<p>@veritasiness they talked about how impressed they were with some of the stuff my counselor wrote in my rec, I overlooked it the first six times I read the letter. Get your shirt yet? I’m waiting on it… lol</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (Double Major Biology and Francophone Studies)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2010/ CR-600; M-760; W-650 (superscored)
[</em>] ACT: 33 composite (all at once minus writing), E-32/M-34/S-34/R-31/ W-11
[<em>] SAT II: Math II- 710; Bio M- 690; Bio E-640; Literature-580; French- 560
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/430
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Bio (5)/ AP US (3)/ AP Lang (5)/ AP Phys (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): School does not offer
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Chem, AP Lit, AP Music Theory, Orchestra, Highest Choir, Theater Craft Class
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):AP Scholar[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Varsity Water Polo (3 Year Letters, Team Specific Award Each Year), Basketball, Varsity Track (lettered), Pit Orchestra, Orchestra (Concert Master, VP, Soloist), Science Olympiad (Captain), a plethora of youth/community orchestras (concert master/ first violin), School volunteer knitting club (President)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Designer of an Online Store
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: School volunteer knitting club, others but didn’t put it on Common App
[</em>] Summer Activities: School volunteer knitting club, Youth Orchestras, Water Polo
[<em>] Essays: Genuine, unique- but unedited by anyone (my later version of the essay was way better quality)
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: 4, 2 probably personal, 1 definetely generic, last one most likely personal
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Most likely generic
[</em>] Additional Rec: NA/
[<em>] Interview: Didn’t get one[/ul]
Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[</em>] School Type: Public, used to be send 1-3 Ives a year but that reduced to 0 in the last two years
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian- Taiwanese (one of the unfortunate ones where you can tell race by last name)
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>]Income Bracket: no idea, dad got a new job so probably around $100K?
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):Transferred schools mid-year?[/ul]</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Common App Essay, ECs, Grades
[</em>] Weaknesses: Case Specific Essays- just didn’t care that night I was rushing to submit it hehe…, Too many ECs?, SAT IIs
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Well, I guess it helped that my SATs/ ACTs fit just above last years stats and I’m pretty sure my essay was unique enough
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted- OSU Honors (barely any aid… go figure), U of Pittsburgh Honors (full ride)
[li] Waiting from: U of Virginia, (and not expecting much from) Northwestern/ Duke/ Wash U/ U of Penn/ Columbia/ Yale[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments: Applied because of free application but then that went down the toilet because of the Financial Aid profile- whoops, sorry ‘rents!!! Got about 2/3rds financial aid for tuition here, just submitted my scholarship essays today. Not quite sure that my luck for other college is bright for my applications for all the schools I was accepted into so far were significantly less outstanding than my common app regular decision apps which I worked pretty hard on for the other 7-8 I applied for. It’s a little concerning. Still, at least college is a go for me. Congrats to everyone who got in and good luck to future applicants!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (Engineering)</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:**[ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2270 (770 Math, 720 CR, 780 W)
[ *] ACT: 33
[ *] SAT II: 740 (Math II), 780 (Chem), 710 (Bio-M)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 20%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), Chem (5), US (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Honors Physics, AP Statistics, AP English Language, AP Spanish, Law and Government, Neuroscience and Biopsychology, Band
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, CAPT Scholar, National Merit Commended Scholar, Johns Hopkins CTY Scholar, CTOM 2nd place (2010) and 3rd place (2011), Tri-M Music Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, Music for Youth Scholarship</p>
<p>[/list][ b]Subjective:**[ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Odyssey of the Mind (captain and founder), Library Teen Advisory Board (president, VP, secretary), Kids in Crisis Youth Corps, Jazz Band, Brass Ensemble, EMT, Debate Team, church youth group, babysit
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: youth group, Kids in Crisis, Notre Dame Alumni club events
[ *] Summer Activities: summer scholars programs at Notre Dame, Michigan, and Skidmore (through Johns Hopkins CTY); interned at veterinary hopsital for 2 summers; tennis camp at Notre Dame
[ *] Essays: well-written and interesting, but nothing super creative
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: good, but pretty generic
[ *] Counselor Rec: probably great, since we have a great relationship
[ *] Additional Rec: from a UMich math professer–it was amazing
[ *] Interview: went well, but 2 others from my school interviewed right before me and one was the class valedictorian, so I don’t know how the interviewer saw me compared to him–though I brought my resume which neither of them did and she said it was one of the nicest ones she’s seen</p>
<p>[/list][ b]Other**[ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: half european/half korean
[ *] Gender: female
[ *]Income Bracket: $500,000+/year
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>
<p>[/list][ b]Reflection**[ list]
[ *] Strengths: test scores, extra curriculars, interview, demonstrated interest (visited campus, interviewed, and attended the info session at my school)
[ *] Weaknesses: possibly GPA, though it’s not TOO low for CWRU
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: test scores, ECs, interview
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to WashU, Notre Dame, Michigan, Villanova, UVa, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chicago</p>
<p>[/list][ b]General Comments:**
So, this might sound pretentious, but CWRU was one of my safety schools. But what I want to say is that you have to love your safety schools, in case you end up having to go there. I loved CWRU when I visited and researched it, and it made my whole college process a lot less stressful to know that even if I didn’t get into my reach schools, I would have a great place to go. Even though I’m not going to CWRU next year, I know that if I hadn’t gotten into my top choices, I would have been really happy there.</p>
<p>@ AsianGinger</p>
<p>Did you get any merit scholarship from CWRU?</p>