Musharraf is my uncle, but i want to go to an american college....

<p>LOL JK JK.</p>

<p>Hello, I came to USA 3 years ago from Korea, but HAS a green card. My ED is Stern, and I am thinking about applying to Ross school, Cornell Engineering, Columbia, Georgetown.. etc...</p>

<p>Ethnicity : Asian (well, duh. =p)
GPA : 3.85(UW), 4.2(W) => My transcript shows a very steady upward trend.
Rank : Unknown. Our school says that they do not rank, but I think they are lying. If I had to guess, my rank is around top 10% at minimum.</p>

<p>School Level : Very competitive NJ public high school. Ranked top 5 in our county, where as our county is within top 5 of NJ.</p>

<p>SAT : 2210
verbal : 700
math : 780 <----- =(
Writing : 730, essay 12</p>

<p>SATII : 710 Chem
800 Math II
670 Physics - retaking it in Nov, which is the last test date for Early.</p>

<p>APs - Junior - AP Calc BC (5), AP Euro (4), AP Music Theory (3)
Senior - AP Macroecon, AP US Gov, AP Stats, AP Physics
(my school does offer APs until Junior year)</p>

<p>College Program - Carnegie Mellon (Intro to Robotics - B, Intro to Electrical Computer Engineering - C =/ )</p>

<p>TOEFL : 111 out of 120</p>

<p>EC :
-Student body elected Secretary of Student Council
-Leader of the Math League
-Active participant of Science League
-and Science Olympiad
-Group Leader of Teen Freedom Corp (Volunteering club for our tri-town area)
-Participant, Organizer of Tri-town Senior Citizen Prom
-Organizer of Rouse Run(fund-raiser in Tri-town Area)
-Inaugurating Participant of Tri-town Tutoring Program For Middle-Schoolers
-Senior Clerk, Manager of the DECA-owned School Store
-Participant of MUN club.
-Participant of Multicultural Task Force
-Bass player in 10-piece Jazz Ensemble
-Participant of Environmental Club
-NHS
-peer tutoring system, inaugrural tutor
-Valley Hospital volunteering - Transporting patients, specimens, medicines
-Also, volunteering in Korea.</p>

<p>I started participating in most of these clubs when I became a sophomore.</p>

<p>-Awards
AMC 12 School's highest - sophomore year (118)
AIME - 5
School winner of AMTNJ (AMC in NJ State version)
Bentley Tomorrow 25 program finalist
well, does NHS letter count?</p>

<p>-Volunteer service
Not sure, but definitely 150+</p>

<p>cornell maybe a reach but all others are matches</p>

<p>i know this is minor but you wrote, "Hello, I came to USA 3 years ago from Korea, but HAS a green card. " it should be HAVE... looking at your scores clearly your english is good but just make sure you dont capitlize incorrect verbs.,.... they really stand out (not that you'd be putting many things in caps on an app) just thought id let you know :)</p>

<p>hey ur from NJ? me too! ur town sounds kinda like mine...i'm in livingston essex county (maybe its bad to post where u live online.... :O )</p>

<p>i do not understand the schools you are applying to..half engineer/half biz?</p>

<p>just wanted to get a clearer picture..</p>

<p>satscholar, how is Georgetown easier to get into than Cornell? I don't think so.</p>

<p>wow many people responded. thank you very much.</p>

<p>lol yeah i just realized that. Maybe my SAT score is very misleading after all... =p</p>

<p>Narcissa, i am living in Bergen county. =D</p>

<p>ivyleague, I am just applying to cornell engineering cuz i love cornell, but it does not have a good business program...</p>

<p>anybody else? bumpy bumpy bumpa bumpa?</p>

<p>AEM.Cornell.edu</p>

<p>ah thank you for the info.</p>

<p>But actually NYU stern was my early. Do you think I can get in? Bumpy Bump?</p>

<p>do you go to like bergen academy or something with those scores -_-</p>

<p>Um...I think you have a decent shot at NYU stern</p>

<p>haha i moved to this country when i was a 9th grader, so i had no chance to apply to BA.</p>

<p>any others? bump bump bump</p>

<p>Bumpy Bumpy Bump</p>

<p>OMG pleassseeee guys i really want to know what other people think...</p>