<p>UGH I’m so confused… someone please help me T^T</p>
<p>I’m a student living in Vancouver, Canada. I moved here from Korea when I was 4 years old. I’m in Grade 10 now and I have a passion for the contrabass, snowboarding, and kendo.</p>
<p>I DON’T HAVE A HIGH GPA. On average my GPA is probably 93%, plus/minus 3%. But I did a lot of things outside of school that might make me a little more… unique.
I’m a kendo player that’s won a bunch of tournaments overseas in Korea, I’ve placed at least in third every year since Gr. 8 for snowboarding.</p>
<p>**Music:
My music career is a little different. I’ve been playing the contrabass for five different orchestras PER YEAR (crazy, right? haha), I have my RCM 10 completed and I’m trying to get my ARCT’s this winter.</p>
<p>**Volunteer:
The other thing that might make me stick out a little more is my volunteer activity. I’ve gone to Kenya for the Me to We program or Free the Children, and I’m going next summer again because I loved it. I also volunteer at my local children’s hospital. I also volunteer at Kumon and at a local mountain for snowboarding (I have my CASI Level 1 for snowboarding if it helps at all). Also, I’ve gotten awards for service hours within the school since grade 8.</p>
<p>**Academics:
On average, my grades are 93% +/-3%, but there’s a reason why they’re so low. I’m in Grade 10 but all of my courses except Spanish is a year or two ahead, so when I’m in Grade 11/12, half or all of my timetable will be filled with AP courses (I’m taking: AP English Lit, AP English Lang, AP Chem, AP Phys, AP Calc), and only these because our school does not offer courses I really want like AP History, AP Bio, or AP Spanish… so I’ll just do Grade 12 for those subjects. I’m also taking courses that aren’t really ‘necessary’ such as Law 12, Psychology 11 (we don’t offer 12), Writing 12, and Strings 12. I’ve also placed third in a couple of math contests.</p>
<p>**Clubs:
I’m part of these clubs in school:
Model United Nations (President)
Orchestra Club (President and Founder)
Snowboard Club (just a member!)
Student Council (Grade 11 Rep, but I’ll be going for President in Gr. 12)</p>
<p>Now here’s the real question:
-I’m aiming for 2250 or above on my SAT’s, but will that be enough considering my GPA? (Note that I have more 93% years than 96% years)
-What should I do more? Can I even do more? I’m pretty busy already T^T</p>
<p>I WANT TO BE AN ONCOLOGIST. I really have no idea what the heck I should do to get there, so I’m just focusing on my Sciences for now (any other English/Math/History courses are things I’m taking for fun lol), but I really want to live in California too. What is the best Pre-Med school? What are courses I should take as an undergraduate that will help me become one? My dear kendo sensei was diagnosed with a certain Stage IV cancer, and he survived. His determination and willpower really inspired me (in gr. 8 I had troubles with bullying, but I stuck through it when I watched my sensei go through something even worse). I don’t know what I’ll do if I don’t become one, it’s my dream to make sure no one has to stop playing kendo, or put a halt to their education just because of a stupid virus.</p>
<p>LOLOL long rant, anyways, my top schools were Yale and Stanford but I think they’ll be too hard to get in and I don’t want to risk my chances. I haven’t checked any other schools yet for acceptance rates, but these are schools that I’m possibly thinking of:
-UCLA
-Stanford
-Yale
-Cornell
-Berkeley
-UCSD
-UCSF
-Johns Hopkins
-HARVARD! (Lolol I jokes)</p>
<p>If you can, please tell me which school has the best pre-med subjects, and on another scale, please tell me which schools are most generous in accepting international students.
ON THE OTHER HAND, for those already accepted, what can I do to strengthen my chances?</p>
<p>Thanks so much for reading, if anyone did T^T
P.S: If you really don’t think I have a shot at making to any of these school and I just sound like a stupid, cocky Asian, just say so so I don’t have to waste money on application fees QAQ</p>