<p>So I've decided to post up one of these chance threads. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Note that because I'm an international student, I'll only be applying to some of the top schools, so please don't criticize me on that, because if I don't get accepted, I'd happily attend McGill. Thanks!</p>
<p>Location: Canada
School type: Private - sends some grads to top schools in the US</p>
<p>Asian Female (Canadian) - won't be applying for any financial aid.</p>
<p>SAT I: CR: 780, M: 760, W: 740 - 2280
SAT II: French, Math IIC, World History, Literature (760-800 range)
Courses: Hardest academic courseload; self studied 6 APs Junior year
Rank/GPA: We dont rank, but my I have A+ in all my subjects except for chemistry where I have a B (will this hurt me? I'm not going into the sciences)</p>
<p>APs: </p>
<p>Junior year - World History, French, Chinese, Human Geo, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Psychology (all self studied with the exception of French) - predicting a 4/5 on all of them.</p>
<p>Recs:
Teachers - good, however not outstanding (I've only known them one year)
Counselor - very good
Supplemental - very good, I've done a lot for the Young Liberal Association of Canada, a member of parliament will be writing it =)</p>
<p>ECs:
- Young Liberals of Canada - attended the Liberal Leadership Convention last November as a female youth delegate for Stephane Dion
- MUN; Chief of Operations for CAHSMUN (Canadian High School MUN) 2008 (one of the heads in organizing a MUN conference)
- Rural China Education Foundation Public Relations Committee (an organization dedicated to providing an education to rural children in China - I'll be teaching English for three weeks this summer with them; as a member of the PR committee I help with establishing a branch in my city)
- Community Service Club (President)
- Business Club (Treasurer)
- Leo's Club Vice President (Community service organization outside of school)
- Senior Home Volunteer (twice a week)
- Kids Help Phone Student Ambassador
- Youth Parliament (simulation of the Canadian Parliament)
- Amnesty International
- I'm also involved in a number of other clubs at school which I wont bother to list out</p>
<p>Other accomplishments:
- Worked at a well known learning center in Beijing, taught English during the summer last year and I plan to work there again this year
- raised money to build a school in China in the outskirts of Beijing (the school was named after our family - I go back twice a year to spend a week with the students)
- Internship at IBM (2007)
- Internship at Global Chinese Press (2006)
- Harvard Summer School SSP (4 weeks, 2006)
- Volunteered for three weeks over the summer at a disability resource center (2006)
- Worked with Oneday to spread awareness about energy conservation
- Model Search Pageant (for females of Asian descent)
- AIME qualifier
- Hypatia qualifier (Canadian Math contest, similar to AIME)
- Canadian Mathematics Open (2nd in school)
- Piano for 8 years
- Bronze Medallion (swimming/lifeguard course)</p>
<p>Other comments (possible hooks?):
- Studied in Paris, France during Gr. 8, am fluent in French, was class president
- Studied in Beijing, China during freshman year, fluent in Mandarin; was class representative
- Lots of political involvement
- 300+ service hours
- Speaks English, Chinese and French fluently, AP Spanish next year
- I got accepted to Exeter Phillips Academy for my senior year, but because of my extracurricular involvement, I've decided to stay.</p>
<p>Schools I'll be applying to are:
Harvard
Yale
Stanford
Columbia
Princeton
UPenn (Wharton)
Cornell
NYU Stern
Wellesley
MIT
Oxford
Cambridge
McGill</p>
<p>Anyways, thanks for wading past my 600some words, if you have any questions, please ask! =)</p>