Hello. I’m a rising senior from the US and was wondering if anybody could tell me if they think i I have a fair chance at getting accepted to a course taught in english at the University of Tokyo. (for undergrad)
I have a 3.9 unweighted GPA and 4.2 Weighted (Straight A’s all 4 years of high school except one
b+ in an art class) but only took 1 AP (chem) due to an untreated health issue
I already got a 1430 on the SAT without studying at all but am planning to retake it in august or September after studying and will hopefully get above a 1500.
I’m on the exec board for my schools premed club, recently started working as a paid EMT (took a course and got certified), volunteer at a care home and was a caretaker for my grandmother from before high school started up until december of my junior year.
i wasn’t as active during high school because i couldn’t get my severe narcolepsy treated until now so i don’t have any awards or many ecs.
i’m also graduating at 19 instead of 18 because an illness kept me out of school for a year when i was 14. on my transcript you can see that i got held back because there is a year where my grade for every class is an X. however, since they are x’s and not f’s they don’t affect my gpa since i simply wasn’t even in school that whole year. i repeated that grade and did very well. will the fact that i got held back hurt my chances even if i explain that it was due to health issues?
by aaqor