<p>Let me start by telling you my background. I am a sophmore. I was born in pakistani and hold a pakistani passport. At age 3 i moved to saudi arabia and have spent the majority of my life studying in an indian school.last year i moved to a british school and most of my classmates are jordanians palestianians and egyptions whilst my teachers are from the uk. As you can see i am grew up in an extrenly diverse environment and isnt that something ahem...har..vard..cough cough looks for? As for my academics,i would consider myself a good student and have 4.0GPA as of grade 10.
I was the student council member last year and am now the leader of one of my school's 4 football league.i have won the public speaking compeition and was also a finalist in the spelling bee.
So what is the problem?
First of all my school is really small and not that competitive. Secondly i have only 22 other people in my class. That said i am a good student overall and not just by comparision to them. The biggest problem however is that my school doesnt offer SAT. Nor do they offer any ap or honor classes.when you live in a country like KSA you dont get many chances to participate in national competitions and showcase your talents.
I am taking my IGCSE which are considered to be more rigorous than regular gcse and are 1 year more advanced than regular american highschool.now i can go to america in grade 11 and try to improve my application by utilising opportunities offered by your high schools but wont that just make me another clobe of the thousands of applicants getting rejected by the IVIES each year or i can move forward with another plan-
I could complete my a levels by grade 12 and get killer results. Then i am planning to take a year off to practice for sat.to be realistic i can get around 2200 to 2300.during this year i could also heavily devote my time to the EIDHI non profit organisation as a volunteer.this would certainly help me stand out tjough i would still miss out on having the chance to rank in national merit competitions.or do you guys think that taking gap year would further weaken my chances as i would be an year behind.</p>