<p>International Student: Asian/Chinese( Born in malaysia, moved to Hong Kong at 4)
Speaks Mandarin at home, but is fluent in Cantonese(you can call it a dialect or something) and my English is alright, Ill probably be able to get good toefl grades. I also know two other chinese dialects, but not fluently.</p>
<p>Private School, Full IB diploma (pretty recognized in hk, and do send kids to top schools)</p>
<p>Rank: No rank, but i believe im around 10-25th, really hard to determine tho (we have like 98 studetns i think)</p>
<p>SAT1: 800m 580 CR 600 WR(8), Total:1980 (will retake in oct, didnt study+not tht good in eng. aiming for 2100-2200, will massive study)</p>
<p>SAT2: Chinese 800, Math 2c 730 Physics 680 (ugh) will retake math n phy in nov, hopefully will get 750+ for both</p>
<p>Alright, my transcript now</p>
<p>During my fresh and soph year, i did the IGCSE, the cambridge thingy if anyone noe...... anyways.... heres the breakdown
the grades are basically 7=A* 6=A 5=-B..</p>
<p>Freshman
Eng 5 (its actualyl two components, lit and lang, but they just give u a single grade)
Chinese First language 7
Additional Math (the harder one) 6
Geography 5
History 7
Computer Studies 7
Co-ordinated science (phy bio chem) 7
PE 4(er.. ok... doesnt rlly matter i suppose)</p>
<p>2nd semester
theres a major dip for some unknown reason
Eng 4
Chinese 6
Add math 5
GEO 6
His 6
IT 6
Sci 6
PE 6</p>
<p>Sophomore
Eng 5
Chinese 7
Add math 6
Geo 7
His 5 (bad.. sicne it went from 7-5.. sigh...)
IT 7
PE -6</p>
<p>Eng 5
Chinese 7
Add math 6
Geo 7
history 6
IT 7
Sci 7</p>
<p>And for the real examination.. i got a B for my Eng lit exam, 6 A (Geo, IT, Sci[which is a 'double award' subject,meaning u get 2 A if u get an A, 2B if u get a B....], Chinese, eng lang , and 3 A* (history, add math, extended math [the easy one, which we covered the materials in the early fresh and grade 8, but most ppl take it in our year, with some taking an even easier one],
so its 1B 6A 3 A*, most ppl only hav 9 grades tho, cuz mayn doesnt take add math.</p>
<p>Junior IB
i take chinese A1 SL, English A2 SL, ITGS SL (a joker subject...), HL math, HL phy, HL econ</p>
<p>Chinese 6
Eng 6
ITGS 6
Phy 7
Econ 6
Math 5 :/
Tok Good</p>
<p>2nd term( i havent looked, but i noe wat i will AT LEAST get)</p>
<p>Eng 6 (very unlikely for 7)
chinese 6 (hav chances for 7)
ITGS 6 (have chances for 7)
Phy 7
Econ 7
Math 6 (hav chances for 7)
Tok duno. (maybe satisfactory)</p>
<p>I actualyl got the 'acheivement award' for ITGS and my eng subject.. but theres only 7-8 ppl in each class :P</p>
<p>EC (not impressive at all, and some probably worthless to be mentioned)</p>
<p>Chinese writer, co-editor, editor for student led School magazine. founding member (10,11, will continue, so 12)</p>
<p>Co-ordiantor of elementary tutoring (in school) (11, mite be 12?)</p>
<p>TREATS (interatcing/teaching handicapped teenagers) (11, dont htink 12)</p>
<p>Interact Finance member(9, 10) charity fundraising year long activity</p>
<p>and theres a whole bunch of small community service of different kind over the years. walkathons.. food drive.. helper at fashion show for charity.. helper at charity fair for children... helper for unicef.. book drive for philipines school... inter house hockey (playing against other class, not worth mentioning), swiming gala participant, school fair helper... community service for natural habitat... all of these are pretty short activities tho... longest are like a few weeks, but most are like 1 week, or one day.. but it seems tht most of them are 'community service' ish activities...
my EC's are probably pretty weak and scattered</p>
<p>Summer :Columbia summer school (11) a business non graded/non-credit course
worked at law firm in malaysia for a month</p>
<p>Awards (all school's..)
Honour roll (10,11,12)
head of year commendation (10,11)(not the highest one, which isnt nice)
Ill possibly get the higher one in my mid year report</p>
<p>Academic acheivment award for ITGS and Eng (11) only hav 8 ppl in each class.... nth significant at all... </p>
<p>Hobbies/interest
Reading (financial related books, novels)
Writing (poetry, expressive/creative writing, articles, mostly chinese)
Computers?? (surfing net, research, read, chat, proficient in Flash, GIF, powerpt, excel, dreamweaver, is this even worth mentioning?)
Travel????? Taiwan, Netherlands, Belgium, Malaysia, US, Thailand, China (worth mentioning?????)</p>
<p>Recs: Econ teacher (will be great), the other one not too sure, possibly alright to good.</p>
<p>Counselor: no idea, probably good</p>
<p>Essay:should be good</p>
<p>first generation, college is in SCS computer science major, um.. junior/senior year when i apply
thx for even reading up till here....
what will my chances be for tepper?? any input will be appreciated</p>