<p>Ok guys,little caveat- i'm an international student, so i had to do some on the fly conversions to find out my GPA, but rest assured either method i followed (thankfully) it turned out quite high. </p>
<p>Here goes, these are my stats----</p>
<p>GPA-3.9
SAT1- 2330 (CR 770, M 780, W 780)
SAT 2- 2350+ (yet to give it, but that's what i'm getting in diags consistently)
class rank- top 10%
AP's- again, int. student following british system, so our tests equivalent to APs would put me at a good number, so to avoid making this kinda convoluted, just assume they're awesome with a rigorous course load</p>
<p>Intangibles-</p>
<p>Essay- awesome
Teacher reps- awesome (as in uber detailed with specific instances blah blah blah)</p>
<p>EC's-- (utter crap)</p>
<p>-1/5th of the national team for Int. Biology Olympiad
-won my school's science fare (albeit in 8th grade)
-won 2nd position in a big uni's national science olympiad
-national merit scholar
-published three fully credited and cited research papers on:
-Dialectical progression of History (i.e. Philosophy of history)
-Historical significance of Obozo's first term (not that easy)
-still working on a Bio related one, can't pinpoint a name
-Head of the community service society in school
-organised the first TEDex conference in our city (don't even know if this counts)
-have a blog in a nationally circulated newspaper
-400+ hours of community service in various capacities, in one of which i (as part of a small team) conducted (and later published) research on the prevalence and reasons behind lagging behind of certain sections of our community vis a vis education and other Human development indicators
-organised a fundraiser with the "Education for All" fund for (insert any cliche about magnanimity and other naive BS)
-organised a city level disease awareness campaign with the leading medical uni in my region
-ambassador at my school for the "Know Electricity" NGO, and hence have organised conferences and awareness campaigns for them.
-Youth member of Amnesty International (those of you who've done this- it's tooo easy)
-Youth member of Commision for Human Rights of (my country)
-organised a fundraiser for victims of sectarian violence in my city.
-and finally, things that might come in handy for supplements and other assorted intangibles, my personal interests include philosophy and modern thought (weber, kripke's stuff),biology and i've been everywhere (this has become a tad too common, so i'm not expecting any applause for it). As a product of said interests, i've basically read a laundry list of archaic philosophy texts (Hegel, Descartes etc) and also have a masters level knowledge of bio, couple with the fact that i read avidly anyway.
-more stuff about organizing internships etc don't think that kinda logistical stuff is important.</p>
<p>Now, please chance me for any top unis, and it'd be awesome if anyone could tell me what my match schools are. Also, i'm international, but (THANK GOD) not Asian or chinese or anything cringe inducing (from a competition perspective only). My country sends about 4-5 kids per IVY each year, and i definitely have the highest SAT score (for what it's worth--which is not much)
For my ECs, which i btw have no confidence in, does it seem at a reading that there's a pattern? since i honestly did what i love - community service, Biology, and Philosophy/History. If required to, i can display great preconcious recall of fairly advanced topics in each of the fields, and hence any and all interviews should, if venturing into such things, go pretty well. Apart from that i'm fairly articulate and don't have a problem in demonstating my intentions and the reasons behind them.</p>
<p>And again, i know i'm laboring here, but what top uni (except LAC's) offers, in their science degrees, a good exposure to the humanities (since i'm good at sciences but adore the humanities, literature etc.). From my very preliminary research all i could find was Columbia's common core program. The problem is that i don't "love" math per se, and although i'm fair enough at it (A's are the norm) i have to work too hard to get them. So i will stay away from any super math intensive course/school.</p>
<p>To anyone who cares to reply, thank you for your time and expertise.</p>