Chance me (M'sian student)

International Students
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<p>Malaysian student</p>

<p>SPM (‘O’ level) results: 12A1 1A2
Currently studying in a US school system based high school, GPA: 3.77
SAT: 750 CR, 800 M, 800 W (2350)
SAT2: 800 Chem, 780 MathII, 740 W.History</p>

<p>ECs:
Film

  1. Vice President of an Arts club in my current school
  2. Produced two screenplays (not sent to the universities though)
  3. Write film reviews frequently (but none published)</p>

<p>Chess

  1. Played till state level (but that was quite some time ago)
  2. Tutored juniors
  3. President of previous school’s chess club</p>

<p>Science and Research

  1. Won 2nd place in a national-level science fair (invented a really good composite material out of waste products)
  2. President of previous school’s science club
  3. Did independent research on local pollution levels from grade 7-10
  4. Participated in many national math and science olympiads (got a few medals here and there, but nothing TOO impressive)</p>

<p>Community Service

  1. Peer tutoring
  2. Librarian
  3. St. John Ambulance (founder of the society in my school)</p>

<p>Essays: VERY RISKY STUFF (did it in a theater play format to show my interest in drama)
Recommendations: Good</p>

<p>No financial aid (under scholarship)</p>

<p>Applied to:

  1. Yale (interview was okay to good)
  2. Cornell
  3. Harvard (did not get interview)
  4. MIT (rejected) (did not go for interview, forgot to schedule)
  5. Carnegie Mellon
  6. Michigan (Accepted)
  7. Washington Seattle
  8. Pennsylvania (Wharton) (interview was okay to good)
  9. Dartmouth
  10. Princeton (super-flunked interview)</p>
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<p>u got very good chance, well.
can you come back to this thread after a week or so to tell us which ones of the schools accept you?</p>

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<p>Are you under JPA/BNM?</p>

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<p>Rich kid. People like me struggle throught A levels back home. Haha.</p>

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<p>Yeah sure, I’ll come back to post my decisions. I’m not very optimistic though, especially after being rejected by Harvard and MIT. Harvard only shortlisted 3 people from Malaysia for the interview this year (unlike 8-15 in the previous years) because somebody already got in EA. As for MIT, although I think I got rejected mainly because I wasn’t good enough, I’d like to comfort myself by thinking that it was just because I missed the “highly recommended” interview.</p>

<p>I’m under JPA, in INTEC. I went against the new twinning system and made it! I’m very thankful for that.</p>

<p>I’m not rich! Really! That’s why I need a scholarship :)</p>