Chances for Global Scholars Program?

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<p>Major(s): International Relations</p>

<p>ACT: 32 Composite (34/34/31/29/9w)
SATII: USH 770, Lit 640, Japanese in November
GPA: 100.38 weighted
Rank: School doesn’t tell us, but definitely 1/~150
AP: US (3-4 predicted), Comp Gov, Bio, Calc AB senior year</p>

<p>Everything else:
-College Classes: Economics, Political Science, Media, Pre-Calc, Psychology, Political World, American Foreign Policy (taking this first semester in fall), got an A in every class.</p>

<p>-Journalism - 3 years, Editor in Chief, Managing Editor </p>

<p>-Japanese Club - 4 years (Does going on a school trip to Japan count as an EC?)</p>

<p>-Model UN - 3 years, VP </p>

<p>-Will be doing yearbook senior year</p>

<p>-Community service - ~100+ hours for various walks, community events</p>

<p>*My school is based on the theme of International Studies (it’s in the name of the school, actually) and it focuses on making us “globally aware” etc. Can this be of /any/ help?</p>

<p>*******Totally random question: Is there a possibility of requesting courses to be added? I want to take Korean in college but AU only has one beginners Korean course…</p>

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<p>In order to do this, wouldn’t they have to add one or two faculty members? By the time you figure salary, employment taxes and benefits, doing that would probably cost close to a quarter of a million dollars a year.</p>

<p>And that doesn’t take into account any start-up costs for a new academic program.</p>

<p>I really don’t see that happening.</p>

<p>On the other hand, you can take Korean by cross-registration at another college or university in the Washington Consortium (<a href=“http://www.consortium.org/consortium/index.cfm/about/members/[/url]”>http://www.consortium.org/consortium/index.cfm/about/members/&lt;/a&gt;). But if you want to study Korean, it would be a heck of a lot simpler just to attend a college that teaches Korean. The University of Maryland has outstanding offerings in modern languages.</p>

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<p>Korean isn’t my only thing, so it’s not really a deal breaker. </p>

<p>Well anyway, about Global Scholars.</p>

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<p>I think that you’re a good candiate for The Global Scholors Program. Being at the top of you class at an International Studies School(seems really cool) is a great accomplishment and the fact that you went to a school of that nature is great., Your EC’s are good(definetley mention your Japan trip on the app) Keep in mind, AU places a great importance on student interest. Be sure to take a campus tour and info session or attend a preview day session, also see if you can take an interview. The Global Scholars program is very selective and AU wants to make sure that their accepted students consider AU seriously. Good luck!!!</p>

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<p>I took Korean at AU and am familiar with their program here. Frankly, AU doesn’t do the best job in languages (even in popular languages like Arabic/Chinese) and it translates to the entire department. AU has Korean Elementary I and II permanently, and offers Korean Intermediate I and II on a nonrecurring basis but it should continue as long as they have enough students to sign up for it. AU is currently assessing that situation right now. It is listed under Language and Foreign Studies (LFS) if you wish to see it. If you wish to place into a higher Korean, you should email Professor Shin at <a href=“mailto:hshin@american.edu”>hshin@american.edu</a> because they do not have a language test for it. </p>

<p>As for getting into Global Scholars – no one can tell you because the program is new. But your academic credentials resemble the type of student they take for the Global Scholars program. But my advice would be not to rush things because the Global Scholars Program is 3 years and gives students barely any flexibility to take other classes. Plus, college is fun. Just an opinion though.</p>