Not salty I didn’t get in, just hoping I’m a little luckier in April
Saint Francis Fam
Decision: Deferred
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): none
ACT (breakdown): 35 - 35 E, 34 M, 36, R, 33 S, 35 W
SAT II: 760 Math II, 680 Lit, 590 US History - Did not submit any (which I think may have been to my detriment)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): about 3.9ish
Weighted GPA: 4.1 weird scale highest GPA possible is 4.2 but only if you take strange classes
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A although my college counselor once said I was top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4), AP Lang (5), AP Phys (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Mandarin 4 Honors, AP Lit - Gothic Focus, AP Bio (Lab Tech Work with Prof), Economics Honors, AP Calc BC, Ecologic Shtuff
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing that I submitted
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Second Degree Black Belt - (Internationally Ranked)
(Part Time Instructor) for Karate
Lab work at silicon valley biotech startup
Programming at software company in Germany
Book Store (Employee)
Varsity Soccer (4 Year Starter)
Independent Language Initiative - Along with 4 other students whom I basically (teacher), we’ve been teaching ourselves German and Arabic
(President and Founder) of Economics Club - Largest Club at school for past 4 years
(Tribe Helper) - Live with Native New Mexican Tribe for 3 months over the summer and help build infrastructure and combat alcoholism in youth
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App: maybe 8.5/10… about Puzzles, Alzheimer’s, and learning that I can’t always expect to save the world and sometimes I just need to make a difference in one person’s life
Georgetown ones: all 7.5/10 Hated the why Georgetown essay - my counselor kept pushing a resume type essay that I just didn’t like
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details): 10/10 Physics - she said it was an awesome essay - she calls me the best leader to come through her class in her past 8 years of teaching
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): 8/10 English - She likes me a lot, and is probably the most educated person I’ve ever met - she has two PhDs from Stanford - thinks I’m a fantastic poet and likes to take me to her book club meetings on the weekend
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 8.5/10 - we met and hit it off because we have all of our conversations in German
Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: nah fam, I wish I qualified but those middle class struggles
Intended Major: Linguistics
State (if domestic applicant): Ca
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Malaysian Persian and German French
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: high enough to not qualify for financial aid, but not super high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation American and dual citizen?
Reflections: I really really really like Georgetown and I wish I would have gotten in EA. It really hurts especially because one of my friends (who loves to humble brag) got in with much lower scores, an equal GPA, and really bad essays that he wrote the night before they were due. He knows I really want to go there and I’m kinda salty they chose him over me. This guy is literally URRHHHHHGHGHHGHGHHGHGHGHHGHGHGHHG. I have a karate competition this weekend and I’m pretty sure I’m gonna crush everyone because of how mad I am that this kid got in EA. Seriously, it doesn’t hurt that much that I didn’t get in (although I’m pretty disappointed), but that THIS KID OMG FIOSIOFHSIOHFDSH GOT IN MAKES ME SO MADDDD.
Strengths: Good ACT, decent GPA, well rounded, multiracial
Weaknesses: eh ECs, essays I didn’t want to submit but my college counselor made me, didn’t submit SAT IIs (THIS IS IMPORTANT PLS SUBMIT WHAT EVER YOU HAVE EVEN IF IT SEEMS BAD)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my weaknesses
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted - LMU and UChicago (which I’m kinda happy about but not sure I want to go because Georgetown is my first choice and I really wanna go PLS IF UR READING THIS LET ME IN AD COM PLS I WILL CHANGE THE WORLD WITH MY LANGUAGE SKILLS AND DIPLOMACY) - only three places I applied early
No other deferrals, and no rejections
Places I applied regular (in order of where I last submitted): Tufts, Stanford, Columbia, Boston College, Claremont McKenna, USC (fight on, cas I’m probably gonna end up here if Gtown doesn’t pitty me and let me in), Brown, and UCs
General Comments: I’m genuinely happy for everyone that got in, like seriously it makes me happy to know that some of my fellow 2021ers were successful this time around (except that fam friend, he sucks and is rubbing it in my face as we speak - snapchats of his acceptance letter - “hey dude look!” “Did u get in? I hope you did cas we can be hoya buddies” got it’s so nerving). I wish all of you luck in chosing the right place, and as for everyone else that got stuck in this deferral boat, good luck to you all and hopefully we can join the hoya fam!!! Please from st francis highschool