[Supremacy]

^Sorry if im being real dumb, but we dont use like the GPA thing in my school, we do like 1 to 100 for averages and like, how do you convert GPA to average. Like wats a 3.75 GPA and how do you convert it

[josebiwasabi]

^Sorry if im being real dumb, but we dont use like the GPA thing in my school, we do like 1 to 100 for averages and like, how do you convert GPA to average. Like wats a 3.75 GPA and how do you convert it

using unweighted GPAs, 3.7 = A-, 4.0 = A

so someone with a 3.75 has slightly above an A- average.

[omgwhat]

most updated:

GPA (cumulative from 9th grade): unweighted - 3.7 / weighted - ~4.4

Rank: 2nd decile out of like 600 kids =[

SAT's:
Reasoning: M - 770 CR - 750 W - 720 = 2240
Subject tests: Math II - 800, Korean - 800, Chem - 710, US - 660, Bio - 680 (imma retake us and bio in oct)
ACT: composite - 33, with writing - 32 (will retake in sept/oct and am planning to get at least a 35)

AP's:

10th grade - Euro (3), compsci (4)
11th grade - calc bc (5), us history (4), bio (5), lang (4)

Classes/Grades:

freshman year
english I-H B+/A
IB non western cultures A/A
alg 2 H A/A
Fundamentals of programming (FOP) A
ICT A
Biology H B+/A
Spanish I A/A

sophomore year
trig H B+/B+
spanish 2 H B+/A
AP euro A/A
English 2 H A/A
AP comp sci A A/B+
chemistry H B+/B

junior year
AP bio - A/B
AP us history - B/B
AP calc bc - A/B+
IB business management - A/A
AP language - A/A
spanish III - B/A

senior year
IB theory of knowledge (TOK)
IB philosophy
AP stats
IB history of the americas
AP lit
Physics honors
AP spanish 4


School Activities:

Marching band - 1 year (freshmen year), freshmen leader
Orchestra - 3 years (soph - senior year), 1st flute senior year
FBLA - 4 years (fresh - senior year), won 5th place soph year in section (intro to business communications), won 2nd place junior year in section (business procedures)
Make a Wish - 1 year (soph year)
Habitat - 2 years (junior & senior year)
CSF
Honors Society


Awards:

Honors at Entrance Award (fresh year)
Student of month for Spanish1 and 3
CSF
Principal's Honor Roll - all semesters


EC's (my weakest point):

Volunteer at the library (5 years) - intern for 2 summers in the summer reading program, volunteered during summer and school year
Volunteer at TAG (teen's advisory group) in the library - (2 years)

Piano - like 12 years
Translating Articles & stuff (probably nothing) - 3 years


Work Experience:
intern at stanford university during summer going onto senior year


The colleges i'm aiming for are:
Reach - UPENN, UC berkeley, USC
Match - UCLA, UCSD, NYU
Backup - UCI, UCR, Cal state long beach


PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR OPINIONS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! (:

[truexskills]

haha im actually really anxious about putting my stuff up here...someone please help me so i dont go into senior year with unreaslitic expectations LOL

[jjjjessica]

totally unrelated
but.. i got the same score on my SATII history exam too.
i was so disappointed. and i heard history exam is one of the easiest exams to take too

haha yeaa i heard that too! i thought i did super well on the test.. i guess not! but i understand because my sister had already warned me that history was not my thing... i just didnt take her word for it! hehe :[

but like i did well on my AP test and in the class soo... i dont know what i am doing... haha

[krnc00kie]

general stats:
GPA: 4.5ish 9-12 cumulative.
RANK: 1/60 (my school's tiiiiny!)
SAT I: 2020/1400. (hurting, much? i seriously need to study like a monk in scriptorium and raise this to 2400! haha. yes.)
SAT II: math2c: 770, chem:770, ush:780

classes:
soph: ap chem (5), mand H, precalc H, eng2H, world history.
junior: ap bio(5), apush (5), ap eng lang (4), ap calc ab (5)
senior (pending): ap physics, ap govt, ap microecon, ap eng lit, ap calc bc, drama 1

extracurriculars&volunteering:
- varsity soccer (4 yrs)
- student gov't (3 yrs) : sophomore class president, student body secretary, student body treasurer
- theatre (3 yrs) - main role last year.
- chorale (3 yrs)
- leo club (5 yrs)
- science bowl/quiz bowl (3 yrs/2 yrs): our quiz bowl team went to nationals! (:
- volunteered at a hospital clinical lab (200+ hours)
- internship at USDA research center-currently working on plant mycotoxins.

awards&etc:
- i dont think this one counts, but i went to nat'l spelling bee in middle school.
- cltac mandarin speech contest winner 3 yrs in a row. (2nd, 2nd, 1st)
- placed 5th at state science fair, 1st at regional, 1st&grand at local.
- qualified for NMSQT, but not yet a semi finalist. or whatever. it's yet to come.
- and other random varsity letters, in-school sports//team awards, and science fair category awards.

schools applying to:
- UCs: berkeley, la, sd. [i might apply to davis. maybe. i dont really care for it though.]
- privates: johns hopkins (first choice), duke, stanford, upenn, washington in st. louis.

i'm thinking the privates are a bit of a stretch? all i know is i gotta bring that SAT score up!
and seriously, after seeing soo many profiles, i think i'm pretty shabby. heh.

[Sam Sik]

How important are ECs?

I mean I've done so much volunteering.. but all I have right now predicting ahead at the end of Grade 12 would be:

Guitar - 3 years.
Badminton Club - 2 years (Club closed)
Key Club - 1 year (Damn it I should've really joined in Gr 11)
Leadership/Student Council - 2 years
HIB Leadership (International Baccalaureate leadership) - 2 years

I've done numerous amounts of volunteering, I'm sure volunteering is based on hours. Not consistency as that should be ECs instead.

What do you guys think? How important is it really. Assuming that I have 90-95% average in my courses and by the end of Grade 12, most likely 400-500 hours of volunteer service. And this is applying to ANY Canadian university except Queens, McGill or Waterloo. I pretty much want to target UBC and UoT.

[asianami]

How important are ECs?

I mean I've done so much volunteering.. but all I have right now predicting ahead at the end of Grade 12 would be:

Guitar - 3 years.
Badminton Club - 2 years (Club closed)
Key Club - 1 year (Damn it I should've really joined in Gr 11)
Leadership/Student Council - 2 years
HIB Leadership (International Baccalaureate leadership) - 2 years

I've done numerous amounts of volunteering, I'm sure volunteering is based on hours. Not consistency as that should be ECs instead.

What do you guys think? How important is it really. Assuming that I have 90-95% average in my courses and by the end of Grade 12, most likely 400-500 hours of volunteer service. And this is applying to ANY Canadian university except Queens, McGill or Waterloo. I pretty much want to target UBC and UoT.

I think your ECs are boring. Nothing really stands out to me. Try to gain officer positions this year in a couple of them as an added boost. Your involvement in volunteer work should make up for the dull ECs, especially if it's unique, but I still stand that you should at least have one officer position in a club.

Good luck.

[Sam Sik]

Edit:
Some points I would like to make because of my poor ECs for Americans.
-I live in a small town and go to a small school.
-We are not like the US with hundreds of random clubs.
-We actually have a total of 5 clubs in my school.
-My town is labeled as a dead town because of the lack of things to do here.
-I'm not a sports guy.
-I hate bands. I prefer to play Guitar.
-I am not trying to attend UCLA or UC Berkeley. So why do my ECs have to be so elite and innovative?
-Canadian universities are very much different than American Universities.

Edit:
I just received an email from my IB Coordinator stating that I shouldn't listen to American students since as said, our Canadian schools are really different.

Anyway thanks for your input you two.

[jvchou1316]

^ it's ok.

i think it's always academics first. if ur scores and such are stellar. then ECs are obviously less important. so how are ur scores?
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dull clubs or not, try to spice up your essay. find an interesting perspective for one of ur ECs or something. but don't complain.

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sorry if all of this is common sense. but I just really wanted to post and say 'it's alright. calm down. think carefully bout every part of ur app. and u'll be good." haha.

[Sam Sik]

Edit: Removed removed removed. No longer needed.

I just received an email from my IB Coordinator stating that I shouldn't listen to American students since as said, our Canadian schools are really different.

Anyway thanks for your input you two.

[jvchou1316]

^ Lollll no prob, rollin pig.

--

[Candy Beat]

Is volunteering more important than having a job?
I do them only in school and have a job at a store, but I don't volunteer.

So far, my ECs are:

Graphics Editor for school's art & literary magazine (2007-2010)
College Partnership Program (2007-2010)
Anime Club (2006-2010)
Institute for the Arts (Summer 2008)
Counselor for IB Connections Summer Camp (2007-2008)
French Club (2007-2010)/French Honor Society (2008-2010)

Oh, and how should I study for the ACTs and SATs?
I use the official book, but I get low scores and it doesn't help me much... ><;;;
I'm worried that I might not have time to study because I'm in full IB.

The colleges I want to go to usually accept students who get a 1950-2000 on the SATs, and 22-28 on ACTs.

[asianami]

Is volunteering more important than having a job?
I do them only in school and have a job at a store, but I don't volunteer.

So far, my ECs are:

Graphics Editor for school's art & literary magazine (2007-2010)
College Partnership Program (2007-2010)
Anime Club (2006-2010)
Institute for the Arts (Summer 2008)
Counselor for IB Connections Summer Camp (2007-2008)
French Club (2007-2010)/French Honor Society (2008-2010)

Oh, and how should I study for the ACTs and SATs?
I use the official book, but I get low scores and it doesn't help me much... ><;;;
I'm worried that I might not have time to study because I'm in full IB.

The colleges I want to go to usually accept students who get a 1950-2000 on the SATs, and 22-28 on ACTs.

Volunteering is not more important than a job. In fact, I would deem a job more important than volunteering. Admission officers love to see kids holding down a job and the experiences you gain from having a job you can't get anywhere else. I.e. how to deal with people, interviews, meeting your boss, etc. Not many kids, especially those chasing after top-notch schools, hold down a job so when they are 20 years old, they are inexperienced to the real world which they should have some taste of when they were younger.

Studying for the SATs and ACTs? Well, are you more of a motivated self-study person or a person who lacks motivation to study? If you are the latter, I suggest looking into SAT/ACT preparation classes instead.

What I recommend is to study in chunks throughout the day, daily:

★ 30 minutes in the morning, 30 minutes during lunch, 30 minutes mid-afternoon, and 30 minutes at night

This approach is much healthier than studying 2 hours a night as it helps you retain the information more easily.

Just keep at it with those practice SAT/ACT tests, ask your Math/English teacher on why you the answer for a certain question is wrong, and improve your weaknesses on the tests.

Good luck.

[Lum]

So I'm a sophomore. And this year, I screwed up a bit...
At our school, honors isn't weighted and AP classes can only be taken in Junior/Senior year. >__>; And I took World History Honors and got a B...
So now my GPA is 3.8.
When I was a freshmen, my GPA was 3.9
On top of that, I took a summer class and got a B (Chemistry). If I take Chemistry again and get an A, will it erase my B?

For my junior, I plan on not slacking off, procrastinating, etc. and getting at least a 4.1 GPA. Will my sophomore/freshmen year and Chemistry grade look THAT bad? & how will it affect my GPA?
& how do weighted GPAs work? Is it overall, from freshmen to junior, or is it just junior year?

I know I shouldn't have slacked off this summer..


Planning to Apply @:
UCLA
UCB
UCSD
UCD
UCI

[Avex]

Studying for the SATs and ACTs? Well, are you more of a motivated self-study person or a person who lacks motivation to study? If you are the latter, I suggest looking into SAT/ACT preparation classes instead.

What I recommend is to study in chunks throughout the day, daily:

★ 30 minutes in the morning, 30 minutes during lunch, 30 minutes mid-afternoon, and 30 minutes at night

This approach is much healthier than studying 2 hours a night as it helps you retain the information more easily.

Just keep at it with those practice SAT/ACT tests, ask your Math/English teacher on why you the answer for a certain question is wrong, and improve your weaknesses on the tests.

Good luck.

http://youtube.com/user/khanacademy
The god of sat1 math BLUE BOOK EXPLAINATIONS

[jvchou1316]

this would be my chance-me debut.
(stole format from first page)


STATS

GPA : 4.64 ...( i don't know what it's out of, maybe 4.8 but i think it's A or A+)

Rank: top 6 out of 85 students

SAT I: 2290 (one shot); 2330 (superscored)

SAT II: Bio M - 710, Math IIC - 700 (Planning to take), Chemistry - 770, US History- 800, Chinese - 800 (doesn't count for much;...hehe)


CLASSES

Freshmen--Sophomore - all honors plus PE and an elective; all As, A+s.
(Sophomore year: AP Psychology (5), A+)

Junior Year

AP Calc AB (4), A+
AP Physics B (4), A+
AP US History (5), A+
AP Literature & Comp (5), A
AP Studio Art -drawing (4), self-studied.
Fashion Design, A
Architectural Drawing, A+

Senior Year

AP Calc BC
AP Biology
AP Government
AP Language & Comp
French IV Honors
+ another class haven't decided yet

EXTRA CURRICULARS

Piano - 7 years
Art - 12 years, some awards, but nothing big.

School clubs
varsity tennis - 9-12 - captain; some school, district awards
school newspaper - 9-12
Model UN -9-12; some conference awards
school magazine - 9-12 (manuscript editor)
student congress 10-12 (treasurer)
national honor society 11-12.. la la.

Volunteering

-local library
-state cancer center
- various individual events;
~ 300 hours

Summers- volunteering, camp counselor, tennis training.

Essays- prolly a "one experience" or...hmm not really sure yet.

Recs - they probably won't be Breathtaking & Stellar; but not average, trite, either. - so i guess decent.


Schools

-Columbia
- Yale
- prolly the other ivies, except Dartmouth
- rutgers
- barnards
- northwestern
- nyu
- georgetown.
- cooper union

>>>> So basically, I'm having a lot of trouble deciding between ED Columbia or EA Yale.... I love Columbia but ED is too big of a risk for me, because I definitely need a a lof of financial aid.
What do you guys think?

Oo and does anyone have any recommendations for match schools for me?

[Sam Sik]

Just a question guys, for you American students, how hard is it exactly to get into John Hopkins?

[phantompc4]

Its a competitive school that's known for some of the best programs for certain majors in the country. But Not as hard as princeton, harvard, and etc.

[Sam Sik]

Its a competitive school that's known for some of the best programs for certain majors in the country. But Not as hard as princeton, harvard, and etc.

Well I guess my friend got into John Hopkins for Sciences because of his amazing SAT scores. Because he barely did any ECs or volunteer lol.