<p>Stanford, Harvard, Columbia, Cornell, MIT, CalTech, UPenn: how to be a better applicant?</p>
<p>I am an international student who wished to apply as an undergraduate in these colleges/universities.
I currently live in the United Arab Emirates, and previously in Morocco.
I attend a french private high school whose courses are considered as challenging. The high school is well-known and recognized as one of the Top 10 in the country.
I've got a GPA of 3.93. ( on a 4.0 scale )
IELTS score of 7.0 ( on a 9.0 scale )
I speak French, English, German and Arabic.
Extracurricular activities :
-Founder of Humans of Abu Dhabi ( inspired by humans of New York, a bit of middle-eastern version )
-Founder of Science-it, which is designed for creative thinkers to share ideas or their childhood desires ( for example flying or space time traveling ) and then people can comment on possible procedures to make it happen and when a not so irrational procedure is suggested, science it contacts sponsors for them. You can find us on <a href="http://www.science-it.mozello.com">www.science-it.mozello.com</a>
-Founder of SalamShalom, which is created in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: SalamShalom urges readers not to take sides in the conflict but to understand both sides. SalamShalom shares both sides' opinion on issues ( takes information feom the Israeli Defense Force webpage and the Free Palestine webpage ). Visitors can also leave their opinion on how we might be able to solve the conflict. You can find us on <a href="http://www.salamshalom.mozello.com">www.salamshalom.mozello.com</a>
--Note that the websites aren't fully ready yet, I am taking courses in webdevelopment to improve them--
- Photographer at the Maths.en.Jeans annual reunion- Maths.en.Jeans which is kind of a math organisation for students to work on mathematical research and work on their ideas with a group of students who worked on the same subject in another establishment of the same city. In the annual reunion they present what they have done throughout the year. ( why didn't I participate? It was full when I heard about it but I really wanted to assist the presentations so I applied as a photographer )
- Online course learner . so Igained several online courses certificates. In edx, justice certificate by Harvard University. In coursera, Calculus One certificate and Technology&Ethics both by Ohio State University; philosophophy certificate from the university of Edinburgh; Economics&Banking certificate from Columbia University, in Udacity, College Algebra certificate, introduction to Physics certificate and Introduction to Psychology certificate all from San José State University.
- I attend many lectures New York University of Abu Dhabi organises, attended the fourth reunion of genomics&systems biology, and will be participating in a competition they're hosting for Cyber security awareness week.
-Volunteer at aides-aux-devoirs : I help my classmates study for tests and do their homework
- I also worked as a promoter for English Institute, which basically consisted of having a stand in the mall where I give people papers about the institute and explain them what the Institute do, which is to give preparation courses for IELTS, english courses and "business english.
-I participated in an international math competition for french schools called "rallye des mathématiques", more than 600 classes participated and my class won first place. (9th grade) is it considered as an international award?
Plus, I've participated in something similar to the Math Olympiad, except it was french, and there were 4 possible titles, I won the second.
I have participated in 3 other math competitions called "Kangorou", and i was in the 500s rank once, out of 60000 participants</p>
<p>I haven't taken the SATs yet, planning to take SAT I and SAT subject test ( Math level 2 and Physics ) this october. In the online practice test, I get the following average scores for :
SAT I : Maths: 760 CR 650 Writing 710
SAT II : Physics : 680 Maths : 790 </p>
<p>What do you think about me as an applicant? Am I a boring deja-vu or do I have any chances? What would you advise me of doing to improve my application?</p>
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