<p>Hi! I'm a senior now and I'm trying to figure out my acceptance chances at some of my reach schools. I do have safeties, but here are my reach schools.
Tell me what you think :D Any advice is completely welcome!</p>
<p>Yale
Brown
Amherst
Bowdoin
Bates</p>
<p><em>also looking at Oxford and St. Andrews in the UK, and McGill and Queens in Canada</em></p>
<p>Nationality: Czech/Canadian</p>
<p>School: Private international school in the Czech Republic.</p>
<p>Rank: school doesnt rank, but Im definitely near the top.</p>
<p>10th Grade: GPA 3.8</p>
<p>11th Grade Classes and Grades:
- IB Higher Level 20th Century History A+
- IB Higher Level English A
- IB Higher Level Theatre Arts A
- IB Math Studies II A-
- IB Biology A-
- IB German 4/5 B+
- GPA 3.8</p>
<p>12th Grade:
Im taking the same classes as in eleventh grade and my grades are probably the same or better as last year.</p>
<p>Passions:
I am a major history buff! I reach Richard Pipes and AJP Taylor in my spare time, I love the class, and Yale was such an incredible history program that I just feel the need to apply!</p>
<p>ECS + Service
- Captain of Varsity Girls Soccer
- acted in most of the school plays - large roles.
- Leadership Core in MUN, going to Qatar for the conference this year.
- Czech lessons
- Habitat for Humanity Poland (Im going for my second time this year) so about 60 hours total.
- piano [my tenth year]</p>
<p>Key Awards:
Award for Excellence in History, 11th grade.
Winner of the school speech contest, 11th grade.
High Honour Roll, 11th grade.</p>
<p>SATS:
(my first time}</p>
<p>CR: 800
Math: 550
Writing: 610</p>
<p><em>I took the SATs without studying at all but I studied the math and writing over the summer so those scores should improve a lot in October</em></p>
<p>Recommendations: should be excellent
Essay: Probably about my rediscovery of Prague and my Czech heritage during last year + will add a little bit about how my grandparents & parents lived under Communism, and my passion for history. </p>
<p>Supplementary Materials: Im thinking of submitting the abstract from my research paper on the French Revolution. What do you think?</p>