<p>okay so here we go:</p>
<p>SAT I: cr660(ouch..), m800, w730 (2190)
SAT II: Math II 780, Bio 700, US History 570(OMG), Physics 600(OMG)
(does anybody know if Harvard will still take January SATII scores??)
GPA/rank: 4.3 weighted/probably top 10%
it's weird- my freshman gpa was 3.6, but it was from korea so my counselor didnt add any honors status. then sophomore 4.33 junior 4.8</p>
<p>senior year courseload:
AP English Lit
AP Euro History
AP Bio
AP Physics
Spanish honors
gym, electives, etc </p>
<p>ethnicity/gender/school: korean/female/ a small school in northern NJ
intended major: engineering? I'm not sure what kind of engineering tho.</p>
<p>I'm a recent immigrant (came to the US 2.5 years ago..) and no, I don't hv permanent residency so I guess I'll be considered as an international applicant.</p>
<p>family income: less than 10,000 a year. My mother and I pretty much are the breadwinners in my family.. my younger sister desperately needs to have another surgery soon (she was born with deformed facial features), and my father's been laid off because he's becoming blind. I'm using fee waivers for all the applications I'm sending in. it's one of the reasons why I'm applying to Harvard and other top schools that hv generous FA. I must get accepted to college with a full ride (which doesn't often happen to internationals at other relatively less competitive universities..) otherwise I cannot expect to have any further education at this point. </p>
<p>activities, honors, awards:</p>
<p>Rensselaer Medalist
Columbia University Science Honors Program
NJ Bergen County Junior Commission on the Status of Women
NJ Bergen County Chorus
NJ Governor's School in the Sciences Finalist
NJ Bloustein Distinguished Scholar
Nordstrom Scholarship Finalist
Certification of merit from the society of women engineers
Commendation from NJ legislature for volunteerism
Nominee for the Tomorrow25 Leadership Competition (by Time magazine)
National Honor Society
National Spanish Honor Society
Student of the Month Award
FIRST Robotics Team- 3D captain.
Math Team- Captain;merit awards from various math leagues, competitions.
Classical Guitar Club- Founder and President
Academic Decathlon- various medals at regionals, including 2 gold medals
School's Select Choir- Alto I section leader, main pianist of the choir
Library Council- manager-in-chief? lol dunno how to phrase this.
Rowan University Summer Institute in Materials Science</p>
<p>Jobs: tutoring, yearbook business staff (I'm the only one on this thing.) </p>
<p>Hooks: I used to live abroad in many countries due to my dad's business, but something really horrible happened in my eighth grade and we've been poor ever since. Thus I'm fluent in four languages other than korean and english.
other than that..I've been serving as the school's main pianist even though I do not own a piano anymore. sending in some piano solo works.</p>
<p>and I know my SAT scores are horrible compared to other Asian applicants.
so.......do I have a chance?</p>