<p>Junior year living in India (dad's job - yes I'm a US citizen - does that make me an International applicant or not btw)
I've got above average grades - I take the IB - but yeah I'm probably not competing with kids from China or anything.</p>
<p>For those of you who understand IB grades these are mine based off these midterms:
Math HL: 7
Physics HL: 7
Computer Science HL: 7
Economics HL: 5
English SL: 6
Spanish AB: 7</p>
<p>Took the SAT this October - 2240 (800 Math, 730 Writing, 710 Reading - go figure; I got 78 in the PSAT - probably take again) - again I'm good but not great.</p>
<p>Probably take SAT Physics, and Math 2
APs: Calculus BC, Physics, Computer Science</p>
<p>ECs: Yeah, this is where I kinda fall short(er). You'd probably see me spending more time on my computer but here's my insignificant list anyway.
I play soccer all the time, but yeah, school team's really good (or I'm really bad?) but I make my house team (people in my school are divided into 4 groups, collections, or 'houses')
I play chess, and I'm internationally rated 1544 (sounds fancy except a quick search will tell you I'm average here too) - captain my school team though (does that even count, since I have zero proof)
I debate, quiz, do extempore (speak with 30 seconds of prep time), do MUN, and yeah the only thing that I can substantiate are the MUN stuff since I kept the certificates (yes, I won something)
I'm a sad, sad human being when it comes to community service, but I taught 60+ hours at a school for underprivileged kids, so yay me.
I play the piano (passed grade 3 Trinity) and the tabla - hopefully learn the guitar soon since I like it so much more
I'm told I'm a brown belt at karate although I personally doubt it. You'd doubt it too. I'm 6'1''' but just 120 pounds.
I pretty much own our school's math newsletter making me founder and editor and the self styled Supreme Dictator
And I was elected my House's captain (scroll up if you missed what a house was) last year, probably run again this year, or maybe school captain if I'm feeling lucky
Competed in tons of olympiads ranging from math to astronomy to english - done well in a few</p>
<p>So yeah, chance me if I want to get into top tier schools in the US, por ejemplo:
Stanford
MIT
UCB
blah blah yeah go big or go home haha</p>
<p>What can I do to make my profile stronger?</p>