***brown university rd class of 2019 results***

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[ size=4][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted [/color][/size]
[ size=4][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted **[/color][/size]
[ size=4][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected **[/color][/size]

[ b]Objective:**
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT (breakdown):
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parentheses):
[ *] IB (place score in parentheses):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

[ /list][ b]Subjective:**
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:
[ *] Supplementary Material:

[ /list][ b]Other**
[ *]Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate):
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

[ /list][ b]Reflection**
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

[ /list][ b]General Comments: **

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**Decision: Accepted/b

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2250: 690 (CR) 800 (M) 760 (W)
ACT (breakdown): 34: 35 (E) 36 (M) 32 ® 34 (S)
SAT II: 800 (Math Level II) 800 (Chem) 800 (Latin)
Unweighted GPA: 4.000
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A but actually 1/200something
AP: Chem (5), Calc AB (5) - will take Calc BC this year
Senior Year Course Load: IB Diploma
Major Awards: stuff from Latin convention, Perfect NLEs, Mock Trial stuff, Harvard Book Award

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Ohio/National Junior Classical League (O/NJCL), Boy Scouts, Mock Trial, Tennis, XCountry, Yearbook, Trash Talkers (percussion group),
Job/Work Experience: engineering internship, summer 2014
Volunteer/Community service: various stuff (throw in Boy Scouts and OJCL here)
Summers: occupied by activities above
Essays:
- commonapp: wrote about trying out for the musical, getting nervous, then flashing back to mock trial, then coming full circle at the end back to the musical tryout
- Intended major: I said Classics and also Chemistry and related the two.
- Where you’ve lived: I answered in one sentence, stating that I’ve lived in a suburb all my life.
- Community/group: I talked about Trash Talkers and learning how to connect with an audience as a performer (aka “get into the groove” - I think my personality was developed well here)
- Why Brown?: I talked about the “human experience” and compared Medicine and the Classics in that fashion. Basically, I talked about Brown’s “open curriculum” (by saying humanities + STEMM = awesome) but didn’t actually mention that dreaded term. I also threw in a sample class from the course catalog from the Classics dept. webpage.
- factor that led you to this (scientific field): pontificated about research/knowledge and related it to my internship
- concept proud of mastering: why transition metals are colorful in solution --> complex ions and ligands --> connecting the practical and the abstract
- briefly describe courses: in my third year of chem (honors, HL1, HL2), so there
Teacher Recommendation: 3 different teachers (Chem, Latin, History - also my Mock Trial coach)
Interview: the guy was a judge whom I luckily had several connections with. He was also really cool and said he would write nothing but a glowing review even though I was really nervous and not too eloquent.

State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
School Type: Private Catholic
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: > 200k - applied for Fin Aid but am not hopeful of getting it :frowning:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Strengths: well-rounded personality, comprehensive and cohesive admissions file
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: I pitched myself as a Latin / classics scholar and I guess they fell for it. I also presented myself as the person who does all kinds of things (athletics, academics, arts).
Weaknesses: WASP (idk if that counts), no actual experience with Medicine
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: checked all the boxes, got lucky
Notes: I couldn’t believe it when my mom called and said she found a cryptic letter from Brown. I knew it was a likely letter right away. I’m not a recruited athlete or anything like that; I just got lucky. Little did Brown admissions know, they’re the only Ivy/top-top-knotch/elite(elitist?) institution I applied to.

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[ size=4][ color=red]**Decision: Rejected **[/color][/size]

Objective: Engineering
[] SAT I (breakdown):730 CR 800 M 730 W 11 Essay, overall 2260
[] ACT (breakdown):
[] SAT II: 660 Chem 720 Math II 710 History 650 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.75 (although w/o freshman year its a 3.9)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):school doent
[] AP (place score in parentheses):5’s in stats history and eng lang, 4 in chem
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, ap psych, bc calc, ap physics, honors creative writing, jazz and wind ensemble
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):generic ones, and then an honors band[/li]
[/list][ b]Subjective:**
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Track captain, hockey, soccer, XC, drama, JSA(Treasurer), physics club prez, some other shit, secretary of the band
[] Job/Work Experience:subway lol
[] Volunteer/Community service:zip
[] Summer Activities:did some conferance thing
[] Essays:they were pretty good
[] Teacher Recommendation:they were pretty good
[] Counselor Rec:it was pretty good
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:it went really well, he was the father of an acquaintance, ended up driving me home after
[] Supplementary Material:

[/list][ b]Other**
[]Applied for Financial Aid?:yep
[] State (if domestic applicant):MA
Country (if international applicant):USA
[] School Type:public
[] Ethnicity:White
[] Gender:M
[] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate):160000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none[/li]
[/list][ b]Reflection**
[] Strengths:SAT I, course load relative to school, some decent ECs
[] Weaknesses:some stuff
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

[/list][ b]General Comments: ** gonna go to Northeastern honors college

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2160 (800R 660M 700W, 10E)
ACT (breakdown): 33 (34E 28M 36R 36S 10E)
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
AP (place score in parentheses): Euro and English Lang (5), US History and Enviro Sci (4), currently taking US Gov and English Lit
IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Semester 1- AP US Gov, AP English Lit, Econ, Multimedia Production, and Soc110 at community college. Semester 2 (all community college classes)- French 101, Gender Studies, and History of Racism + Sexism
Number of other RD applicants in your school: Lol, none.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, AP Scholar w/ Honor

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): GSA 1yr (Co-founder + prez), ASB 2yrs (Prom Committee Head), Yearbook 2 yrs (Copy editor, Section Editor), Upward Bound 4 yrs, Filipino Club 1yr
Job/Work Experience: One paid blogging and graphic design internship.
Volunteer/Community service: An unpaid internship with the Uni of San Diego, work with disabled students in Circle of Friends, a ton of beach cleanups, uhhh I’m sure I’m missing stuff but I’m too lazy to check
Summer Activities: 5 week summer program with Upward Bound every summer since freshman yr
Essays: CA essay was about trying to change gender segregating/ trans-exclusive policies at my school. For the Brown supplements, I labored over them for hours editing and tweaking so… I’d say they were solid.
Teacher Recommendation: English teacher. I read it and it was really good.
Counselor Rec: Not a clue.
Additional Rec: Previous history teacher, now the vice principal. Didn’t read it, but he likes me.
Interview: I think it went okay.
Supplementary Material: N/A

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Sociology
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: mid-sized public school. Really, really, really un-competitive.
Ethnicity: Filipino and white.
Gender: “F” but in add’l comments I ID’d as genderqueer.
Income Bracket: 100k-ish.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Hispanic

Reflection

Strengths: GPA/valedictorian, essays, internships
Weaknesses: senior yr workload, lack of school competitiveness, no music or sports
Why you think you were accepted: No clue!!
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted to UChicago, Swat, Reed, Oberlin…

General Comments

Brown is my absolute #1 right now, despite the shitty, shitty aid that I got. I’m definitely going to ask if they can match some of my other college’s awards…

Congrats to everyone else who got in, by the way!

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[ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted [/color]

Objective:
[] SAT I (breakdown):750M, 740R, 790W
[] ACT (breakdown):36S,35M,34R,32W
[] SAT II:720 Physics, 760 M2, 770 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):My school is weird and doesn’t weight. I have a 95, 94-96=4.0, >96 =4.1-4.3
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top decile
[] AP (place score in parentheses):Chem(5), US Hist. (5), World (4), Lang(5)
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load:AP Phys, BC Calc, AP Bio, AP Gov, World Lit, Sci-fi fantasy lit, AP Comp Sci
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li]
[/list][ b]Subjective:**
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):XC, Track, Scholar’s Bowl, Orchestra, NHS (VP)
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service:
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays:Good, about XC (chose time I failed)
[] Teacher Recommendation:very good, one from a coach/teacher in US, and one from Chem teacher (related to major)
[] Counselor Rec: good
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: Fantastic
[] Supplementary Material:

[/list][ b]Other**
[]Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeah
[] State (if domestic applicant): VT
Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: moderate (~1500, 88/100 avg)
[] Ethnicity:White/hispanic
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): Upper middle
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li]
[/list][ b]Reflection**
[] Strengths: Pretty good scores/grades, strong supplements and CA essay
[] Weaknesses: Not much community work or much leadership
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t even know
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Cornell, NEU, Brandeis, UVM. Waitlisted at Columbia and Tufts. Rejected at Harvard ); (don’t actually care much though)

[/list][ b]General Comments: **
Fuckin pumped!!! I’m tied between Brown and Cornell right now and it will be a tough decision but its great to have options

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Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[]SAT I: 2240 (770M, 730R, 740W)
[]ACT: NA
[]SAT II: Chem (750), Math 1 (720), Math 2 (730)
[]Unweighted GPA: 93.4/100, Weighted: 99.53/100
[]Rank: Top 5%
[]AP: Chem (4), APUSH (4), Lang (3 lol)
[]IB: NA
[]Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics 1, AP Physics 2, AP Bio, AP Psych, AP Lit, AP Calc AB, Theology
[li]Major Awards: Only minor awards- (Presidential Volunteer Award, A few science fair awards)[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Environmental club (Founder + President), FBLA/Business Club (Vice-President), National English Honors Society (Secretary), Math Honors Society, National Honors Society, Sports…
Job/Work Experience: Camp Councilor (haha)
[]Volunteer/Community Service: Emergency room volunteer (150+ hours), Assisted living home volunteer (250+ hours), Church volunteer (100+ hours),
[]Summer Activities: Work, Basketball and Relaxing
[]Essays: Common App- hit or miss but unique; Supplements- very good put a lot of thought into them
[]Teacher Recommendations: Didn’t read but probably good (avoided teachers that use generic recs)
[]Counselor Rec: Very good
[li]Additional Rec: Volunteer Coordinator: Decent [/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
[]Projected Concentration: Chem w/ business minor
[]State: NY
[]School Type: Private Catholic
[]Ethnicity: White as bread
[]Gender: Male
[]Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class
[]Hooks: I wish

[/ul]Reflection[list]
[]Strengths: Grades, volunteer work
[]Weaknesses: AP scores
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[]Accepted to: Notre Dame, Boston College, Villanova, Hamilton, Binghamton Honors, Stony Brook Honors
[]Rejected to: Harvard, Dartmouth, Brown, Amherst, Williams
[]Deffered/Waitlisted: Cornell, Middlebury, Rice, Georgetown
[*]General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: God that was a really bloody process! Despite my many rejections, I am very happy to be attending the Notre Dame, as it was my first choice. Congrats all those who got in.

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**Decision: Waitlisted **

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2140 (690 R, 700 M, 750 M) 2220 SS (770 R, 700 M, 750 W)
ACT (breakdown): 33 (35 E, 30 M, 35 R, 31 S)
SAT II: Nope
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Idk, UW is 4.52
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/72
AP (place score in parenthesis): I’ll graduate with 66 dual credit hours
Senior Year Course Load: 4 dual credit classes and one regular mandatory class
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None really; some school and UIL awards!

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Senior Class Council (President), Flute, Dance/Choreography, Junior Class Council (Adviser), UIL Spelling & Vocabulary (Co-Captain), NHS (Vice President), Student Ambassadors (Senior Officer)
Job/Work Experience: Old Navy (Merchandising/Sales/Training Coach), Fusion Communications Corp. (Journalism Intern)
Volunteer/Community service: Didn’t really report
Summer Activities: Work, internship, and 2 dual credit classes this last summer
Essays (rating 1-10, details): pretty gr9 tbh
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): Also amazing, 10s

Teacher Rec #1: 10
Teacher Rec #2: 8
Counselor Rec: 8
Additional Rec:8
Interview: A bit awkward but it went well!

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: English
State (if domestic applicant): TX
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public charter
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Gen

Reflection

Strengths: Essays, rank, GPA, leadership!! My essays are probably what got me in.
Weaknesses: Testing, and i’m pretty average imo!
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays maybe? Also my deferral update and letter of continued interest probably helped.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at STANFORD, Rice, UPenn, UT Austin and USC; waitlisted at UChicago and Brown; rejected at Columbia

General Comments: Don’t fret over college admissions, guys. Give your applications everything you have and just hope for the best. My first decisions were literally all waitlists and a deferral from Stanford; then, I got into 4 amazing schools! You will end up where you belong. If you’re reading this, calm down, you will succeed. Have faith! I hope this helps someone!! :slight_smile:

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**Decision: Accepted **

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (800 M, 760 CR, 790 W)
ACT (breakdown): NA
SAT II: 800 Bio M, 800 Math II, 800 Chinese, 790 USH
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9-something
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/262 (not reported)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio, Chinese, APUSH, Lang, Comp Sci, Enviro Sci (all 5’s)
IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
Senior Year Course Load: most rigorous
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USABO Honorable Mention (23rd in nation), CONRAD semifinalist, state champ NJ science league (bio II), other state science awards, regional MUN awards

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): MUN (chair of conference committee, VP of club), ACSL (president, qualified for nats), research club (VP, published DNA sequences), track, columbia SHP, NHS (secretary), probably some other minor things
Job/Work Experience: research intern at state university. private tutor.
Volunteer/Community service: nothing extraordinary
Summer Activities: medical intern (9), precollege biomed academy (10), prestigious TASP-like program for my state (11)
Essays: CA was hit/miss. The Brown I submitted initially was a draft version. I ended up submitting my intended supplement in like mid-feburary lol (was pretty solid)
Teacher Recommendation: all excellent, submitted 3 on accident though…whoops
Counselor Rec: eh
Additional Rec: nope
Interview: I cussed in front of her, but I heard from one of my friends that she loved me.
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
Intended Major: bio/premed
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: public
Ethnicity: chinez
Gender: male
Income Bracket: 2 high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): hahahahahahahahahahaha

Reflection

Strengths: test scores, grades, awards, not an antisocial nerd
Weaknesses: just another asian guy
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Essay probably tied together the various things I do. Made me come off as someone who had more to offer than the average stem-driven guy
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accept: Princeton (deferred REA), Cornell (tanner dean scholar), Rutgers (full ride), UMich, JHU, Duke, CMU, UCB, UCLA, UCSD
Waitlist: UChicago, Northwestern, UPenn, Harvard, Yale
Reject: WUSTL, MIT, Columbia

Not bad

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**Decision: Waitlisted **

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 680R 800M 710W
[] ACT (breakdown): 34E 36M 36R 36S
[] SAT II: 760 Math II, 710 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/400
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Calc AB (5), Eng Lang (4), US History (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Eng Lit, Calc II, AP US gov, AP Micro Econ, German 3, Honors Band
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): German NHS, NHS, AP Scholar [/ul]
Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): musical pit band (1st horn), handbell choir, marching band (pit captain & historian), robotics club (co-founder & vice president), animation club (co-founder & president), a band camp (student leader), german club, hawker at football games (top seller)
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: Presidential Volunteer Bronze
[] Summer Activities: sleeping
[] Essays: CA handbell choir (where most content), how my love of math came from disney animation
[] Teacher Recommendation: prob pretty good
[] Counselor Rec: no idea
[] Additional Rec: prob very good
[] Interview: ran out of things to talk about very quickly
[] Supplementary Material: french horn [/ul]
Other

[ul]
[]Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] School Type: parochial
[] Ethnicity: asian
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): <$100,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): adopted [/ul]
Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: love of many interests
[] Weaknesses: asian who loves math, art & music
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I am an asian who loves math, art & music
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted everywhere else, but none close to brown’s competitiveness [/ul]

[list]**General Comments: I’d love it if you all would turn down your acceptance so I could go. Thanks! **

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Decision: Rejected

b]Objective:**
[ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[ *] ACT (breakdown): 35 (34 M 36 R 36 E 34 S)
[ *] SAT II: 770 Math II, 800 Spanish, 800 Chemistry
[ *] Unweighted GPA: 3.90
[ *] Weighted GPA: 4.36
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank, but definitely in top 12.5%.
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics B (4), Spanish Language (5), Calc AB (4) Chemistry (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP English Lang, AP Calc BC, AP Spanish Lit, AP Comp Sci
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): IDK. I’ve won hundreds of awards for my app in the computer science and economic fields. Nothing academic.
[/list]

[ b]Subjective:**
[ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): CEO of my own app company.
developer of one the most successful apps in the world (top 10 in over 80 countries),
CFO of a huge app corporation here in NY (several of the board members are famous and published engineers and economists)
varsity Volleyball,
varsity basketball,
president of app club,
president of the Medicine Club.
board member on school’s wall street and investing committee
Taekwondo black belt,
working with venture capitalists in the app field
multicultural officer
chief of finance for robotics club, helped secure funding through app connections
research articles on apps working with programmers and economists
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Over 500 hours interning for various physicians. working with experts in the App market to create apps. interviewing and examining app proposals for several big Silicon Valley companies.
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Almost 340 hours teaching English abroad in 3rd world countries, cancer research, thousands of hours teaching underprivileged kids how to program and market apps
[ *] Summer Activities: Volunteering abroad, app developing, app conferences, computer science lectures, interning, research, etc. Did a case study on curing pediatric cancer one summer, the next I traveled around the world for my app, this summer I will do so more volunteer work and more app stuff.
[ *] Essays: Very good. 9/10 for both. One about my apps, other about the experience that changed my life
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: 10/10 from Spanish teacher, 9/10 from History teacher
[ *] Counselor Rec: 10/10?
[ *] Additional Rec: N/A
[ *] Interview: Went well!
[ *] Supplementary Material (portfolio, etc.): N/A
[/list]

[ b]Other**
[ list]
INTENDED MAJOR: Unknown (Economics??)
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[ *] Country (if international applicant): USA
[ *] School Type: Extremely competitive private school
[ *] Ethnicity: Chinese
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] Income Bracket: 250,000+
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
[/list]

Final comment: I’m not gonna say “I couldn’t care less” because I really would have wanted to go to Brown.However, I got into Stanford and Cornell. So yes being rejected hurts a bit but I have been accepted to two great schools as well.

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[ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted [/color]
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SAT I (breakdown): NA
ACT (breakdown): 36 C Superscored and 35 non-superscored
SAT II (place score in parentheses): 800 M2, Bio M, Chem, USH, Chinese
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): = 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/a
AP (place score in parentheses): 5s Bio, Chem, Physics C(both), Statistics, Calculus AB, USH, Human Geo, 4: English Language
IB (place score in parentheses):N/A
Senior Year Course Load: All Dual Enrollment and AP
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USABO Semifinalist, USNCO Semifinalist, Science Fair Awards(Semifinalist)

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Swimming(4 years, Varsity, regional and state qualifier, not recruited but can walk on for some schools), Robotics( 4 years, 2013 World Champions- pretty big deal over here), Quizbowl(4 years, Captain), Science Olympiad(Some state placements, President), Band(3 years, low brass, all regional honor band)

Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community Service: 200 hours at a science museum

Summer Activities: Research with professor , Swimming, Playing League(lol)
Essays:PM me if you want to read
Teacher Recommendations: Pretty decent, One knew me extremely well(Swim coach and AP Chem teacher- should have been excellent), Other one from US History and Sociology teacher: spoke about my role leading class discussions in US History.
Counselor Rec: She said there’s no doubt I’m one of the top kids at my school, so definitely should have been good.
Additional Rec: From lab director. Spoke about my willingness to take initiative to pursue my love of science.

Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
Projected Concentration: Biology
State (if domestic applicant): South
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public Magnet
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):I can bake a mean cake?

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**Decision: Rejected ** Undergraduate & PLME

Objective:
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2330: 760 (CR), 770 (M), 800 (W)
[] ACT (breakdown): N/A
[] SAT II: 800: Math II; 780: Chemistry; 780: World History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): My school doesn’t send unweighted GPA. Weighted: 109, UW: Prob. 98
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2
[] AP (place score in parentheses): World History (5), AP Calculus AB (5), U.S. History (5)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): IB Chemistry (6); IB Diploma Candidate; all IB courses.
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB English HL, AP Calculus BC, IB Biology HL, Honors Physics, IB Philosophy SL, IB Economics SL, IB French SL, TOK
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, National French Exam 10th place and Honorable Mention, Co-authored three published abstracts; presented one abstract (first-author) at a 2014 national cardiology conference and another (first-author) at a 2015 international cardiology conference; Gold Presidential Service Award (X 2); Girl Scout Bronze and Silver Awards (Gold Award in June); AP Scholar; [/li]
[/list]Subjective:
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Business and Economics Club (Founder—9th grade & President); School Newspaper (Editor-in-Chief); School Leadership Group (Co-President); Mathletes (Member)
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service:
Volunteer at Religious Place of Worship since elementary school—volunteer coordinator, student leader in religious community (maintaining flow of operating at large-scale events and training peers in public service rituals); Girl Scouts since Kindergarten; Started and implemented district-wide tutoring program aiding 100+ students. Started an outreach program connecting 100+ students at my high school with students in Kenya.
[] Summer Activities: 2012: Religious Camp; 2013, 2014: Research
[] Essays: CA was about my emotional journey moving from one school to another—Went through like 20 drafts lol. My guidance counselor said it was beautiful. Brown Supplements: “Why Brown” was decent though said “New Curriculum” instead of “Open Curriculum.”(said Open Curriculum in the follow-up letter of continued interest I sent them after being deferred). Thought my “factors that led you to this field” was very good. (Intended Major: Philosophy) and and I think my “Where have you lived?” worked. These weren’t as good as my supplements at other schools just because they were my first ones though.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Research Teacher—AMAZING; Philosophy Teacher, Principal: All very very good.

[] Counselor Rec: Probably pretty good. She definitely talked about my growth.
[] Additional Rec: Former Professor at Brown: Awesome letter.
[] Interview: I think it went well/was decent. It wasn’t amazing but it wasn’t bad either.
[] Supplementary Material: Follow-up letter of continued interest in Brown—I expressed my love for the university, its opportunities, expressed how I could use the opportunities at Brown to enrich myself and the community (basically a Why Brown of 500 words); Sent a sheet with info about a student leader award I won–selected from students across two counties and spoke at an event with 600+ attendees. I also sent my abstracts.

[/list]Other
[]Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] State (if domestic applicant): I’ll just say Northeast Region
Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): >200K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A[/li]
[/list]Reflection
[] Strengths: ECs, GPA, SATs, SAT IIs, Common App
[] Weaknesses: “Why Brown”, Maybe Interview…?
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not really sure. I thought I might have made up for any under-developed portions in the “Why Brown” with my follow-up essay. Maybe the interview? Not sure.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to UPenn (Benjamin Franklin Scholar), Vanderbilt, Rice, Northwestern HPME, Siena/AMC; Rejected From: Harvard, Stanford

[ /list][ b]General Comments: ** The college application process is definitely a roller-coaster ride. I’m really happy with how it all worked out though. Definitely apply widely! I found that demonstrated interest was an important factor in essays and interviews. Good luck to all the future applicants and congratulations to all those who were accepted!!

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**Decision: Rejected **

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): NA
ACT (breakdown): 34 C (highest), 35 E, 36 R, 34 M, 34 S
SAT II: 800 Math 2C; 780 Korean w/ Listening; 710 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/682
AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (5); Music Theory (5); Calculus BC w/ AB subscore (5, 5); US History (5); Language and Composition (5); Psychology (4); Computer Science A (3); Chemistry (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Literature and Composition, AP Government, AP Biology, Principles of Microeconomics (Community College), Intro to Sociology (Community College)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Forensics League All American Academic Award, MTAC Level 10, Various state/regional debate awards, AP Scholar w/ Distinction

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Nonprofit (Founder, CEO); Amnesty International (Founder & President); Habitat for Humanity (Founder & President); Speech and Debate program at local junior high school (Head Coach); Piano; Swimming (Varsity)
Job/Work Experience: Intern
Volunteer/Community service: Intern; Head Coach at local junior high school debate program; clubs; nonprofit
Summer Activities: Internship, organized speech and debate summer camp at junior high school
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Common App (10): Talked about how being called the B word as a compliment to my achievements and leadership incited me to become a feminist and activist and inspired me to create my nonprofit; Why Major (7-8): Briefly went over my various EC’s; Community (7-8): Swim; Why Brown (8): Pretty standard
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: (10) My Calc teacher said I’m his favorite student and we love to talk about politics together
Teacher Rec #2: (10) My Lang teacher said he put that I’m the best student he’s had
Counselor Rec: (9) He wrote a letter for me for an application to a program, and it was really awesome.
Additional Rec: (10) My piano teacher loves me.
Interview (7-8): It went pretty well but could have gone better. I think it was too short.

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Gender Studies and Political Science
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Korean
Gender: F
Income Bracket: <40k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths: Extracurriculars, essays
Weaknesses: Grades, scores, awards
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my EC’s made me stand out.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Yale (SCEA), Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, University of Pennsylvania (Likely Letter), Duke (Likely Letter), Wellesley (EE), Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, UC Berkeley (Regents), UCI (Regents), UCSD, UCLA; Waitlist: Columbia, Cornell

General Comments: I hope this helps future applicants! I’m not sad about this rejection at all since I already got into such amazing schools - in fact, I’m surprised that this is my only rejection! You honestly never know what’s going to happen, so don’t give up :slight_smile: Good luck!!

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**Decision: Rejected **

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2230 M 770 CR 760 W 700
SAT II: Math2: 800 Biology: 800 U.S History 800
Unweighted GPA: 3.81
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10 / 368
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (5) BC Calculus (5 ) Biology (5) US Hist (5) Euro (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP ( Physics, Stats, Gov, Spanish) Honors (English)

Subjective:

Extra-curriculars : Science Olympiad, Math Club, Karate, Spanish Club, Rubik’s Cube Club
Job/Work Experience: Sunday School
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities: average
Essays: Thought it was good … hard to know reaction
Teacher Recommendation: Should have been good but did not see but told good by counselor
Counselor Rec: Should have been good but did not see
Additional Rec: Should have been good but did not see
Commonapp Essay: Thought it was good … hard to know reaction
UR Supplement Essay: Thought it was good … hard to know reaction
Interview: n/a

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): PA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: W
Gender: M
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NONE

Reflection

Strengths:
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Tried to let them know who I am and what I am looking for and what is important to me
Weaknesses: Extra-curriculars in that they were probably just average
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: No idea … any suggestions anyone?
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted: University of Rochester; Case Western Reserve University, Union College
Rejected: MIT, Olin, Bucknell Decision: Rejected

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2230 M 770 CR 760 W 700
SAT II: Math2: 800 Biology: 800 U.S History 800
Unweighted GPA: 3.81
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10 / 368
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistiry (5) BC Calculus (5 ) Biology (5) US Hist (5) Euro (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP ( Physics, Stats, Gov, Spanish) Honors (English)

Subjective:

Extra-curriculars : Science Olympiad, Math Club, Karate, Spanish Club, Rubik’s Cube Club
Job/Work Experience: Sunday School
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities: average
Essays: Thought it was good … hard to know reaction
Teacher Recommendation: Should have been good but did not see but told good by counselor
Counselor Rec: Should have been good but did not see
Additional Rec: Should have been good but did not see
Commonapp Essay: Thought it was good … hard to know reaction
UR Supplement Essay: Thought it was good … hard to know reaction
Interview: n/a

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): PA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: W
Gender: M
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NONE

Reflection

Strengths:
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Tried to let them know who I am and what I am looking for and what is important to me
Weaknesses: Extra-curriculars in that they were probably just average
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted: University of Rochester; Case Western Reserve University, Union College
Rejected: Brown, Bucknell, MIT, Olin, Princetion, Tufts

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**Decision: Accepted

Objective:
[] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT 32 Composite
[] SAT II: 580 Chem II, 670 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 15%
[] AP (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: All my courses are Honors: Drawing and Painting 3, Global Studies, Physics 2, Critical Issues, English, Calculus 2, Chemistry 2, Spanish 5
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): [/li]Questbridge Finalist
Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award
Kenyon College Book Award

[/list][ b]Subjective:**
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
Class President, 10th and 11th, Student body president 12th
National Honor Society
Head Camping Associate, leadership position at my school’s unique outdoor program
Varsity Soccer and Track
Judicial Commitee Member
World Language Alliance member
[] Job/Work Experience:
Job at smoothie shop, have worked the past two summers at a camp
[] Volunteer/Community service:
Volunteer at local food bank
[] Summer Activities:
Worked and volunteered, learned new skillis
[] Essays:
Common app - wrote about my two worlds, living in my Vietnamese home and going to an affluent, Caucasian school and feeling on the outside sometimes
Supp - Community: wrote about being in a community of iconoclasts
Living in every moment
[] Teacher Recommendation:
teacher 1 - 10/10 We get along super well, Chem teacher last year
teacher 2 - 8/10 had me in 10th grade and this year. history teacher, know pretty well
[] Counselor Rec:
Counselor 10/10 - he knows me super well, encouraged my to apply
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: Had a Vietnamese interviewer who made me fall in love with Brown. We had good vibes all around.
[] Supplementary Material: Nope.

[/list][ b]Other**
[]Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] State (if domestic applicant): NM
Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Vietnamese
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): 65,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college[/li]
[/list]Reflection
[] Strengths: My essays were by far the best part of my application
[] Weaknesses: Did you see my SAT II scores?
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I got super lucky.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: UNM, UWyoming, USC, Tufts, Dartmouth
Waitlisted: Stanford, Princeton, Bowdoin, Tulane, UPenn
Rejected: Yale, UChicago, Columbia, Rice

[/list]**General Comments: **
No words to describe how blessed I am.

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**Decision: Accepted

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2100 (750 Writing [10 essay], 700 CR, 650 M)
ACT (breakdown): None
SAT II: SAT US History - 780 / SAT French - 710 / SAT World - 710
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 100.4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP English Language - 5 / AP US History - 5 / AP World History - 4
IB (place score in parenthesis): School doesn’t offer
Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Calc AB, AP Microeconomics, AP English Literature, AP French, Occupations, Religion 12, Dance
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, National Achievement Scholarship Foundation Outstanding PSAT Participant, online writing awards, National French Contest 7th place nationwide in 10th grade

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

  • Writer for the Huffington Post Teen -Editor-in-chief of school newspaper -Contributor to my town's newspaper (I write articles about college, SATs, and education) -Multi Published writer in literary magazines (an essay about track and field, an essay about cosmetics & chemicals) -College Essay was published in a magazine -Have my own travel blog (features photos and entries on my trips abroad) -Have my own healthy eating blog -Quiz Bowl Team Captain

Job/Work Experience:
-Cashier at movie theater for 2014 summer.

Volunteer/Community service: I did not even list any on the Common App because it doesn’t help you get into elite schools. But I believe my recommendation writers spoke about the children’s museum that I volunteered at for two years. That was a huge commitment.

Summer Activities: Cashier at movie theater

Essays:
Common App – I chose the “place of solace” topic. My college essay was simple, yet beautiful, authentic, and richly detailed. It is all about my love of going to the library, and by far, it is the best piece of work I have ever written. I think that it is an honest portrayal of who I am, and it exemplifies my love of learning. I had this essay published in a national literary magazine.
Mini Brown Essays –
For the community one, I talked about being a member of the locavore / organic community. I imagine it was quirky.
For the “where did you live” one, I talked about the glorious attractions of New York City.
My “Why Brown” one was honest and likely the best. I talked about the Open Curriculum and how Brown encourages academic adventure.
I talked about wanting to major in French for one of them. I love to travel, so I elaborated on that.

Teacher Recommendation:
One from my French teacher (10/10) - I am a heavy participant in this class and I have been the top student for 4 years. I tutor, I share French literature that I read in my spare time with my teacher, I do research for the class, and I’ve taught a little.
AP US History Teacher (9/10) - I was the top student in this class and I won an award for my efforts. I adore history and I am also very concerned about social issues. He told me that I had the best projects and essays in the class.
Counselor Rec:
I’d give it a 9/10. We are close friends. In the summertime, my school made us fill out a sheet of all our hobbies, favorite media, and accomplishments - so I guess that helped too.

Interview: AMAZING. The conversation flowed like water. My interviewer and I were both interested in languages and international relations.

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: French Language, Literary Arts
State (if domestic applicant): New York
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: African-American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $40,000, single parent home
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

Reflection

Strengths: My writing and journalism, my grades and scores, my essay for sure, URM status too, choice of major
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: I made sure to highlight the fact that I am a published writer. I also think it’s different that I want to study French and creative writing. Make sure your Common App essay defines who you are.
Weaknesses: SAT Math score is on the lower end, but to be honest, I’m proud of it. That’s the best I could achieve. Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I have a singular passion for writing and I want to major in something atypical.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted to 6 Ivy League Schools: Harvard, Princeton, UPenn, Cornell, Dartmouth, Brown
Accepted: NYU, Fordham, University of Connecticut, SUNY Binghampton, SUNY Stony Brook, Siena College
Rejected: Yale, Columbia, Hunter College, Queens College

Other:
I’m ecstatic! Congratulations to all who were admitted.

I applied to all 8 Ivy League schools and I was admitted to 6. I am not a legacy or a first generation, for those of you who would like to know.

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**Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800-800-780
[] ACT (breakdown): 36
[] SAT II: 800 Lit, 770 Chem, 760 M2
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A. Weighted = 4.41
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 (not sent)
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 5 on Spanish, Music Theory, Euro, World, Stats, Calc BC, English Lang; 4 on Chem
[] Senior Year Course Load: Honors International Relations, Honors Art, AP Bio, AP Physics C, Independent Studies in AP Spanish Lit and AP Gov, AP English Lit, Multivariable Calc
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Avogadro, IPPF, NMF, National AP Scholar, some AMC stuff[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Rock music (played at Lollapalooza), cross country (3 year letterman and captain), Women’s Leadership Club (founder), various other things
[] Job/Work Experience: Scorekeeper for basketball team, tutor
[] Volunteer/Community service: Service trips with school
[] Summer Activities: Touring with rock band, taking summer courses, running, tutoring
[] Essays: They weren’t bad.
[] Teacher Recommendation: They were great, I imagine. 10/10
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read it, assume it was great. 9/10
[] Additional Rec: She is my music theory teacher, like family. 10/10.
[li] Interview: I got this really young grad…I asked what her favorite and least favorite thing about Brown was, and for her least favorite thing, she said, “Not going to Georgetown.” No kidding.[/ul][/li]
Other[ul]
[]Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] State (if domestic applicant): OH
[] School Type: Small private all girls
[] Ethnicity: Asian and white
[] Gender: XX
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): No[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Academic rigor.
[] Weaknesses: SAT II, essays, not being the Brown type.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No demonstrated interest.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted Yale, Stanford, Duke, UPenn, Caltech, Williams, UChicago, Cornell, Harvey Mudd, Dartmouth, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Amherst, OSU, Michigan, Case. Waitlisted: Brown, Columbia, MIT. Rejected: Harvard, Princeton (deferred SCEA), Juilliard.[/ul]
General Comments: Congrats to all who got into Brown! I’ll be in the corner agonizing over the Yale/Stanford decision.

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REJECTED

SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t take
ACT (breakdown): 34, 35 weighted (35M, 35W, 32R, 35S)
SAT II: Didn’t send
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/300
AP (place score in parenthesis): Psychology (5), US Gov’t (5), Stats (4), English Lang (5), Physics B (4), Macroecon (4), APUSH (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): School doesn’t offer
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Chem, AP Spanish, AP Calc BC, Peer Tutoring, AP Music Theory
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): PSAT/NMSQT Commended Student, AP Scholar with Distinction

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): school & local youth orchestra, orchestra pit in a couple musicals, NHS, youth advisory council (met with local senator regularly), swim team freshman year, Scholastic Bowl, WYSE Team
Job/Work Experience: violin tutor
Volunteer/Community service: 130+ hours at a local hospital
Summer Activities: traveled to India to meet family, summer school
Essays: they were decent
Teacher Recommendation: should have been pretty good, didn’t get to read them though
Counselor Rec: should have been good as well
Additional Rec: N/A

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yup
Intended Major: Neuroscience
State (if domestic applicant): IL
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: female
Income Bracket: upper middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

Reflection:

Strengths: ranking, GPA, course load, violin
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: my love for learning, I guess
Weaknesses: lack of extracurriculars? no hooks, far-from-stellar essays, Asian (lol)
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: ^weaknesses
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted at Loyola in Chicago, Missouri State, Notre Dame, Purdue, U of I at Urbana-Champaign, UW-Madison, Deferred/waitlisted at MIT, UChicago, Northwestern, Rejected at MIT, Duke, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Dartmouth, Brown, Columbia
Notes: Congratulations to everyone who got accepted!!

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DECISION: ACCEPTED

Applied to which school/college: Engineering/ CS Major

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Total: 2210— Math: 770 CR: 720 W: 720
ACT: NA
SAT II: Math 2: 800, Chemistry: 770, Physics: 710
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not given, but I would guess 6/150
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry: 5, Physics B: 4, English Lit: 5
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Comp Sci, AP Physics C, AP Calc BC, Advanced Topics in Math Honors, AP English Language, Spanish 4, History Honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Commended Merit Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (Varsity Cross Country): 9,10,11th, team captain 11th, 7 school course records. Varsity Track 9,10,11th, School record in Mile 5:21(9th), JV Soccer 9th, (Student Leader of Women’s Group), (Editor in Chief of school newspaper), Technovation Challenge (11th), Girls Who Code at Facebook 2014.

Job/Work Experience: Internship at Yiftee (local tech startup) 2013, Babysitting

Volunteer/Community service: Costa Rica service trip 2012, Shelter Network Camp Counselor 2012, Mentor for Codette’s (a program to get middle school girls interested in CS)

Summer Activities: look above for more details: girls who code, Yiftee internship, costa rica, shelter network
Essays (rating 1-10, details): common app: 7/10, supplements: 9/10 I wrote 1600 words total for 6 bonus essays for CS and Engineering

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: Math teacher, had him for 3/4 years 10/10 he loved me
Teacher Rec #2: English teacher: 8/10 I would guess pretty vague
Counselor Rec: 8/10 probably decent
Additional Rec: none
Interview: great interview one of my best 10/10

Other

State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Private Catholic
Ethnicity: Hispanic and White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 200k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, female in STEM

Reflection

Strengths: URM, female in stem, strong extracurriculars with a lot of leadership
Weaknesses: Test scores aren’t crazy high
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: look at above
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted: Carnegie Mellon, Brown, Cornell, MIT, UCSB, UCLA, UCSD, Northeastern, Cal Poly, Northwestern
Waitlisted: Tufts, UC Davis, Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd
Rejected: Harvard, Yale, Duke, UC Berkeley, Stanford

General Comments:

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