<p>I am a student who goes to school outside of US in Korea, but I have an American Passport.
I am a rising senior and I wanted to know which schools I could get into.
I have a gpa of 3.44 for Freshmen Year and Sophmore year in average and got 3.75 for Junior Year unweighted.
Also I am a IB Diploma student. Does doing IB diploma help on my application?
I have been in the student government (council) for three years and have been to many service trips and mission trips and hav few leadership roles.</p>
<p>I am thinking about UCSD and UW.</p>
<p>Any Advice for college that I have a chance to get in?</p>
<p>None of us here is in a position to “chance” you, but the UC Stat Finder might help you gauge your chances at UCSD. For example, the average international admit (by home location, not citizenship) in 2009 had an unweighted GPA of 3.78 and scored 1393 on the SAT (verbal + math). Their international admission rate was 28%. </p>
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The IB diploma is a very rigorous college-prep program and American colleges recognize it as such. Many colleges will grant you 1-2 semesters’ worth of college credits for the full diploma.</p>
<p>I got into UCLA this year. I’m a Pakistani. Just a tip. UCs usually give admission to kids with really high GPAs. The SATs don’t matter much to them, though they don’t take into account your first two years of High School. Your GPA in your Junior and Senior year should be at least 3.85 or higher. BUT since your korean and are doing IB AND have an american passport which I have too, that should help a lot in the UC applications.</p>
<p>UNC as in North Chapel? It’s pretty good. Probably not as known as but is ranked with UCLA. The single child scenario can help in the way that you show them how you conquered a hardship of only having one parent and all.</p>
<p>UNC-Chapel Hill, not North Chapel. Since you’re OOS, you need to have really good grades and high test scores. UNC-CH only had 18% OOS this year, so competition is stiff.</p>
<p>Yea, but the UCs really increased their intake of OOS this year due to budget cuts and all, so more students paying full fees for OOS and all. Yea, my scores and grades were alright; my ECs helped out a lot. Yea, sorry, I got confused. I was, in fact, talking about Chapel Hill.</p>
<p>About the single parent thing: If you include it somewhere (like in your essay or sth), it’ll be to your advantage for UCSD. Because they allocate points to every aspect of your application (including difficult circumstances) and then rank you accordingly. I think the breakdown of points allocated is on the UCSD site. You can find more information about this on the UCSD forum on CC. not sure about the other schools you mentioned though…</p>
<p>My 2 cents on the single parent thing: The key is not the fact that your parents got divorced (which is quite common in the US). You want to demonstrate maturity and insight. If you can write about how you grew as a person in the aftermath of your parents’ divorce, it might be worth to consider as an essay topic.</p>
<p>petersony, take it easy. You’re asian. If you’ve not heard UCLA jokingly stand for University of Caucasians Lost in Asians. You’ll make it. Have faith. =) I’m here to help if you need essay reading or anything.</p>
<p>Kidding aside, there are about 2,000 four-year colleges and universities in the US. You should be able to get into 1,900 of them with no problems. Would you like us to name all of them?</p>
<p>Yes, your GPA and SAT scores are among the most important factors in the admission decision. The two other important factors are the rigor of your high school curriculum (excellent for the IB!) and the quality of your letters of recommendation. Negative letters will nullify the best test scores, and strong supportive letters might help overcome some blemishes on your record.</p>
<p>Your finances might also play a big role at universities that are not need-blind.</p>
<p>College essays are an important factor for many universities. Many universities like Yale Stanford Brown puts up “Why Yale” or “Why Stanford” essays to test whether or not you are actually interested and excited about the school and a great essay would be a very good boost to your application. An amazing essay that sketches parts of your life and brings forward your personality can often move the ad comm.</p>
<p>Even though I sometimes suspect whether essays are as important as we like to believe nevertheless its a powerful tool to show the ad comms your personality,abilities and passion.</p>
not sure about the other schools you mentioned though…</p>