<p>Oh i forgot to mention I’m applying for the weinberg school of arts and sciences and i’m ranked first in my class (i think). I applied for duke ED and got deferred ;(</p>
<p>Just submitted my application for McCormick this afternoon.</p>
<p>GPA: 4.30ish I think.
SAT: 2240 (750CR, 760M, 730W)
SAT II: 750 Math II, 790 US History
AP: currently in 5, have taken four in the past, got 5s across the board.
ECs: Lots of trombone. I do several bands in and out of school, and I’m first chair for County Honor Band and Bay Section Jazz Band. Also varsity cross country for four years. My team was fifth at the California State Championships.
Essay: My CA essay was… unique. A bit risky, but hopefully it works.</p>
<p>I am also applying RD. SAT 2200+. How abundant the 2300+ are? Everywhere I look, I saw so many 2300+ applying, no matter the school is top 50 or top 20. It looks like the competition is extremely harsh this year.</p>
<p>Seeing all of the credentials for everyone here makes me nervous.
GPA: Unweighted: 3.7692 Weighted: 4:8462
All of my courses are either honors or AP
DIDN’T TAKE THE SATS!
ACT: Composite: 32 English: 32 Mathematics: 28 Reading: 36 Science: 32
APs: US History - 4
Psychology - 5
Language and Composition - 5
Statistics - 4
Chinese - 5
Biology - 4
Awards: AP Scholar, State Scholar
Service Hours: Over 300 hours
Extracurriculars: Lots of cultural dance teams, Key Club, Track and Field, Cross Country, and lots of other clubs
Leadership: Secretary and Treasurer of Key Club (Different years), leader of dance group</p>
<p>Thanks DGDzDad!</p>
<p>GPA 3.7/4.1
ACT 32
Captain of two teams
two other leadership things
two clubs
in state, well known school
I’m in 3 AP’s this year- calc bio psych, A’s in psych and bio, B in calc
have taken 5 honors classes in the past, math and language
wishing I just applied ED haha</p>
<p>Applying to Weinberg</p>
<p>3.8 UW GPA
2260 SAT (800 Math, 760 Writing, 700 CR)
One of the best international schools in the world
I speak Hindi, Kannada, English, Spanish</p>
<p>Courses: 14 IB courses, 1 AP (My school only offers 2 APs)</p>
<p>EC’s:
Model United Nations
National Honor Society
School Newspaper
Leader of Tamana (service club)
Boy Scouts of America - Eagle Scout
Leader of Softball club</p>
<p>Sports:
JV Basketball (captain) 2 years
Varsity Basketball 2 years
Varsity Baseball (captain) 3 years</p>
<p>Service:
Tamana
Boy Scouts</p>
<p>Work Experience:
Intern at Hindustan Times (One of the leading newspapers in India) 1 month
Intern at Bangalore Aviation 6 months - present</p>
<p>Essays:
Common App - Good
Supplemental - Very good</p>
<p>Recs:
Teachers - I assume they are well written
Counselor - Well written</p>
<p>I am applying from New Jersey even though I live in India. I go to the American school and have an American citizenship so I will not be considered as international applicant</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Applying RD as well! I’m kinda late on the application though. I’m going to submit today. Here are my stats!</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2250 (760/710/780 w/ 11 essay)
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): None, ^ was my single best test
ACT (breakdown): N/A
ACT superscore (breakdown): N/A
SAT II (subject, score): Math 2 800, Biology E 740, U.S. History 720
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: 3.88 UW out of 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/349
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): AP BIO – 4, APUSH – 5, AP CALC AB - 5
Senior Year Course Load: AP Computer Science, AP Chemistry, AP Physics C, AP Calc BC, AP Statistics, AP Language and Composition, AP Macroeconomics,
Number of other ED applicants in your school: 1 other (didnt get in)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): none
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AP National Scholar, FBLA 4th place at states and qualified for nationals</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): SHS, NHS, A-team, Math team, Pre-medical honors program at a college, SNHS (prez), XC and the other stuff
Job/Work Experience: Worked at Kumon
Volunteer/Community Service: Hospital for 150 hours, Library for 50, and lots of other small events that don’t even matter
Summer Experience: Nothing really
Teacher Recommendation #1: AP Bio teacher, prob decent
Teacher Recommendation #2: AP Calc teacher, pretty good
Counselor Rec: pretty good I guess
Additional Info/Rec:
Interview:</p>
<p>Hello RD applicants! Decided to apply only a few days ago. I knew NU was a great place, but after watching a video about their tour guides, I knew I really wanted to be part of those amazing people. Applying with a joke GPA and mediocre SAT scores:</p>
<p>MA Asian male applying to Applying to Weinburg CAS
SAT: 2130 730M, 690R, 710W, 10E (retaking in january) </p>
<p>SATII: 710 Math II, 670 BioE, 700 Chem</p>
<p>ACT: How about we not talk about that? :)</p>
<p>GPA: a staggering 4.0/5 W. No rank, but nowhere near top 20 percent lol. 'least I take tough courses?</p>
<p>Senior year load: AP Psych, AB AB calc, AP English, Honors Engineering, Honors Physics, Drafting and PE</p>
<p>Major awards: none</p>
<p>Common awards: AP Scholar with Honors</p>
<p>Subjective
ECs: XC ski since 4th grade, XC running/track since 6th (v-letters all around). 6th in state for ski, newspaper mentions, etc</p>
<p>Research at famous local institue
Making own buisness
Volunteered to teach ipad lessons at senior center
Mentioned in newspaper for being a good Samaritan (their wording, not mine! I’ll send it an hope NW finds interest in it)
Work as a ski instructor
Shadow an Orthodontist
School vocational Engineering certificate
Spend too much time around cars (that’s gotta count for something right? lol)</p>
<p>Teacher recs+Counselor recs: They know me well, but I’m sure they aren’t amazing stuff. Just nice, positive words.</p>
<p>Additional: Asian mix, speak 3 languages fluently, learning two others. Counselor letter explains part of a reason behind my screwed up soph/junior year, but I’m not proud of it.</p>
<p>Northeastern accepted me with with a decent scholarship</p>
<h2>Cornell ED said hells no</h2>
<p>NU accepted 45 percent of their class via ED…so here’s to that remaining 55 percent. Good luck to you all!</p>