<p>So I live in Australia (Gold coast) and I never thought of going to US for uni...
but recently I got this sudden struck that I would love to go to Ivy league
and I know it's really late because I'm half way through grade 11 already and it's not good.</p>
<p>My grades are okay I guess,...I'm a straight A student and I'm doing the IB (which would hopefully made up for AP? or whatever it's called). I just found out what SAT is and I'll be doing some hardcore studying so that I'll hopefully be able to take late this year/early next year...SAT is not really a problem for me I guess because I know I'll work my butt off...
(But it's quite hard because there aren't any resources around and nobody here knows what SAT is.............)</p>
<p>BUT.......for EC...I'm screwed.......................
I'm not really a leader and I never really had any leadership role in my whole life
and from where I live there aren't many community service opportunities because you need to be 18+ to do that sort of stuff. </p>
<p>I did play the violin and piano for quite a long time but I'm not that good and I'm not much of a sport person at all............</p>
<p>Currently I'm only doing
- School choir...once a week 1hr
- School hiphop...once a week 1hr
- Psychology tutoring for grade 10s...once a week 1hr
- Tzu chi foundation yourh group once a week 1hr
- Oaktree foundation once a week 40min</p>
<p>I won like
- 1st in Queensland science comp
- semifinalist in Australian BHP Billiton science award
-...and whole bunch of high distinction awards (for top 1% of the state)</p>
<p>:-( I suck....I don't think I even stand a chance in getting into Ivy League.
I'm trying to find a way to do some community service but it's really hard because I'm 16 and they think I'm too young and I just can't get any leadership role apart from attending leadership programs...............So sad.....</p>
<p>Tell me what I've gotta do.................!!I'm so screwed...and I'm Asian!!! which hurts alot.</p>
<p>Do you think I even stand a chance? time is running out :'(</p>
<p>well, i dont think leadership is required in your EC, it is just part of EC, and as long as u have some impressive activities going on out of classroom(not necessarily a leadership role), it will make your EC look convincing.
more importantly, make sure your stats look good, GPA, SAT, etc. these numbers will help u survive the first two rounds of filtering in admission process. and after that, ur personal essay and EC matters most, so make sure u work hard on both essay and EC.
being an Asian does not hurt your chance of going into an ivy league school at all for most of the time, and u should be proud of your ethnicity. show ur confidence in your application, no professor from a great college likes students who keep saying ‘i suck’.
btw, there are too many great schools in the US that are not within the ivy league, some of them are even better than most ivy league schools such as Stanford, why u must go to an ivy league school? just because of the name or what?</p>
<p>Getting into the ivies is very difficult. It’s even more difficult for int’l students. </p>
<p>How much will your parents pay for your education?</p>
<p>You should consider more than ivy league schools.</p>
<p>The whole EC thing is evaluated differently for International Students, so don’t worry about it just now. Take time to read through everything, and I do indeed mean everything, at [EducationUSA</a> | Study Abroad, Student Visa, University Fairs, College Applications and Study in the U.S. / America](<a href=“http://www.educationusa.state.gov%5DEducationUSA”>http://www.educationusa.state.gov) Then make an appointment with the counselors at the advising center closest to where you live. If you can’t visit in person, you should be able to communicate with them by phone or email. They work with students just like you all the time, and they can help you figure out what your options are.</p>
<p>You also should visit the International Students Forum here for some more ideas. Click on “Discussion Home” in the upper-left of this screen, and then scroll down to find it.</p>
<p>Wishing you all the best.</p>
<p>Your not hopeless ec wise, and try and start maybe a community service sort of club at your school? It helps you both ways as you get leadership with community service.</p>