Please Chance Me! (United States)

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of British Columbia
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<p>I’m International from the United States. Here’s my resume:
GPA: (weighted) 4.4952 (unweighted) 4.1143
Class rank: 12/72</p>

<p>Honors Classes:
9th grade: Honors Biology, Honors Geometry, and Honors Geography.
10th grade: Honors Chemistry, Honors World History, and Honors English.
11th grade: AP English, AP United States History
12th grade: AP English, AP Government</p>

<p>School Activities:
Band (Freshman; Junior); Flutist
National Honor Society (2009-2011)
Interact Club (2009-2011)
· Interact Club Secretary (Junior Year)
· Interact Vice President (Senior Year)
Teacher’s Aid: Latin (Junior, Senior)</p>

<p>Extra Curricular Activities:<br>
Self-Study Japanese
Summit Ministries Leadership Summer Camp (2009)</p>

<p>Community Service:
Habitat for Humanity (2007): organized and cleaned large sections of the Habitat for Humanity store
Hope Fest (2007): Helped hand out food to the homeless.
Baking for Fathers Heart Church (2007-2009): Baked refreshments for Fathers Heart Church Bible studies.
Walk for Autism (2008): Helped Fathers Heart Church raise money for research for Autism.
Fathers Heart Care (2008): On Friday nights I helped watched kids with disabilities as a staff member.
Sewing baby quilts (2008-2009): I sewed baby quilts for the Christ’s Pregnancy Center
Project Feed (2009): Helped hand out food to the poor
La Canada Residence Halloween Party (2009): Worked at a game booth during a Halloween party at a retirement home
Tutoring (2009-2010): On Tuesdays and Thursdays I helped struggling middle school students with Latin.</p>

<p>Total Hours: 200+ (8hours per academic quarter)</p>

<p>Academic Awards:
Lions List (2007, 2008, 2009)
President’s Award (2008,2009,2010)
2nd Place General Science; Science Fair (2009)
Sophomore Honors English Gold Award (2009)
Latin I Gold Award (2009)
Latin II Gold Award (2010)
Global Science Silver Award (2010)
Christian Character Award (2010)</p>

<p>Test Scores:
SAT (2009)
Critical Reading: 670
Math: 570
Writing: 590</p>

<p>ACT (2009)
English: 26
Math: 25
Reading: 27
Science: 21
Composite: 25
English/Writing: 27
Writing:9</p>

<p>AP History: 4</p>

<p>AP English:4</p>

<p>Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 4 (2008); PASSED
Writing-Vocabulary: 87/100
Listening: 59/100
Grammar: 161/200</p>

<h2> Total: 307/400</h2>

<p>Do I have any shot at all at the President’s Award? or any scholarships?
I’ve only taken the SAT once, and I plan on taking it two more times. I dont know how much higher I can get it though.</p>

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<p>You have pretty good stats, and from what ive seen around here you have a good shot at getting in. Improving your test scores will greatly increase your chances of getting in though, even if the improvement is only a little bit. If you’re going to retake the SAT, you should probably retake the ACT again (unless you dont plan on submitting an ACT).</p>

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<p>Thanks so much for your answer!!
Yeah, im not planning on submitting my ACT scores…x__x i hated that exam so much. </p>

<p>Any thoughts on scholarships?</p>

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<p>I don’t know how they calculate the scholarships, so youre guess is as good as mine. I heard something on these forums about them basing the scholarships on your “admission average”, so do really well senior year!</p>

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<p>Retake your SAT. The admissions process for Canadians v.s. Americans are different. Most canadians are not aware of this fact. When I was admitted 2005, a 30 ACT or a 1300 SAT (no writing then) was what they expected of most americans. I’ve heard they are a little lower. </p>

<p>Your shot of scholarships is very little, and there is no aid other than student loans. Also I would no go to any Canadian school if my only means of affording it a scholarship offer. It is much more difficult to keep scholarships in Canada, than american schools. They generally require higher GPA, and grade deflation is practiced more widely among Canadian schools. At UBC generally a student is expected to maintain an 80 average each year to keep their scholarship, and an 80 average is quite high. In my four years at UBC, I only met one individuals who managed this. I also met no foriegn student with a significant scholarships (maybe 4000$ a year or two courses worth of tuition). Many of these student had 85+ averages (top 10%).</p>