Hi. It’s my dream to go to either Columbia or NYU but I’m also interested in other universities.
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Country: Pakistan
Subjects: Computing & Business
Course: Cambridge Advanced Level
SAT score: 2320
ACT score: 33
Advanced Level grades: 3 A*, 4 As
Ordinary Level grades: Poor (I was taking sciences back then. I hate sciences)
Extracurricular activities:
Volunteer at 3 different shelters.
Volunteer at 2 different charities.
Launched my own charity 2 years ago.
3 months internship at a mobile company.
Football (Soccer) player since 8.
Basketball player since 11.
Table Tennis player since 13.
Playing guitar since I was 15.
I would have some confidence getting into good universities in the US but my O Level grades are poor. I’ve heard that US universities don’t ask for your O Level grades, especially if you have good A Level grades and SAT/ACT scores. I’m really upset that I performed so bad in my O Levels but I was taking sciences which I hate. I’ve been programming/coding since I was 8 years old and I really love doing it. I should have taken computing before.
These are the universities I would like to join:
Columbia
NYU
Georgetown
And obviously Harvard but I’m sure I wouldn’t even be considered for that.