<p>Hi, I'm an international student (UK) who has been interested in studying in the US for a long time now. I'd be interested in any business/econ related degrees :)
GPA - all As and A<em>s ( A Levels were 2 A</em>s and 2 As)
SAT - 2280 (780 CR, 720 M, 780 W)
SAT IIs - French (760) Economics (780) Biology (760)
ECs-
Misc:
Soccer (10 years) - a few regional trophies/Captain
Duke Of Edinburgh Gold/Silver/Bronze (involves 12 months charity work, a week long expedition in the mountains, and 12 months of sport) - Voted Group Leader all three years
Arranged an exchange between my council and Virginia Beach, VA, to allow young people from my district to travel to America and experience life there.
Taught myself basic - intermediate C++, and HTML and CSS.
My friends and I were quite interested in programming and so sought to arrange an incentive to get others our age in Northern Ireland coding/programming. So we contacted Computing NI and they created a competition to be given to those from 11-17 who can create the best program. Winners were given an award and cash :)
Received a CREST Silver and Gold award
Drama Grade 4 - joined Drama group as I have strong interest in improvisation - unable to continue as I was unable to make my way to the classes.
Heavily involved in my regional Younglife group (help out at club, attend every week, work crew in camp)</p>
<p>Charity/Volunteer Work:
Leader of School Charity Committee (2 years)
200 hours volunteer work in local Barnardo's (children's charity)
120 hours work for charity allowing young people to help elderly with using computers/ internet
Saphara (travelled to India with school and built houses etc for the homeless and impoverished children)</p>
<p>Writing:
Won and came runner up in a few regional and national writing competitions
Written for local newspaper for two years (columns and various reporting jobs)
Blog (3 years) - 1000 followers, 1000+ page views per month
Editor of School Newspaper (2 years)</p>
<p>Work:
Worked for National Newspaper over a year (reporting, three columns on life of young people in Northern Ireland)
Work experience with Pwc at the age of 16
Job in clothing retailer for a year (GAP)
Paper Round (5 years)</p>
<p>Business:
Started my own yoghurt business (selling in local stores, markets, and online) - profit of £1200 this last year
Participated in 'Stock Market Challenge' with school - most gifted business and econ students invited
'CEO' of our school's Young Enterprise Team - came 8th in NI
Read many books on economics and business to supplement my school studies</p>
<p>Hooks - I am first generation and Irish (which might help haha)</p>
<p>My family do not earn an awful lot, so I would need a quite substantial scholarship in order to attend college in the USA. The colleges I am interested in are: Berkeley, NYU, UVA, UMich, Northwestern, Notre Dame, UCLA and the Ivies :) Thanks</p>