International Student from Asia, prospective SCEA Applicant. HELP!

Endoplasm
Sat, 30 Jun 2007 09:31:29 +0000

**1 Official Scores **
1 GPA: 3.82 out of 4.00 (unweighted)
2 TOEFL(CBT): 287
3 SAT I: Critical Reading 750 / Math 750 / Writing 670
4 SAT II: Math IIC 800 / Chemistry 780 / Biology M 780 / U.S History 710
5 AP: Microeconomics 5 / Macroeconomics 5 / Chemistry 5 / Calculus BC 5 (subscore 5) / Biology 5 /
6 Environmental Science 5 / Psychology 4 / Statistics 5 / Computer Science A 3 / U.S History 4

**2 Leadership Experience **
1 Student Captain of Governmental Cultural Exchange Program with China (2006)
2 Student Officer (Chair of ECOSOC) – School MUN Committee (2006-2007)
3 Vice President – Official Biology Group (2006-2007)
4 Vice president – “Assorted Noise” (2006-2007)
5 Class Representative – 9th Grade 1st Semester (2004)
6 Team Leader – Science Project Team of National Science Experiment Competition (2007)
7 Team Leader – Science Project Team of National Chemistry Frontier Festival (2007)

3 Work/Internship Experience
1 Assistant Researcher in Korea University Molecular Biology Lab (2005 - 2006)
2 Assistant Researcher in Gangwon University Veterinary Science Lab (2005 - 2007)
3 Assistant Engineer in Bayer International corp. (2007)

**4 Activities **
1 Vice President – Official Biology Group of HAFS (2006 - 2007)
2 Research Thesis: “DongChiMi’s new prospect as a fermented food and its properties” (2007)
3 Research Senior Thesis: “Antibiotic Properties of GA-33 in Prunus mume” (2007)
4 Best Poster of Research Thesis - London International Youth Science Forum (2007)
5 International Patent for Canine surgery Material (2007)

1 Founder, President - Accappella Group “Interlude” (2006-2007)
2 2nd Trumbone - Orchestra (2005-2007)
3 Solo - Accappella Group “MAVIS” (2005-2007)
4 Vice president - Music Group “Assorted Noise” (2005-2007)

1 Security Council member – School MUN Committee (2006)
2 Student Officer (Chair of ECOSOC) - School MUN Committee (2006-2007)
3 Student Captain of Governmental Cultural Exchange Program with China
4 2006 MUNOS / 2006 MUN Chairing Workshop / 2006 UNA - USA / 2007 BEIMUN /
5 1st Korean High school Debate Championship / 2nd Asian debate Workshop / Marine Camp

1 JV School Lacrosse Team (10,11)
2 2nd in nation - National Lacrosse Championship

1 Helper (2005-2006) in Ha-Sang Visual Impairment Centre
2 Concert for old and dejected people in various institutes (2006)

**5 Academic Honors **
1 Scholarship - $3,500 from The National Youth Commission (2006)
2 Bronze Medal - Korean Biology Olympiad – National (2006)
3 Gold Medal - The 8th National Experiment Competition in Science Debate - National (2007)
4 Silver Medal - The 4th National Chemistry Frontier Festival - National (2007)
5 Bronze Medal - Korean Informatics Olympiad - National (2007)
6 Sun Certified JAVA Programmer JDK 1.4.0 - Internationally Certified Programmer (2007)7
7 Honorable Mention – Korean Mathematics Competition – National (2004)
8 AIME Qualifier (2007)
9 9th(Silver Award) - National English Fluency Test – National (2006)
10 Bronze Award - International English Test – National (2006)
11 Bronze Medal - M2 Vocal Contest - National (2007)
12 Honorable Mention - Vocal Competition – Yongin City (2006)
13 1st Place - Orchestra competition – Yongin City (2006)
14 AP Scholar (2005)
15 AP Scholar (2006)
16 AP Scholar with Distinction (2007)

6 Comments
1 I’m international applicant from Asia.
2 I know I have to boost up my SAT1 scores.
3 My GPA crawls in the bottom, do I still have chances since my school does not rank the students? International students from indigenous high schools does not have collegeboard registered AP courses, so all my courses are written down as regular courses.
Plus, I got straight Bs on math. Math course was more than AP Calculus courseload (we learned college-level math). Now it’s killing me. ow I’m gonna supposed to do?
4 My primary distinction is biology activities and academic honors. I’ve already secured rec. from professor.
5 Any comments on my college selection would be highly appreciated. Thanks.