<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2120 (CR 750 M 650 W 720)
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): US History 730 Math I 720
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 24/332
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): None
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): SL Math Studies (7) HL ITGS HL History
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Calculus, HL History, HL ITGS, AP English, Sociology
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): VP of history club, FBLA state qualifier, section editor of the paper, 4 years of varsity swimming
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguarding for a summer
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 60 hours of tutoring, 60 hours as a TA
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good, I guess.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Probably pretty good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Probably pretty good.
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep!
[</em>] Intended Major: History
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MO
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Most competitive high school in the area
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Upper-middle
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Parents didn’t go to a four year college?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Good scores, personal essay
[<em>] Weaknesses: Nothing exceptional
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea!
[/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>Really excited about this. Good luck everyone!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
SAT I (breakdown): 2090 (690 W, 670 M, 730 W)
ACT:
SAT II (if submitted): 730 US History, 680 Lit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.72 Weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang (5), US History (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP French, AP Literature, AP Biology, AP Psychology, College World History
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): a LOT of international travel, Horseback riding, Tennis, Art, Latin Club (Secretary), International Politics and Debate Club, French Club (Secretary)
Job/Work Experience: Cashier 11th grade
Volunteer/Community service: Therapeutic Horseriding, American Red Cross, Library, Summer Reading Book Leader, Volunteering abroad
Essays: Good
Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
Counselor Rec: Never read it
Additional Rec:
Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: I applied as International Relations
State (if domestic applicant): Connecticut
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White, Roman Catholic
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $30k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[/ul] Reflection[ul]
Strengths: Well-traveled, Extracurriculars, Recommendations
Weaknesses: SATs
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2000: CR 670 M 670 W 660
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Bio 740 World History 640
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8-3.9ish
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8 out of 450
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats AP Chem AP Calc AB Cold War and Communications
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 1st place WNEC Engineering competition
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): soccer, youth group, medical lectures
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring, key club
[<em>] Essays: written at the last minute and yet still pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: decent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: very generic I’m guessing
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[<em>] Intended Major: bio
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NH
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian (Asian kind)
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Income Bracket:
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): nope
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: grades, rank, scores, essays, reccs
[</em>] Weaknesses: extracurriculars, volunteering
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted cuz I’m the man[/li][/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (CR: 770 M: 800 W: 800, 10E)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): US History (790), Math 2 (800)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9-ish
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): I have no idea, top 1-5%? out of 365
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Chem (4), Lang & Comp (5), World Hist (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: BC Calc, AP Bio, AP Eng Lit & Comp, AP Government, AP Macroeconomics, AP German, Adv. Comp Arts, Honors Choir, Accelerated Latin 1&2
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, NCTE Achievement Award, AP Scholar with Honor
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Piano (won a few competitions), Yearbook (Editor-in-Chief), Crew (Most Essential Rower, Scholar-Athlete), German Club, Math Club (Secretary), Natural Helpers, National Honor Society, Empire State Wind Orchestra Percussionist
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer camp counselor, Art Teacher @ Chinese School, Intern @ local hospital, Jewish Community Center graphic designer
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Chinese as a Foreign Language Teacher, Chinese School youth team, Nursery volunteer @ church, VBS leader, National Honor Society, tutoring
[<em>] Essays: Fairly good. I wrote about my mailman.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: One was once in career, I didn’t read the other one.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Once in career
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Undecided
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Competitive high school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: $140,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Recommendations, some awards
[</em>] Weaknesses: Community service could have been stronger
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Well, apparently Brandeis is Asian & Jew Land. Soo…[/li][/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (760 CR, 800 M, 750 W)
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 750 US History, 780 Math Level 2)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No class rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): None (yet, I am taking 4 APs in May)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, Outstanding Junior Boy Award at my school
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): very involved with theater/music, lots of advocacy and community service, politically involved (VP of Drama Club, President of Choir)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: lifeguarding, lots of acting professionally and at school
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: NHS, organizing rallies, working at shelters, etc.
[</em>] Essays: Warm hearted, about lessons I’ve learned through my younger brother
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Very strong
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Very Strong
[<em>] Additional Rec: None
[</em>] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep!
[</em>] Intended Major: Theatre/History/Poli Sci
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Wisconsin
[</em>] School Type: Public, but well known and respected
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: upper-middle
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Nothing, really… heavily involved in a lot of areas?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: scores, essays, recommendations
[</em>] Weaknesses: no real pull besides theatre
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: [/li][/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2140 (CR 670 M 750 W 720)
ACT:
SAT II (if submitted): US History 750 Math II 780
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.71
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP U.S history (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP BC Cal, AP Econ, AP Physics B, AP English lang, religion, Chinese Honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): </p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): nothing special… Ski team, math team(Varsity), bunch of clubs
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: tutoring
Essays: Pretty good, I guess.
Teacher Recommendation: pretty good.
Counselor Rec: very good
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Economics
State (if domestic applicant): MA (but I’m international)
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: competitive<br>
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Upper-middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): not applying for FA?</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (770 CR, 660 M, 770 W)
[</em>] ACT: None
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Did not Submit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): School does not offer traditional AP Classes
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: French V, Latin V, Euro. History, English, Physics, Calculus
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mostly school-specific, lots of leadership. Lots of dance and music.<br>
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 2 part-time jobs
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Some.
[<em>] Essays: I was happy with them.<br>
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes!
[<em>] Intended Major: Can’t remember what I listed.<br>
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): New England
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Private boarding
[<em>] Ethnicity:
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Middle-Middle
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: School Leadership, Recommendations
[</em>] Weaknesses: No APs, unhooked and needs financial aid.<br>
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: [/li][/ul]General Comments: I’m very happy; Brandeis seems like a wonderful place! Congratulations to all others accepted. </p>
<p>Best of luck to all accepted, wait-listed and rejected! We will all end up somewhere wonderful! :)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2160 (CR: 770 M:680 W:730 -Essay:12)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Spanish (770) U.S (730) Literature (700) World History (700)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): well, 97/100 which my guidance councilor said was a 4.0…
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11%… 49 of 470 I believe?
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): U.S (5) Spanish (4) Psych (This May) Euro (This May)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:Syracuse University 9 credits of English, AP Psych, AP Euro, Conversational Spanish, Gov’t, Gym, Economics, Select Chorus, Earth Science. (I have no lunch/study halls due to my schedule)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, School’s citizenship award.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School’s 2nd leading community service club (treasurer/secretary freshman & sophomore year, president junior & senior year). Academic Team (Varsity since freshman year). Debate club. NHS. Student Senate. Social Chair of the Senior Class.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Over 500 hours at local hospital. Tutoring kinds in Spanish, Math, English, Global History. Teaching my peers how to play piano/guitar/how to read music.
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good!
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Amazing: My AP Spanish Teacher, My SUPA Teacher, who I had for honors accelerated English and Philosophy.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: She called me awe-inspiring if that’s any indication…
[<em>] Additional Rec: Nopes
[</em>] Interview: None</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Hispanic Studies and International Relations with a minor in Islamic Studies
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First Generation American
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[</em>] Strengths: EC’s and music (I play 7 instruments)
[li] Weaknesses: Math!</p>[/li]
<p>general comments: I may go, if I don’t get accepted into any of the 9 schools other schools that I’m waiting to hear back from. I got half tuition in grants/scholarships, so that definitely makes Brandeis a strong contender on my list!</p>