Chance an Australian! pt 2

australianfilm
Sun, 24 Feb 2013 07:42:13 +0000

Hi guys, I did a chance thread last year but now that I have my SAT scores and a revised list of colleges. I’m an Australian student whose just started his senior year and will be applying for college entrance in the fall of 2014. I’m a filmmaker so will hopefully be doing film but I also want to explore the humanities and other academics to enrich my viewpoints on the world.

Applying (intended): Brown, Chapman, Columbia, Emerson, Harvard, Hofstra, LMU, NYU, UCLA, UCSB, USC, Yale

GPA
My country doesn’t even work on a 4 point grading system but if it did, my grades would be very high.

Courses:
Highest level Maths, highest level English, highest level Literature, highest level Chemistry, Highest level Modern History

SAT: 2380
SAT II: Haven’t done them yet

Recs: They will be excellent. I have a number of really good relationships with my teachers, especially my English teachers who love me because I’m pretty much the only one who cares for the subject, as well a large number of teachers who I have done video productions for.

ECs: school news show (founder and producer), started own film production company (have won awards nationally for short films), produce school promotional videos, school fundraising club (founder and president), young ambassador for an international arts festival, have created and coded several websites,

Also 200 hours of community service, mainly from volunteering at State Library and local markets

Essays: My Lit teacher is actually an American who used to help kids with college apps and says that I’m a great writer and should do excellently

So what do you guys think? Which schools do I have a good chance of getting into? Should I be looking at more safeties?

Thank you!