**Decision: Rejected **
Applied (RD)
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1520 (790M) (730E)
ACT (breakdown): didn’t send
SAT II: Probably shouldn’t have sent, 690Chem, 700 M II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.47 (freshman year killed my hs gpa)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 15%
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP stats (5) AP Chem (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP GovPol. AP Bio, AP Physics C, AP Calc BC, Community College English
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
None
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Technology Student Association (President)
Alternate Energy Race Team (No title, but definite leader w/in)
Tennis (captain)
Mock Trial
Job/Work Experience:
at time of application
1 yr as a trampoline marshall, 12 hrs a week
bailing hay, only during summer, 8 hrs a week
Landscaping, only during summer, 8 hrs a week for a month ish
Volunteer/Community service:
no consistent volunteering
helped build a frisbee golf course
volunteered as a lifeguard for a camp of special needs kids for days they needed extras
volunteered at local fair
Summer Activities:
Work, daily tennis
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
7-8ish. I felt that it was ok. I wrote the entirety by myself but had help editing from my english teacher
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #2:
8- Calc and stats teacher, liked me as a student, was my tennis coach for a bit. I didn’t read it, so i can’t really judge it. He works very quickly, so I don’t know the quality of it overall, but I think he would have done a good job.
Teacher Rec #2: 7- History teacher and Mock Trial coach, don’t think he has written many letters, also didn’t read it but I think it was alright
Counselor Rec: 8, I think this one was ok, didn’t really talk w/ her much but gave her a very thorough history of myself, I think this would have been alright
Additional Rec:
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Rescinded my application for it
Intended Major: Engineering undecided
State (if domestic applicant): CT
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Suburban Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: prefer not to say
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths: I think my sat scores were good. I thought my extra curriculars were good, but looking at some of the other things here I feel heavily outclassed
Weaknesses: GPA was low unweighted. Didn’t have a lot of service, which I think definitely hurt.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think I was rejected because I applied for a difficult college to get into and to their most competitive field.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: