Chance a german actor for LACs

DramaKing2008
Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:48:04 +0000

Hey everyone,

first of all thanks for reading this.

Im a german secondary school graduate from the class of 2005, so Im a little bit older than a “usual” freshman applicant. My school record isnt the best, but its okay. Since you cannot adequately compare the german scale system to the American GPA, I just can say that I wasnt an A+ student. More like a B student, but I took a very hard courseload. In Germany we go through 13 years of education and only around 20 percent of all the students here make the same graduation type (the german abitur) I made, so its quite rigorous.

But enough of me, let some facts speak for themselves:

Tests:
SAT l: 2010 (650 CR - 750 M - 610 WR)
SAT ll: Maths 2: 720 US History: 570 Literature: 570
TOEFL: 108

ECs:
Theatre/Film/Television: I played in several stage plays across the state, wrote own plays which got supported by and shown on art festivals.
I was in the main cast of a national television show which was nominated for 2 international awards: the Rose D’Or and the international Emmy 2008 (cross your fingers for me on the 24th of November )
I directed some short films and founded a film and video club in my school which I was the president of. I also coached deprived kids in acting at the theatre I worked for.

Music: I produced Dance Music and got some record deals at minor labels, no big deal though. Im very passionate into producing my own pop/rock music now and plan to send a CD along with my applications. Good Idea? I also worked in a local club as a DJ

Sports: I played football (the american style) for a couple of years and got elected in a quite renowned team in our country.
Im also into tennis and golf.

What else?
I was class president, valedictorian and president of the students’ council for the last 3 years of my school attendance.

My recommendations are decent and describe my passion for the arts and my quality in leadership.

Im a good writer so my essays hopefully will be an advantage. Im going to focus on my passion for the theatre and film. Other essay will probably be about my interest in different languages and cultures.

Im a first generation student. Im also the first person in my family who ever graduated german “Gymnasium” and made his “Abitur”

Unfortunately my parents are everything but rich, so I need fin aid. I think that I could come up with like 16.000 Dollars per year.

I know that my school record may cuts me off at first view, but I hope that my ECs will take me into further consideration.

My College List:

Vassar
UChicago
Gettysburg
Sarah Lawrence
Oberlin
Middlebury
Wesleyan
Swarthmore
Franklin & Marshall
Bennington College


also:

Williams, Bates, Amherst

Thank you guys so much for reading all this.