<p>I'm an international student going to a large public magnet school in kenya :)</p>
<p>GPA: 99.91/100 UW (I dropped half a mark in AP chem last term)
Rank: 1/800 (valedictorian)</p>
<p>SAT I: CR 800 W 800 M 800 (essay 12) (superscored)
SAT IIs: world hist 800 chem 800 phys 800 math IIc 790
ACT: 36 (1st sitting)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
[ul][<em>]volunteering for international charity fund: raised $4000 for kenyan rice farmers and received youth representative award from the kenyan vice-president
[</em>]marathon: ran the annual 50 mile race for the last 15 years; came 15th this year
[<em>]junior researcher in local milk factory: investigated better ways to preserve unhomogenized milk
[</em>]hunting: member of kenyan young riflemen's club, hunting game in the national wildlife sanctuary - I have my own licence
[<em>]published a book on eating disorders; i personally have been suffering from anorexia and writing this book helped me gain 15 lbs.
[</em>]local tutor for economically disadvantaged kids: i run my own night school for local children who can't afford normal education
[<em>]campaigning for sarah palin: tried to mitigate the influence of barack obama in kenyan citizens by designing and advertising posters in favor of sarah palin - met her in a special ceremony in Russia
[</em>]junior chess champion: i recently defeated master dwuku in a 5hr blindfold chess championship match
[<em>]singing award: in the local castrati competition i came first, defeating several younger competitors
[</em>]president of local gay community: attended previous mardi gras and gave a speech on HIV/AIDs[/ul]</p>
<p>Others:
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[<em>]i was offered a full scholarship to study in the local kenyan university, but my parents really want me to go to the states so i declined it
[</em>]my dad recently blew up some somalian refugees - i'll use this story in my main essay
[<em>]voted by class as "most likely to succeed at life" and "most likely to get into harvard"
[</em>]one of my recs is from the vice-president of kenya who visited my house after it was burnt to the ground by somalian terrorists[/ul]</p>
<p>The schools:
Harvard
Yale (is it worth applying here?)
Princeton (a safety)
Stanford</p>
<p>I'm really worried about my GPA and my SAT II math. Is this gonna hurt my chances for harvard - my dream school?</p>
<p>Thanks for your input!</p>