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I take the IB diploma, here are my predicted grades (not the predicted grades that you send universities, just the ones that im most likely to get according to my teachers):

High's:
Economics: 6/7
History: 6/7
Physics: 4/5

Standards:
Math: 6/7
French: 5
English A1: 5


SATs: 670 Verbal + 790 Math= 1460
no SAT II's yet

I have an Editors Choice Award from poetry.com and International Library of Poetry

Internship at the European Union General Secretary in Turkey.

Play guitar, and I wouldn’t mind sending them a tape of me playing some Vivaldi if that’ll help ;)

Possibly creating a website were Ill sell stuff cuz I want the money + I have fun with that kinda stuff, and I here that universities like that.

Jazz band 10-12th grades
TIMUN (Turkish International MUN)
MUNDP (MUN development Program)

My extremely low GPA is what Im afraid of: I cant remember exactly, but here is how i remember it:
9th: 2.6
10th: 2.75
11: 3.15
12: dunno

School doesn’t rank. I'm planning on majoring in business, and my recs will be written by my Economics teacher and probably math teacher, who I get along great with and I have high grades for their classes. Furthermore, my essays should be pretty good.

Please tell me if I have a shot for Stern.

By Awe02 (Awe02) on Monday, January 12, 2004 - 08:13 pm: Edit

GPA will prolly hurt you. im not sure if ure an international or not, if you are then u might want to send a note about GPA conversion. I did some of my highschool abroad and i was told to send a note to explain the grading system. a direct conversion woulda gave me a 3.3 or something around there. but i i was ranked 9/126 at the second most competitive school in the country.

By Jacknjill (Jacknjill) on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 - 01:16 pm: Edit

yea, Im from Turkey. My princaple told me that he does send a note about the GPA and stuff, but my school doesnt rank so.... oh well.

is there anything else I can do at this stage?

By Gymnasium1 (Gymnasium1) on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 - 08:44 pm: Edit

Awe202....what are the top 2 most competitive h. schools in the country (USA rite?)

By Awe02 (Awe02) on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 - 09:10 pm: Edit

SAfrican school. we worked on the british system and took their exams as well as the australian exams in addition to the south african exams. the #1 school was our other campus.

By Jacknjill (Jacknjill) on Saturday, January 17, 2004 - 07:03 am: Edit

bump please

By Jacknjill (Jacknjill) on Monday, January 19, 2004 - 10:53 am: Edit

double bump

By Jacknjill (Jacknjill) on Friday, January 30, 2004 - 03:26 pm: Edit

bump