<p>I have just completed my junior year of high school, and I am wondering about what my chances are for several universities that I am hoping to apply to. My list includes:</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins University
NYU
UPenn
University of Rochester
UC: San Diego
University of Miami
Brandeis University
Emory University
Georgetown University
Boston University
Cornell University</p>
<p>My credentials are:
- I was born and raised in London, England, but my father is an american citizen, and so am i. I am an american citizen of Turkish/Kurdish Iraqi decent, and I currently live in Dubai, UAE.
- I go to a private school, with only 160 people in my grade. It's a very selective school, and it is the second best school in the country (according to several polls and reviews).
- I am in the top 5% of my class
- My SAT Score is a 1980, with a 650 writing, 610 CR, and 720 math (I Know its a little weak)
- I have an accumulative GPA from freshman to junior year of 3.8 (It would be 3.9-4.0 but I did poorly in my second semester of freshman year due to family issues such as my parents' divorce)
- My GPA has improved from a 3.6 in freshman year, to a 4.0 in junior year.
- Im planning to get a major in Biomedical Sciences, or Biochemistry
- I plan on taking 3 SAT subject Tests: Math, Biology and Chemistry
- I am currently a 2 year IB Diploma Student, which is an extremely rigorous system, and my classes include: </p>
<p>HL Chem
HL Bio
HL English
SL Math
SL French
SL Psychology.
My IB predicted scores do not come until October, but all my classes are predicted a 6 or a 7.</p>
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<li>Currently i have As in all my classes, and in my entire high school education, ive never gotten less than a B average for any class and usually i have one or no Bs in a semester.</li>
<li>I speak English, Arabic, and French fluently, and i am learning a very rare language called Kurdish (spoken really only in turkey and north iraq)</li>
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<p>My Extra Curricular's Include:
- MUN for 3 years (I have participated as a delegate at the Dublin (SAIMUN) and Beijing (BEIMUN) international conferences, and I am applying as a chair for the Paris conference of december 2011)
- I have written and still write articles for "The Pawprint", my school newspaper.
- I am secretary of Conservation Club, a charity for animals, and i plan to be VP of it next year.
- I am in Habitat for Humanity, and I have fundraised a lot to help several poor regions. I plan on traveling with the group some time in March of 2012.
- I have just completed a 2 week challenge in Tanzania with a group known as World Challenge, in which I spend around 4 days doing intense trekking, and another 5 days doing humanitarian work in a local village, where we helped out mainly at a center that assists a large number of disabled people. We have raised over $600 which all went to the centre, and a local school.
- I do backstage and set up for several school plays and dances.
- My friend and I have recently started a charity in our school known as the Livestrong charity, and our goal is to raise $2,500 to support cancer research.
- I am a large supporter of other charities such as MSF and UNICEF in our school, and I participate in breast cancer walkathons whenever I can since my family is made up of several cancer survivors, including my mother.
- I am a bus monitor on my school bus.
- I have passed the B1 level of the DELF french examination, a worldwide accepted test created by the french government that proves I am a legal french speaker.
- Also, because im iraqi, ive visited Iraq, and there i have done a lot of volunteer work in the north, and I plan to do a lot more this summer.
- I also plan on taking part in the Academic Games competitions to support our school.
- I also tutor several students in my school.</p>
<p>I planned on getting a job or an internship, but that is almost impossible living in Dubai, since 99.9% of the jobs there are given to university students and adults.</p>
<p>If anyone can be honest about my chances for the universities above I would really appreciate it, thanks! :D</p>
Can anyone else chance me?</p>