Would I have a chance ?

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<p>I am an international students and applying for FA. Would I have a chance of getting in if I apply next year ?</p>

<p>9th grade GPA: 8.0/10 (it's considered A where I went to)</p>

<p>10th grade GPA: 9.2/10</p>

<p>Junior year GPA: 4.0 (unweighted, my school does not have weighted GPA)
No ranking but I think I am in top 5%</p>

<p>Repeated junior year to fulfill graduation requirement at a really rigorous private school (I changed school this year due to visa problem, long story)</p>

<p>Grarde Junior year:
AP Cal BC: B
AP Physics C:Mechanics: B,
Spanish 1: A+,
English 11: A,
Biology: A,
Choir: A,
Wind Ensemble: A.</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
AP Lit: B
AP Physics C: E&M: B
AP Bio: A
Spanish IIe: A
China/Japan (fall) + Economics (spring): A-
Choir:A
Band: A-</p>

<p>AP Cal AB: 4 (Too bad)
AP Cal BC: 5
AP Physics C Mech: 3</p>

<p>SAT: 2000 (CR:630, M:710, WR:660) superscore
Bio M: 700 </p>

<p>Extra curricular:
Soccer team of class: 6,7,8,9,10
Soccer Varsity:grade 11, 12
AFCVN soccer club: grade 10 ( cannot continue due to moving to US to study)
News translator for Arsenal Fan Club In Vietnam: grade 8,9,10,11, 12
Tennis JV ( varsity is super competitive, ranked 7th in the country): grade 11, grade 12</p>

<p>Choir:grade 11, 12 (All-County Choir, grade 12)
Piano class:8 years
French horn: 3 years</p>

<p>Young leader club:grade 10 ( cannot continue due to moving school)
FIRST Robotics: grade 11 (cannot continue due to moving school)
Community service club: grade 11, 12
Community service trip to Costa Rica: grade 11, grade 12
International Club: grade 12</p>

<p>Awards:
Silver Medalists of National Spanish Exam: Grade 11
Semi-finalist of Cornell Essay contest: Grade 11
Best GPA at school : Grade 10
Best final exams record: Grade 10
First Prize at School's English Olympiad: Grade 10
Victoria scholarship: grade 10
High honor roll: grade 11
Best Physical project in Science Fair:grade 11
Highest honor in Chemistry:grade 11
High honor in Maths:grade 11</p>

<p>Leadership:
Chief Secretary, School’s Youth Union: Grade 10
Chief Secretary, Class’s Youth Union: Grade 10
Class’s Vice President specialized in academic: Grade 10</p>

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<p>uh wow. you’re like amazing.</p>

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<p>Thanks for your comment. Any more opinion ?</p>

<p>Honestly, my profile is not that all amazing (I have already got rejected by Bowdoin and Connecticut College). I am planning to reapply next year since my chance of getting in the 6 remaining schools that I applied to is really slim.</p>

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<p>Any other suggestion for me ?</p>

<p>Which type of students Davidson look for ?</p>

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<p>I’d say you have an okay chance. Davidson is very big on the kind of person you are and the amount of interest you’ve put into the school. They look for well-rounded students who are intellectually driven and active in their community.</p>

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<p>It seems like your GPA and EC’s are really fantastic, but Davidson doesn’t always admit people with incredible stats. My suggestion to you is to be as creative as possible when deciding an essay topic- my stats were less than spectacular, but my essay kicked butt, if I do say so myself :stuck_out_tongue: After you decide on a topic that will really stand out, go through as many drafts as you possibly can. I started working on mine during the summer and finished it in September. Since Davidson is such a writing-focused school, having an awesome essay can really have an impact on an application.</p>

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<p>Thank you so much for your advice. I am planning to write about my service trip to Costa Rica. Do you think it is a good topic to write about ? Or is it too common ?</p>

<p>Do you guys know much about the strength of Biology department or Economics department at Davidson ?</p>

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<p>hm… that definitely has the potential to be a really good topic. If you want to use if for your main essay for the common app, then I would suggest not doing a broad overview of the trip and talking about how much of an eye opener it was- although I know from personal experience that it actually is- but I imagine the admissions office gets plenty of essays like that. What could make that essay really work though, is if you focused the essay just on one experience from the trip… one snapshot that you could really go into detail with. You’ve just got to keep in mind that they’re reading thousands of essays, and you have to try to make your essay as memorable as possible.</p>

<p>Something else to keep in mind… the Davidson application has several supplemental essays. I did a service trip as well (in China) and my experience there actually worked perfectly for one of the supplemental essay prompts. I’m not sure if they use all the same prompts year after year, but a service trip essay might work better for one of the prompt essays rather than the ‘topic of your choice’ essay. That way, if you use a service trip essay for one of the supplemental questions, you have the chance to be really creative with your topic for the main common app essay.</p>

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<p>Thanks a lot for your suggestions. I will definitely keep that in mind. For some reasons, I was thinking that service trip is such a generic topic. However, I think if I choose what to write about and how to write about it, it will have the potential to be a good topic.</p>

<p>Do you guys know much about the strength of Biology department or Economics department at Davidson ?</p>

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<p>With the new endowment for international students, do you think I will have a better shot ?</p>