Int'l Student Probability of Getting in? :) PLEASE haha

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<p>Hi! I'm a Filipino high school student (I'll be a senior this June), studying in a public secondary institution in the Philippines (though under a Special Science Curriculum, which means we take more courses in Math and Science than the Regular Curriculum-based schools). I've only gone through 6 years of elementary education, NO MIDDLE SCHOOL in the Philippines, at least not until maybe three years from now(?). Okay so. My Courses through High School (up to third year only)
3 years of PEHM (PE, Music, Arts and Health) 3 years of Filipino (grammar and literature) 3 years of English (grammar and literature, for literature, we had Filipino Lit. Afro-Asian Lit. and American and English Lit.) 1 year of General Science, 1 year of Chemistry with Lab, 1 year of Physics with Lab, 1 year of Biology, 1 year of Earth Science, One year of Botany, 3 years of History (Philippine, Asian, World, one for each year) 2 years of computer science, 1 year of elementary Algebra, 1 year of Intermediate ALgebra, 1 year of Plane Geometry, 1 year of Analytic Geometry, One year of Research I (Technical writing and basic statistics), One year of Advanced Statistics, 1 year of Precalculus</p>

<p>So in the incoming year the course load: </p>

<p>Calculus
Research II
Filipino IV
English IV
Chemistry II
Physics II
Economics
PEHM IV (COCC)
Linear Algebra</p>

<p>Through the last three years, I consistently part of the top 10%, good grades, some extremes though in some gradings, but my third year was pretty cool. 90.33 in first grading (AVERAGE), 91. 22 in second, and 91. something in third, the 4th grading average is yet to be unveiled ). </p>

<p>ECs: Officer (Representative) in the Interact Club
Feeding Program
Literacy Program
1 year (including summer) Job at my parents' small pharmacy (i was paid alright. )
3 years in the Science team
Done two Research papers already
1st Place in Youth Journalism International Contest in 2010 in the First Person Essay Category
Reader's Theatre Team, we placed 2nd in the Regionals last year
Feature Editor of the school publication this year (but I am on tenterhooks for a promotion XDD)
City Journalism Contest</p>

<p>Am planning to join some contests this June though</p>

<p>Haven't taken the SAT's yet, maybe this June/October or October/November (cause I'm gonna take the STA II's too.)</p>

<p>so, I'll be applying to the following:</p>

<p>Harvard
UNC at Chapel Hill
Vassar
Yale
Stanford
MIT
U Dub
Princeton
Amherst
UC Berkeley
UC Davis
Wesleyan University
Dartmouth
UPenn</p>

<p>WHAT ARE my chances? 'Cause I'm really nervous considering my peculiar background. Please Reply if you read this. Also I'm 14. I'll be 15 in February 2012. I don't know if this helps. I'm also on the low-income bracket (less than $60,000 per annum) so I'll be applying for Financial Aid. Proficient in English</p>

<p>Guys, I really really need your help.</p>

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<p>You just turned 14? And you’re applying to colleges?</p>

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<p>Hi! </p>

<p>It’s great to see a Filipino applying to Dartmouth - I’m a Filipino who went to a PAREF school in Manila for first and second year then transferred to an international school in Bangkok because my parents moved. </p>

<p>The way you talk about your school makes me think that you go to Philippine Science - am I right? Anyway, I don’t know much about your curriculum and neither will the admissions officers because it’s so non-traditional, but if you think you are taking the highest, hardest classes at your school you should be fine. Keep up the grades. </p>

<p>I’m actually going to say this - I think you should try and get at least salutatorian when you graduate if you want to make Ivy Leagues. It’s hard for schools to judge where you stand academically because you don’t have AP or IB classes, so if you get a title like that that jumps out at them you might have higher chances. I was ranked second at my school in Manila before I transferred, but it was a lot smaller than a PhilSci school so I don’t know. I graduated salutatorian at my international school. </p>

<p>Dartmouth has a great financial aid program and most of my international student friends say that Dartmouth consistently offered them the most money, so just worry about getting in. </p>

<p>I’d say make sure you get really REALLY good SAT scores - at least 2100 or 2200 on the SAT I, try to score an 800 on the Math II and higher than 750 on another SAT II. Again, since your background is unfamiliar it will help to see that you are very good at standardized requirements and your school isn’t just inferior.</p>

<p>Then make sure you write a great essay that has some good Hook for you, and get a friend who knows you really well to write your peer recommendation.</p>

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<p>You’re 14??</p>