<p>Hey my names Jeremy. I just got accepted to LBW in San Francisco so I figured I'd start a thread for everyone. Congrats to everyone, this is gonna be a blast!</p>
<p>Hey Jeremy! My name is Larry. I’m happy to say I also was accepted to LBW in San Francisco, so I look forward to meeting you!</p>
<p>Of course! It’s gonna be great. We’ll talk more on Facebook eventually. Haha once I actually make a Facebook.</p>
<p>Hi, I was accepted as well to San Francisco! </p>
<p>u guys r so lucky! i only get waitlisted… :(( </p>
<p>Aw I’m sorry to hear that. Well, there’s hope I think, because I know a lot of east coast kids (like myself) got put in San Fran, so some might not go bc of money. Idk if that helps, but there’s a chance.</p>
<p>@jdwasham4197 ohhh, really? I thought nobody would decline offer from this program cuz it looks so excellent. I supposed there is no chance for me to get enrolled >.< But I really feel sorry for those who will not go… Ambivalent feelings… </p>
<p>Could any of you who got accepted post your stats and any tips for next year applicants like myself?</p>
<p>Sure thing man.</p>
<p>I won’t go in depth though, I’ll just include what I listed on my application.</p>
<p>Anyway, here we go: </p>
<p>Academics:
-4.18 GPA, All A’s in 5 honors classes and 2 AP classes (Macro and Lang)
I also sent my full schedule, so they could see I was taking 5 on the year.
-5/631 class rank
-233 PSAT Score</p>
<p>Recs:
-I got one from my Guidance Counselor and Macro teacher (since I took it a year early and loved it) but honestly use your own discretion here.</p>
<p>EC’s:
-Fencing
-Junior Achievement (It’s like a student internship/mock company thing).
-Stock Market Club (I started it).</p>
<p>Awards/Honor:
-3rd in Regional FBLA-economics
-President of Key Club (haha this ones weird, cuz I didn’t list it as an EC, but sort of spun it into an “honor”, since our club has 400 people).
-Junior Olympics (I pretty much just emphasized the significance of fencing on the national level, as the tournament itself didn’t go as well as I would’ve hoped).</p>
<p>Essays:
-Why LBW
-Leadership Moment
I can send you these if you’d like, I don’t feel like describing them.</p>
<p>Anyway, thats about it. Personally, I feel like my extracurriculars are pretty weak compared to some of the kids who got in, but I took the time in the description (you get about a paragraph to describe them) to make them seem really significant to me individually. Additionally, I feel that I wrote really unique essays, and I made sure to not take the boring, business-y tone that I’m sure anyone can easily write (I did this, it was important in this way, it changed me as a person because of this… you know, the basic reflective essay).</p>
<p>If you want to pm me, I’d love to help you with your application, and I’d be happy to share my essays.</p>
<p>@jdwasham4197 I’m going to San Fran, as well! Question: Have you received your payment invoice, and if so, how did you receive it (email, mail, etc?) and when is the deadline? I haven’t received the invoice and I RSVP’d a while ago.</p>