<p>Even though Im only in sophomore year, the whole process is coming early to me, which I think is a good thing so I can prepare for it earlier. Here are my classes with grades in PERCENTAGES (Alberta awards percent grades in HS):</p>
<p>Freshman Year</p>
<p>Social Studies-95% (handed in original FANTASTIC letter of recommendation whislt applying for IB!DOH! forgot to copy.ouch.)
Science 9-90% w/letter of recommendation (for IB)
English 9-85% w/letter of recommendation (for IB)
Math 9- 75% (yeah it sucks, i know :{ )
Phys Ed 9- 80%
Electronics-85%
Applied Tech.-75%
Art 9-75%</p>
<p>AWARDS:
Citizenship Award(must be nominated by 2 or 3 teachers, cant remember)
VM Spirit Award
approx. 14 other awards from above subjects, + Outstanding Achievement award for Science and Social Studies for 2nd term, highest mark in class</p>
<p>Sophomore Year</p>
<p>Math 10 Pure (highest stream)- 79% (improving, but want to take it to at least an 85 next year)
Science 10 HONOURS- 91% w/letter of recommendation (for a school im moving to)
English 10-1 - 85% (curr.enrld)
Social 10-1 - 90% (curr.enrld) w/ letter of recommendation (for a school im moving to)
Sports Medicine 15 - 86%
Phys Ed 10 - 85%
Chemistry 20 (Junior year chemistry, no big) - 88% (curr.enrld) w/letter of recommendation (for a school im moving to)
Financial Management 10/20 - 99% w/ letter of recommendation (for a school im moving to)</p>
<p>AWARDS:
Financial Management 10/20 Achievement Award (Medal)
Information Processing Award (Medal)</p>
<p>(PLANNED FOR JUNIOR & SENIOR YEAR,hopefully)</p>
<p>Junior Year</p>
<p>English 11
Pre-Calculus (77% prerequisite, teacher recommendation, except my teacher was exchange and now in Aussie - everyone hated him)
Biology
AP Chemistry
Physics
US History
AP Economics
Native Arabic 10 ( 
)</p>
<p>Senior Year</p>
<p>English 12 or AP Eng.Lang&Comp
AP Calculus AB or BC
AP Biology
AP Physics B
Native Arabic 11
Model United Nations (elective & club)
Political Sciences & International Current Events
Studio Art 1 - Design</p>
<p>SAT (guessing):
Math - 690 to 750
Reading - 740
Writing-720</p>
<p>Extra-Curriculars:
-Selling food (prepared by other volunteers) after prayer service every Friday at masjid, funds go to masjid
-Legacy , executive group (Chief Financial Officer)
-Attended a school on saturdays that was a completely different curriculum, so it is as if I were distance learning, yearly average was approximately 97%. This was grades 3 through 8. Report cards available, approximately 10 subjects were studied throughout the year and 2 major exams (1 semester exam, 1 final)
- tried out for club basketball & was assigned to a Division 3 basketball team, 2nd runner up in playoffs (2 other teams were HUGE canadian aboriginals settlement/reserve teams, big guys!)
- Cultural Club
-Leadership camp (summer) Fostering Leadership in Youth
-Regional YSF Canada Correspondent, responsible for many School Correspondents and Reps.
-joining Model UN next year (POSSIBLY)</p>
<p>Please note that the school that I am in right now does not offer APs.The school im moving to does offer APs, so I did not have the same opportunity of having greater access to APs than the students who completed HS at the new school.</p>
<p>The school im moving to is private. Priority in admission is for foreigners, so I might not get accepted no matter how good.</p>
<p>Im looking for tips on where to improve so my application looks much better. I know that I do not have many ECs, but I think I should be able to make up for it during the next summers.Im looking forward to an internship with a major regional Commercial agency that is summer long (2009). In the summer of 2010, i will be applying to an internship offered to my school by a local hospital. Throughout the next 2 years, I will try my best to scoop up any volunteering opportunities offered by the new school, I really need them im guesstimating that I will be able to get around 90 hours a year through 2-4 hours per weekend (does this sound feasible to you EC-filled people? haha)</p>
<p>Universities im looking into are (leaning towards engineering):</p>
<p>University of Calgary
McMaster University
University of Toronto
McGill University</p>
<p>Georgia Institute of Technology
Columbia
UC - Berkley
UC - Los Angeles
University of Texas - Austin
University of North Carolina
Northwestern University
CMU
Cal. Tech (I know im dreaming, but it just MIGHT happen :D)
University of South California</p>
<p>QUESTIONS:In a general trend, what do you think Im lacking that these universities will immediately spot/pose a threat to my admission offer? which university do you think will match my academic background from what I have done previously and planning to do (going from canadian public to private american, so there are alot of webs and rules to go through, planned courses might not be exact due to differences in curriculums)?
Which is the most suitable match if I were to have an unweighted cumilative average of 3.75-3.90? Are my EC good enough for these institutions? How does ethnicity affect admissions? financial aid?</p>
<p>btw my academic records for elementary school are HORRIBLE (suspended multiple times, im guessing around 30 “white slips”), Fs, Ds & Cs - As and B+ only in 2 subjects. will that effect my chances at all?</p>
<p>other notes:
minority and biracial, Arabic father and Asian mother
Father is alumni of McMaster (grad school) and UofC (PhD)</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>