<p>I am an Italian girl. I'm in 4th class (we have 5). My dream is to enter in one prestigious school in USA and leave my italian-life behind. </p>
<p>I'd like to go majoring in Cognitive Science.
My dream school are Harvard, MIT, UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, UC Los Angeles.
In 20 days I have the SAT.</p>
<p>At school I study Comp Sci, Physics, Biology, Chemestry, Math 1&2, Italian, English, History, Philosophy, History of Art.
I do also extra curricular activity.
I have played the piano for 4 years (but now I stopped), I am a journalist for two webzines, I am in the math club, in the cinema club. I did English-speaking club last year. I am also learning spanish by myself.
I did National Olympics of neuroscience last year and I'm planning to do them again this year. I did National Olympics of Math and NO of Physics this year (but I did not very well in all three). Two years ago I won the Kangourou of English (an English contest).</p>
<p>I am also taking free classes on Coursera and Edx sites. </p>
<p>In Italy we have scores out of 10. My GPA is between 7/10 and 7.5/10</p>
<p>What do you think? What could I add to my extracurricular activities?</p>
<p>Also, since I hate snow and cold weather, do you think I'll suffer much at MIT or Harvard?</p>
<p>Wow so many extracurriculars.
But are you good at any of them? Do you enjoy any of them? Or are you just doing them to get into college?</p>
<p>Think about what you enjoy most out of the long list of extracurriculars and choose a couple and I reccomend doing extremely well in one or two of them.</p>
<p>I do love them all. And I think I’m doing good at everything apart from national olympics.
If the courses star I think I’ll be doing also some language(s) course(s) this semester.</p>
<p>Online classes might help, but (in my opinion), they’ll only help you if you’re taking the most rigorous course load at your school, doing extremely well in it and wanting (or at least, showing that you want) to do more.</p>
<p>Work on your GPA. Do well on your SAT/ACT - 2250+ or 33/34+. </p>
<p>You have diverse ECs, but I can’t see a lot of depth in them - try doing your very best and succeeding in them!</p>
<p>ok here some news:
I figured out how to convert my grades from the Italian system to the US system.
Italian: B
English: B
History: C
Philosophy: B
Math A
Pysics: B
Comp Sci A
Science (Biology, Chemestry, Geology): A
Art (History&Drawning): A
Physical Ed: A</p>
<p>I don’t know much of US Colleges. What do you think can be the best for me?
I want to major in Cognitive Science, I want a hot weather (like, no snow/rain/cold weather)
Please help me, I’m in panic. I do not have much time!</p>
<p>Would it be better if I get A in English and Physics? And maybe a B in History?</p>
<p>The fact is that in my school getting an A is almost impossible, since the C (6/10) grade is set at 70% and some professor’s grade arrive at 8/10 and not 10/10 (so they do not give much A, almost none)</p>
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<p>For the weather you want, I would suggest Southern States of the US, California to Florida and maybe Hawaii. Research because there are areas in each of these states that get colder weather and snow.</p>
<p>In California, you might want to look at the California State University System, but even then not sure about your chances.</p>
<p>I’m considering UCSD and UC Santa Cruz. I think they can be matches for me. I’m considering MIT, ucla and UC Berkeley as reaches and Gatech (not cog sci, not so sure) and UArizona as safeties. But I’m not sure overall…</p>
<p>The truth is a 3.45 is on the lower end of the spectrum when it comes to schools like MIT and Harvard (I’m not as familiar with the UCs though). Of course, we can never be sure about anything until the admissions officers send out their letters. In the meantime, there are a few things you can do to boost your application:</p>
<p>1.) Begin studying for those standardized tests (SAT, ACT, etc). They’re very important, as admission committees like to see well-rounded students. Just use the internet to research things like ‘SAT practice’ – there are plenty of free things out there.</p>
<p>2.) When it comes time to fill out those applications, make sure you can elaborate on all of your ECs. The admissions officers are interested in who you are. Perhaps talk about what you wrote about for those webzines, or your interest in foreign languages (I’m assuming you like them, seeing that you’re teaching yourself Spanish).</p>
<p>But whatever happens, you’re going to be Ok. Even your safety (University of Arizona) is a very great school with nice warm weather. :)</p>
<p>Thank you!
As I said my school is very difficult, and that gpa is just a roughly translation of tm scores in your system. I hope the admission officer knows how it works here.
I’m really focusing on my gpa and sat. I just took a practice test:
Higher range.
CR: 610
M: 700
W: 670
I do not remember the lower range, but overall was 1890.
Maybe in May I’ll retake it!</p>
<p>I was also considering subject test, what do you think?
Also my ECs are gonna be much more (internship, linguistic stage in Dublin, maybe Russian course, maybe math Olympics. And I’m sure I’ve forgotten something)</p>
In the meantime, there are a few things you can do to boost your application:</p>