<p>Female
Asian
Lived in USA for 8 months now
When application is due, my resident status would be permanent</p>
<p>Academics</p>
<p>GPA :3.92/4.00 (UW) no weighted because I transferred
Rank: top 4% of the class
Courses taken next year: AP Calculus, AP Literature, AP Art History, and maybe AP US Hist (I'm taking all the AP class my school offers, except for AP Stats)
*Note: after finishing SATs and college application, I will start learning AP Environmental Science, Psychology and French
SAT I: 1420(May), estimated 1600s in October
SAT II: haven't taken yet
(consists of Math II and French)
Member of Eligibility of Local Context</p>
<p>ECs</p>
<p>-Volunteering :100 hours at the Vietnamese Consulate and 50 hours at a Festival
-Internship: An architect internship back in my country
-Clubs : member of book club, asian club and blue and white club(club that involves with the school governement)
-Award: "Most Outstanding Junior" at school for excelling academically, and most oustanding student in physics class.</p>
<p>Other information</p>
<p>My previous school education system was totally different from America's, they don't require any community hours, extracurriculum activites or sports(because they are already include in the school's curriculum) therefore I'm a deep disadvantage to many other students.</p>
<p>you’re really going to need to up your SAT score. aim for 1800s/1900s at the lowest, but even that is stretching it. you might want to consider taking the ACT as well. it tests you more on stuff that you’ve actually learned in school rather than on techniques you have to learn from a practice book. there’s a science section, but the questions within that are for the most part about the directions for experiments that are given to you. plus the ACT essay topics are way easier, if that happens to be your weak point. my ACT score, when converted to its SAT-equivalent, was over 200 points higher than what i actually earned on the SAT.</p>
<p>and for the clubs you’re in, try to score some leadership positions. it doesn’t have to be president necessarily, but if you can get a spot as secretary or anything else in the board it will really increase your chances.</p>
<p>if you can get all of that done, i think you have a pretty good shot. but your SAT score really has to improve.</p>
<p>the fact that you’re new to the country can either work for you or against you. as admirable it is, they receive tons and tons of personal statements about the difficulty people have faced in midst of assimilating to their new lives… it’s your call.</p>
<p>everything seems pretty good, minus the couple things eltagra mentioned. work on those, and i say you have a pretty decent chance. </p>
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