<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR - 680 M - 660 W - 690 (yeah, awful)
[</em>] ACT: 30 (still, weak)
[<em>] SAT II: bio - 630, us hist - 720, math II - 650, math I - 710, lit - 680
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89/w - 4.5
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 6%-top 10%
[</em>] AP: bio - 3 (bombed), us hist - 4, euro - 4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: ap calc bc, hon contemp. hist., ap stat, ap latin v, ap lit., ap physics
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): ap scholar award, model congress best speaker awards, national latin exams, honors & service award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: president of fbla, president of asian youth group, secretary/grade rep of interact
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: a&f/school store
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours
[<em>] Summer Activities: cty easton (2 years), cty nanjing, china, ryla
[</em>] Essays: raped them.
personal statements personal/ essay talked about a tragedy
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: amazing. probably.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: likewise.
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): nj
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian.
[<em>] Gender: female.
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): asian. bilingual? ... awesome? kidding.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: gpa, courseload, essays
[<em>] Weaknesses: scores
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: wrote about an harrowing personal hardship/recommendation letter
[/ul]General Comments:
it's possible to get into stern without mind-numbingly high scores.
absolutely, ridiculously happy.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 720 CR 690 Math 670 Writing (2080 overall, I only took it once)
[</em>] SAT II: 750- Lit 690- Math II
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): BAD BAD BAD. I still don't know it, but less than a 3.4 My guess is a 3.15. Around an 86.5 overall average. Awful foreign language and physics grades, plus a downward trend (hahahha)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): competitive, small private school doesn't rank
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US- 3 (was in a program, and couldn't take any junior year)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, Advanced Stats, Advanced Debate IV, Latin III, AP English Lit, AP US Gov't and AP Marco.
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none. i guess i went to nationals in debate last year...<br>
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Cheer (co-captian)
debate team (president) (both of these were all four years.)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Congressional Page- 2 terms, and cloakroom service. (basically there were 4 kids in the country who worked there)<br>
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:campaign volunteer- about 1,000 hours
theatre camp volunteer- about 1,500 hours
[<em>] Summer Activities: the theatre stuff was all in the summer, as was some campaign work
[</em>] Essays: I was told they were good, and I think they must have been what got me in... DEF unique.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: excellent, i read it.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: i dont know, most likely average. she doesn't like me, but she clearly didn't write anything bad.
[<em>] Additional Rec: from my old boss. I'm sure it was great. I also went to page school, and think the GC there may have written a little something when he sent my grades.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): texas.
[<em>] School Type: private, college prep
[</em>] Ethnicity: white guuuurl.
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: i dont know... hahaha
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: EC's, and I guess my test scores were okay
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPAAAAAAA
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: EC's and Essays. Make sure you come across as a person on your app. :-)
[/ul]General Comments: I got in with merit money (CAS scholarship), and statistically I shouldn't have gotten in at all. So there's hope for everyone! Work hard on your essays and short answersss!
I AM SOOOO FREAKING HAPPY!</p>
<p>School/Major: CAS - Political Science (HEOP)</p>
<p>Pick one: Decision: Accepted (ED)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[ ] SAT I (breakdown): 580 CR, 540 M, 480 W
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: 560,550
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.3
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 28/450
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 2 AP, 1 honor, few electives
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Work mostly
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Staples(all money go into helping my mom)
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Nursing home
[ *] Summer Activities: Work lol
[ *] Essays: My best. Shown my personality and love for politics
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:Amazing
[ *] Counselor Rec: Awesome
[ *] Additional Rec:none
[ *] Interview: The guy liked me alot lol. Talked for like 45 min
[/ul]Other[ul]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):NY
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] Income Bracket: Low
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM,first generation, my mother is single parent, low income
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[ *] Strengths: Essay,recommendation, working to support family
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT, SAT 2, GPA
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Heck of alot of hooks lol and HEOP.
[/ul]General Comments:* Can't wait for the HEOP 6 week summer program =]</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 600 M 610 CR 710 W
[</em>] ACT: 29
[<em>] SAT II: 600 Math 1 610 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/403
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Psychology 3 US History 4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP English Lit/Comp, AP Biology
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Junior Marshal, Palmetto Boys State, Wofford Scholar, Danforth Scholar to Wash. U. in St. Louis
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook Staff (co-Editor), National Honors Society (VP), Beta Club (Treasurer), French Club (President), Leo Club (Secretary/Treasurer)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Sales associate at American Eagle
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Manna House (soup kitchen) volunteer, Environmental Discovery Center, Natural Resources Conservation Service
[<em>] Summer Activities: job, soup kitchen volunteer
[</em>] Essays: different; about living in South Carolina
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: really good i think
[</em>] Counselor Rec: really good
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): South Carolina
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: large public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket: no clue
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation, under-represented state
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: leadership roles, gpa
[<em>] Weaknesses: definitely scores
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: from an under-represented state and applied to a small major
[/ul]General Comments: I didn't think I would even get accepted and I got merit money! I think it was my leadership roles and geographic location that really helped me out.</p>