Decision: Waitlisted
Applied: Carroll School of Management
Objective
SAT I (breakdown): 2110 (800 M, 640 R, 670 W)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: 710 Math 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.6545 when submitted, 4.6230 on MYR
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/285 UW, 21/285 W
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Language and Composition (4), AB Calculus BC (5, 5 AB Subscore), AP US History (3 — Didn’t self-report), AP Psychology (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Guidance Counselor Aid, Stat and Prob, Sociology, AP Physics Mechanics, AP Physics Electromagnetism, AP Literature and Composition, AP Stat and Prob, Calculus 3
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar with Honor
Subjective
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Spanish Honor Society (Treasurer), National Honor Society, Math Honor Society, Science Honor Society, FCA (Leader), Peer Minister, JV/Varsity Baseball, Recreational Basketball, Academic Team, Tutor, Student Ambassador (Welcoming Committee), Youth Mass Usher, Created a church youth group (Co-Founder)
Job/Work Experience: Cashier at grocery store
Volunteer/Community service: My EC’s contain lots of service attached to them, such as tutoring and being a peer minister.
Summer Activities: Camp Counselor for my school’s baseball summer camp
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Common App: 10/10. Wrote about my struggle with IBD. Made sure to emphasize that it wasn’t an attempt for pity, and I think it came off really well. It made all my teachers emotional, so I think I did a good job.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
(Didn’t get to read teacher/counselor recs, but will assume)
Teacher Rec #1: 10/10. Asked my Calculus AB/BC/3 teacher to write it. I’ve known him for 3 years, including time spent in FCA, so I hope the letter was awesome.
Teacher Rec #2: 10/10. Asked my AP Language and Composition teacher to write it. She definitely liked me and was very supportive throughout the whole process, so I assume her letter was very kind.
Counselor Rec: 10/10. Got to know her pretty well through being a guidance aid, and she seemed to like me.
Additional Rec (if used): 10/10 Asked my youth minister to write it. I did get to read this one, and it was phenomenal. I think it showed my dedication to religion extremely well.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Finance
State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
School Type: Public (~1400 Students)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~$100k-$120k
Hooks (legacy, URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths: EC’s, course rigor, GPA
Weaknesses: SAT (Not awful, but definitely could’ve been higher)
Why you think you were waitlisted: Probably EC’s and GPA
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Northeastern
Waiting on: Notre Dame, UPenn, Georgetown, Villanova, Maryland, and Wake Forest.
General Comments: Sorta bummed that I didn’t get accepted to my second choice school, as I’d love to go there if my number 1 denies me. I didn’t show much interest in the school though, so a waitlist doesn’t surprise me. But, waitlist is better than denial, so I guess I’ll play it by ear. Congratulations to all those accepted!
