Chance my Extracurricular Activities

Colleges and Universities A-Z Columbia University
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<p>Hello everyone!</p>

<p>I am a German student who toys with his goal to study at an Ivy college (especially Harvard,Yale,Columbia,Princeton,Brown). Moreover, Stanford, NYU Stern, UChicago are strong options, too. Currently, I am about to finish my high school career by taking the Abitur examinations, the German equivalent to the US high-school diploma.
As I know that the so-called EC's play an essential role in the admission process I would like you to rate my EC's so that I receive a realistic overview. I would like you to do the "standard" chance procedure ;).</p>

<p>Extracurricular activities:
- communal political commitment as member of the JuSos, the youth organization of the Social Democratic Party
- tutoring for pupils from socially disadvantaged families (Turkish,Arabic and slavic families);not only based on educational help as socialization and integration into society are omnipresent
- leader and founder of a network respectively NGO trying to combat the Turkish-Kurdish conflict in Turkey and partially in Germany actively
- 2 service trips to Anatolia where I helped harvesting and taught basic knowledge to the children as they do not enjoy education
- sports as fitness, football and basketball sweeten my leisure time; moreover I function as a teacher/coach for socially deprived children and disabled persons
- founder and leader of a debate and politics club , again trying to find solutions for communal problems
- I have worked at my father's firm which specialized in civil engineering where I had some organizational stuff to do
- playing Turkish guitar
-Prospectively, I toy with the plan of going to the Gaza Strip or Palestine in order to have a clearer picture of the Arab–Israeli conflict respectively its impact on the everyday life of the population there
- prospectively, I could gain an internship at the Turkish/German government or embassy</p>

<p>Probably, I will finish my high school career with a 1,2-1,4 Abitur which is equivalent to an overall A or A+, according to wikipedia (Academic</a> grading in Germany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia).</p>

<p>I do not know if a class rank/percentile system is available in Germany but my head teacher stated that I would be 1-4/160 people in my class which is pretty amazing as both my school is competitive and I am Turkish ( usually marked by failure in Germany).</p>

<p>Hooks: I do not know if Turkish people can be counted as URMs ( I rather tend to no), I am the first in my family to go to college/university</p>

<p>Now I would like to have your evaluation and comment on those points. I know that commenting on chances without SAT scores is kind of difficult but you could give a try for it. I would like to do a double major (political science/economics). So what do you think? Could I stand a chance for those top schools? </p>

<p>Thanking you in anticipation</p>

<p>Parkhead</p>

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<p>Sehr gut, sehr gut.</p>

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<p>Thank you very much, Rain202. Any other evaluations?</p>

<p>I would be grateful, if you state some SAT scores of which you think they could make my application competitive at those top schools, considering the fact I am international.</p>

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<p>Obviously you want to aim for a perfect score of 2400 on the SATs.</p>

<p>You may also want to try the ACTs. The highest score on the ACT is a 36.</p>

<p>Here’s Harvard’s SAT statistics</p>

<p>Test Scores
Middle 50% of
First-Year Students Percent Who
Submitted Scores
SAT Critical Reading: 690 - 790 90%
SAT Math: 700 - 800 90%
SAT Writing: 690 - 790 90%
ACT Composite: 31 - 35 32%</p>