Chance an international?

xnamelessx
Mon, 20 Dec 2010 14:42:36 +0000

Hey everyone, I’m an American living in Germany, and because my counselor has no clue about American universities, I have a hard time guessing my chances. I’ve really started to love Tufts and I guess I could say it’s my top choice now (although it hasn’t always been, but the more I learn about Tufts, the more I love it!!). So please be honest and tell me what my chances are!

Stats:

Rank: 5/50
GPA: over the last 2 years (German “Kollegstufe”, these are the years that German universities look at): 3.6 using WES’ conversion table
from 9th-13th grade:2.9 UW, 3.1 W
I failed 10th grade, something that is fairly common in Germany (about 20% of my class failed a year), but since then my grades have been above average.

SATs: 2010 (780M, 600CR, 630W - note that I don’t go to an international school and that all my classes (besides foreign languages) are in German)
Math II: 710
Bio E: 710
German with Listening: 780. Damn you careless mistakes -.-

Classes in the “kollegstufe”
12th: 1st semester/2nd semester
English (LK = advanced level. students pick 2 of these): A/A
Math (LK): A/A
German: A/B
History: B/B
Social Studies: A/B
French: A/A
Ethics: B/A
Biology: A/A
Chemistry: A/A
Drama: A/A
Sports: A/B
Art: A/B
Psychology: A/A

13th: 1st semester only
English (LK): A
Math (LK): A
History: B
Ethics: B
Biology: A
Chemistry: A
German: A
Drama: A
Sports: A

ECs:


“Schule ohne Rassismus - Schule mit Courage” (school without racism - school with courage): group that organizes anti-racism events for all classes
Anne-Frank-Ambassador (my school is called the Anne-Frank-Gymnasium): we teach the students about Anne Frank’s life in their first year at our school
Drama
-Tutoring younger students in English and Math
-Yearbook
-class representative