Where do I fit in?

<p>Whassup
I'm a korean (대한민국!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!), but I moved to Honduras when I was 4 years old. I'm applying to several schools (engineering, if this info helps or not), but I'm not sure if I'm going to be put in the korean or the honduran pool... I don't require fin.aid, if that helps also... I don't have perfect grades and Absolutely a F-ed up SAT I (which i'm going to retake it dec.)... Oh yea, and sat 2 scores come out tomorrow! But it's not low or something like that... good ec and stuff rec letters and others (well, top 2~3% student for my ap chem teacher) What do you think my chances will be in top schools for engineering? And what is a good sat score (cr,m,w) for an international student with toefl pbt score 613(if that helps...)? Oh and the question of where I will be in: korean or honduran (lived 14 years of my life in honduras, even though my citizenship is still korea)?
Thnaks you all vrey mcuh and have a good day!</p>

<p>u'll be in the honduran application pool.</p>

<p>and we need more info about ur school/outside school ECs and positions to give you a brief inaccurate analysis.</p>

<p>where's honduras? is that a hawaii island? oh im korean also :)</p>

<p>I'm an international student studying in US.
Ok, so that means I'll be in the US pool, although I'm officially Korean(citizenship)</p>

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where's honduras? is that a hawaii island?

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<p>Haha, no, it's a country in Central America. Surrounded by Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala if I'm not mistaken.</p>

<p>highfive414 - I was just talking about this in another thread, but it should apply to you too. In my situation, as a European raised in Southeast Asia, I don't even have a pool. I create my own category. You should do that too, since we both have unique situations.</p>

<p>ellenjh - you'll be considered as an international from Korea, which is actually worse than being in the US applicant pool, because if you had a dual-citezenship, you would be obliged to need-blind financial aid. The competition from Korea is pretty intense as well, but you studying in the US should give you an edge.</p>

<p>But don't they care about which school you graduate?
I heard that it's easier for Korean students in Philippines or Malaysia, to get into top colleges with lower scores than students in Korea, since there are considered as Philippines and Malaysian pool.
Well, I dunno. Thanks for the information, though!</p>

<p>Really? wow thanks for all the replys!
I'll be graduating in a school in honduras but it's an international school
At least, it's called an international school... haha
But how did you make your own type of "race?"
I'm curious because I wrote that I was a Korean Honduran in many applications even though I have no dual-citizenship or something like that...
I wonder what you put in your application!
btw, I have a friend called pavel! but he's russian</p>

<p>PavelB </p>

<p>Does attending a school in US give u an edge in the application process? How much, then?</p>

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But how did you make your own type of "race?"

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You just have present yourself in a unique way when you're applying. Put aside the general mentality of trying to fit into a category and think "how can I get the most out of my situation?" Milk it for all it's worth. A Korean Honduran is not something adcoms see every day, if you get my drift. There's nothing wrong about putting your race like that, especially if you explain it in your essay, i.e. write about your experiences, why you are a Korean Honduran and not just some typical overachieving teen from Korea.</p>

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I wonder what you put in your application!
btw, I have a friend called pavel! but he's russian

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I'm Russian too, but I've lived in Thailand most of my life. I'd probably put down white, although I'm a mix of Russian/Ukrainian/Polish and even some Spanish blood. Wouldn't make much difference anyway, since there aren't that many people applying from Eastern Europe or Thailand, especially to the colleges I'm looking at.</p>

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But don't they care about which school you graduate?

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They do, but it depends on which country the school is located. For example, I know a lot of american students here in Thailand that go to international schools and apply as internationals, even though the programs at the schools are basically the same as you would get in the US (AP/IB/SAT, ACT prep/etc.). There's a lot of students from different countries apart from America, but all in all they're a pretty homogeneous bunch. Even my russian friends that went to these schools tended to forget the language and have no real conception of their own culture, but they still got the afromentioned bonuses of going to an american school and applied as 'russian'.</p>

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Does attending a school in US give u an edge in the application process? How much, then?

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Honestly, I don't know if it helps in terms of the 'race' issue, but it will certainly help in preperation for american colleges, since you study in English and get a good grasp of terminology.</p>

<p>privet Pavel:-) would you mind telling more about those guys applied as russians, their stats and name the schools which accepted/rejected them</p>

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privet Pavel:-) would you mind telling more about those guys applied as russians, their stats and name the schools which accepted/rejected them

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Check this thread out.</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=3490%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=3490&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Most students who apply from Russia are usually very good students, but require a lot of merit aid.</p>

<p>that thread isn't ample with russians' experience at attending us colleges. only manyzhka, but i believe she's a disguised genius:-) i was interested in your friends' from the post above experience, is it a secret?;-)
and what do you mean good students - natiomal awards and 2400?</p>

<p>From personal experience? The russians that I was mentioning weren't really 'russian', since they went to international schools, but I do know a guy who got into MIT with 600's in Verbal/CR, but he was a math wunderkind and got 800's on Math/Math IIC/MATH IC. I also know a girl that went to USF, but she was loaded and I don't know her scores. </p>

<p>Apart from that, I don't know that many russians that applied to the US from Thailand. They usually go back to Russia and apply to MGU, especially the one's that study at my school.</p>

<p>The 'good students' that I mentioned who apply from Russia I don't know personally, but the one's I've 'met' online are usually gold medalist (all A's) and olympiad winners like a few of the posters in the thread I linked to.</p>

<p>Privet vsem! Pavel, what univs are you applying to? What are your scores? I am from MGU by the way, but I wanna study in HYPM. What do u think?</p>

<p>Privet VeritaSeeker, what are your scores? and are you applying rd this year? good luck and happy new year!</p>

<p>No, I will apply next year; i haven't yet taken SATs, but i have last year's scores: SAT II: 750, 750, 760----- SAT I: 1260 (i know it's bad, but i'll do better) Toefl--250</p>

<p>Happy New year to you too!</p>