RD Chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Bates College
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<p>CHANCES</p>

<p>International student, female, applying RD, need a LOT of aid</p>

<p>Stats
Freshman year GPA: 3.1
Sophomore year GPA: 3.0 … and then HUGE leap…</p>

<p>British O-level results: 8 A’s in all 8 subjects… (4.0, if converted to GPA)
Junior year GPA: 3.9
British AS-level results: Eco = A… Bio = A… Chem = B (3.67 if converted to GPA)
Senior year GPA (first semester): 4.0</p>

<p>Got lots of B’s and C’s in first two years of high school (class of 50 students). Old school offered only till O levels. </p>

<p>Changed schools to do A levels. New school has 290 students in my batch. Very competitive. Have mostly A’s in new school, except for a B in chemistry. Have toughest course load in class – 5 A level subjects</p>

<p>Class rank = 4/290 (top 1.4%)</p>

<p>SAT II
Lit - 670
Math I - 630
Math II - 550
(will retake in dec)</p>

<p>ECAs:</p>

<p>MUSIC

  • over 10 years of training in Indian classical music + Rabindrasangeet
  • performed in school events
  • sang on television twice
  • won numerous awards outside school
  • consecutively won the Certificate of Achievement in Music for 3 years in high school</p>

<p>DEBATE/ HOSTING:

  • best speaker in semi finals in school debate in 9th grade
  • runners up in finals in school debate – 9th grade
  • participated in many interschool debates
  • parliamentarian in winning team in EFA finals – 9th grade
  • participated in 1st International Debate Workshop in Bangladesh 2004 – 11th grade
  • parliamentarian in National Bangladesh Television English Debate championships in 2005
  • nationally ranked as one of the top 5 debaters in Pre-worlds School Debate 2005
  • general secretary of my school’s debating society
  • was the emcee at numerous events held on national days outside school
  • hosted the Edexcel International Conference in 2005</p>

<p>COMMUNITY SERVICE:

  • raised funds for flood victims in 9th grade
  • organized a fund raiser in neighborhood to collect money for the treatment of a child suffering from polio
  • treasurer of school’s community service club – 11th and 12th grades
  • raised funds in school wide food sale for a children’s ward in a local hospital – 12th grade </p>

<p>WRITING/OTHER CLUBS:

  • contributor, school yearbooks – 9th and 10th grades
  • essay got commended by the royal commonwealth society in 10th grade
  • Associate Editor of school newsletter – 11th grade
  • Editor-in-Chief of school newsletter – 12th grade
  • member of Brine Pickles, a creative writer’s group
  • recently was the youngest playwright to have a play staged at the British Council, Dhaka
  • founded the first ever A level yearbook in my school (we have over 650 A level students in all the batches). Editor-in-chief of the yearbook.
  • chief coordinator of the school’s reading club, which I founded
  • completed a photography course from the South Asian Institute of Photography in 12th grade</p>

<p>ACADEMIC/ NON ACADEMIC HONOURS

  • won the Certificate of Achievement in Economics in 9th grade
  • won the Certificate of Achievement in English in 10th grade
  • won the Daily Star Nation Builders of Tomorrow Award (given to candidates getting 6 A’s or above in their O levels) for 8 A’s.
  • chosen by the school to be the Closing Assembly Speaker for the Class of 2004
  • chosen by the class to give the speech at graduation</p>

<p>WORK EXPERIENCE

  • executive feature writer of Rising Stars, the most popular weekly supplement of a national English newspaper (average circulation figure of 50000)
  • tutured a middle school student in 11th grade</p>

<p>APPLICATION

  • expecting good recommendations
  • want to major in English and International Studies
  • essay should be ok/good
  • will mention that I want to be a writer
  • SAT I: will give on Nov 5th: possible score:
    Critical Reading ~ 700…
    Writing ~ 650…
    Math ~ 650-ish? (pessimistically speaking)</p>
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<p>most probably you'll get in........................but I hope not at my expense.:rolleyes:</p>

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<p>well, if you improve SAT scores just bit, you will be able to get into top schools in the US especially with those MAD ECs. I wish I was on tv like you :(. Anyways, I can bet you're in at Bates.</p>

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<p>thanks, both of you... but my freshman/ sophomore gpa's less than perfect :( and i have a B in my A levels. i'll be retaking my SAT II in december, so hopefully that will improve. </p>

<p>best of luck to you guys :D</p>

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i have a B in my A levels.

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<p>B in A levels is no big deal. I know well the difficulty level of O and A levels. Kids have no time to have fun since they are busy working with 3-4 tutors per day!</p>