Chance a Guy from Borneo (international)? :)

sixfoottall
Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:42:54 +0000

Im not sure if this will be a hook - im from an indigenous tribe in Borneo, and a minority group in Malaysia. Didn’t grow up in a city, and had a different growing up experience from some of you guys here. i received a government scholarship to study abroad in a foreign country four years ago, and fortunately was exposed to the idea of US education.

Test Scores:
SAT 1
1460 (CR+M) 2070 (Total) 690-770-610 (CR/M/W)
SAT 2
Maths 2- 780 Physics- 780 Chinese- 800

Academics:
Predicted final year grade: General Paper (English) A Maths A Physics A Geography A Economics B (No GPA or school rank)
10th Grade GPA 3.57 out of 4.00 (distracted by year-round business research projects)
9th Grade GPA 3.78 out of 4.00

Archery (11th-12th Grade) School Captain
-Represented school in various National level competitions
-Best: 1st Position in Team Standard Recurve for National Inter-school Championship
Judo (8th-10th Grade)
-Represented school at Inter-school competition
-Bronze for individual event at inter-school competition
Badminton (till 9th Grade)

Second place for Men’s Under 14 doubles in State competition

Borneo Badminton Cup (top 8 Men’s Under 14 Doubles)

Social Service:

Student volunteer for the disabled archers during training on-and-off for approximately a year.

had weekly visitations to the nursing home for old folks.

approx 240 hours of community involvement hours
(i know that the hours shouldn’t be the main purpose for the social service, just wanted to show the extent of commitment)

Leadership Involvement:

School Orientation Group Leader

Peer support leader

Awards:

Entered the Finals as a top 6 adult team for a national business competition by a university with teams from India, LA, Singapore. (2007)

Boston Consultant Group Entrepreneurship Competition, a national level business competition which covered a period of one year. (2007)

Geography Weather Studies Research Competition, semi-finalist, national competition.

Work Internship:

Service Auditor at a Consulting Firm for a period of 10weeks.

Recs and Essays:
Pretty good i hope. And my counc is pretty experienced and well know among the deans for some colleges.

Weakness:

probably my SAT1. my reading and writing are terrible. takin again in december, but i have some doubts on improving my scores.

dont really have much awards in the academic field, like the many science olympiad winners i’ve seen on CC.

not really sure where i stand. so hoping to get some opinions and suggestions from you all. and if you have suggestions on how i can improve my application, do let me know too!

thanks!