<p>Hello, I am a Korean international student applying to U.S. universities this year.
I would be joining the Korean Army in the coming September stationed on the DMZ facing North Korea.</p>
<p>*High School History
1) A public high school in Michigan (sophomore)
2) A private high school in Boston (sophomore & junior)
3) An international school in central Africa (2 years of International Baccalaureate)</p>
<p>*GPA: -Michigan: all A
-Boston sophomore: 5 As and 1 B
-Boston junior: 1 A, 4 Bs, 1 C
(One C resulted from me jumping from French I-regular in sophomore year to French
III honors in junior year...other Bs include AP economics, AP calcab, AP physics b)
-Africa IB: All As (graduated as a valedictorian..class of 30~40 students) </p>
<p>*SAT I: (Math: 740, Reading: 710, Writing: 720)= Total 2170</p>
<p>*SAT II: Korean 800; Math IIC 740; US History 770; French 540</p>
<p>*AP: European history 5 U.S. History 5 Human Geography 5 Macroeconomics 4</p>
<p>*IB diploma total 37
(HL history7, HL Eng.5, HL chem.5, SL business.7, SL French.5, SL Maths.6, TOK&EE:2)</p>
<p>*TOEFL ibt 112 (I had fly over to Zimbabwe for this..and Zimbabwe was about 10 times<br>
more advanced than the country I lived in)
*IELTS: 8.0</p>
<p>*Activities...
1) Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines in Seoul (three consecutive summers)
2) Embassy of the Republic of Chile in Seoul (one summer)
3) An elected member of junior student council in Boston
4) Model UN rapporteur (conferences in: D.C., Chicago, Boston, Virginia, etc.)
5) High court legal attache in the capital of the African nation I lived in (2yrs)
6) Nature Sanctuary HR adviser in Africa (2yrs)
7) Hospital volunteer in Africa
8) Chinese Embassy Chinese Cultura center in Seoul (one summer
9) West Africa Research Association U.S. headquarters in Boston University
executive internship
10) National Honors Society </p>
<h2>11) 22 months of military service in North Korean border (till 2011 Jul.) if this counts at all</h2>
<p>Applying institutions
-Early Decision: I would really die for Northwestern..but they seem to recommend 3 SAT
subject tests which I do not posess (Korean doesn't count and my French sucks)
I'm also considering Cornell. Although Cornell is statistically harder to get in, they only
look at 2 SAT IIs, which might make it easier for me to get in there than Northwestern.
Northwestern vs. Cornell
I also want to look into Dartmouth,,, but Dartmouth seems way tooo out of reach for me.
-Regular Decision:
-Harvard,Yale,Princeton,Dartmouth, UPenn, Brown, Georgetown (SFS), Duke
-Amherst, Williams
-UVA, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Michigan-Ann Arbor (Ross), UNC-Chapel Hill
-UTexas-Austin (McCombs honors)</p>
<h2> -UWashington (Foster), Indiana U (Kelley)</h2>
<p>Although I would apply this year, I would be applying for entrance in 2011 Fall.</p>
<p>Thank you!!</p>