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<p>I'm an international applicant. </p>

<p>SAT I: 1830
SAT II: Math II - 800, Chem- 800, Biology E- 800
GPA: 4.0</p>

<p>Awards:
Science Fair- Distinction Award: Award for a highly commendable science project</p>

<p>Korean School- Valedictorian Valedictorian of class of 2006. Korean school is a saturday school covering the korean curriculum</p>

<p>Korean School- Outstanding student award, which is awarded by the Parent Teacher Association</p>

<p>SEAMC- 5th place, 4th place South East Asia Math Competition. 5th place and 4th place in the team and individual competition respectively</p>

<p>Psychology Honor- Obtained the highest value added score of end term exams for Psychology in the last 5 years</p>

<p>Science Olympiad- 4th place My team came 4th place in the National Science Olympiad- best results over three years</p>

<p>Mathematics Olympiad- Silver I won the silver award for the British Mathematics Olympiad. The silver award is awarded to the top 200 students who took part. Over 5000 students took part in this competition</p>

<p>Chemistry Olympiad- 6th place My team came 6th place in the National Chemistry Olympiad- best results over two years</p>

<p>Mathematics Distinction- I achieved full marks on the mathematics module. A certificate was awarded for this achievement</p>

<p>Psychology Distinction- I achieved full marks on the psychology module. A certificate was awarded for this achievement.</p>

<p>EC's:
Flute- Grade 8 level ABRSM</p>

<p>Basketball- team captain, 2nd in Division 1 student league</p>

<p>Dragon Boating (crew)- Vice Captain, 2nd place in the 49th Annual Hong Kong Dragon Boating Competition, 3rd in the Student rankings posted by the Hong Kong Dragon Boating Association. Sponsor- HKIPC</p>

<p>Orchestra- Senior member of Flute I. Played in the orchestra since grade 6. Performed in cathedrals, major halls, old peoples homes etc.</p>

<p>Hospital Shadowing- I have shadowed a cardiovascular surgeon for the past 3 years</p>

<p>Community Service- UNICEF Certificate Awarded for 120 hours of service. UNICEF only offers certificates for 30 hours of service, I received 4 of these certificates</p>

<p>Model United Nations-Member of the HKMUN. Represented the School on this occasion</p>

<p>School Senior Prefect- I was a elected by my peers and staff to be a senior prefect of the school</p>

<p>Korean Saturday School- Valedictorian of Class of 2006. I have attended the entire twelve year course</p>

<p>Volunteer Service- Teaching English in Maldives: Taught at Maafaru School on Noonu Island. I lead group activities and discussions</p>

<p>University of Hong Kong- Introduction to Medicine: This was a summer introduction program into the medicine course</p>

<p>Technical Team- Sound panel management for school assemblies, school productions and recital evenings</p>

<p>Editor of School Yearbook- Wrote articles for the school newsletter and the school yearbook. I also edited all articles on the newsletters</p>

<p>Water Skiing- Certificate of participation at SeaDynamics. SeaDynamics is a club for wakeboarding and waterskiing</p>

<p>Charity event- Prizewinner for reading the most books and raising money for charity. Interviewed on the local radio channel RTHK after receiving the award</p>

<p>Volunteer Activity- I have organised christmas parties for autistic children and sold charity flags for fundraising for this event</p>

<p>Matilda Sedan Chair Race- This is an annual fundraising event aimed to raise money for enhancing healthcare. I have led in organising the fundraising event at school for this event</p>

<p>Volunteer Activity- Teaching English: I have lead group discussions at local schools in Hong Kong. This was a volunteer activity to allow practice for the students' upcoming HKCEE exams</p>

<p>Swimming- I won the bronze ASA Speed Swimming Award for 50m Breaststroke</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Clerical Work and Medical Shadowing at a Hospital</p>

<p>Private Tutor of Mathematics and Science</p>

<p>Office Assistant at UNICEF. Exclusively on weekends
Pre-School Classroom Assistant. This involves supervising children, teaching numbers </p>

<p>Making of Hong Kong Disneyland promotion videos. I was involved behind the camera and as a model</p>

<p>Do I stand a chance for ED?</p>

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<p>you've got great academic awards and superbly rounded ecs. perfect gpa and SAT IIs... what else can you ask for!!</p>

<p>i'm guessing that the SAT can be an impediment to your otherwise great chances.. wonder why many people with great stats end up having poor SAT scores...</p>

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<p>It's because these kinds of people don't bother to study for something as inaccurate and corporate-washed as the SATs. They have better things to do.</p>

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<p>is my SAT score too low for an international to be considered or does my ecs and other academics make up for it?</p>

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<p>It just depends on how prestigious your awards are. Are any of those on the national level? You seem like a typical asian applicant, who's strong in sciences but not that great in languages. I'm still very impressed though</p>

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<p>All the math challenges+ olympiads are at national level. I am also pretty strong at languages. I made it into a chinese language class exclusively for chinese students (im korean) and managed to get 99% on my terminal exams. I also speak fluent korean, english and german.</p>

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<p>id say solid chances, but SATs are very low. depends on who else applies from ur country, id say. SAT I scores might inhibit ur ability to edge other asians out from the applicant pool</p>

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<p>bump..(10 char)</p>

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<p>Do you go to school in US?
I am kind of confused because you say you go to Korean school on Saturday but why do you need to do that if you are in Korea already</p>

<p>I think your SAT I score is ok for international applicant. I bet you just didn't do well on the reading and writing sections. If you don't have the background (like going to an American school in Korea, or go to school in the States, or have like parents who apparently speak English to you at home) then I think 1830 is pretty acceptable.</p>

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<p>wow, how the heck were you able to keep up all those multiple of sports, music, science, math, interships, works, and etc etc and in such a various places!?
..... I really cannot believe my eyes looking at your stats!! @_@</p>

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<p>aaaaaaand I'm depressed again.</p>

<p>jk</p>

<p>But seriously, that's amazing.</p>

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<p>I live in Hong Kong. And yeah, my writing section was quite low. I just couldnt get to SAT prep class with all my ec's going on.</p>

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<p>1830/2400 is very low for princeton. u have lots of ecs, but that doesn't necessarily warrant that score. a lot of ppl dont take prep classes and just self-study and do well. still, obviously great ecs..u have decent chance
whats the breakdown for that sat?</p>

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<p>What's the purpose of SAT? Obviously, it's used to make sure that students are smart and can learn. The average SAT score of Pton is largely based on people who at least completed their high school in US, and a high SAT score just shows that they learn things well. This person is apparently very smart and I am sure he can catch up his English very fast as long as he lives in the States for few years. I don't see why Pton would not accept this person only because of his SAT score. I mean, seriously, are people who can't speak English just stupid or something?</p>

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<p>1830...sorry you are rejected...simply because you won't be able to handle the high level of English used in conversation, reading, and classes at Princeton...it's not just the score itself, it's the fact that you won't be able to handle the college</p>

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<p>are u a bad test taker?</p>

<p>but ur subject tests are excellent</p>

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<p>What is your 50m breastroke time?</p>

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<p>so is it most likely that i will b accepted/deferred/rejected ???
vote!!</p>

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<p>Accepted!</p>

<p>Don't worry man. Have faith.</p>

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<p>Ouch @ your SAT score...and your being an international student won't help either. You might also want to condense your ECs list more, instead of making it a laundry list.</p>