Please help me... I'm so nervous for RD

kwag135
Mon, 23 Mar 2015 16:08:42 +0000

Would you please chance me for RD for George Washington University for the RD 2015 pool? I’m so scared and I just want to know about CC’s opinion…

Hi I’m Asian student who goes to a international school in Japan. My parents are Japanese but I was born in the States so I have dual US-Japanese citizenship. I currently go to a international school.

GPA UW grade 12: 3.3
GPA W:3.8
GPA UW grade 11: 3.14
GPA W grade 11: 3.57
EC: Choir, Jazz Band (section leader), Senior Band (section leader), Honor Band, Basketball (coach’s award), Student Council (class vp in 11th grade and president for 12th grade), Global Issues Network (president)
I also play tennis outside of school, take trumpet private lessons, and volunteer at a elderly home facility.

I take the IB diploma
HL English Language and Literature
HL World History
HL Economics
SL Math
SL Spanish
SL Biology
Theory of Knowledge

I took 2 APs because my school only offers two… It was a self study for 2 months
5 on English Language and Literature
and 2 for macro econ (planning to take it again)

SAT Super score: 1950
CR:600
M:720
W:630

Sat subject test: 790 Japanese listening and writing
planning to take world history

Awards: Harvard Book Prize
Merit awards for History x2
Merit award religious studies

I believe my personal essay was good because I talked about my struggle of being Japanese but not being able to speak Japanese when I first moved from the United States to Japan. I am now able to view both countries as my home but at the same time, I can look at them from a foreigner’s perspective.

I want to study international relations and I believe my previous experiences and my exposure to the international environment of my international school will be appealing to universities.