Too High? Enough? Your Call. (I'm International App)

Colleges & Universities Stanford University
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<p>AIM - Stanford university (if only I can get there) - no FA
Reach - Harvard / Princeton / Williams / MIT / UC Berkeley / JHU / Columbia
Safety - GeorgiaTech / Michigan Ann Arbor?
(I don’t know how to set my safeties… what do you think?)</p>

<p>Official Score </p>

<p>GPA: 3.85 out of 4.00 (unweighted)
TOEFL(CBT): 287
SAT I: Critical Reading 800 / Math 800 / Writing 760
SAT II: Math IIC 800 / Chemistry 780 / Biology M 780 / U.S History 710
AP: Microeconomics 5 / Macroeconomics 5 / Chemistry 5 / Calculus BC 5
(subscore 5) / Biology 5 / Environmental Science 5 / Psychology 5 / Statistics 5 / Computer Science 5 / U.S History 4</p>

<p>Leadership Experience </p>

<p>Student Captain of Governmental Cultural Exchange Program with China

  • Successfully led and organized governmental culture exchange program
  • Successfully organized performance and concert to show Korean culture
  • Participated in concert as a Representative Singer</p>

<p>Student Officer (Chair of ECOSOC) – School MUN Committee - Led and organized debate forum of ECOSOC as a student officer of school MUN committee</p>

<p>Vice President – Official Biology Group of HAFS

  • Led and organized biological experiments
  • Campaigned for ecologically innocuous food receptacle</p>

<p>Founder, President – “Interlude”

  • Founded Accapella Group
  • Performed in school festival and attending local and state competitions
  • Regularly visited senile facilities and hospitals to perform in front of patients</p>

<p>Vice president – “Assorted Noise”

  • As a vice president, organized musical selection </p>

<p>Class Representative – 9th Grade 1st Semester </p>

<p>Team Leader – National Science Experiment Competition
Team Leader – Science Project Team of National Chemistry Frontier Festival

  • For both projects, successfully organized and led experiments for competition</p>

<p>Work/Internship Experience </p>

<p>Assistant Researcher in Korea University Molecular Biology Lab

  • Organized research and provided experimental support for researchers
  • Assisted time-consuming research for extra efficiency</p>

<p>Assistant Researcher in Korea Venture University Food Nutrition Science Lab

  • Assisted fermentation research for The Codex Aliment Arius, a international food standards</p>

<p>Activities

  1. Biological Activity
    Vice President – Official Biology Group of HAFS
  • Led and organized biological experiments
  • Campaigned for ecologically innocuous food receptacle</p>

<p>Research Thesis: “Importance of Fermentation Regarding Food Process”

  • Had written a research thesis about fermented food products and CODEX
  • Assisted national food to be listed for CODEX international scientific food standards </p>

<p>Best Poster of Research Thesis - London International Youth Science Forum

  • Participated in a top caliber youth conference, as a representative of Korea
  • Posted and presented research thesis about “Importance of Fermentation Regarding Food Process”</p>

<p>Patent for Canine surgery Material

  • About Canine Surgery Materials of Larynx and Pharynx
  • The surgical material that is put inside of canine pharynx extends the tube, thereby enabling the animal to breathe without much difficulty</p>

<p>Team Leader – Science Project Team of National Science Experiment Competition

  • Led fermented food product science debate specialized in CODEX international food standards
  • Successfully organized the team consisting of best students in chemistry and biology in school
    Team Leader – Science Project Team of National Chemistry Frontier Festival
  • Led science team suggesting an renovating idea concerning chemistry and general biology</p>

<li>Musical Activity
Founder, President - Accappella Group “Interlude” </li>
<li>Founded Accapella Group</li>
<li>Performed in school festival and attending local and state competitions as school representatives</li>
<li>Regularly visited senile facilities and hospitals to perform in front of patients and the dejected</li>
</ol>

<p>2nd Trumbone - Orchestra

  • 2nd trombone, participated in school orchestra ensemble as a trombone leader</p>

<p>Solo - Accappella Group “MAVIS”

  • Participated the club as a leading singer of the club
  • Volunteered for free concert for dejected people at asylum</p>

<p>Vice president - Music Group “Assorted Noise”

  • Organized musical selection of school radio for lunch hours</p>

<li>Debate/MUN Activity & miscellaneous
Security Council member – School MUN Committee
Student Officer (Chair of ECOSOC) - School MUN Committee </li>
<li>Led and organized debate forum of ECOSOC as a student officer of school MUN committee</li>
</ol>

<p>Student Captain of Governmental Cultural Exchange Program with China

  • Successfully led and organized governmental culture exchange program
  • Successfully organized performance and concert to show Korean culture
  • Participated in concert as a representative singer</p>

<p>2006 MUNOS / 2006 MUN Chairing Workshop / 2006 UNA - USA / 2007 BEIMUN / 1st Korean High school Debate Championship / 2nd Asian debate Workshop / Marine Camp

  • Participated in various conferences to develop insight about the debate and MUN</p>

<li>Sports Activity
JV School Lacrosse Team (10,11)
2nd in nation – National Secondary School Lacrosse Championship </li>
<li><p>Successfully Defended 3 Goal chances of opposing team as a center defender</p></li>
<li><p>Volunteer
Helper in Ha-Sang Visual Impairment Centre </p></li>
<li><p>Helped blinded people doing their daily chores (5 hrs / Week)</p></li>
<li><p>Regularly sang a song during church worship (2 hrs / Week)</p></li>
</ol>

<p>Concert for old and dejected people in various institutes

  • Regularly organized hospital and welfare facility A Cappella performance (1 hrs / Week)</p>

<p>Academic Honors </p>

<p>Scholarship - $3,500 from The National Youth Commission
Bronze Medal - Korean Biology Olympiad – National
Bronze Award – Informatics Olympiad – State
Honorable Mention - Creativity Olympic – Regional
Silver Award - National Science Experiment Competition – National
Best Suggestion Award - National Chemistry Frontier Festival
Honorable Mention – Korean Mathematics Competition – National
AIME Qualifier
9th(Silver Award) - National English Fluency Test – National
Bronze Award - International English Test – National
Honorable Mention - Singing Competition – Yongin City
1st Place - Orchestra competition – Yongin City
Bronze Award – M2 Youth Vocal Competition – National
Bronze Award – Chin Chin Vocal Competition – National </p>

<p>Yup. It’s not a typo.
I GOT A PATENT.</p>

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<p>Sorry guys for keep bugging you asking all these chances. But I really wanna go to Stanford.</p>

<p>The problem is, I got a horrible ranking problem. I’m top 50% in my class! It’s one of the top high school in Korea, but darn, I’m not good in GPA.
Waddaya think? I know it will gonna kill me, but still,</p>

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<p>yeah i’d say youre in everywhere</p>

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<p>I seriously think that you won’t be impeded by your GPA.</p>

<p>I’m from an international school in Taiwan and I got into Stanford (your SAT I score is higher than mine - though I also had 1600 in CR and M). My extracurricular list, however, is nowhere as impressive as your’s. </p>

<p>However, I am an US citizen, so I don’t have to compete against those amazing Asian international applicants. I think you have an excellent chance at Stanford, even despite the fact that you’re an international app. I think the biggest factor that US selective colleges consider is English ability - most students that dare to apply outside of their home country to US colleges generally already have an impressive list of awards (IMO, BEIMUN, THIMUN, ISEF…etc.) but what really distinguishes them from each other is their ability to communicate in English (sometimes evidenced through SAT I scores), essays, and interviews. If you have a 2360 SAT, you are already a notch above most international applicants (I know a couple that were in Top 10 for Taiwan Math Olympiad (two even went to IMO) but had SAT scores of 500/800/500 - they were rejected from Harvard and MIT). Your list of awards will be more impressive than the average US applicant (and I think even with a lot of international applicants).</p>

<p>So relax, it’s really all about chance now. But you should ask yourself a big question:</p>

<p>How well were your essays?</p>

<p>I don’t think I’m an “OMG-GASP-YOU’RE SO AMAZING!!!” academic student; but I was notified early for RD without a significant hook or being an URM. I think this resulted through my essays.</p>

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<p>You’ll get in somewhere, relax.</p>

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<p>when do you have time to live…eat, sleep?</p>

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<p>as a fellow korean int’l student, i’d like to wish you the best of luck. it seems like you’ll be a very competetive applicant for all those schools you listed- it’s a matter of whether they see you as a good fit or not for their schools. as mentioned above, the major thing that’ll set you apart is your demonstration of english communication skills, something that doesn’t seem to be a problem for you. and also, if you’re not applying for FA, then they’ll probably be even happier to accept you, although it will definitely cost you BIG time.</p>

<p>i’m actually interviewing at stanford in less than 2 weeks from now for their biosciences phd program. it’s also my top choice :slight_smile: </p>

<p>just wondering, why do you want to go to stanford over the other schools? oh, and i wouldn’t worry too much about your safeties- 1 or 2 for you should be fine. some of your “reaches” are more like good matches.</p>

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<p>Being ranked just in the top 50% could in theory be an issue. Most students (~90%) are in the top 10% of their class, and I bet that many of the remaining 10% are in the top 20% at least and/or at unusually competitive schools.</p>

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<p>:O ur fab! i think ur in</p>

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<p>VERY nice stats.</p>

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<p>amazing stuff.</p>

<p>though i would drop this part:
“Successfully Defended 3 Goal chances of opposing team as a center defender”</p>

<p>the 2nd in nation is impressive, that last part not so much.</p>

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<p>"Vice president - Music Group “Assorted Noise”

  • Organized musical selection of school radio for lunch hours"</p>

<p>…don’t know what to say…</p>

<p>You may want to shorten your EC list…this isn’t a diary…</p>

<p>But yeah, your stuff is pretty impressive. But I sort of get the feeling that a lot of these ECs are created at your school for the purpose of college apps. How many other people from your school are applying? Because that would affect your chance too. </p>

<p>You put Stanford above Harvard, Princeton and MIT…</p>