<p>Hey guys. </p>
<p>I'm 18 (sophomore? senior? in a US high school) and I'm technically a high school graduate (graduated earlier this year) by taking a test that gave me a legitimate high school graduatation certificate. I'll sum it up as concisely as possible:
I lived in the US when I was young for app. seven years, came back to Korea for another seven and went in and out of the public schools there. I wanted to go to a US college so I quit school, homeschooled instead of normal middle school education, gave high school a shot, quit again and self studied this time for all my SATs SAT IIs and APs, which ended a while ago. I took that graduation test mentioned above and came to Germany with my family (dad's sabbatical) and am going to public German high school so I can party with Germany kids..Just kidding..Well not really, I wanted to learn German firsthand while experiencing the 'real Germany' as opposed to the watered down crap I would've seen from an international schoolboy's perspective. Anyway, so the German is going good, although I totally botched my AP German exam. </p>
<p>My credentials:</p>
<p>SAT I
Critical Reading: 740 Math: 770 Writing: 700
I wish writing were a bit higher, but then again, I wish a practiced more so I probably deserve this score. I'm actually a pretty strong writer, just for the record.</p>
<p>SAT II
Math II: 780
World History: 770
English Literature: 750
Biology M: 750</p>
<p>APs
World History 5
Biology M 5
English Langauge and Composition 4</p>
<p>iBT TOEFL
-117 of 120 </p>
<p>I hope to improve m German enough to take and pass a test that renders me eligible to apply for a German college--which would be a fairly effective testament to my German ability. </p>
<p>-Active member of Amnesty International Korea for about a year--two months as coordinator
helped organize candlelight rallies, petition signing, research etc etc
-Volunteered as a translator for the Sharing House, a house for the female survivors of the Japanese war crimes ('comfort women'), did small translating jobs. Don't know how much I'll be able to milk this cow, though.
-I play in a band here, and we're pretty good (aiming for like Cursive-y, slightly Modest Mouse +Strokes + post rock experimental stuff). If we write some good, intelligent lyrics (with many references to lliterature and history), would it be any good sending in a CD? Just hypothetically..I know every other kid in the states has a 'garage rock band' so...</p>
<p>Maybe I'll be able to fit in a month of some other extra curricular activity until the actual appllications. </p>
<p>I don't have a huge list of any other 'titles' that other students might have, mostly because I didn't have a school awarding them to me. Don't know how much this will act against me, but I didn't have much of a choice. </p>
<p>Here is the list of the colleges I have some interest in:</p>
<p>Brown
Columbia
Pomona
Claremont McKenna
UC San Diego
Vassar
Bowdoin
Johns Hopkins
Boston Univeristy
Bard College(search more!!)
Colgate
Barnard
Skidmore
Brandeis
Reed College
Tufts
Wesleyan University
Lewis and Clark College </p>
<p>Chance me please! :( Be honest without shattering my hopes)</p>
<p>And if there are any other colleges I might be interested in, based on the list, suggest away!</p>