Hey everyone! I’m currently a senior at a private high school in the Middle East. I was born in the US, but had to move overseas due to some circumstances. I’ve completed grades 9th, 10th & 11th at this school & was wondering about my chances of being acceptances to some universities that I have in mind;
University of Washington (Seattle campus), American University, Northeastern University, University of Rochester, University of California Santa Barbara & University of Pittsburgh.
I plan to major in psychology & do premed.
SAT 1: 930/1600 (A very horrible score, but I’m currently putting all my time & energy in my studies for the Dec test)
Grades: 9th grade - 93.4% (Reason being is because I got an 88.9% for the first semester due to personal issues regarding the death of a family member, but got a 97% the second semester) , 10th grade - 98.8% , 11th grade - 97.3% & hopefully for senior year I’ll manage to get a 97-98%
Class rank: School doesn’t exactly rank the students, but I’ve always been in the top 3%
Extracurricular activities; Student body president (3 years in a row), founder of our school’s book club, basketball team (4 years), regularly volunteered at one of the biggest medical cancer centers in the country (4 years), teamed up with multiple organizations that help out refugee camps (2 1/2 years), volunteered multiple times at different orphanage houses, swimming club (2 years), helped tutored many younger students at my school & some summer jobs that I’ve had. (I wish i could’ve done more, but there isn’t much to do where I’m from. Hopefully planning to do a few more things this year.)
Awards: certificate of appreciation for both semesters of 10th and 11th grade & a gold metal for raising the most money for a charitable cause that was held at school.
I wish my high school had AP/IB/Honor courses, but unfortunately it doesn’t. I’ve tried to talk to the principle and counselor about adding more advanced courses, but it never happened. My school also doesn’t offer PSAT, or any type of SAT prep.
With all that being said, what are my chances at getting into one of these schools? Also, what more can I do to higher my chances of being accepted? I plan to work very hard to improve my SAT scores, write an amazing essay, try to find and join other extracurricular groups, get amazing letters of recommendations & keep up my school grades.