bhang22

Good afternoon, L&G. I am now in South Korea and I am supposed to apply Columbia's ED.

Nationality: South Korea

School: an independent one, not international

GPA: 4.87 / 5.00 unweighthed. - my school do neither weight each GPA, rank the students, nor offer any information regarding the ranking such as the percentile.

SAT I: C 700, M 770, W 760 (Essay 11), 1470/1600, 2230/2400
SAT II: JPN w/ Listening 720 and Math 2C 800(on application), World History 690 and Spanish 660(not on application but sent to the office)

Financial Aid : No

Prospective Major: East Asian Studies

♣ Honors (Awards indicated by * mean that they are on the Application Part 2. Others are on my School Transcript.)
School Meritorious Service Award
School Excellent Volunteer Award
World Scholar's Cup National Finals - 2nd Place Team
Korea Broadcasting System's nationwide TV quiz show "Golden Bell Challenge: Korea 100 Schools Championship" - The Last Two Challengers, $1000 Samsung Card Co.,Ltd.* Scholarship with the right to visit the Davos Annual Meeting 2010 of World Economic Forum
The Youth Representative of the Nation in the Celebration Ceremony for the 63rd Liberation Day and the 60th Anniversary of Republic of Korea*
National e-Book Quiz Championship - Winner, Prize of Culture Minister with $300 scholarship*
Writing Contest for the 60th Anniversary of Republic of Korea - Highest Distinction, Prize of Education Minister*
Prudential Spirit of Community Awards - Honorable Mention
Japan-Korea High School Students Interchange Camp - Special Prize of the Jury in Model Business Plan Presentation Contest*

♣ In-school Activities
English Education Volunteering (10th~12th Grade, Founding Member)*
Taekwondo Demonstration (11th~12th Grade, Founding Member)*
Service for the Sexual Slaves by Japanese Army during WWII (10th~12th Grade, Founding Member)*
School Ocarina Club (10th~12th Grade, Vice President)*
School Manifesto Movement (10th Grade, Founding Member)*
Class Council (10th and 12th Grade, Guidance Committee)*

♣ Out-of-school Activities, Job, Internship, and others
Korea-Japan Students Future Forum (11th~12th Grade)*
Supporter for International Exposition 2012 (11th~12th Grade)*
Intern in a newspaper agency (12th Grade)*
Marching Korean Peninsula (11th Grade)
Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR) 2009 Academic Conference (12th Grade)*
Korean Government Portal Web Reporter with approx. $100 a month (11th~12th Grade)*
Harvard Model Congress Asia 2009 - Vice Chairman

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Is it OK to attach a resume with precise description about my activities on "Additional Inforamtion" Area? Thanx for your evaluation!

brysia

You need to compare yourself to other South Korean kids applying ED.