School Type: Public school
Location: Greece
Race/Gender: Greek male
Prospective Major: Liber arts, Economics, International relations, politics, government or public policy
In greece we are graded out of 20. For my Freshman year, my GPA was 19/20. For my sophomore 19.35
American grading system: 4.0 GPA
Class rank: school doesnt rank but im in the top 5%
SAT: Verbal 600 Math 640 I took the May 2019 test with one of the hardest curves. Normal curve i calculated my score at about 1390 I wont have the chance to sit again due to national exams preparation…
Extracurricular Info:
3 languages: Greek, English and German
Primary School Parent’s Drama Group (playing Shakespeare this year btw) I am the only teen to be a member.
Photography.
5member Class Council President for all of my secondary school years.
Member of the 15member Student council since 8th grade.
Establisher of my schools Clubs program. ( Most Greek public schools dont have clubs neither do they offer extracurriculars.
But after proposing it to the school board, we established 3 clubs and planning to establish more next year)
Leader and Establisher of the School Film club.
Deputy Teen Parliamentarian.
Running a personal project, lobbying my government for the establishment of the UN Youth Delegate program in my country.
Have met a lot of parliamentarians and at the moment drafting my proposal to the ministry of Foreign Affairs. Will maybe
have the chance to meet the President and the PM of Greece
Volunteering at Hamogelo tou paidiou. and several other NGOs
Unesco’s 17 goals project./ Unesco’s ambassador.
Establisher and leader of school’s Debate (Law) Club, participating in a moot court competition this July.
1 year long Internship in a political party/ Volunteer at a Political Campaign
Establisher and General Secretary of a Greek Political Party Youth
Campaign manager at a National Election Campaign (Communications strategy etc.)
Climate change organizer.
Honours:
Diploma of Merit for my grades since 7th grade. Awarded by the school.
3rd place in the national student short film competition with the School Film Club. (We were the only public school to win)
Music award in the same competition
Award for competing in the national Student short film competition regarding the Holocaust (Interviewed two survivors)
Worked in a family business (Hotel specifically) and in a photography store.
Other:
Applying for Financial Aid?: Yes
Target schools: Yale, Brown, Amherst, Georgetown, Harvard, Princeton, Tufts, Wesleyan (only colleges which are generous to intl students when it comes to financ aid.)
Any feedback would be awesome. Thank you in advance!