<p>Hi!!! Please chance me :)</p>
<p>I'm from Estonia and currently a senior</p>
<p>High School - small, very competitive, often said to be the best in my country (the competition for one place was 1/20 the year I entered), has sent some people to Harvard, Columbia, Oxbridge and 100% of its graduates go to a four-year university (also have the highest examination results in my country). If I would stay in Estonia I would go to the leading university here.</p>
<p>GPA - 92% UW (no W). This is based on my course grades and I have about 110 courses in high school</p>
<p>Rank - also, school does not rank, but I should be 3/29 (I know, small class. But again, very very competitive)</p>
<p>Courses - we don't get to choose our subjects but follow the national curricula. so, we have about 20 different subjects throughout high school (meaning that every year I have the same 20 subjects) This gives a very strong base but has a negative effect on my GPA. This year we actually had some electives and I had the most difficult course load possible.</p>
<p>SAT - In October, hoping 2100 but 2000 is more likely. SAT II in Nov, atleast 650 in each.</p>
<p>Backround - white, from an Estonian minority group (ironically, Estonia only has 1,4 million people and there are still minorities)</p>
<p>Awards:
III place in History olympiad 2006 (state level)
15. place in Biology Olympiad 2006 (state level)
III place in G5 debating contest (G5 - the 5 best schools in Estonia) 2007 (regional level)
A diploma from the President's Historical Research contest 2006 (national level)
A diploma form the National Archive for Historical Research 2007 (national level)</p>
<p>Extracurricular Activities:
1996-2006 gymnastics/showdance
2008 ballroom dancing
2001-2004 art school
2006-2009 debating (one of the organisers of Tallinn Open - an international debating contest)
2008-2009 judge in various debating competitions
photography + photo editing
2008-2009 the school choir
2008 „Security Policy and National Defence“ – course in university, earning college credit, will continue in autumn (with a different course)<br>
2008 Work – shop assistant, translator
Reading – One of my main activities. Going to emhasise that on the essays</p>
<p>I need lots of FA. My parents can pay about $4000 each year + I will be taking a $3000 loan from an Estonian bank each year. I will apply to some scholarships but to qualify for them I already have to be accepted. </p>
<p>My list is long, as most of these schools are probably reaches. AND I need FA.
The good thing is that no one from Estonia has applied to most of these schools (atleast I think it's good). I will major in Political Science. Recs will be good/very good and essays the same.</p>
<p>Colleges (please reach/match/safety):</p>
<p>Amherst College
Bates College
Brandeis College
Colby College
Colgate University
Connecticut College
Dickinson College(EA)
Grinnell College
Lafayette College
Macalester College
Middlebury College
Oberlin College
Princeton University
Providence College(EA)
Trinity College (Connecticut)
University of Scranton (EA)
Vassar College
Williams College
Yale University</p>
<p>I would like to have more EA schools but can't find any that give enough FA. Maybe Colorado College?</p>
<p>Thank You!!!</p>