<p>Oh hai, I didn't see you there
Hopefully you came up with some mindblowing, universe shattering reason to open this thread [or maybe just to tell me I'm incredibly tacky and should go crawl into a hole]
EITHER WAY, SINCE YOU ARE HERE...</p>
<p>I'll give you a cupcake and a bluetooth-internet hug if you take a second to chance me</p>
<p>I'm currently a senior in the only international school in my city. I live in Surabaya, Indonesia [the boring of the boring] and go to an American school with an AP based curriculum. </p>
<p>Honestly, one of the best schools anyone has gotten into from my school was Berkeley, and that was my sister. So here I am spazzing out about my chances. </p>
<p>PS: You're not the only one that will think I applied to a ridiculous number of schools. My mom literally thought I was going insane. I just started applying to so many reaches that I compensated by applying to safeties and matches. Sigh. </p>
<p>*Colleges *</p>
<p>Stanford (My ABSOLUTE UNDISPUTED 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
UBC
Boston U</p>
<p>[I've already been accepted in UBC/LMU]</p>
<p>Background: Female Asian [how bad is this affirmative action situation going to hurt me], don't need financial aid though I'd love to get a merit scholarship so my papa can retire and my parents and little bro can get out of this country and move to America with my sister and I. </p>
<p>GPA : 4.33 [I want to say weighted?] I sucked as a freshman and it dropped my cumulative GPA down a lot.
Ranking *: School doesn't rank
**SAT *: 2330 (one sitting; Math: 800, Writing: 750, Verbal: 780)
**ACT : 35
TOEFL iBt: 120
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, 740 English Lit</p>
<p>*College Classes *: Took Chemistry (B+), Biology (A), and Math (A) classes at Stanford</p>
<p>Midyear Report:
AP Psychology, 97
AP English Lit, 95
AP European History, 106
AP Statistics, 102
Sustainable Earth Systems, 97
Forensic Science, N/A
Band II, 99
Vocals II, 98</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 2011
MVP of Volleyball team twice
Most Improved Volleyball Player
Most Spirit Volleyball Player
All-Star Volleyball Player of Southeast Asia 2013
Sportsmanship Award 2013</p>
<p>...I know I don' have many. Me and awards just didn't get along very well, I guess.</p>
<p>*Teacher Recs *: My econ/history teachers was fantabulous, the rest were pretty good. </p>
<p>*Counselor Rec *: We bonded pretty well over my totally spastic reaction to the application process so I'm hoping good!</p>
<p>*Essays *- tried to make them all as quirky and original as possible. EG - my Common App was about my hair, UPenn was me accidentally calling B.Franklin and having a conversation, MIT was sipping milkshakes with Bernake and the founder of the school, Columbia was how my life lined up with the plot of Cabin in the Woods, etc etc</p>
<p>I would love you if you could stop me from dying in anticipation. I know it's a crapshoot and totally unpredictable when it comes to HYPS but any estimation would be awesome!</p>