<p>Hello</p>
<p>First of all, I confess that I don't really visit College Confidential</p>
<p>Tat is because I always get depressed when seeing a perfect stats of others who didn't get into good schools they deserve...</p>
<p>anyway</p>
<p>Let me tell you who I am</p>
<p>I am an international student from South Korean, super ghetto of education</p>
<p>Here in US, I liv in CA</p>
<p>Really have been chilling so far up until this point of starting senior life</p>
<p>****!!</p>
<p>My stats are</p>
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<li><p>GPA sophomore: 4.27, junior: 3.5, senior: expecting 4.3
Well, I got a lot to explain for last year. I got injured for 4 months in football, which the game I love so much, so I got really depressed during the whole year. Some of you readers may know, that coming to america as 195 lbs and 5' 6'' and turning into 155 lbs and lifting 225lb after you devote your time and mind into the sport. I was really lost.
And I guess I'll write about this in my college essay (that I got injured and was lost mentally and physically and watch Lost that really described myself well, that I learned and grew a lot not only physically but also intellectually and matured)</p></li>
<li><p>SAT1: CR-650 math-800 writing-720
SAT II: I haven't taken yet, but I just assume that I'll get at least 700s in three tests</p></li>
<li><p>Sports: 3 years of Varsity Football and varsity Track and field, ever since coming to this nation as sophomore (including summer I had to practice with team or by self 3 hours a day a year round (never left the country during summer vacation)
----> I wonder this is going to affect in my admission to good colleges cuz at my school im the only asian (including asian american) player and the only asian short distance runner, which I kinda thought was weird</p></li>
<li><p>Extracurricular: Youth Leadership Team organizer at ST.Jude Hospital in my senior year
Academic Decathlon 2 years
Sports
Voluntary service at oncology(cancer recovery) department, i am really motivated to work there, cuz my aunty recently had breast cancer surgery. I now understand what it means to suffer from the disease not only patients but family members</p></li>
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<p>After all, I think I had extraordinary experience as international student in America, trying to be a normal american kid to fit in, at school and at the sports fields too. It has been overwhelming to me sometimes and really dramatic since I had sports related injury first time in life.</p>
<p>However, in objective view, I don't think I did really well. I am not that smart, only taking a few AP courses or college credit only just in my senior year. I am a hardworker in sports but I am only 5' 8'' which I know that is not that remarkable. I guess I will be looked on as an average kid. I don't know readers, I see all the asian fellas or korean students going to SAT academies and study all stuff, but all I did was exercising for 6 hours a day during summer with few service hours</p>
<p>I also want to goto good schools</p>
<p>I am thinking of applying</p>
<p>Cornell undergraduate program, Dartmouth, Brown, U of Rochester, U of Chicago, (Harvard and Yale just for luck ), CMU, NYU, Vanderbilt, Emory, UPenn, Tufts, Notre Dame, Stanford, Columbia, U of Virginia, U of Michigan</p>
<p>Am I dumb to apply those top schools or do you think I have possibilty if I elaborate my essay well through unordinary experience of international student in America (I am representing Asian race in football unfortunately;</p>
<p>Where should I apply? Help me,</p>
<p>my msn messenger is the<em>moonswill</em><a href="mailto:kim0807@hotmail.com">kim0807@hotmail.com</a>
and e mail is <a href="mailto:moon910807@gmail.com">moon910807@gmail.com</a></p>
<p>Please consider that you can give hope to this poor one.</p>
<p>Thx</p>