How are my extracurriculars?

[barrelpug]

1. Library volunteer
2. founder and former president of their book club
3. marketing
4. event management
5. volunteer facilitator
6. Volunteer English teacher for 4 months
7. Campaign leader for the Safe Water Safe Bottle Project campaign
8. Game-field coordinator for the National Robotics Competition 2018
9. Feminist activist of NGO-CEDAW (an NGO that works to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women in Cambodia, especially gender based violence)
10. Speaker (all on topics of feminism - women's issues, awareness raising, educating - featured on Huffington Post for this)
11. Nerd Night (twice - Nerd Night is a public speaking platform)
12. ASEAN XChange's workshop "Recreating Modern Feminism"
13. taught a feminist class at an women's organization
14. Medical translator at Khmer Eyesight Foundation
15. UTCC ASEAN Leadership Camp
16. APU Academic and Cultural Camp
17. IYF World Camp
18. Ambassador of the Hiroshima International Junior Forum (on nuclear weapon abolition and peace building)
19. Ambassador's Youth Town Hall
20. Champion of a young entrepreneur challenge
21. STEM Master Competition semi finalist
22. 10 medals from the World Scholar's Cup - Phnom Penh Round
23. 3rd place Chinese Public Speaking Competition (twice)

I’m 16, in my senior year of high school from Cambodia. I’m planning to major in Biology/Biomedical Sciences/Biological Sciences. I’m a little worried these ECs aren’t enough, or that they don’t relate to my major. Do you think I have a good chance with these?

[Groundwork2022]

What types of colleges are you hoping to attend, what are your grades and test scores, and how much can you afford per year?

Your ECs show all the right character traits, which is very good, but that is only one piece.

[aunt_bea]

Your post in July 2018 basically asks the same thing. http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/international-students/2090587-what-are-my-chances-of-getting-into-a-good-us-college.html#latest
I guess you didn’t understand that your EC’s are part of a package. They seem to be all over the place and don’t show a long-term commitment to any one area. It’s not the “let’s throw everything at the wall and see what sticks”.

@Katliamom put it very well at that time:

If your ultimate goal is to become a medical doctor, the US is not a good place for you. Go to a country where you can enter medical school right away, and where education is cheaper.

In the US, you will need at least 4 years of (very expensive) studies before you can apply to med school. Your odds of getting into medical school in the US are very, very, very small. (They hardly take any international students.) Also, there is no financial aid for international students in med schools, you would need a loan from your country or have the money in cash.

I’ll add to her advice. There are thousands of domestic students attempting premed studies. There are only so many medical school slots and those few are very competitive for domestic students; most international students aren’t event considered. Being international means that you have a close to 0% admittance rate.

Nothing has changed, including your age. It is very competitive to just be admitted for undergrad.

[squ1rrel]

I recommend you read Cal Newport’s “How to be a High School Superstar” where he talks about not doing a bunch of random ECs. It’s better to have a few ECs you genuinely would wake up on a Saturday morning and ENJOY doing vs. doing it just for the college apps.

[cptofthehouse]

I think your ECs are great. If you can coordinate them so they do not look disparate and tie them together, they are great.

If you have contacts with US doctors you have met when doing these activities, such as translating , it could be helpful.

Are you going to need financial aid? That is where it gets tough for international students. If you have the money to pay for college and med school here , it’s one thing. If you don’t, it’s s whole other.