<p>trinya,</p>
<p>The recommendations should be send by your teaches to admission office. You give the forms to teachers and they fill, add your transcript etc and send. You do not need to do summer EC in US. Look for it in Nederland or in Europe. There are plenty of possibilities.</p>
<p>Hmm.. so my teachers must fill in 6 recommodations for my application..because I am applying for 6 diffent Colleges. And another 3 for Dutch colleges. In case I l am rejected
by US college I have back up</p>
<p>Dutch colleges don't need recommendation forms do they? Or are you applying to a programme whihc has a numerus fixus?</p>
<p>I want to do a study at University Utrecht.... if I failed to get a place at US college, I still want to do my college in English, and that's available at Utrecht, but you must sent in everything like Us college: list with your grades, test scores, essay, recommodations etc</p>
<p>Yes. Actually the schol must send your mid-year report, send your transcript, predicted grades, rec. from two teachers and preferably some words from either your headmaster or some sort of counselor. The head of 6-th form (last two years of school in Britain) in my daughters school spend about 6 hours preparing the papers. And she also had to fill and send our daughters papers for 5 UK universities. So, do not be disappointed. If you study very well and talk in advance about your plans and dreams, I am sure the school will be glad to help you.</p>
<p>ah, the Utrecht University College....hmz, i don't know, i always had the idea that that was just a way to make more money off students and not offering them much extra excpet for an 'international sauce' rather than more quality.</p>
<p>Just not a fan of Utrecht...</p>
<p>I'm in Leyden, but since I major in English (which is the top ranking university for english), all classes are in English anyway, so utrecht would have no bonus qualities for me. If i had chosen a subject they offer there i might have chosen to go to the University College though...</p>
<p>I hope my teachers write a good recommendation for me. When exactly can I expect the application forms for next year? So my school must send everything and I must only send the application form and an essay?</p>
<p>Trinya, Find out to what colleges you are going to apply. Then visit their sites and find out what you need to do to apply. You could apply to many colleges via Common application (one application for number of colleges) Not all colleges participate and some of those that do have supplements. You most certainly would have to print additional forms (mid-year repport, recs etc), fill your name and sign and give it to your teachers. You could start your application somewhere at the beginning of September.</p>
<p>May I ask you daughter if she had an interview already?</p>
<p>My daughter had an interview for Brown, but not yet for others.</p>
<p>Must you initiate a interview with someone or was you contacted?</p>
<p>And how was that interview? How did you daughter reacted on it?</p>
<p>I want to participate MUN, can you apply there as an individual?</p>
<p>what languages does your daughter know and what new ones has she started/will be starting Just curious.</p>
<p>In addition to Dutch and English she knows French, Russian and Latin, had 2 years of Spanish at school (that does not mean much!) and started Italian (already better than Spanish) and Ancient Greek.
She hopes to be accepted as a freshman (she called and asked Admissions first), but transfer is an option too, albeit not so tempting. After reading this site, I have real doubts that she will be successful. She did not find the cure for Ebola, was not elected to be a President of her country and she does not have an Olympic gold medals. She writes very well, is a real al-rounder, optimist, very helpful, easy going, a charmer and is loved by everybody. But her SATs are not 750-800 range. For French SAT II she managed to get only 670. I do not know how it is in other countries but my daughter had to prepare for SATs without any help and I am afraid she was too busy with her school exams at a time.
I noticed that you study linguistics, in what country?</p>
<p>trinya, you can find out everything about an interview on the site of your prospective universities. My daughter thought that it went quite well because her interview said to her that Brown would suit her very well (or something like that) My daughter writes better than she talks (when she gets nervous), but she is very sweet, charming and optimistic. I hope that it is a bonus.
MUN is something that to my knowledge is only done by schools (groups) and not individuals, because the whole point of it is to choose a country to represent during the "sessions". Go to <a href="http://www.nmun.org%5B/url%5D">www.nmun.org</a> to find out about it. Here is a very good oportunity for you to start something at your school, because some sessions happend to take place in the Netherlands. That would look very good on your EC page. Good luck!</p>
<p>I know French, german, Latin, ancient greek, Chinese Kantonese and Mandarin and English. So I know almost every important modern languages.
As Nick12 already said it before, I must prepare SAT-test on my own, with books I have ordered from US. It's really self-studying. And because school In the Netherlands are very demanding, with lot of essays and exams, and preparing the SAT is a real heavy burden.
I think people in the Netherlands who want to get admitted at Us topcollege have a great disavantage in comparison with other countries and become more greater because in The netherlands there's almost no school-sponsered Clubs or activities.</p>
<p>I want to apply for US college for starting in fall 2006. Shall I take the Old SAT for upcoming saterday or wait till the new SAT??</p>
<p>trinya, first of all, there is great difference between knowing language and learning it. Universities like Harvard specifically ask about your knowledge of languages: writing, speaking or/and reading. For example, my daughter had Spanish at school for two years, but she would never say that she knows it, because her knowledge is very basic. When you say that you know Latin and Ancient Greek, I presume you study in gymnasium. Forgive me, but that does not mean that you necessarily know these languages. I also hate to disappoint you, but Dutch education, though good, is not the best and not overly demanding. Try British A-levels or IB in some of the schools, or schools in Asian countries. All foreigners who do not study in American type schools and do not have preparations for SATs are disadvantaged. Everybody has to start from scratch. You do not need to have school-sponsored clubs for EC. There are plenty of sports clubs, amateur theatre groups, and music and art schools in Nederland. You could find plenty opportunities to participate in community service here too (try tsunami relief or help to old or disabled people) As for self-study in SAT, most foreigners have to do it. If you need a course, you could try The International School of Amsterdam. My daughter took a course, SAT II Writing, only for her last (third) test, because she lives in London. Before that she was on her own. It is not difficult to study from books. They are very good and have number of tests. You should read books, newspapers (Times/Daily Telegraph) and learn vocab. In my opinion, you will need to take new SATs. You cannot take January SAT unless you already registered for it. Besides, you must be either an excellent student or you do not know what the SATs are, if you think that you could prepare for it in one week. I hope for you that it is former and not latter. Dont be overconfident; it is not easy, though it is certainly possible. If you start now you have plenty of time.</p>
<p>You're right that it's difficult for dutc kids i think, especially those who didn't go to international schools. the whole culture of education, the grading, the non-club and non-leadership attitude is totally opposite of that in the USA.</p>
<p>I might shift my attention to the UK, in my field there are good programmes at top universities there too.</p>
<p>Nick: i have to disagree on your comment on the level of dutch education in high schools.</p>
<p>I agree that it is probably lower than in USA prep schools, but generally a child from a USA public igh school, with 4 AP's is still a year short of a vwo diploma in the netherlands. general education in High Schools is equal to mavo level, prep schools can be more demanding of course.</p>
<p>The biggest difference is that in the Netherlands a broad knowledge is pressed, basics of lots of subjects, whereas especially in UK A-levels and in a way in USA subjects for the senior years too, there is more specialisation, hence kids know more of some subjects, but less in general.</p>
<p>Note that i am from the old school system, I wouldn't trust my judgement in relation to the study house system, that is a really bad system....</p>
<p>Hmm.... I think I'm going to call International School in Amstelveen tomorrow to ask some information. About the EC's, I have done a lot of sports, but is that enough, because Ive seen here people with 400+ hours community services and some who are able to play a number of instruments.</p>
<p>@fwoukje Youre entirely right, In the netherlands every student from vwo has a basic knowledge of every subject. But I think we lack advance knowledge, because we spent useless time at a subject we dont like but which are compulsory. And Fwoukje about the study house, It's a total failure, the teachers at my school abandoned it, and now they are giving lessons as it used to be</p>
<p>Fwoukje, you are such an excellent student, why are you giving up on US universities?
UK universities are very good too and for europeans are much less expensive. Have tried UCL (University Colege London?)</p>
<p>Sports are great. You have plenty of time left; try comunity service. Your chinese school is difficult and time-consuming EC. Besides, US universities know very well the Dutch system and its difficulties.</p>