snerry

Current senior female
Half Taiwanese, half Malaysian-Chinese, grew up in Japan, attend international school. Speak: English, Mandarin, Taiwanese, Japanese

SAT 1910 (M690 CR630 W590) retaking tomorrow as a matter of fact
TOEFL 297
SAT II (Lit 620 Math IC 670) retaking these plus taking Japanese in Nov., expect 800 on that one
GPA: Don't know yet... definitely top 10% of class. My gr9 and gr10 grades aren't that impressive though...

Gr9:
English=A-
Math= A-
World History= A
Science= B+
Japanese= A-
French= A-
Religious Education= B
Music= A
PE= B

Gr10:
IGCSE English= A-
IGCSE Math= A-, Algebra&Trig= B-
IGCSE World History= A
IGCSE Combined Sciences= B
Japanese= B
IGCSE French= A
IGCSE Music= A
PE=A-
Social Justice&World Religions= A-

Gr11:
IB English HL= A-
IB Math SL= A
IB Economics HL= B+
IB Biology SL= A
IB French HL= A
IB Music HL= A-
IB TOK=A
Guidance= A


Full IB Diploma candidate.
Higher Level courses: English, French, Economics, Music
Standard Level: Math, Biology

Leadership:
High School Student Council...Treasurer (9~10) Secretary (10~11) VicePresident (11~12)
Kanto Plain High School Student Council -this is the student council for all intl schools and American base schools around Tokyo area- Treasurer (12)
Attended Global Young Leaders Conference (summer of gr10)

Music:
Senior Choir piano accompaniment (9)
Show Choir piano accompaniment (9~11)
Handbells (9~12)
Chamber Orchestra (9, 12)
Violin lessons (9~11)...ABRSM grade 4
Piano lessons (from age 4 ~ gr12)...Yamaha grade 6
Solo&Ensemble piano for 2 years (I'm not sure how to credit this though because they didn't have distinctive names for the marks you were awarded..we got graded though)

Volunteer:
Summer volunteer at a day activity center for mentally/physically handicapped (summer of gr11)
Tutor 2nd grade children (11)
Helping 1st grade teacher grade papers once a week (11)

Work:
Winter, secretarial work at local post office (winter of gr11)

Other:
Had poem published in a book by YoungWriters Great Minds Poem Competition last year.
Landscaping Green Thumbs Up club gr11 (this club faded away this year...)
Brain Bowl (11~12)

I'm also applying to: Georgetown U (EA...I know, way out of my league), Cornell (crazy I know) Boston U, Tufts U, Bryn Mawr College, George Washington U, maybe Syracuse, Univ of British Columbia (Canada), and Intl Christian Univ (Japan)

Any comments would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

snerry

interested in intl relations by the way

redbeard

snerry, forgive me for not answering, but I have no real idea how they select international applicants. For US applicants, my advice on CC is based on a series in the Washington Post two years ago. There was a ton of detail about the difference between VA and non-VA US applicants, and the thought patterns of the admissions committee. But, we have no published info on internationals.

I do know that there are plenty of international students at UVa. My S's first year suite had a minority of US citizens.

LF61

snerry, are your sat scores of Oct. better?
If you can get 200-210, you will be in.
good luck.

snerry

well i do hope my Oct scores are better. I think my math might be better but not so sure about the verbal and CR parts.

LF61

What is your predicted score?

redazalea

listen. UVa does not take SAT as horribly seriously as other top notch schools ( i mean look at the range); it definitely recognizes that there is more to a person than scores. If you're SAT improves, GREAT. If it doesn't don't worry too much, you should still apply.

UVA uses a holistic evaluation of your app, which is great. Just make sure that before you send it out, make it as unique and defining as possible.

I don't know anything bout internat'l ppl either. sorry on that.

btw you have a 38% chance of getting in ED and 39% percent chance of getting in RD. as you can see, ED won't necessarily be a great advantage as with other schools like UPENN.

good luck!

CHEERS

OH! and if you get the chance, definitely VISIT! it's absolutely beautiful. I lived in charlottesville for a year. trust me, its one of the most gorgeous places...

Untilted

yes the most historically significant campus in U.S.

snerry

LOL i'd never heard of predicting SAT scores until i came to CC. i have no idea since i haven't ....well, predicted. i find that whenever i say "i did great on it!", the score just disappoints me so i try not to predict.