<p>High School junior in Turkey.
Attending the best school in my area.
-I will be the first one to take SAT and apply for US Colleges in my School-
5.0 GPA(In Turkey it's 1-5)
Member of programming and computer olympiad club for 2 years.(First year member second year president and tutoring.)
Member of School Project Team
President and Founder of MUN Club in my school.
2012 - Georgia - International Young Inventors Project Olympiad - Silver Medal
2012 - Kenya - International Golden Climate Enviromental Project Olympiad - Gold Medal
2013 - National - TUBITAK(the scientific and technological research council of turkey) Entrepreneurship and Innovation Competition - First Prize
2013 - USA - GENIUS International High School Enviromental Project Olympiad - Silver Medal
Volunteering in USA - Tutoring for Turkish Children
Volunteering in South Africa - Active member of organisations of Turkish Society
Research with a university
Charity organisations ( Sister School ) for poor schools in Turkey
Tutoring for sophomores after school
Member of organisarion comitee of a Local Science Fair
5 hours of sports every week.
Didn't took IELTS, SAT and SATII yet but i will took them ASAP and expected scores are below:
SAT - Reading 650 Writing 650 Maths 800
SATII - Maths Physics Chemistry Biology 750-800
IELTS - 7.0 - 8.0</p>
<p>Awards are good, SAT one isn’t the best. I would say chances are relatively low for harvard, princeton , yale
but who knows about cornell, etc</p>
<p>What should i do to improve my chances ?</p>
<p>Retake the SAT or try the ACT. I think you’re good ECs-wise and definitely GPA-wise.</p>
<p>Well, i didn’t took the SAT and i have more than 5 months to study.What are my chances with a score of 2200 and a couple of more extracurricullars and possible awards.And for your consideration i am going to apply for Financial Aid.What should i focus on, after that to get into top ivies especially Harvard ? I started with Harvard aspirations, and since i am the first one around me that is going to apply for an American University i need your suggestions alot. Thank you :)</p>
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<p>raise your sat at least 100 points and then you’ll have a decent shot</p>
<p>Wwhat about for the universities like Gerogia Tech , UPenn , UCLA , Carnegie Mellon, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ?</p>
<p>^ ur a match with a higher SAT score.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars are enough or should i do more ? I want yo attend high school summer programs like yale global scholars or programmes of different universities.But i cant afford so is it neccessary yo have a well known activity like yg scholars for ivies.And ineed some information about personal statement and application essay . Can you help me guys ?</p>
<p>How important are essay and personal statement ?</p>
<p>Essays are extremely important for admission - make sure they are unique, grammatically perfect, and convey something important about you as a person. Same goes for personal statement. Have 3-4 people recheck your essay (recommend 4-5 if two of the above check strictly for grammar).</p>
<p>I’d say your only weakness is English. Learn around 10 SAT words a day and brush up on grammar in order to increase your SAT score. The toughest is SAT critical reading; you really have to have a solid strategy in this category. Other than that you have good chances due to your GPA and EC’s and to the fact that you are Turkish. Ivies also look for ethnic diversity. So good luck!</p>
<p>Btw i applied for UWC(United World Colleges), what do you think, is it worth ? , Please re consider, if i get accepted my chances for ivies.</p>