<p>...just kidding</p>
<p>False advertising.</p>
<p>BUT NOW THAT YOU'RE HERE (-blackmail-) I'd really love it if you could chance me for a couple schools. Please? Pretty please? D:</p>
<p>I'm an international student, and I've gone to enough College Admissions 101 lectures to figure out that the percentage of acceptance for an international student is lower than that of a noninternational student. That crushes me...and I'd really love to know if I'm wasting my time applying to some of the colleges on my list. </p>
<p>List of Colleges </p>
<p>Stanford (My absolute dream school. Fangirling as I write this)
UC Berkeley (My sister is a junior there)
UCLA
USC (Both my parents are alumni)
Caltech
Columbia
Harvard (Don't expect to get in; More an "applying to apply" situation)
UPenn
UCSD
UC Irvine
LMU
MIT
Cornell
Johns Hopkins</p>
<p>Background : Senior in an international school in Indonesia. Upper middle class, don't need financial aid. Asian. </p>
<p>GPA : 4.24 [current GPA is 4.6 but cuz I was a gross freshman, my cum GPA is lower]
Current Average : 99.69
Ranking : School doesn't rank
SAT : 2330 (one sitting; Math: 800, Writing: 750, Verbal: 780) Really don't want to retake it again...
ACT : 33 in gr 10, just retook it last week...probably not going to end up sending them in.
AP Classes I've Taken :
AP Biology, 5
AP Computer Science, 5
AP Calculus AB, 5
AP Microeconomics, 5
AP Macroeconomics, 5</p>
<p>SAT II : 800 Biology E, 800 Math II, 760 English Lit
College Classes : Took Chemistry (B+), Biology (A), and Math (A) classes at Stanford
Senior Load: AP Psychology, AP English Lit, AP European History, AP Statistics, Sustainable Earth Systems, Forensic Science, Band II, Vocals II</p>
<p>EC's :
Student Government all four years, was an officer last year
National Honor Society all four years
MUN
GIN
JHU's Center for Talented Youth
Yearbook Copy Editor
Varsity Volleyball for 5 years, Captain for three years
Varsity Badminton
Varsity Swimming
TONS of volunteer work, including:
Coordinator of Habitat for Humanity
Coordinator of World Vision (teaching impoverished people how to use technology and giving them diplomas)
Coordinator of Cleft Care - (helps kids with cleft palate)
Coordinator of Pelayan Gratia (Last year sent 60 children to school. First time this was done in my school and I did this entirely on my own)
Coordinator of Athletic Council (organizes athletics of my school)
Coordinator of Malnutrition (raises money for malnourished kids in Indonesia)
Coordinator of Big Brother/Big Sister (pairs abused children with students for high-school-career long commitments)
Coordinator of several other projects dealing with orphanages
Coordinator of Klumprik – teaching English to native Indonesians
Coordinator of Recycling Committee – completely revamped the recycling system of my school
CIA – Like geek squad, school wide.
Internship at biopharmaceutical company where I helped in every step of the process of making medicine for Cancer. Went to tons of lectures and got tons of experience. Learned medical school level material and did some pretty cool lab work. </p>
<p>Awards :
Global Citizenship Award – internationally recognized by EARCOS
Presidential Award – Grade 10, 11
California State Award for Academic Achievement
Certificate for Recognition for Achieving High Honors – every semester in high school
Certificate of Recognition for getting the highest grade in basically every class I'm in
All-Star Volleyball Player of Southeast Asia
MVP of Volleyball team twice
Most Improved Volleyball Player
Most Spirit Volleyball Player</p>
<p>Teacher Recs : From my Econ/History teacher, Calc teacher, English teacher, and Science teacher. Pretty sure all of them will be awesome. Hopefully D:</p>
<p>Counselor Rec : Our counselor is new but I'm pretty sure it'll be a good rec. </p>
<p>My essays are kind of quirky...I'm trying to come off as unique as I can without sounding too out there. Some are more serious, but for the most part, they're really ME. My common app essay, for example, is about my hair....way less superficial than it sounds, I promise. I'm trying to sound like a teenager, and not a middle-aged woman trapped in a 17 year old body. </p>
<p>I don't know what else to write...LOL</p>
<p>SOOO. Chance me and I”ll chance you back. Thanks! </p>
<p>BTW: Want to major in biological sciences or cog sci for premed. going undecided for all uc's though.</p>
<p>thank you! <3</p>
<p>...I totally already submitted most of my apps, so this thread is me just trying not to die from anticipation.</p>