<p>Objective:
Sat I: 2200 (self-studied): Math (720), CR (730), Writing (750)
Sat II (self-studied): US History (750), Spanish (740)
GPA (in my country, the rating system is different)
9th grade: 90% (I lived with 7 persons in the same apartament - 2 of them were drunkards -_-, it was a horrible experience)
10: 96%
11:97%
12: 97%
Rank: No rank available.
AP (all self-studied): Macroeconomics (5), microeconomics (5), psychology (5), Spanish Language (5), US History (5), US Gouvernment and Politics (5)
Course Load: We can't chose our course loads, we have ''profiles'', and every profile has a specific course load. </p>
<p>Olymphiads (those are competition for specific subjects)
English Olymphiad:
Participated all for years: 9th grade - reached district level in, 10th grade - 1st place on district level , reached national level (6th place), 11th grade - 1st place on district level, reached national level )5th place), 12th grade - 1st place on district level, reached national level (fifth place).
Psychology Olymphiad - 1st place on district level, reached national level where I got the 3rd place
Economy Olymphiad - 3rd place on district level</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurricurals:
In my country, ECs are not important at all, and do not play a role in college-level admission. However, I have quite a few. I did them even though most of my mates were not interested, which made it really hard to find members.</p>
<p>Tennis (since 10th grade)
Piano (since 9th grade)
Student council (president 2 years)
Volunteering Club (founder and president, 3 years, very involved in it, organised a lot activities)
English Club (founder and president, 3 years, very involved)
Chess (for fun) : since 7th grade
Summer activities: self-thought Spanish, tennis, self-studied for APs and SATs, a few volunteering activities, worked as a translator (online), took care of my sisters.
Essays: 9/10
Teacher Recommendations: 9/10, really good, they pointed out that I managed to overcome my bad situation and managed to become an exceptional student.</p>
<p>Other:
Country: Few application in America (a few hundreds)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income: (I'm poor)
The income of my family was lower than the average in my country (the average income per family here is about 800 dollars per month). I managed to help my family rise ''above the average'' by increasing the income of my family starting from the 10th grade thanks to a few good self-investments (the way I make money doesn't require a special skill, it requires time and an initial investment). However, the profits come from online sources, so I don't know how I'll prove that they were my profits... :(
Hooks: Being poor, I guess? I managed to do a lot even thought everything was against me... If my father took a graduated a ''college'' in my country, can I be considered a first generation student? Our education system is quite different... I'm also from a country that sends very few students in the US, so the universities might want me for ''cultural diversity''.</p>
<p>I know that I'm like ''the average student'' at the top universities, but I think I have something that makes me unique: my situation. Even though I live in a corupt, poor, country <em>and most of my mates use drugs/smoke&drink</em>, and I am poor myself, I managed to overcome all this by myself and become a good student, all this while trying to make the world around me a better place. Me and my teachers emphasized that, so how much is this going to help me?</p>
<p>I would also really appreciate advices, as my cousin is going to apply for college in US too, in a few years, and she could learn a lot from you guys. Thanks, and sorry for the mistakes, I'm in a hurry... </p>