<p>Hi, I hope this is the right forum for this thread.</p>
<p>Basically, I am really worried that my international status will make it too hard for me to get into my dream schools. I am a Korean citizen, but I've lived in the US for 7-8 years. Here are some of my stats:</p>
<p>Test scores:
2400 SAT (single sitting)
800 Math 2
800 Physics</p>
<p>Medium-large public (but still pretty strong) high school in MA.
Not all A's (many A-'s and B+'s here and there) but weighted GPA still in top 5%. I should note that my freshmen grades, which don't factor into the GPA were all A-'s and B+'s... ( no excuses, was even more lazy back then ;p)</p>
<p>Took AP calc and physics as freshman, and took some other science courses early too</p>
<p>4 years of math team (captain the last two years) and 4 years of science team (one of many captains in the team for the last two years)</p>
<p>School math team is kicking @ss so far this year.</p>
<p>Decent performance in math competitions (almost made it to USAMO freshman year, then sort of trailed off since then, hoping to make a comeback this year)</p>
<p>Science competitions, nothing too spectacular</p>
<p>Some random humanities stuff like nomination for school award for best history junior thesis, French national contest gold medal (although admittedly I am a year behind kids in my grade because I started French in 9th grade whereas they started in middle school)</p>
<p>Also, joined swim team this year. Will probably (hopefully) make varsity (already made varsity times in some events).</p>
<p>Unfortunately, no volunteering (I'm starting this month, but I'm not doing it for college applications anyhow).</p>
<p>I also did an internship last summer at Harvard medical school. I didn't produce amazing research or anything, but it was a good learning experience.</p>
<p>As for recommendations, teachers will probably paint me as a quiet but smart guy.. (typical asian).</p>
<p>So, what do you guys think? Do I have a decent enough shot at HYSPM as an international? I think I might be getting a bit paranoid, so please help me!</p>