<p>Ok, so I'm hoping there will at least be a few people out there who are not completely sick of seeing these posts. I would sincerely appreciate any opinions received. The truth, please! Even if it's bad... :)</p>
<p>First of all, I'm an International Student - The Cayman Islands. (If you haven't heard of it, don't feel bad - it's really itty bitty, close to Jamaica and under Cuba, about an hour's flight from Miami.) There's only one American school there, otherwise it's the British system. The high school I went to doesn't offer AP courses, but I did take the most difficult courses there. After we take the courses, we have to sit a regional exam (Caribbean Examination Council) or a British exam (General Certificate of Secondary Education). For CXC, the highest grade is a '1' and for GCSE (sometimes IGCSE - 'International' may come before it), the highest grade is an 'A' or, in rare cases, an 'A*'.</p>
<p>My grades were:
Information Technolgy - CXC - '1'
Mathematics - CXC - '1'
English Language - CXC - '1'
English Literature - CXC - '1'
Integrated Science - CXC - '1'
Geography - CXC - '1'
Principles of Accounts - CXC - '1'
Physics - IGCSE - 'A*'
Human & Social Biology - GCSE - 'A'
General Paper - GCSE - 'C'</p>
<p>To explain the awful grade in General Paper (which is kind-of like a ethical issues/writing exam, only not really, if that makes sense), it was an extra class my English teacher was supposed to do with me and a couple other students in his free time - which turned out to be, more or less, 6 hours of an entire year. I could have done better, but bottom line, it wasn't mandatory. So yeah. If anything, just ignore it - I'm not sure if I'll even submit it, if it might hurt my chances. </p>
<p>My school also doesn't do official GPA's, but I graduated Valedictorian. It was an extremely small class though - about 42 total. </p>
<p>I've done the SAT three times - 1870 (6/2007) 620 CR, 560 M, 700 W & 1940 (12/2007) 720 CR, 610 M, 610 W, 2100 (12/2008) 710 CR, 640 M, 750 W.
Did SAT II (Bio. E. & English Lit.) and got 600 Bio, 660 Lit. </p>
<p>ECs are at least decent, I think. </p>
<p>President of my local Junior Achievement company in 10th Gr.
Vice-Pres. of local Leo's [Alpha] Club in 10th Gr and Pres. in 11th and 12th.
President of School/Student Council in 11th Gr.
Debate Team Captain from 10th-12th Gr. - all of which my team won the national (Cayman Islands') Debating Championship)
Head Prefect in Grs. 11 & 12
Children's Church teacher at my church
A few others, too - Agriculture Club, Major School Magazine Contributor, Concert Band, etc. - but they weren't for as long or as meaningful to me (with the exception of the magazine) as the others.</p>
<p>Awards:
Won 1 regional and 2 national essay competitions.
Leo's Club "Outstanding President" Award
Citizenship Award - 1 yr.
Debate Award - 3 yrs.
Leadership Award - 2 yrs.
Academic Achievemnet Award - like 5 yrs.
$1500 US Scholarship for Outstanding Academic Achievement and Citizenship
Awards in National Children's Festival of the Arts for group pieces in music/individual awards in speech or writing.
A few more, too.</p>
<p>Essay's fairly humorous - definitely unique. Hope they want that! (The humorous part, I mean.) Teacher Rec. is amazing (I've seen it). Counselor Rec. should be good, too. </p>
<p>Oh, I'm a US citizen and Caucasian. Don't know if that matters at all. </p>
<p>Again, I would really, really appreciate any opinions. Thank you soooo much!</p>