<p>I am a junior in canada who wants to get into the top universities.
As I said, i have "extraordinary" experiences :)
I'll just list some of them... (it's not in a chronological order)</p>
<p><em>-Immigration</em>: I have immigrated to Canada from Korean about 2years ago. We were poor so I never thought of comming to Canada but my dad is a skilled-worker (carpenter), so we were able to move here.
<em>-Cave Life</em>: In Korea, my parents and I lived in a mountain cave for 2months. There was no electricity, toilet, kitchen, heat, etc. We were pretty much isolated from the world for a couple of month.
<em>-Special Need School</em>: okay, it's not a special need school that you think. It was more like a school with students who wanted to homeschool. You know how competitive the schools in asian countries are. I was one of the top students but I felt like I was wasting my time in school so i decided to go to this "special school". But... after I went to this school for a while, I realized how unorganized and not prepared the school was. So I went back to regular school.
<em>-Going into a Buddhist temple to become a monk</em>: This sounds weird, doesn't it? yes.... but i was only in grade 4 or something. I am really "spiritual" and have always been searching for truth. So I went into a Buddhist temple to learn more about the spiritual things and achieve nirvana :) But soon, people around me, even the other monks in the temple, started to advice me to go back to school. I thought for quite a while and concluded that going back to school was necessary.
<em>-Moving/Transferring A LOT</em>: I have been moving around the country for like thousand times... actually like 20 times... (in korea). As a result, I've transferred many many times. The reason? I'll just say that my dad is a person who does everything he wants (in a good way) and who is very passionate ;) Yes, so the school that I go to right now is my 10th school.</p>
<p>And here's some general information about me.</p>
<p>STATS:
Asian Female from Canada
Public School with 1500+ kids
GPA: 90% so far (hope to get 93+)
<em>My school only has bio, physcis, chem AP so everything i take is regular</em>
Rank: my school doesn't rank but probably top 10%
SAT: writing on May 2nd (expected to get 2200+)</p>
<p>EXTRA CURRICULARS:
please note that I have transferred numerous times so I couldn't keep my volunteer position and school clubs for many years.</p>
<p>Yoga club (we invite yoga teacher and pay her-1hour and half every week)
Social Amnesty club
School Leadership
Global Cultures club
Model UN
Destination Conservation
<em>Most of the clubs except for one or two don't really have any leader position</em></p>
<p>Volunteered as assistance teacher at Korean Language School
volunteering at Local Food kitchen
Volunteering at World of Science (local science centre for kids)
Volunteering at Calgary Public Library
(Total of 250+ and i will do more volunteering)</p>
<p>Raised $700+ on Save Darfur campaign.
Raised $300+ on Water for the World campaign.</p>
<p>High commitment in Drama/Theatre
(I am directing a show-classical comedy- and involved in play that will be performed in public. and I have taken 4 drama courses at 4 different schools)
Volunteering at 2 Local Theatres</p>
<p>OTHER:
-Teacher Recommendation: very good
-Essay: i'm pretty confident. Essay will really help me get in.
-I am not a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant or an international studnet.
it's kinda hard to explain but we're asking for permanent residence card and hopefully we'll get it soon.
-I'm a bilingual (English+Korean). and i hope to be trilingual soon (learning spanish)
-I've been in Canada for about a couple of years only so i have korean education experience </p>
<p>SCHOOLS:
McGill - safety
UToronto - safety
UBC - safety
UChicago - match?
UPenn - high match?
Brown - match?
GeorgeTown - low match
Princeton - reach
Columbia - reach
BostonU - match?
Yale - high reach
Harvard - high reach
Stanford - high reach</p>
<p>What are your thoughts? :)</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>