Chance me for Stanford.

tiago6
Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:32:40 +0000

Hi. I’m an international student applying for the u.s. It is my dream since I was little.Now is the time and I find the application process a bit difficult for international’s students. I would love to know what do you think about my grades, ec’s etc…

Gpa: 3,8, probably 4.15(1ª quarter senior year)
Sat: 1630 SAT(i know …it´s really bad) I´ll do it again in December.
Sat II: doing it in November ( Sat math I), Biology
Ap classes not offered in my country (only in two schools)

Ec´s


President of the student body ( in charge of the yearbook, all dances(prom) and the spring break trip, and all the other things)
President and founder of the first key club in Portugal
President of the science club
Founder and Editor of the high school’s newspaper
Founder, CEO and CFO of “Go Youth conference”
Media manager at a tedx event in Potugal
Doing research with phd professors about forensic entomology at university of Lisbon
Implemented in school a project to save energy by re-utilizing oil and transforming it in biodiesel
founded and “run” a movement for a change in the educational system in my country
I write and i´m the school correspondent for a national magazine in Portugal
volunteer at the national food bank
team member and blog administrator for daphnia project in my high school
I was class president for two year in junior high ( i don´t know if they care about it)
Manager and founder of a “recycled books project”, raising and buying old manuals and then distributing them to students who need the most
I’m in the political commission of a national wide party in the regional area( i´m in the youth section of the party)
I attended a program at university of Aveiro (Portugal) in the summer where I studied robotics, biology,etc
I practice tennis for 7 hours a week, being ranked as top 350 under-16 (back on those days) and ranked top 250 under-18 – national rankings (where I compete with people who play for 10 years, and I just play for 4 years)


Awards:

-1ª place in the high school prize for science research

honorable mention in a national science contest in Portugal

6th place out of 250 in other national science contest

Finalist in the science contest in Portugal, which is the qualifying contest for Intel Isef

Finalist in Do Something awards Portugal in entrepreneurship category

I think that’s it . Please chance me for these colleges and I´ll chance you back. Your honest opinion please.

P.s- i´m white and non of my parents have been in universities at u.s.