<p>Accepted for Biology with 22k university scholarship</p>
<p>Objective:
ACT: 31 with 10 on writing
SAT II: Biology M (730) Math I (720)
GPA: 3.80 UW
Rank: 34/534
AP: US History (5), Calculus BC (3)
Did Post-Secondary at University of Cincinnati:
English Composition I (A) Biology I (A) Biology II (A) General Chemistry I (A)
Senior Year Course Load: High School: AP Stats, Honors Physics, Advanced Composition, Jazz Combo
Post-Sec: Anatomy and Physiology I&II, General Chemistry II<br>
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None</p>
<p>Subjective:
Quiz Bowl for three years
A whole lot of band
A lot of community service at the local hospital and nursing homes, used skills on piano to play there as well.
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Really confident they were great, wrote about failure in piano performance and how I improved, learned from the failure and applied new skills to my studies. Thought my structuring was great and had a bit of humor as well (8)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): My BC Calc teacher who’s also the Quiz bowl coach and had known me for three and a half years and my French teacher. I get along famously with both of them and the recs are most likely very good (8-10) but the school doesn’t let us read them. </p>
<p>Interview: None</p>
<p>State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Asian (Vietnamese)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: <100,000 and probably on the lower end since my dad passed away this spring and it’s just me and my mom. </p>
<p>Strengths: Very involved, A whole lot of Post-secondary, Skipped a year in both my math (took AP Calc BC Junior year) and sciences.
Weaknesses: Didn’t do interview, ACT could be better, SAT II Math I could have been stellar (or better yet a good Math II score), class rank (though I’m in the top 6% my school’s all about those top 25 8-| )
Hooks: Asian? (maybe considering I’m Vietnamese), First Generation?, Father passing away? I’m not sure if these made a difference at all but they were there.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted to Ohio State, Rejected from Northwestern, Deferred from UChicago </p>
<p>Congrats on all of those that were accepted! It’s a great honor to be invited to be a part of such a great school 
And to those who were deferred/rejected, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don’t loose your drive just yet! I know it hurts but brush those shoulders off and keep on moving forward! You’ll find the perfect place and love it! </p>