**Decision: Deferred **
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take
ACT (breakdown): 35 C (35 M, 35 E, 34 R, 36 S, 28 Essay – oops)
SAT II: 800 Bio M, 770 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96 unweighted, 4.65 weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Bio (5), APUSH (5), AP Computer Science A (5), AP World History (5), AP Latin (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: BC Calculus, AP Stat, AP Physics C, AP Chem, CP English (hehe)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 3 National Latin Exam Gold Medals (Latin III, Latin IV, Latin V), Williams College Book Award (awarded to top 10% in class), nothing really significant
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Second singles on varsity tennis team, 4 years (Captain 2017), 2 years varsity cross country, Asian Student Union (Executive Committee Member), Violin (section leader 2 years, district orchestra 2 years, Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras 1 year)
Job/Work Experience: Summer tennis camp counselor (2 years), waitress at fast-casual Chinese restaurant, babysitting
Volunteer/Community service: not much – some violin performances with community orchestra
Summer Activities: Worked at summer tennis camp
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App - 7/10, very personal
Yale Supplements – I think they were decent, but not outstanding. Some of my short answers may have been a bit contrived
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: Chem teacher (pretty good I think? She’s known for writing really good recs so I’m hoping that she pulled through)
Teacher Rec #2: Latin teacher (also the advisor of my club, I think it should be solid? No idea honestly)
Counselor Rec: Probably very generic
Additional Rec:
Interview: This probably hurt me. My interviewer was lukewarm and showed very little emotion throughout the interview, so I had no idea if she liked what I was saying or not
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian (rippppp)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: high enough to not get financial aid
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): literally none – I’m an Asian female from an affluent area…
Reflection
Strengths: Grades, test scores
Weaknesses: EC’s, no major awards, didn’t stand out from applicant pool
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: There are so many qualified applicants with amazing stats + achievements out there – I just didn’t stand out
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Pitt with 20k/year scholarship, waiting on UMIch
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