Hello guys,
I’m a brazilian 17 year old applying to US Colleges. Because in Brazil all we have to do to get into unis is take an admissions test, I have very little idea of what my odds are! This is torturing me and my insecurities keep me from sleeping well (i’ve been sleeping 4-5 hours a night)!
SCORES:
SAT - M:700/ CR:600 / W:580
SAT Subjects - BIOM:730/ CHEM: 710
TOEFL - 104
Class ranking: 4th out of 129
My school does not use the American Grading System
GPA: 8.4/10 (this is good in brazil…we have 10 subjects every semester of every year of high school…can’t be horrifically great in all of them…very little can)
My essays were revised by my “mentor” and the comments made by him have led to believe that they’re very good.
All my teachers and my counselors love me, and (i think) have written great recommendations
Extracurriculars:
- I’ve been in art lessons for 11 years and counting (I draw mostly: charcoal, pencil, nankin, pastel…eventual watercolor)
- French lessons (2 years)
-Worked in Department of Marketing in a Junior Achievement Brazil Project (mini-company; in 2013) - Team leader in my school’s free-theamed project for extra credit (2 years; team member in 2011 and 2012)
- 2nd place in my school’s Literary Contest (out of aprox. 200)
- Team leader in my school yearly non-academic competition in 2013 ( this is a big deal to me because the team was composed of 300 students…and we came out on 2nd place)
- Honorable Mention in the State Biology Olympiads
- Work as a salesperson in 9th grade, during summer.
- Spent 6 months doing social work with Rotary International in my city
Applied to:
1 -Boston University
2 -University of Southern California
3 -Yale University
4 -Brown University
5 -University of Pennsylvania
6 - Penn State P.U.
7 - Temple University
8 -Northeastern University
9 - Columbia University
10 -UC Berkeley
11 - UCLA
12 -UC Davis
13 -UCSD
14 -Cal Poly Pomona
15 -Cal Poly SLO
16 - Syracuse University
( I know 16 is too much…i’m kinda desperate)
DIDN’T APPLY FOR FINANCIAL-AID!!!
Thanks for any help guys!!!