Hey everyone. It’s my first post here so I thought I’d keep it brief. I’m a 16 year old Pakistani student who’s hoping to study in the US next year. In particular, I was really hoping to get into the HYPSM, along with Dartmouth because I hear they offer a full ride if you can’t pay the bills. My family is pretty poor, so it would help if you guys could aid me with some financial aid tips as well as chancing me.
-Age: 16.
-Nationality: Pakistani.
-English Proficiency: On a scale of one to ten? I’d say I’m a nine.
-GPA Equivalent: 3.95
-IGCSE Grades: Mathematics (A), Chemistry (A), Biology (A), Physics (A), English Lit. (A), English Lang. (A), Urdu (A), History (A).
-Current Ib subjects: I’m part of the first batch in Lahore, Pakistan, to be offered the chance to take the iB diploma. Current subjects are Chemistry HL, English Lit. HL, Math HL, Physics HL, Economics HL, French ab into. I’m the only student that I know of who managed to wriggle himself into taking five HL classes. My iB grades will be out after the admissions process is done, but my predicted grades hang at above 40 usually.
-SAT I: 2190 is the highest I’ve gotten so far. The writing portion is my weakest area.
-ECs: Taught myself english, worked at orphanages for the past four years (I was on fundraising for the past three years but this year they put me on finding missing children and coordinating with the police), worked at several charities, self taught myself sanskrit, pashto, persian (archaic dialect) and a bit of Chinese, attended and won more local MUN’s than I can count, helped build houses for Akhuwat.
I’m not sure if all of those classify as ECs.
-Hobbies: I’m an avid reader. I also make lawn furniture that I personally sell on the marked.
-Notable achievements: Built my own Hydroxy gas generator which I hooked up to my bike for a short while.
But apart from that I have no national or international achievements to speak of, the problem is that my school has just, and I mean just, started the iB program. My classmates and I will be the first kids to graduate from the school period. Thus, we have no access to or knowledge of international events. Hell, we don’t even have a college councillor. Compared to some of the more prestigious schools in the city (who are concerned with an international image) , my school is more concerned with making sure we all pass the iB program.
Any tips, tricks or hints you guys could drop on helping me get into a good college will be much appreciated.