Hello,
I am an American currently in my Junior year (High school class of 2017) , who has been living outside the US for the past 7 years. I am currently living in my 4th country that is outside the US. Over the course of these past 7 years I have been attending private international schools. Now I am a junior in Hong Kong, and have a current GPA of 3.5. I know it seems bad, but its higher than my schools average (its EXTREMELY academically competitive) I currently have an New SAT score of 1400 (as of my first test), but I am aiming to push it over 1500. Ive been trying really hard to keep my grades up, as I have been constantly switching back and forth from AP and IB schools–so curriculums differ.
I think I have the potential of writing a really interesting personal essay as I am a second generation third culture kid. I want to pursue a major in political science and am exclusively looking at schools in the New England + New York region. What are my chances of getting in to an Ivy? I am taking 9 APs by the time I graduate, all of them rigorous (APUSH, APWorld, APGov, APCompGov, APStats, APMicroEcon, AP MacroEcon, AP Lang&Comp, APLit)
GPA: 3.5 (high for my school)
SAT: greater than or equal to 1400 (new SAT)
ECs: moving around a lot has made it hard to keep my ECs consistent and take on leadership roles
MUN for 4 years (leadership roles too)
Cross Country 1 year
Board member+founder of online school newspaper 3 years
Reporter for school newspaper 3 years
Student Ambassador 1 year
Debate Team 1 year
School Medic Team
Humanities Tutor
Monologue Competition Winner
Regular participant in charity runs
Honor roll student 2 years
Treasurer of Interact Club 1 year
Habitat for humanity 1 year
Soup kitchen volunteer+coordinator 1.5 years
UNICEF member
Elected speaker at various IB events
Former Intern at BBC
Former Intern at Viet Nam News Agency
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