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<p>I prefer making chances threads (well, just this one :P)</p>

<p>**Personal Info: **International (Greece)</p>

<p>**GPA: **98.4 % </p>

<p>**Courseload: **Hardest in my class (and hardest available)

  1. English Lit Higher Level IB
  2. History Higher Level IB
  3. Chemistry Higher Level IB
  4. Mathematics Higher Level IB
  5. Biology Standard Level IB
  6. Greek Lit Standard Level IB</p>

<p>**Recommendations: **excellent and anecdotal (they showed them to me)</p>

<p>Essays: My counselor said they’re very original and have a strong personal voice ( I’m talking about my transition from sucky greek public school to IB and about my summer internship and my stay in Boston for two months)</p>

<p>SAT I:
CR: 740
Math: 750
Writing: 690</p>

<p>Will Take SAT II in November ( Lit and Chem )</p>

<p>Languages
Greek (native)
English
French good
German (Mittelstufe diplom)
Ancient Greek (reading and writing)
Chinese (beginner)</p>

<p>Academic Honors

  1. Merit Scholarship to Anatolia College IB (2007-2008)
  2. Dean’s List – Anatolia College IB (2006-2007)
  3. Certificate of Excellence for ranking 1 of 150 students – Thermi Lyceum (2005-2006)
  4. Selected to participate in a region-wide conference regarding student projects – the project I had been selected for was an investigation into international humanitarian organizations (2005-2006)
  5. Certificate of Excellence – Thermi Gymnasium (2004-2005)
  6. Bronze medal in group competition at National International Baccalaureate Mathematics Tournament(2006-2007)
  7. Award for graduating 1st in class as CPE (Certificate of Proficiency in English) candidate at Lord Byron language school (2005-2006)</p>

<p>Ecs and Ec Honors</p>

<p>International Relations & MUNs

  1. International Relations Mentorship / student coordinator
  2. Two-month internship in Boston at Greek consulate (also got a rec letter from them)
  3. Head of student team organizing ACMUN (Anatolia College Model United Nations) / Secretary General
  4. Participated in HMUN (harvard MUN), TMUN (Thessaloniki MUN - twice - once assigned ambassador), DSAMUN (deutsche schule athen MUN), ACMUN (director of disarmament committee and assistant head of technical staff), NSLC (national student leadership conference) International Diplomacy program. In the above MUNs, I have won 2 best delegate awards.</p>

<p>Creative Writing and Journalism

  1. Editor in chief of the International Baccalaureate Journal (2007-2008)
  2. Deputy Editor in charge of IB1 at the International Baccalaureate Journal (2006-2007)
  3. Writer for Thermi Lyceum yearbook/magazine (2005-2006)
  4. Writer and editor for the newspaper (Sea Urchins) of Themethlon International Summer Camp (2005-2006)
  5. Selected to participate in a 2-day extensive Creative Writing workshop at the Regional Cinema Festival</p>

<p>Forensics Activities

  1. Debate Team (2006-2008)
    Selected to participate in the National Tournament
  2. Impromptu Speaking (2006-2007)
    Selected to participate in the NT (as above)
  3. Original Oratory (2007-2008)</p>

<p>Work Experience

  1. Summer of 2006: Student executive at Themethlon Multicultural Summer Camp / Selected spokesperson for Themethlon.
  2. Summer of 2006: Worked at a pamphlet distributing company (approximately for one month, six hours daily, five days per week.<br>
  3. 2005-2006: Worked as a tutor in English.<br>
  4. Summer of 2005: Worked at coffee shop as a waiter. (throughout the summer – 3 months)</p>

<p>Volunteer Experience

  1. Worked with the marketing team as student coordinator for the Anatolia College Rainbow Camp (Spring 2007)
  2. Helped at Red Cross event that my school orchestrated. (2005, 2006)
  3. Volunteered to distribute stars for the “Make a Wish” Foundation; the money from the distribution was given to support children with terminal diseases (Christmas of 2006)</p>

<p>Others

  1. Playing piano for eight years (2000-2008) –Taken lessons in solfege and dicte</p>
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<p>Cmoon!! Bump!! 53 views and no reply!??</p>

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<p>Your grades and scores aren’t out of this world, however they aren’t low enough to hurt you by any stretch of the imagination. Your really going to be riding on your ec’s/work/volunteer experiences which by the way are absolutely phenomenal. Yale is really humanities oriented which bodes well for someone with your background. If your essays capture your eclectic/cosmopolitan personality then I don’t think you will have a problem. The thing is everyone is going to have amazing grades/scores who will be applying early, so Yale is going to have to pay extra close attention to the more subjective aspects of each applicant…in which case you stand a pretty good chance of being accepted. </p>

<p>I was just curious why you think a 6 in spanish will be detrimental. I know a 7 would have been nice, especially in on a SL test but do you really think Yale will look down on a 6?</p>

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<p>You have a good shot. Anecdotal recs are the best kind. Consider even getting another rec, if it would be as good as the first two (and tell a slightly different perspective).</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks! Actually, I’m getting 2 teacher recs, one from IB coordinator, and one from the consulate where I interned in the summer - they rank me amongst top 10 of all interns they ever had in the past.</p>

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<p>hey man. pretty impressive! i’d say you have a good shot, but what do i know. i think you’d deff get into one of your top choices,</p>

<p>btw what is HYP</p>

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<p>Harvard-Yale-Princeton</p>

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<p>great chance, and if they take anyone from greece, it’d be you, so i think you’re in!</p>

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<p>thnx /<em>asdada</em>/</p>

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<p>hello debate-addict</p>

<p>Im doing IB as well and i was just wondering what you were predicted…</p>

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<p>Debate-addict, Are You Going To Apply Early To Yale?</p>

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<p>Yes, I am applying early…
My predicted is 45…</p>

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<p>Anyone else? Application is leaving soon! :)</p>