<p>Hello fellow nerve wrecks! However, I am a Norwegian high school student and am applying for college this fall. I go to school in Norway and don't have an american passport (101% international).</p>
<p>School:
- My grades have improved throughout the three years we go to high school in Norway. My lowest grades I've got during the three years are 4's (more or less a B minus).
- However, during my senior year I have yet received mostly 6 (the highest possible grade in Norway) in almost all subjects, and 5 in a few other.
- I think I am among the top 10-15% of my class.</p>
<p>SAT:
- I am yet to take the SAT tests, but I think I'll do OK in the sections testing my English skills. I think I may be able to score somewhere near 700 in both CR and writing, but I suck at mathematics.</p>
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<li>Does anyone know if universities expect less from international students when it comes to SAT results?</li>
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<p>Summers:
- I've usually been working at a family member's store during summers.
- I attended Harvard Summer School's Intensive English learning program last summer. I got all requirements met and also left the US with an honorable mention from the Dean's Essay Contest.</p>
<p>Languages:
- Norwegian (fluent)
- English (fluent)
- Swedish (fluent)
- Danish (fluent in writing)
- Spanish (not too far from being fluent)
- Chinese (know the very basics of the language and can have a normal conversation)</p>
<p>Art:
I photograph and consider use that as art supplements in the Common App. Here are some of my achievements:
- Opened three exhibitions with relatively good critics in (local) media.
- Received two cultural scholarships.
- Landed among the top 5 in a national photography contest with approximately 450 participants.</p>
<p>Also:
- Neither of my parents have any education. I've heard some universities find this positive?</p>
<p>I understand that it might be a disadvantage that I'm not doing any charity or participate in any clubs. But then again, I do live in Norway, and as you may already have guessed, the amount of extracurriculars is severely limited.</p>