Chances Williams ED ?

Colleges & Universities Williams College
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<p>I’m an international student from Vietnam. Here are my stats:</p>

<p>Academic Honors:

  • 4th Prize, City’s Contest for Best Students in the field of Chemistry, grade 9
  • 2nd Prize, City’s Contest for Best Students in the field of English, grade 10
  • 3rd Prize, City’s Contest for Best Students in the field of English, grade 11
  • Australian Embassy’s Scholarship for Highest English GPA, grade 10
  • Australian Embassy’s Scholarship for Highest English GPA, grade 11
  • English First scholarship for highest English GPA, grade 10
  • TOEFL test score: 643 Date taken: 03/2005
  • SAT II Mathematics level I: 750 Date taken: 06/2005
  • SAT II Mathematics level II: 760 Date taken: 06/2005
  • SAT II Chemistry: 730 Date taken: 06/2005
  • SAT will be taken in Nov</p>

<p>Extra-curricular activities:

  • Member of a dancing club
  • Basketball practicing for 2 years: grade 9 and 10
  • Coordinator of the Amsers’ English Club
  • 2nd prize on the Bag Jumping in the “Festival of the Talented”
  • Coordinator of the “Festival of Chemistry”
  • Moderator of Vietnam’s largest game website: <a href=“http://www.gamevn.com%5B/url%5D”>www.gamevn.com</a>
  • Representative of Chemistry class for 2 years</p>

<p>Work Experience:

  • Translator for the VNN Study Abroad website: duhoc.vietnamnet.vn
  • IT Tutor</p>
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<p>Hey there,</p>

<p>I think your chances are pretty good. You should write a compelling essay and get an extra recommendation from someone who knows you really well but isn’t a school teacher. Try to get recommendations from people who know you well personally, not just people who had classes you did really well in. Spend lots of time on the essay (there are good essay-writing tips online). Don’t have someone else write your essay - your voice needs to come through - but give it your best shot to display how you are a thoughtful, creative writer. Much of college is about writing so they need to see that.</p>

<p>A good idea is to complete the application two weeks in advance, then look at it two weeks later and pretend you’re the admissions offer. Try to see if it looks like your personality comes through clearly (and also that you’ve avoided any mistakes). If not, revise.</p>

<p>How’s Hanoi? I was thinking of visiting sometime soon.</p>

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<p>Thank you so much for your reply. I’m planning on submitting an additional essay (actually that’s Bowdoin’s supp essay) and a work sample. Do you think that I should submit more than 1 supp essay to Williams ?
Hanoi’s really hot and humid right now :smiley: You’ll get burnt going out without a cap :slight_smile:
If you intend to visit Hanoi, pls let me know :)</p>

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<p>i think you have a good chance. Have you taken your SATS? i never knew the australian embassy had scholarships in vietnam lol</p>

<p>good luck!</p>

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<p>I’m taking the SAT in Nov, the scores can only be around 2050 :frowning:
The Aus scholarships are for my school only, due to our close connection. This is not a kinda “well-known” scholarship in the world :)</p>