<p>So first of all I have to explain some things before even trying to get a good review of my chances. I'm an international student that WILL graduate from Engineering in 2015, however I only went to college at my country of birth due to health problems of one of my parents. I am basically doing a degree just in case of emergency. Now the situation has stabilised and I can think about taking studies in US. I was wondering about going Undergraduate, because even tho I will finish one of the most prestiguous universities in my country (top 5 for sure) I didn't really pay attention to it that much.</p>
<p>Another thing is that we have a weird grade system which kinda fails most of us when we need it. However it presents basically like this:
6 - you need to know more than 100% of the material
5 - 90 -100%
4 - 75 - 90%
3 - 50 - 75%
2 - 30 - 50%
1 - <30%</p>
<p>So now, I will just post some basics and you can try to give me the review of any good university that has a good Business / Economic / International Relations Major.</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<pre><code>SAT I (breakdown): Didn't take yet - going to study for at least 2000+
ACT: won't take for sure
SAT II: Going to take MathII for 700+ and World History for 700+
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): If I count it in a scale of country it would be 5,156. (only 5% of students countrywide get 5.0+ GPA)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1% of ~500
AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: n/a
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Finalist of European Parliament Internship Contest Countrywide (3rd Place)
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<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Class President for 4 straight years, School Board Representative (co-leader), many Soccer related awards (National Championship 3rd place, Central Europe Tournament Finalists amongst teams from Romania, Hungary, Chech and Slovakia, Regional Championships 4 times in a row finalists), attended Karate for one year, Beach Volleyball / Voleyball School / City / State Finalist, Handball Regional Finalist, Basketball Regional Finalist, Member of one of the most prestiguous group that consociates talented graphic designers from all over the world.
Job/Work Experience: Private Tutoring, one month internship at one of the biggest European Coal Mining Company (JSW SA), Bodyguard, Graphic Designer
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at pet fund raise for two years in a row
Summer Activities: family nursery work, multiple sport tournaments from various disciplines like volleyball, soccer, basketball
Essays: Going to be really good.
Teacher Recommendation: Already saw one, amazingly good.
Counselor Rec: Very good; she knew me really well
Additional Rec: n/a
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<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Poland
School Type: public
Ethnicity: White European
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 10-15k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation, little town, veryy mediocre public school that never had an US College Applicant.
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<p>Where would I like to go?
Dream: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Columbia, Brown, Carnegie Mellon, Amherst, Dartmouth, MIT and any other university that can provide me a financial aid. You can choose for me <wink></wink></p>
<p>Will I have a shot at any of these if I score the lowest sat I assume? (SATI - ~2000, SAT II around 700 from each of the two).</p>
<p>Cheers and thank you for your time!</p>