<p>Hey all...</p>
<p>I just applied to MHC and was just wondering how I stood.</p>
<p>GPA: 4.2, weighted
Rank: 8/201, so top 5 percent
SATS: CR: 800, Math: 670, Writing: 740
SAT II: US History: 730, Math II: 690, Lit: 750
I've taken AP History, AP Language, AP Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Bio, and AP Portfolio, which is 6/8 AP classes my school offers. Other than that, I've taken all honors and accelerated classes when possible.</p>
<p>ECs: I do set design and crew for my school's theater department; I've been a Girl Scout for 12 years and am working on my Gold Award (the highest award in Girl Scouting); I'm president of NHS, and organized a tutoring program in the school; I'm involved with my school's environmental club and have been an officer in that. Also, my grandparents' have a farm that I spend a LOT of time working at--we can enough food to last us through the winter so it's a lot of work. Oh, and my aunt has a retail green house that I work at as well. Umm, other than that, I stressed the amount of community service I do, which is a looot. Oh, and I'm a National Merit Semi-finalist.</p>
<p>I think my essays were pretty good, and I had an interview that went pretty well, I thought. So what do you guys think? In or out?</p>
<p>In!!!!! You are so <em>strong</em>.</p>
<p>What about an international student with
sat1 cr:690 maths:780 writing:700
sat2 maths：800 physics:800 chemistry:790
rank top 5%
gpa equivalent: 93 (100 highest) weighted
ec: I do not have any brilliant activities or award--most of my ecs are research studies and clubs at school. I was the team leader of the "Chinese Peasant Painting Study", our group won the first prize in the school research study contest.(I wrote about it in my common short essay.) I organized a visit to the local administration of beggars and vagrants, working together with the regular workers to give orphans and vagrants there mental help. I helped my classmate win the vote of the students union. In terms of sports, I am good at table-tennis and led our class team win the second prize in a school contest.</p>
<p>My main essay is about my experience of helping a rural child success in urban education. The greatest problem is, I don't know how to show my ecs. And I am afraid I will be regarded as a <em>serious</em> bookworm as my ec is not at all interesting.</p>
<p>Can I get in ,or do you have any suggestions on my application?
Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>I think you're a pretty good candidate. I had similar trouble with my ECs; a lot, like my grandparents farm, didn't really fit in anywhere. So I wrote a short (less than a page, single spaced) essay-ish thing that summarized and explained them, and put it in the additional information section on the common app. Maybe you should do that too?</p>