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School Type: Model (public that you give exams to enter before 7th grade, thus very selective and competitive)
Location: Greece
Race/Gender: Greek female
Prospective Major: Architecture/ Chemical Engineering/ Naval Engineering
In greece we are graded out of 20. I converted it to your system. I dont know what weighted gpa is, so i have not included it
Freshman year: 3.92/4 (19, 9/14 out of 20)
Sophomore year: 3.94/4 (19,7 ot of 20)
Also, we have this thing called the absence book where people who are absent are written down. Every year the best student or the best two students from each class take responsibility for the absence book. I have been responsible during all four years of highschool and will probably be for the next two years as well (in greece highschool is 7th-12th grade)
Havent taken tests yet

Extracurricular Info

  • speaker of three languages: Greek (native speaker), English (C2 certificate), German (B2 certificate)
  • I have an article about school’s contribution to prevention of earthquakes published in a well known national scientific journal hosted by Science View (one of the biggest science communities in Greece and Europe)
  • 2018: made a presantation in a conference hosted by the Hellenic mathematical union
  • represented Greece at the European Student Parliament of Science (July 2018, Toulouse)
  • 2018: participated in the 3rd Open Campus hosted in Philosophical School of Athens, which is part of the european project DESCI (Developing and Evaluating Skills for Creativity and Innovation)
  • 2018: took part in the Greek Student Parliament of Science and was voted to represent my country in the European Student Parliament of Science (July 2018, Toulouse)
  • 2017: participated in an conference hosted by the Hellenic-Italian Institute that took place in Naples
  • 2015-2019: 3 years 15-member school counsil, 3 years 5-member class counsil
  • 2014-2018: 5 years math club, 1 year psychology club, 1 year STEM club, 1 year chemistry club
  • 2006-2017: 11 years of classical ballet lessons, among with other dances including 3 years of contemporary dance, 3 years of modern dance, 3 years of greek traditional dance

Honours:

  • 2018: 2nd place in Scratch International Programming Trial SCRIPT 2018- online competition
  • 2018: 11th place in national Chemistry contest (out of about 1780 contestants)
  • 2018: 2nd place with the STEM team of my school in national “create your own seismograph” contest and was awarded at Athens Science Festival
  • 2014-2018: 4 excellence awards from my school (award that all students with very good gpas get), 1 award for coming first in my class
  • 2014-2018: national math competitions
  • 2017: second place in the international Purple Comet Math Meet contest (with the math team of my school)
  • 2016: first place in the international Purple Comet Math Meet contest (with the math team of my school)
  • 2014: first place in the exams to enter my school (1/ about 700) (i know its old but its considered a great accomplishment)

Job experience:
Nothing yet, but I will probably start practising in an architecture’s office
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes

Something about me (maybe will be included in my essays): I really love travelling, though I have been only three times abroad and all of them for participation in extra-curricular activities (not just for fun) etc. More specifically, I’ve been to Switzerland to visit CERN after my school being invited, to Italy to participate in the above mentioned conference hosted by the Hellenic-Italian Institution and will to France to take part in the European Student Parliament of Sciece. Also, I have received almost no support from my family environment (apart from emotional support and affection. not to be ungrateful) due to the fact that i come from a low income family, and my parents have nothing to do with the field I’m interested in. Thus all I’ve done, I’ve done by myself with help from my teachers.

I’m a junior

I would really appreciate any kind of feedback!

Without standardized test scores it’s impossible to give you a list of colleges because you are missing a critical component of your application. There is also a big difference in your potential intended majors. Do a google search by major and see what comes up. When you have your SAT/ACT/SATII tests, then you can create a list of what will be reach/match/safety schools.

That all said, as an international applicant needing financial aid, your acceptance chances are lower than domestic applicants, so do research on schools in your home country as well.