Advice for an international student

madlaspadla
Sat, 28 Mar 2015 19:01:33 +0000

We do not do rankings or GPA, however I guess it would be 4.0/4.0 and rank 1-2/60
SAT – to be taken (predicted 2150+)…I am scared I will not get above 2200…Will it really matter for universities listed below (I know there are the most competive in the country)? Even though I am an international applicant doing IB Diploma?
SAT II – to be taken (Maths and Spanish)
IGCSE – 10A*s (something like an A+ in the US)
I am strongly interested in languages that’s why they take up almost my whole free time as ECAs…

Academic awards
Maths Challenge - gold certificate
Czech Olympiad – 5th place (Praha 9)
Maths Olympiad - 3rd place (Year 5)
Took part in the Czech Chemistry and Physics Olympiads

Languages
CEFR Awards
Czech - native speaker
English - as a native speaker (hopefully, even though it is not my first language)
Spanish - doing IB HL (B2)
German - C1
French - B2
Portuguese - B2 (self-taught)
starting with Italian

Summer activities - again languages
English camp (2013)
Spanish camp (2014)
German camp (2015) – will be attending for sure

Sports + sports’ awards
Handball 5 years - many times we came third or better in the Czech Championships (not anymore)
Handball – I came third in accuracy shooting in the Czech Handball Championship decathlon
Floorball 2.5years - we came third (once) in the Czech Championship (not anymore)
Beach volleyball 1.5years (not anymore)
Football – 3 years
Table tennis – 2 years
Sportsman of the year 2013
In 2007 I came first in a swimming competition for people, who do not swim competitively
A collection of 22 medals from different kinds of sports

Volunteering/Jobs
Tutoring my family (English) - how can I prove this?
Charity “ninos de la calle” – raising money for children living in the streets of Mexico City (for the men taking care of them)
Public reading
IB CAS (creativy, action, service) – each at least 50 hours
School open days

Leadership positions
Sports captain in different sports including handball
School ambassador

You will be probably asking why don’t I do handball, floorball or beach-volleyball and the answer is simple, yet sad…. I did not have time to attend 4 practices, each 2.5hours long a week and still be able to continue with these grades and languages.

I would be most likely majoring in languages, to be exact Chinese/Arabic with Spanish
The colleges I want to apply to…are: Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, Yale, Columbia, UCLA, UCB, Duke, Cornell, Brown, Dartmouth, UPenn, Northwestern University,Georgetown, Vanderbilt, Armhest, Northeastern, Uni of Chicago, NYU and John Hopinks University (If I don’t get accepted, I will stick with the UK universities - that’s why I want to apply only to these colleges).
Chance me please? Will chance back
Any advice appreciated…