<p>hi guys
i'm an international student and a first generation college student
my freshman and sophomore years were spent in a local school (of my home country), and i'm currently studying in an american international school overseas
that's why my english is not so good :P</p>
<p>please chance me for ohio state columbus, penn state UP, purdue, clemson, pittsburgh, michigan state, southern methodist university and SUNY geneseo :)
major: international studies/international relations, except for purdue-aviation management</p>
<p>stats:
GPA: 3.3uw, weighted gpa is not used in my school
(i got all As for english,humanities and arts, but Bs and Cs for math and sciences, just as you know)
SAT: combined SAT 1560/2400 <- i know it's extremely horrible
i only happened to take it twice, and ACT is not available in where i live in
taking 3 APs -AP world hist, AP Env sci and AP Chinese (i know that's not a lot, but i aim for 5 for every AP exam)
Toefl: only took once -91/120 ,sigh....</p>
<p>ECs
-house treasurer (a bit ironic yea? i hate math but i'm ok with handling money haha)
-joined 2 rebuilding project trips (one in indonesia, one in sichuan,china)
-60+ community service hours
-MUN best delegation award
-drummer in concert band (2 years)
-yearbook writer (2 years)
-grade 7 piano, learned piano for almost 10 years</p>
<p>recs:
i got them from my english teacher and world history teacher
and i got As in their courses, so they should be pretty good</p>
<p>essay: should be ok, my school counselor proofread them for me</p>
<p>has shown an upward trend in the 4 years</p>
<p>i got in mills college with EA, and got rejected from pepperdine and CWRU (those are my dream schools anyways...)</p>
<p>with my awful stats
i'm not trying to get in any ivies or elite schools.....</p>
<p>thank you guys :)</p>