<p>I know this forum is for chancing, but people have requested the results after all the decisions are released, so here you go!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2360 (780, 780, 800 w/ 12 Essay).
[</em>] ACT: C: 35, E: 32, M: 36, R: 36, S: 36 w/ 10 Essay. Superscore is a 36 composite.
[<em>] SAT II: 780 Math II, 710 Bio M. I took them in 10th grade, probably should have retaken.
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 UW, 4.87 W.
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/83
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>]Taken in School: Calculus BC (5), Biology (5), U.S. History (5), Literature (4).
[</em>]Self-studied: Microeconomics (4), Macroeconomics (4), Physics C: Mechanics (4), Physics C: E&M (4).
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Macro & Micro (My school actually offered it this year so I took it to be reinforce what I self-studied and to be a TA I guess), AP Chemistry, AP Psychology, AP Statistics, Elementary Differential Equations, Multivariable Calculus, World Literature H.
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, National Merit Finalist, National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction, Gates-Millenium Finalist.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Team Sweepstakes in Academic Games (9th-12th), Qualified for Greatest Teams of All Time in Academic Games (10th), Marching and Symphonic Band (9th-12th, Senior Clarinet Officer).
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Private tutor in Mathematics and ACT/SAT Prep.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Co-founder of TAPS (Tips for AP Success), a tutoring program for AP classes, Assistant Head Coach of Academic Games at a local Elementary school, Altar Server at three different churches.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Research in Nanotechnology at Advanced Materials Research Institute @ University of New Orleans.
[</em>] Essays: Above-average to decent. I think I could have written them better but being a Questbridge applicant, I had to get my app in so quickly and I learned how to do most of my college writing afterwards, lol.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: They said it was pretty easy to write.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Glowing, she even took extra time on it than the other students.
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: They all went well, just make sure you have a good amount of questions to ask, because these people cannot stop talking about their schools, haha. It'll make the interview plenty long.</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Louisiana
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): US
[<em>] School Type: Public Magnet School, competitive amongst a few students.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Puerto Rican and Filipeno.
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 65k (6 people in household)
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, Questbridge Finalist (if that counts).</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Stats and focus of ECs.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Essays and general knowledge of College Application process.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I guess they needed me.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I guess they had enough people like me.</p>
<p>[<em>] Accepted: Yale, UPenn, Williams, Amherst, Rice, LA-STEM program at LSU, Notre Dame, and Trinity.
[</em>] Waitlisted: Stanford and Caltech.
[li] Rejected: MIT and Princeton.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
I fear for these upcoming classes. College Admissions is becoming so ridiculously competitive. I do not see how these colleges can expect the subsequent classes to top the previous and I believe the admissions bubble will have to burst eventually, to where the level of greatness required of an applicant will be actually feasible. Kids killing themselves over founding non-profits, acing standardized tests, and actually enjoying life on top of their studies is just getting much. I already have gray hairs :(.</p>