Hi I am a international first year at Grinnell and I want to transfer to Wes, Midd, Colby and Colgate's East Asian Studies/ Japanese Studies program. I studied at a prep school in Connecticut for 3 years. Applied to Wes for ED1 but not accepted.
So here is a list of my stats and courses:
Semester 1 Courses:
1st year seminar
Japanese 101 ( 2nd year speaking and reading profiency but can't write; JLPT N4 passed
German 101
Japanese society and pop culture
Semester 2 Courses:
Japanese 102
German 102
East Asian Religions
Intro to Anthropology
Predicted 1st Semester GPA: 3.7-3.8
Freshman Year EC:
Chairman of the East Asian Studies Club (I started this Club)
Member of the student government first year council and promoted Republican-supporting students' freedom from peer pressure
Volunteer of an Orgnazation that promots liberty in North Korea
Founder of a video channel with 200k followers on a Chinese website
Recommendation letters written by advisor (who is also my 1st year seminar professor) and Japanese culture class professor
High School Information:
Best composite ACT: 31 (English 27 Math 34 Reading 28 Science 33)
Best superscored ACT:32 (English 30 Math 34 Reading 31 Science 33)
TOEFL: 104
Final HS GPA: 4.07 (w/ IB and AP courses weighted by .50)
Courses for Senior year: AP lit, AP stats, AP american gov't, IB math SL II and Spanish II
Thanks!
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