@Shabeezy
dang, here i was, thinking that i would get in for sure with my lower GPA and test scores.
Decision: Finalist
Class Ranking: 1 out of 700
Unweighted GPA: 3.97
Weighted GPA: 5.511
New SAT: 1470 (CR+W: 720 M: 750)
ACT: 34
Income: ~$55,000
@parkj360
Didn’t you get in though?
@Shabeezy yes i did, but i thought i was a lock lol
Decision: Finalist
Objective:
Schools Ranked: Yale, Columbia, MIT, Vanderbilt, UChicago, Brown, UPenn, Princeton, Stanford, USC, Claremont McKenna, Pomona
- [] SAT I (Comp, Essay, CR, M, CW): 1490 New SAT (760M 730W) Retook in October
[] SAT II (Type, Score): 750 (Chemistry) 700 (Physics) 700 (Spanish)
[] Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.464
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/150
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB (5) Chemistry (4) Physics I (4) APUSH (3)
[] Senior Year Course Load: In Class: (Dual Credit English, AP Psychology, Spanish V) Self-Taught: (AP Calculus BC, AP Biology, AP Physics C, Research)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Published in two graduate research journals (One in Environmental Science and one in Neuroscience)
Subjective:
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[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Quiz Bowl (Team Captain), Physics Club (President), Academy Student Union (Co-President), Coding Club, Cybernetworking Club, Science Olympiad, HOSA, Spanish Club, Spanish Honors Society
[] Job/Work Experience: I work 40 hours per week at a local store, and work at a research facility for 30 per week.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Over 300 hours at a local nursing home
[] Summer Activities: Research, work
[] Essays: 9. I spent a lot of time on my essays and had them reviewed by many of my instructors.
[] Teacher Recommendations: First: 10/10. My Spanish teacher wrote me a recommendation; she has known me for a long time. Second: 7/10. This was my research director from the summer. He really liked me, but I had not known him very long or gotten to know him personally very well, so I am not sure what he wrote.
[li] Counselor Rec: 9/10.[/li][/ul]
Other
- [] State (if domestic applicant): IN
[] School Type: Public, very poor
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~18,000
[] Assets: Nothing of any real value