Odd Applicant? Chance me!- lengthy

jellybeans12
Sat, 17 Dec 2011 14:28:42 +0000

Applied EA
GPA Not applicable
Rank Not applicable
SAT - 1910

Recommendations: Strong. I’m pretty close to one of my recommenders and both teachers know how I work.

Essays: Pretty good, wrote about moving but in a creative way. Other essay, I wrote about the importance of art in my extracurriculars
Counselor Recommendation: Strong, I assume. She has really helped me grow and I think we share a bond.

Freshmen and Sophmore year: I attended a school in Europe, where I was living at the time. They used IB scaled grades. I got pretty good grades but it’s hard to translate them to the letter grading system here in the States, so the “grades” on my transcript is not accurate and I have written to BC about it in my common app and my counselor has supplied copies of transcripts in her counselor statement forms.
EC’s are practically nonexistent due to the fact volunteer work is limited. I got more involved in volunteering at the end of my sophomore year (I volunteered in a daycare system). Clubs were non existent in the school I attended my freshmen year. The school I attended my sophomore year had more clubs. I was part of the Debating team and we were practicing to go to an international conference (i moved so i never go to go)

Sorry for the long explanation, aha.

Junior Year:
Attend a competitive public school in NC
IB Candidate (obviously…)
Hardest classes in school
Only one AP since I was taking IB classes- 4 on APUS(everyone thinks this is pretty odd considering I never took US Civics)
Had to learn a new language (French)
Very strong EC’s -
Model UN and Model Congress
Art Guide at Local Museum- helps my art oriented side
Multicultural Club
CAS Club - leadership position
A lot of volunteer hours
Piano

Senior Year:
Hardest classes
Co-President of Multicultural Club
On the Committee for a service learning organization
NHS (Could only apply senior year)
Art Guide

all other ec’s junior year

Other:
Half Malaysian/Half European
Can speak 2 languages other than English
Moved twice- three countries
Attended summer college program
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I find my application to be very subjective. I’m hoping my essays and recs help me with my SAT score. Any thoughts? Super nervous about receiving the decision and I couldn’t help but to post a chance thread.