<p>I would like to hear some feedback on my chances for admission coming in as an international applicant. For internationals there is an unofficial quota of about 10% of admitted students a large portion of which come from India and China leaving a small portion for Latin American and African students. I am hispanic, from Bolivia but have live in seven countries.</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):2030 CR:710 M: 620 W: 700
SAT II:Spanish 800, Biology M 740, Literature 680
GPA (its out of 7): 6.7/7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):top 2%?
IB (place score in parenthesis):Predicted for a 43/45, English A1 HL 6, Math SL 7, Econ HL 7. History of the Americas GL 6, Spanish A2 SL, Biology SL = 4’/45 plus three points for Theory of Knowledge and Extended essay = 43/45
Senior Year Course Load: see above
Major Awards: Presidential Award for Academic Excellence, Roosevelt Merit Scholar x 3 (highest award given but at my school level, like high honor roll) National Honors Society</p>
<p>Subjective
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Ecology Club (Secretary 10th, Treasurer 11th, Now VP 12th).
Student Body Government (High School Treasurer)
Varsity Volleyball (captain 11th &12th), Coachs Award, Participation in three international tournaments in South America, SAAC
Varsity Basketball, starting player, participation in two international tournaments in South America, SAAC
Job/Work Experience:Winter Camp Teacher Aide in 2008
International Club: (Founding Member & Treasurer)
Writing Resource Center, writing advice and consult to peers (consultant):
Volunteer/Community service: 150 hours total
Peer Group Connection (selected senior leaders meet with freshmen to help adjustment to highschool)
NHS Service Trips to Chincha, Peru
Essays: I’d like to think they are excellent, i really worked on them and adult feedback says its great. wrote about my “addiction” to diversity and travelling, meeting new cultures and my life experience with it in living in 7 countries
Teacher Recommendation: History teacher: saw it, it was excellent really made me stand out
Economics teacher: saw it, again a great one complementing specific things aobut me, maturity, insight, experience
English teacher: not as good as the other two but still good
Counselor Rec: Reallly really really good, he knows me very well and tried to write what he though was the essence of my being and what drives me etc.</p>
<p>Interview: it went qutie horribly, met the interviewer in lobby of hotel and had a 15 minute interview with him, he barely got a glimpse of me and was not very good in asking questions so that he would know me. other peers who had their interview with him also said they did terribly with him.</p>
<p>I truly appreciate your honesty</p>
<p>Other
Country (if international applicant): Bolivia
School Type: Private, “American School” of a country
Ethnicity: latin
Gender: male</p>
<p>[*] HOOK (URM, first generation college, etc.): I have lived in seven countries and I have discussed it extensively and how it impacts my character and education. well rounded in grades and sports, excellent feedback from my reccomendation letters. I wish to work in development as a so called “agent of change”</p>