chances

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<p>Hey all,
I am currently a junior. Based on my resume, what would you say are my chances?</p>

<p>Background:
I am an Israeli in origin; I moved here as an 8th grader.
I currently live in the Boston area.</p>

<p>stats:
W GPA ~4.7/5 UW GPA ~3.9 Rank top ~10-15/430
SAT I 2340 (800 M, 780 V, 760 W)
SAT II Hebrew 800, Physics 800, Math IIC 800 , U.S. History 780,
world history hoping for 770-800.</p>

<p>EC's
Jewish Student Union at my school:
-soph year: Israeli affairs coordinator
-junior year: Vice President
-next year: hopefully co President; if not, then Executive Vice Pres.</p>

<p>Young Judea (a zionist-activism organization)
-fresh+soph years: member
-junior year: Vice President
-next year: President</p>

<p>International Forum at my school
-I founded this club junior year. (and am the President, of course)
-we meet once a week and discuss current global events.</p>

<p>Hebrew College
-a secondary school; 6 hours a week (4 on Sundays, 2 on Tuesdays)
-from 8th grade till the end of this year.
-so far, am first in my class of ~200</p>

<p>"Kol Hanoar" ("The Youth's Voice") at Hebrew college
-a weekly publication I founded soph year. I am the editor, of course.
-includes news headlines from the Jewish world, 4 opinionated
articles written by students.</p>

<p>Writer and associate editor at school paper for the Global section.</p>

<p>Etgar Lnoar
- a community service program at my temple. We help disabled kids learn Hebrew for their Bar/Bat Mitvahs (2 hours a week). This is my first year doing this, and will do so next year as well.</p>

<p>Awards:
-Kaufman award for academic achievement in Jewish studies.
-Grossman Family award (encompasses 1000$ scholarship) for leadership in my Jewish community.
-JCRC (Jewish Community Religious Council) award for my leadership at teh Jewish Student Union.</p>

<p>Summer programs
-Keren Or program over the summer before freshman year
-David Project (pro-Israel awareness project) program summer before soph
-Camp guide at Young Judea camp summer before junior
-David Project program again this coming summer</p>

<p>Thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>i'd say you have a very good chance</p>

<p>its a shame israelis/mid.easterners arent considered an URM cuz then i'd say you're a shoe in (but i'd say you have like a 95% chance anyways) :) (part israeli/pakistani myself)</p>

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<p>:)</p>

<p>az ata medaber ivrit?</p>

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<p>any other comments?</p>

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<p>I'd say you need to diversity your interests a little so you are not perceived as one-dimensional.</p>

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<p>it might actually be a lot harder for you than people here are saying, since you might be international. international students have a substantially more difficult time getting into US colleges than domestic citizens.</p>

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<p>as long as he is a resident i dont think he is considered international...he will probably claim citizenship in israel but his residency will be here (since it will be ~4 years by then) and if he is a dual citizen then thats even niver for him</p>

<p>orrican: unfortunately i only lived in israel from ages 2-4 and i never learned hebrew or yiddish or even arabic....wish i did tho..</p>

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<p>it's never too late to start :)
Hebrew is a very straighforward language.</p>