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<p>Information:</p>

<p>Pacific Asian; Average-income household; Competitive IB school in Western Canada</p>

<p>Stats: </p>

<p>SAT I: 2270
Reading:700
Writing: 770
Math: 800</p>

<p>SAT II:
Math II:800
Chemistry: 770
Korean with Listening: 800 </p>

<p>GPA/IB Scores:
Weighed:4.07 GPA Scale: 4.0 </p>

<p>Rank:
Top 1% in the district </p>

<p>IB Diploma Candidate:
IB Spanish SL (6) <-actual score (all other score are predicted marks)
IB English HL 6
IB Chemistry HL 6
IB History HL 6
IB Geography SL 6
IB Math SL 7
Predicted score: 40/45 </p>

<p>Significant ECs (ones that were mentioned on the Common Application): </p>

<p>Volunteer Supervisor/Liason/Trainer at Evergreen Senior Home (Gr.9-12)
- Created the "Highschool Volunteer Network" in order to recruit more volunteers and spread the idea of volunteering out of goodwill.
- Trained and supervised new or existing volunteers.
- Over 400 hours. </p>

<p>Solo Clarinetist / Performance Organizer of White Rock Community Orchestra (Gr.9-12)</p>

<p>Task Force Manager/Treasurer of Vancouver Youth Charity Society (VYCS) (Gr.9-12)
- Partook in an extensive project in which the members and I organized a large-scale golf tourament to fundraise money for the Heart & Stroke Foundation.
- Raised over $40,000 with over 50 sponsors gathered. </p>

<p>Independent Researcher (11) Assistant Researcher (12)
- Independent research on the topic of ""Factors Affecting Mortality Rate in Kenya using Coefficient Degression" and won an award for it at an international conference where students from all over the world gather to present their research papers.
- Assistant researcher of an extensive project with Hankyong University on the topic of "Profit Maxmization for Local Farmers in the Gyonggi-Do Province." The project was requested by the province. </p>

<p>Member (9&10) Event Organizer (11&12) of the Globalizer Club
- Volunteered for school events and performances.
- Organized school fairs, and fundraising events.
- Volunteered weekly for environmental causes. Cleaning up the school, etc. </p>

<p>Camp Assistant (9 & 10) Camp Leader (11) of Regional Kids Spring Camp
-Led many organized activities, planned events, and in grade 12, operated the entire camp.</p>

<p>Vice President (11) President (12) of Basketball Club
-Played weekly with other members and helped host school basketball tournaments to fundraise money.</p>

<p>Member of Varsity Basketball Team (9,10) </p>

<p>Intern as Financial Analyst at Bank (11,12)</p>

<p>Life Guard and Swim Instructor at Local Pool (11,12)</p>

<p>*Also joined minor clubs and participated in minor activities. </p>

<p>Recs: </p>

<p>Teacher 1: Excellent
Teacher 2: Good
Counsellor: Good
Additional Rec: By research advisor, a professor at the university. Excellent. </p>

<p>Essays: </p>

<p>Common App: 8/10
Short Answer: 8/10
Supps:8/10 </p>

<p>Awards: </p>

<p>Regional Service Award for Talent and Dedication
Excellent Youth Scholar Award at the 2nd International Conference for Youth
Outstanding Spanish Student
Award of Excellence from Science Department
DELE Intermediate Level Certificate </p>

<ul>
<li>I know my awards suck. I am sad too<br></li>
</ul>

<p>major choice: econ/sociology</p>

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<p>bumpity bump</p>

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<p>Well I think you would be a good canidate</p>

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<p>Any more chances? Possibly from a Dartmouth alumni or a parent? Bump!</p>

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<p>Wow. You sound like a great candidate! Leadership, organizational skills, committment, proficient in multiple languages, scores… My son is a freshman so I’m still learning.</p>

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<p>You seem like a good candidate. Your research activities sound interesting. Even if you have a special “in” that enabled you to get those opportunities (and the “investment bank intership”), you have at lest taken advantage of them, and your stated academic interest seems to hang together with the research.</p>

<p>I must say, though, that the 800 on the Korean SATII is bogus if you are Korean, which I gather you are. SATIIs in languages are scaled for kids who have had around 4 or 5 years of experience, starting from scratch, not for native speakers. Spanish would have been much more meaningful. Presumably they will only look at your top two, so you might have been a lot better off without Korean. But perhaps in such circumstances they will consider your third test also.</p>

<p>Good luck, in any case.</p>

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<p>Great GPA, great test scores and really good ECs. Dartmouth is wierd so I wouldn’t say more than 30% but that’s pretty good for an ivy. Definitely apply, you have a decent chance.
Chance back
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1282445-chance-mit-other-schools.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1282445-chance-mit-other-schools.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>@Consolation Hmm yea, I agree with the Korean SAT II thing. However, I did take the DELE exam which is a Spanish proficiency test aimed towards people of all ages and levels and an “intermediate” is considered pretty close to native-speaking level. Though, I’m not quite sure if that would compensate for anything. Anyhow, thanks for the feed back. Anymore?? And by the way, are my ECs too generic and my IB score too low to be considered for Dartmouth? Bump!</p>