<p>Hello :)
Please chance me and I will chance everyone back T_T
ok so first about myself:</p>
<p>School: Brent International School Manila (It's in the Philippines)
Nationality: Korean (<-- please consider this carefully...)</p>
<p>Weighted GPA: 3.92 (our school doesn't have unweighted)
Rank: 4 (but again.. our school doesn't use the ranking system)
Percentile: top 3%</p>
<p>SAT I: CR 620 Math 800 Writing 680 Essay: 11 Total: 2100
SAT II: Math 2C 760 I also took Chinese and Physics but I wont reveal :S</p>
<p>Courses (IB):
IB HL Physics
IB HL Math
IB HL English A1
IB HL Economics
IB SL History
IB SL Chinese
Theory of Knowledge
Advanced Band</p>
<p>Course Load: probably the most rigorous out of the entire school... -_-</p>
<p>Essay: i guess its ok.. 750 words.. my friend described it as an essay "written by a nobel peace prize winner".. but i dnt knw.. edited 15 times overall lolz</p>
<p>Teacher Recommendation: Good. One was from my most hated teacher which would be interesting </p>
<p>Awards:
-EARCOS Global Citizenship Award (11) award presented to a student who embraces the qualities of a global citizen. One out of 53 recipients in the East Asia Region. Please see: East</a> Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools
-Rensselaer Medal (11) - $15,000 per year merit scholarship to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as top Math/Science student (oh baby)
-Canadian Math Contest (Fermat) by University of Waterloo (11) Certificate of Distinction: Bronze Standard
-Bishop Brent Scholars Award (10-11)
-Brent Headmasters Award (9)</p>
<p>Leadership:
- Executive Student Council - President (12)
- Executive Student Council -Treasurer (11)
- Sophomore Batch Council - Vice President (10)
- Freshmen Batch Council - Vice President (9)
- Advanced Band - Flute Section Leader (9-12)
- Asia Pacific Athletic Conference: Band - Flute Section Leader (10-12)
- Jazz Band Alto Sax Section leader (10-12)</p>
<p>Activities:
-Model United Nations Club (9-12)
-Asia Pacific Athletic Conference (APAC)1 Model United Nations (10, 12) Beijing Model United Nations Conference (BEIMUN)
-Model United Nations Assembly (9-12) Chair (12), in World Health Organization building in the Philippines.
-National Honor Society (10-12)
-Asia Pacific Athletic Conference (APAC) Choir (12) Tenor, held in Brent International School Manila
-Asia Pacific Athletic Conference (APAC) Band (10-12) Flute, Piccolo, held in Canadian Academy, Hong Kong International School, Shanghai American School, Pudong.
-Advanced Band (9-12) - Flute, Piccolo. School featured Soloist (12) -Hungarian Pastorale Fantasie by A. Doppler
-Jazz Band (Alto/Soprano Saxophone 10-12) Soloist (10-12)
-Chamber Winds Ensemble (11) Soloist (11)
-Dance Ensemble of Major Production Pippin (10)
-Hip-Hop Club (10)]</p>
<p>Sports:
-Varsity Tennis (11)
-Aqualions (Varsity Swim Team, 9, 10, 12)</p>
<p>Community Service:
-Binan Christmas Bucket Charity (9-12) Community Service Project run by the Executive Student Council each year. Raised an equivalent of $4,400 to help out over 700 families in a nearby province of Binan, Laguna.
-Typhoon Ondoy Relief Project (12) Community Service Project initiated by student leaders and administrators to help out the damage done by Typhoon Ondoy or better known as Typhoon Ketsana.
-Gawad Kalinga Community Service Program (9-12) school service project to build a village called Gawad Kalinga with houses and a school for underprivileged families.
-Gawad Kalinga Tutoring (11-12) trip to the village Gawad Kalinga on Saturdays to tutor the children
-Orientation on Model United Nations to college students (11-12) introduction to College Students on what Model United Nation is.
-National Honor Society Tutoring (11,12) helping out the students who are in need for help in certain subject areas. Math, SAT, Physics, Economics</p>
<p>Academic Programs:
- Educational Program for the Gifted Youth at Stanford University (Topics in Economics course) (2009 June July, 3 weeks)</p>
<p>Oh and I'm planning to take business :)
Wow what a list.... anyways these are the places I applied:</p>
<p>Cornell AEM - rejected T_T
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign (Undergraduate Business) - Admitted!
Indiana University (Kelley School of Business) - Admitted!!!</p>
<p>Please Chance me for these: </p>
<p>Duke University
New York University Stern School of Business
Boston College Carroll School of Management
Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (I guess I'm in already??)
Dartmouth College
University of Southern California Marshall School of Business</p>
<p>Yeah I think this is it... My dream school is Stern btw.. I'm really hoping to get in.. T_T
anyways please chance me!!!!!!1111 and sorry if its long...</p>