Decision: Rejected
Objective:
ACT (breakdown)- 33 (36 E 29 M 36 R 29 M)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0)- 3.997
Weighted GPA- 4.39 or something? School doesn’t calculate
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable)- 14/422 (UW)
AP (place score in parentheses)- AP Human Geo (no score), WHAP (5), APUSH (5), AP Lang (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Calc AB, APGAP, AP Art
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.)- Allies Award (for MFOL UT from Equality Utah), Best of Utah Award (for MFOL UT from City Weekly), 7 Distinguished/Outstanding Delegate awards (Model UN), DoSomething Voter Registration Scholarship (2600 applicants), Social Science Sterling Scholar, Women’s 4A State competitor for 200 Medley Relay (swim), AP Scholar with Honor, National Honor Society
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis)-
•March For Our Lives Utah Organizing Board (creative director/co-leader)
•Varsity Swim Team (Captain)
•Student Advocates For Safer Schools (co-founder)
•Gay Straight Alliance (founder/president)
•Korean Culture & Language Club (Co-founder, VP)
•Model United Nations
Job/Work Experience-
•Founded small art/costume business
•Dairy Queen employee
Volunteer/Community service-
•City Youth Council
•Voter Registration Drive Organizer
Summer Activities-
•Same basic stuff as above
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Activity essay- 6/10
50-word essays- 10/10
Short essays- 8/10
Personal statement- 5/10
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1- Gov/history teacher, 10/10
Teacher Rec #2- AP Calc AB teacher, 6/10
Counselor Rec- Really close w/ counselor, 10/10
Additional Rec- MFOL UT advisor, 10/10
Interview- 7/10
Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?- yes
Intended Major- polisci
State (if domestic applicant)- Utah
Country (if international applicant)- USA
School Type- Public
Ethnicity- White
Gender- nonbinary (AFAB)
Income Bracket- > $100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.)- LGBTQ+?
Reflection:
Strengths- Strong extracurriculars, 50-word responses were pretty good imo
Weaknesses- longer essays could have been better, weaker test scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected- Lots of amazing applicants and I know my application wasn’t the strongest it could have been. They may have also disliked that I put non-binary as my gender but I’ll never actually know (and I’m not too worried about it if that’s even part of the reason)
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected- no other results yet
General Comments: Don’t be too hard on yourself if you don’t get in, but it’s okay to cry it out too—I know I’m pretty weepy right now. Ultimately, just remember to take care of yourself and everything will be ok