-Intramural Tennis 4 yrs
-Intramural Table tennis 4 yrs
-Junior Red Cross 2 yrs
-Private english school 10 yrs
-School yearbook 3 yrs
-Drama club 3 yrs
-School choir 2 yrs
-CIS Eastern Europe College tour (volunteer at international academic center EducationUSA)-Belgrade event </p>
<p>I don’t know a lot about those schools, but you probably have a decent chance at most of them. You’re SAT scored are slightly low, but then again there is always room for improvement. Best of luck to you!</p>
<p>Thank you guys!
Yes, I am applying for financial aid.
I know that my SAT score is the weakest point, but I think that my recs and essays will help out a lot. I’ve heard from a lot of people that you have to have a lot of luck, and that the scores are just a small part of the app, the like concentrate on the essays more. :D</p>
<p>I think if you would not have applied for financial aid, you could have been a shoo-in for most of the schools.
They realize that international students are applying without having prepped for SAT.</p>
<p>Your GPA is certainly great.
Since you are applying for financial aid, that could be a problem, but I still think you have fair chances.</p>
<p>You can’t even spell something you’ve been doing for 4 years? (It’s philately…) I don’t think that’s really a college apps type EC anyway, but that’s just me.</p>
<p>Creighton seems like a medium high match, the rest are low to medium low reaches. Your SAT score is poor, showing probable grade inflation in your 4.00 GPA, and your EC’s aren’t that great besides your work + sports (what kind of time commitments are those, however?)</p>
<p>If she would have been from an US school, that is certainly right. Grade inflation.
However, she is an international from Serbia- admissions committee will certainly understand.</p>