Am I totally effed? Chance

Colleges & Universities Carnegie Mellon University
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<p>Profile
Ethnicity: Asian
Nationality: American
Location: Hong Kong
Type: International Student-ish?</p>

<p>Academics:
IB Diploma hard subjects. 4 highers as opposed to the Usual 3. 7 is the highest you can get
Chinese B higher 5
Bio higher 7
Economics Higher 7
History Higher 7
English A1 Standard 7
Math Studies Standard 7
Great School. Apparently we’re on the G20 school list next year.</p>

<p>SAT I: 1320/2010
Verbal 650
Math 670
Writing 690</p>

<p>ACT 31
English 32
Math 28
Science 33
English with writing 31 Essay 10</p>

<p>SAT II:
Literature: 690
Chinese: 800
Bio Molecular: 700</p>

<p>No Class Rank.
I got an 80% average for the first 2 years and then I spiked to a 90% in Junior year. Right now maintaining a 93ish% I am explaining this in my additional info section.
I don’t know how to calculate my GPA</p>

<p>Extra Curricular
Model UN: Beijing MUN - Human Rights Council, Seoul MUN - ICJ Judge, sort of president.
Youth Suicide Prevention Project - Outreach Coordinator
Junior Achievement Program - Production Team Member, Sales and Marketing Outreach
Piano - ABRSM Grade 8 Pass
Non-varsity Volleyball - Libero (We don’t really have varsity here) </p>

<p>Community Service:
Caritas Hospital for the Mentally Challenged - Caretaker
Hong Kong Welfare Center - Tutoring Kids
Christina Noble Foundation - Volunteer in Vietnam
UNESCO - Volunteer in Laos </p>

<p>Jobs:
Wong’s Textile Factory - Factory Worker (In Dalian China) 8am-10pm
Social Worker for a community in China 9am-5pm</p>

<p>Both Summer Jobs</p>

<p>Awards:
Honors in Fresh and Soph years
Honors with Distinction in Junior Senior </p>

<p>Teacher Recs: My teachers said that if I didn’t get into college, it wasn’t because of their recs
School Rec: I think my Counselor finds me funny? No idea. </p>

<p>Essays:
Common app about my work experience in the chinese factory and how that contributed to the person I am today</p>

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<p>Uh, why do you think you’re effed? You have a very good application. Since you aren’t an international student (as you are a U.S citizen) your experience as being a student in a foreign country gives you a massive diversity boost. Your ec’s are also very good. Your SAT is good for all programs except maybe CS and engineering, for witch they are slightly worse than average. Your upward trend in junior year will also help you a lot. All in all, I think your diversity and EC’s outweigh your maybe lowish grades (I don’t know anything about chinese grading so I can’t say if your grades are actually low :P) and your (for some programs) slightly sub-optimal SAT.</p>

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<p>Haha. Thanks. I go to an international school which teaches the IB program and though I have a 39/42, I am still not in the top 10% of my high school. Top 20 for sure though top 15 is pushing it. </p>

<p>We only have 103 kids in my graduating class. </p>

<p>Yeah my SAT’s are not as high as I would like them to be, but I took them 3 times and this is still my highest score. </p>

<p>I think I’m applying for Liberal Arts, so I suppose I should be fine.</p>

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<p>my mind is blown by the amount of 7’s on your post x__x you’re in</p>