I am currently a junior in an American overseas high school in Doha, Qatar and I want to apply to Yale as an Early Decision. Yale is and always has been my dream school and
I transferred to a new school during the middle of the 10th grade causing a few fluctuations in my grades and extra curriculars. The school that I attend is the best in the country and my classmates come from over 180 different nations.
My GPA:
3.9 (unweighted) till the 2nd semester of 10th grade when I transferred
3.55 I transferred in the middle of the semester and had many family issues: a loss, terminal illness,etc. There was a ton of stress coming from other factors
However, my current GPA is a 4.2 and I’m pushing for a 4.4
Class rank:
top 10% in my old school
I do not know about my current school
SAT:
1290 on the first try. However, I did not really prepare for it. Since then, my scores have improved drastically and I will be giving it again. My aim is a 1540+ and I know I can get it.
ETHNICITY:
White, Asian
(British, Irish, French, Armenian, German, Indian)
I am not a U.S citizen and will be applying as an international applicant.
Courses taken:
Freshman:
1)Integrated Physics and Chemistry
2)Algebra 1
3)English
4)Health Science Technology (it was a pre-med course offered only at my school)
5)Spanish 1
6)PE
7)Qatar History
8)Music
9)Word Geography
Sophomore:
semester 1 semester 2
- Geometry Everything excluding HST as it was not offered by my new school
- Algebra 2
- PE My Science and Math classes were bumped up to honors
- Biology
- Speech communication
- HST
- English
- Spanish 2
- Chemistry
- World history
NOTE: My old school did not offer any honors courses and had a rule that did not allow Freshman and Sophomores AP’s
My old school did not offer many Social Science classes which is why I decided to double up in Science. It was a rule for Freshman to start their Math and Science path with Algebra 1 and IPC and would not bend the rule for anyone ( I could have started with Alg 2)
Junior:
IB HL Economics
IB HL Psychology
IB HL Theater
AP English Language
Pre-Calculus
Physics
Choir
PE
Senior (for next year)
IB HL Economics E
IB HL Psychology
AP English Literature
AP Statistics
AP Physics 1
AP Comparative Government and Politics
Choir
Music Production
Senior Seminar
Extra curricular activities:
-Project Sunshade- a service project where we raised money to provide better services for the construction workers in Doha.
-Debate team (we went up to nationals) however, I could not continue this as my new school did not have a debate team
-President environmental club
Currently VP but will become the President next year
My biggest project with the club has been organizing an E-Waste drive for the school community to dispose all of their
old electronics in a safe way.
-President and founder of the Helping Hand
Founded a club to provide the basic necessities for children in families in need.
-Teaching English as a Second Language to the workers in our school(most of them come from Nepal and the Philippines)
We have a particular time where students teach these workers but I’ve made sure to keep personal contact with my
student outside of class and teach her privately as well. She needs extra help with her writing so I created a different
study plan, give her daily homework every day before leaving school, and use texts as a way to aid her writing in the
evenings.
I will be in the executive team for this club next year
-Section editor of poetry in the school magazine and newspaper
-Organized an appreciation day
A day where everyone writes a note to say thank you and appreciate another member of the community: it could be a
teacher, administration member, or student.
-Member of the cheer squad
2 people from each grade were nominated by the counselors to write anonymous messages for students to boost the morale of the high school. These are sent out with a small chocolate in the morning.
-One Acts
- Write poetry and compose music
- Enrolled in level university classes Currently doing a class on Negotiation from Yale's MBA program I will soon be doing more classes over the summer (probably marketing related)
In my service clubs, I am always in charge of advertisement as I am very persuasive. (Hey, I did convince the Principle and Associate Principle to participate in the Trivia Night, a fundraiser, and got them to dance on tables at the end of the show XD)
IB Predicted scores are 7’s (the highest possible)
Recommendation letters: I have a very strong and personal relationship with my teachers and my counselor definitely likes me so I think I’ll get very strong letters of recommendation.
Intended majors:
Global affairs/Economics/English
I want to do be a future leader of this world though I do not know exactly what employment I’ll hold before clinging my way up.
Essays: I want to focus on what equality means to me and will talk about my mother coming from a poor, abusive family and my urge to protect people and provide help no matter the consequences.