Do I stand a chance?/ International

Wilhelm9
Sun, 04 Sep 2011 07:33:06 +0000

Hey there,

I’ve been trying to get competent feedback considering my application for the IR-course offered by Yale in german forums, but people seem to have a lack of knowledge so I hope that you guys could tell me if I should consider applying to Brown or not?

My Stats:

Age: 17
Mother: Slovenian
Father: German (Double-Citizenship)
School: Prestigious private high school, ranked within Top 5 in the state
Gpa: In Germany the equivalent is called the Abitur, which is hard to transfer into the American System; should be around 3,95
Sat’s: 2210
Subjects: World History (800), Math I (720), Literature (700) (Going to do them again in October)
TOEFL: Same thing

Languages:
English (fluent level), Spanish (fluent level), French (fluent level), Latin (Latinum), Slovenian (Basic Knowledge)

Activities within school:
->Head and initiator of a project named ‘Drinking is not cool’ against abuse of alcohol by minors under 16; honored by german mentor foundation with 2000 Euros
->Initiator of the ‘Homeless-Day’, where homeless people get the chance to come to our school to eat, get a medical check up and talk to psychologists
->Teamcaptain of the school’s field hockey team, got at state finals twice
->President and founder of the school’s own debating club
->Head boy of the school
->International experience due to a half year exchange to John Abbott College in Canada (I was 15 when I wen’t to College)
->Participant in an ‘almshouse-club’ where we weekly visit older people to talk or play with them

Outside of school:
->Participated twice in a German Model UN which took place in former German Federal Assembly, award for best orator and rhetorician
->Founder of a company (Further information via private message) with 20 employees, annual income over 50000 Euros
->Played Field Hockey for 11 years
->Acting experience, played in various cinema advertisings
->Participated at the Junior Management School (1 year programme) , references for having an outstanding personality and outstanding knowledge
->Internship at a German bank
->Internship at a company in the media-scene
->Upcoming participation at Harvard Model United Nations (confirmed a couple of days ago, yay)

Could it be a hook that I’m half slovenian, which can be considered as an ‘underrepresented country’ at Yale?

I would be really grateful if you guys could give me a realistic feedback!

Cheers