Hi guys,
I am an international student from Eastern Europe wishing to apply to some US top universities. I am planning to apply to just “reaches” as otherwise I will rather stay in Europe due to financial circumstances. So as you might have already guessed I basically need 100% financial aid or really close to it.
Stats: New SAT 1410 (Math: 760, Reading/Writing 650) Essay: 6/6/6
SAT II yet to obtain scores, took Spanish, Math II and Physics (June sitting)
IB Diploma: 42+/45
I plan to apply as a major in languages (not sure which yet)
Awards: (nothing much as there are not so many opportunities as e.g. in the US or Asia)
Mathematical Challenge - “Gold Certificate” and “Best in Year”
Lots of school awards and scholarships
Some Olympiads (City rounds)
MUN Best Delegate Award
Summer activities: Every summer I undertook a language camp
Leadership positions:
Sports’ captain
Head of Universities
Work experience/volunteering
Tutoring languages
Translating various documents
Fundraisings
Volunteering in shelters
Internship at a retail company and a counselling one (don’t wanna name them)
ECs:
Soccer (Grade 10, 11 and planned 12)
MUN (Grade 11 and planned 12)
German classes (Grade 9, 10, 11 and planned 12)
French classes (Grade 9, 10, 11 and planned 12)
Portuguese classes (previously self-taught) (Grade 10, 11 and planned 12)
Starting with Italian and Slovak (Grade 12)
Fluent in four (including English and my mother tongue), conversational in other two, yet soon four (Italian, Slovak)
In my essays I plan to convey my love for languages -> should be good -> definitely something unusual.
References are to be great as well…
Now the places I want to apply to:
Princeton, Harvard, Brown, Harvard, Columbia, NYU (I know about their financial aid ) and either Caltech or Duke…
So guys, what are my chances? Anything I can do to improve them?
Thank you 