Well, I thought it was an OBVIOUS exaggeration, but why would you put that you have a 4.83 gpa (what a random number)? Or why not put you were Native American or Hispanic or a more obviously underrepresented minority? Or apply to all the Ivies instead of just a few?
Accepted: Indiana University
Rejected: South Florida
Waiting: Penn St., South Carolina, Arizona State, Colorado
GPA: 2.9 (will be above 3.0 after this quarter)
SAT: 1120 (1600) 1790 (2400)
EC’s: Soccer, Key Club, Future Business Leaders of America, Bowling Club, Sports Entertainment, Newspaper
Community Service: 150 hours
Rigor: Very prestigious high school in Boston, taking mostly top classes.
Perks: Transferred to Boston from New Jersey right before Junior Year
Accepted:
Emerson (Honors program;Full merit scholarship of room, board, books, tuition)
Middlebury
Loyola Marymount
Santa Clara
UC Santa Cruz
Rejected:
Princeton (first choice)
Stanford
NYU (Tisch)
UCLA
Barnard
Waitlisted:
Boston College
Pomona
School: Catholic
Location: SF Bay Area
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: White/Hispanic
SAT: 750 W, 720 V, 640 M
SAT II: 770 Writing, 720 Lit, 700 US History, 670 Bio E
GPA: 4.0
EC’s: Yearbook editor, jazz band, newspaper, piano lessons, volunteering, LOTS OF WRITING on the outside
GPA: UW: 3.82 W: 6.62/7.0
Ranking: 17/561
*Competetive Public high school in New Jersey
SAT: 790 M, 710 R, 790 W
ACT: 32
SATII: 800 Physics, 800 Math 2, 770 Math 1
AP: US History: 5
ECs: a lot, 3 varsity sports (captain of each), Board of Ed Rep
Applied: University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania (ED)
Accepted: University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania
Going to Attend: University of Pennsylvania (Fall 2007)
Deferred: N/A
Rejected: N/A
Waitlisted: N/A
School: Private/Boarding
Location: Illinois
Race/Gender: White / Male
Major: Communications/Pre-Law
UWGPA: 3.84
WGPA: N/A
SAT I Scores: 2130
SAT I Math: 650
SAT I Critical Reading: 740
SAT I Writing: 740
ACT Composite: 33
SAT II Scores: N/A
AP Tests:
AP European: 4
AP Calculus BC: 3
AP Spanish Lang: 3
AP Chemistry: 1 (haha)
Awards:
AP Scholar (bare minimum)
Commended National Merit Scholar
Cum Laude Society
Activities:
Editor-in-Chief School Newspaper
Senior Class President
Baseball/Golf
Prom Committee? I dont know haha…
Other Info:
I really can’t believe how well the whole process turned out for me right now, I mean, I’m going to an Ivy League school? Not only that, but like I’m going to the COOL Ivy League school? I’m doing pretty well in high school, but I never did anything spectacular and my SAT scores are average, but I think this just shows that like if you’re a just normal, laid-back person you can still succeed in the college process. You don’t have to have 2300 SATs or do all this stuff like be the Oboist in your state symphany, just try your best and enjoy high school. I think what helped me the most was that I didn’t even find out about the college admissions process until this year, so I never did stuff just for my resume (and I never sent in a resume anyways haha). Anyways, best of luck to anyone who is about to go through what I just went through!! I got to get back to enjoying a whole semester of knowing I’m already into college and can slack off as much as I want!!
wow, biochem969, you must be really proud of yourself. while i may not have gotten 5’s on all my ap exams and 800s on all my sats, atleast i know that im not so insecure that i need to pretentiously and pointlessely brag about myself on a website. by the way-i know 310 languages, and i’m 1/12 irish…so there.