Hi,
I'm in year 12 and will be applying to american university based abroad because they are really generous about financial support to international students.
I'm just going to list some things that I've done so far, and please give me some advice on how I could improve my common app/ personal statement or what I could do better to secure me a place in my dream uni with financial support.
GCSE grades: 10A* and 1A
(Maths, Further Maths, Core Science, Add. Science, Art, DT, Geography, French, English Language, English Literature and ICT)
AS grades: not too confident as all the examboards I came across were horrible this year...
I'm taking Maths, Further Maths (C3 and C4 where we can get A*s this year), Biology and Economics
- worst AS grade prediction: AABB
-best AS grade prediction: AAAA*
Extra:
Violin Grade 5
Orchestra and Senior strings
EPQ (currently working on it)
DofE (currently doing Gold)
12 hours of Community and Service (when I was in american school)
Work Experience in banks
Year 11 and 13 prefect
Founder and organiser of Art magazine
Taking part in school English Literature Magazine
DELF certificate
Year 11 form rep
Won art competition (been on newspaper)
Bio Olympiad
Student Investor
Have more than 10-20 awards in total from year 8 to 12
*Working on ACT during summer
I know some of these won't even matter whether I include it or not but I tried to list everything I could.
I'm also applying to my dream uni as early decision, hoping I could have at least 0.000000001% better chance of getting accepted.
I wanted to study Economics in Uni, but like I've written above, I took Economics THIS year and I find it extremely difficult to revise although I understand the basic concepts.
Now, Im considering either Bio or Maths route, but I'll need to see my AS grades.
I'm really desperate for an acceptance letter
Do you have any other ideas that I could perhaps do during summer (apart from Summer camps abroad because we aren't that rich lol) ?
Your help is greatly greatly appreciated!!!