Hello,
I am an American, who has been living outside the US for the past 6 years. I am currently living in my 4th country that is outside the US. Over the course of these past 6 years I have been attending private international schools. Now I am a junior in Hong Kong, and have a current GPA of 3.6. I know it seems bad, but its higher than my schools average (its EXTREMELY academically competitive) I currently have an SAT score of 2030 (as of my first test), but I am pushing it to over 2100. ve been trying really hard to keep my grades up, as I have been constantly switching back and forth from tough AP and IB schools–so curriculums differ.
I think I have the potential of writing a really interesting personal essay as I am a second generation third culture kid. I want to pursue a major in political science and am exclusively looking at schools in the New England + New York region. What are my chances of getting into Harvard? I am aiming to take 6 APs by the time I graduate, all of them rigorous (APUSH, APWorld, APBio, APStats, APEcon, APLangLit) Do you think all this moving around will hurt me? I am about to take on a bunch of leadership roles in my current school as I am graduating here.
GPA: 3.6 (high for my school)
SAT: greater than or equal to 2030
ECs: moving around a lot has made it hard to keep my ECs consistent and take on leadership roles
MUN for 4 years (leadership roles too)
Cross Country 1 year
Board member+founder of online school newspaper 2 years
Reporter for school newspaper
Student Ambassador 1 year
Debate Team 1 year
School Medic Team
Regular participant in charity runs
Honor roll student 2 years
Treasurer of Interact Club 1 year
Habitat for humanity 1 year
Soup kitchen volunteer+coordinator 1.5 years
UNICEF member
Elected speaker at various IB events
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