<p>I am currently a junior and I am really nervous about university applications.</p>
<p>Here are the schools I am planning on applying to in order from what i want most to least:
- Stanford
- Harvard
- Yale
- Columbia
- Princeton
- Duke
- Northwestern
- Berkley</p>
<p>I am canadian which means that i am going to be an international student applying, significantly lowering my chances but here are my stats etc. please leave a comment below. Constructive criticism is appreciated!</p>
<p>I go to the top high school in my province which in fact, is a prep school</p>
<p>Rank: 1 or 2 / 102
SAT: 2280
SAT II: french 750, math level 2 780, chemistry 780
APs: biology (5), chemistry, physics, calculus, french, computer science (5), world history, psychology (5), music theory (4), microeconomics (for all these APs i am aiming for 4s and 5s)</p>
<p>GPA: 95% (canadians dont have gpa lol)</p>
<p>Courseload:
Freshman year : 3 honours classes (math, french and mandarin)
Sophomore year: 2 honours classes (french and math) along with a program my school offers called Challenge 10 which practices leadership skills
Junior year: AP computer science, AP Biology, honours english, honours math
Senior year: AP french, AP calculus, AP world history, AP literature, AP chemistry and AP physics</p>
<p>EXTRA CURRICULARS:
- peer tutoring
- business club
- ambassador’s club
- social responsibility club
- duke of edinburgh (captain)
- varsity badminton (5 years; team captain for one year)
- varsity volleyball (1 year)
- track and field (2 years)
- student council (3 years)
- piano (finished all levels, including performance training level with first class honours)
- badminton (6 years)
- ballet (6 years)
- spoken arts (3 years)</p>
<p>Awards:
- national essay contest (runner up)
- over 10 piano awards from major piano competitions (gold, silver and bronze)
- national music competition (piano: provincial finalist)
- university or waterloo math contest (scored in top 25% of participants)
- math leagues contest (4 years in a row: highest score in my school)
- ballet (one bronze and one silver)
- represented my school in a provincial math contest two years in a row
- kumon north american gold honour student (3 years)
- scholarship from the province for $1500
- 2009 badminton tournament, silver
- 2012 provincials, singles quarterfinalsit and semifinalist
- expected to get silver at provincial badminton next year
- independent schools volleyball tournament (gold)
- independent schools badminton tournament (2 years; gold)
- provincial school teams badminton tournament (2 years; gold)
- duke of edinburgh awards program (completed all 3 levels; gold)
- provincial silver medalist for javelin
- provincial gold medalist for javelin
- multiple ribbons and awards for javelin</p>
<p>Summer:
- EPGY (educational program for gifted youth at stanford university)
- Board Institute Internship (MIT/Harvard)
- SSSEC internship at stanford university
- rustic pathways medical certification service trip (received cpr, first aid and other medical training certification)</p>
<p>Volunteer and leadership:
- student council for 3 years
- expected to be valedictorian
- i was a young superhero for my province’s children’s hospital and received a letter of service excellence from the parliament house of commons
- i was a young ambassador for my province’s children’s hospital for 3 years (leadership)
- 2 service trips with my school
- aiming for at least 750+ service hours
- volunteered at my badminton center training little kids
- volunteered regularly at the Children’s Hospital</p>
<p>Other:
- was interviewed by a major tv station about the importance of children’s education. It was aired for an hour
- my artwork was selected to be featured in the independent schools’ art show (10 + schools participated)</p>
<p>Thank you guys so much!</p>
good luck with your apps!</p>