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<p>I'm an international applicant. My stats:</p>

<p>SAT I: 1830
SAT II: Math II - 800, Chem- 800, Biology E- 800
GPA: 4.0</p>

<p>Awards:
Science Fair- Distinction Award: Award for a highly commendable science project</p>

<p>Korean School- Valedictorian Valedictorian of class of 2006. Korean school is a saturday school covering the korean curriculum</p>

<p>Korean School- Outstanding student award, which is awarded by the Parent Teacher Association</p>

<p>SEAMC- 5th place, 4th place South East Asia Math Competition. 5th place and 4th place in the team and individual competition respectively</p>

<p>Psychology Honor- Obtained the highest value added score of end term exams for Psychology in the last 5 years</p>

<p>Science Olympiad- 4th place My team came 4th place in the National Science Olympiad- best results over three years</p>

<p>Mathematics Olympiad- Silver I won the silver award for the British Mathematics Olympiad. The silver award is awarded to the top 200 students who took part. Over 5000 students took part in this competition</p>

<p>Chemistry Olympiad- 6th place My team came 6th place in the National Chemistry Olympiad- best results over two years</p>

<p>Mathematics Distinction- I achieved full marks on the mathematics module. A certificate was awarded for this achievement</p>

<p>Psychology Distinction- I achieved full marks on the psychology module. A certificate was awarded for this achievement.</p>

<p>EC's:
Flute- Grade 8 level ABRSM</p>

<p>Basketball- team captain, 2nd in Division 1 student league</p>

<p>Dragon Boating (crew)- Vice Captain, 2nd place in the 49th Annual Hong Kong Dragon Boating Competition, 3rd in the Student rankings posted by the Hong Kong Dragon Boating Association. Sponsor- HKIPC</p>

<p>Orchestra- Senior member of Flute I. Played in the orchestra since grade 6. Performed in cathedrals, major halls, old peoples homes etc.</p>

<p>Hospital Shadowing- I have shadowed a cardiovascular surgeon for the past 3 years</p>

<p>Community Service- UNICEF Certificate Awarded for 120 hours of service. UNICEF only offers certificates for 30 hours of service, I received 4 of these certificates</p>

<p>Model United Nations-Member of the HKMUN. Represented the School on this occasion</p>

<p>School Senior Prefect- I was a elected by my peers and staff to be a senior prefect of the school</p>

<p>Korean Saturday School- Valedictorian of Class of 2006. I have attended the entire twelve year course</p>

<p>Volunteer Service- Teaching English in Maldives: Taught at Maafaru School on Noonu Island. I lead group activities and discussions</p>

<p>University of Hong Kong- Introduction to Medicine: This was a summer introduction program into the medicine course</p>

<p>Technical Team- Sound panel management for school assemblies, school productions and recital evenings</p>

<p>Editor of School Yearbook- Wrote articles for the school newsletter and the school yearbook. I also edited all articles on the newsletters</p>

<p>Water Skiing- Certificate of participation at SeaDynamics. SeaDynamics is a club for wakeboarding and waterskiing</p>

<p>Charity event- Prizewinner for reading the most books and raising money for charity. Interviewed on the local radio channel RTHK after receiving the award</p>

<p>Volunteer Activity- I have organised christmas parties for autistic children and sold charity flags for fundraising for this event</p>

<p>Matilda Sedan Chair Race- This is an annual fundraising event aimed to raise money for enhancing healthcare. I have led in organising the fundraising event at school for this event</p>

<p>Volunteer Activity- Teaching English: I have lead group discussions at local schools in Hong Kong. This was a volunteer activity to allow practice for the students' upcoming HKCEE exams</p>

<p>Swimming- I won the bronze ASA Speed Swimming Award for 50m Breaststroke</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Clerical Work and Medical Shadowing at a Hospital</p>

<p>Private Tutor of Mathematics and Science</p>

<p>Office Assistant at UNICEF. Exclusively on weekends
Pre-School Classroom Assistant. This involves supervising children, teaching numbers </p>

<p>Making of Hong Kong Disneyland promotion videos. I was involved behind the camera and as a model</p>

<p>Where should i be applying?</p>

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<p>Do you need fin aid?</p>

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<p>no. i dont need any fin aid</p>

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<p>i mean fin aid is important if you are an international student, however i believe your SAT is quite low. I mean I'm korean just like you ( i think you are) however you should think of taking the SAT one more time in December before you apply</p>

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<p>yeah...try to git a bit higher in your SAT....and btw what sort of schools and courses are you targetting?</p>

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<p>RETAKE the SAT 1(Cannot emphasize this more!!). If you can get an SAT score of above 2100. You can apply to any college you want and chances are you'll get in.</p>

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<p>You don't necessarily have to retake the SAT. It depends on your subscores. If you are close to perfect in math and have low English scores (because it's not your native language) and you are likely not to improve these scores, then don't retake it. Otherwise do.</p>

<p>As an international without financial need you definately have a huge advantage. That may even give you an edge above US kids (internationals without financial need are some sort of URM) if you don't apply to schools that are need-blind for intls (better forget about HPYM).</p>

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<p>You can go to the best colleges. Retake SAT. I assume that your CR is low. Perhaps getting a high TOEFL might be beneficial to you.</p>

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<p>qwerty, I honestly think you should apply to any college in which you're interested. you have a wonderful shot. If I had been swayed by all the stuff I saw on CC, I wouldn't have applied to the college I attend now. I had no clue I'd get in, and your stats are way better than mine.
Btw, I know someone with triple 800 on the SAT II and an SAT score about the same as yours who's at Yale. Who said the SATs are everything, anyway?</p>

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<p>and no fin aid needed is a big plus, forget the fact that schools are need blind or not.</p>

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<p>Areally good advice Jrock............I was looking for something of that sort...</p>

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<p>yeah me too....It is about time I get some encouragements here....thanks Jrock</p>

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<p>infact SAT's a blady crap.....</p>

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<p>^^ lol you hit the nail right on the head shail.....IT really is mayn!</p>

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<p>but the irony is...it is what counts considerably....and by god i hate that so bad....</p>

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<p>its like this .... I will tell you my SAT story
Writing: 730, Range:690-770
Reading:710, Range:680-740
Math:760, Range:730-790
Total:2200, Range:2100-2300.</p>

<p>This means that essentially anybody getting between 2100-2300 is the same(a difference of getting 1-2 extra questions right). Colleges know that and its high time people understood that too. If you can get a decent score, it doesn't matter anymore.</p>

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<p>Laksya M:ya,an excellent point.............I was also wondering that thing......how the hell ppl give out there to-the-point marks if they r already defined in a range.........</p>

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<p>anyways sat's a piece of crap for me...</p>

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<p>ya...true for me too.....</p>

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<p>lol...i guess there are many others who feel the same...not quite sure about the majority of CC members though....</p>