Can more graduated seniors do "actual results" threads?

Chance Me / Match Me!
901

Accepted: Yale EA, USC, Emory, Rice, Northwestern
going to attend: USC (full-ride)

School: Public School
Location: Chicago land area
Race: East Indian
Gender: Female
Income: 220,000
UW GPA: 3.96
W GPA: 4.6
Rank: our school dosen’t let is see our rank but i’m somewhere in the top 5%
SAT: 2310
ACT: 34

APs
European History- haven’t taken
Calc BC-5
Chem-5
Government-5
Macro and Micro-5
US History-5
Bio- haven’t taken
Spanish Language-5
Spanish Lit-5
Literature and Comp-5
Literature and Language- haven’t taken
Computer Science AB- haven’t taken

Extracirriculars:
—Symphonic Band I- highest band in our school and we’ve won many regional and state competitions
—Jazz Band I- won first place at regional jazz festivals
—Girls Chorus- mainly perform rather than compete
—Hip-Hop dancing- level 10
—study tap, jazz and classical dancing
—National Honor Society
—Mu Alpha Theta
—over 200 hours of community service

Awards:
–National AP Scholar
–National Merit Finalist
–x3 AIME Qualifiactions
–Division 1 Solos
–Division 1 Ensambles
–High Honors- Top 5%

902

Accepted: UT-Austin, UCSD, Marquette, Notre Dame, Case Western, Cornell, Duke, Northwestern, and MIT

Ethnicity: Mexican-American (born in Mexico, but also US citizen)
School: Attended Mexican schools until 8th grade, then attended a private Catholic high school
Rank: 5 out of 126
GPA: 98.95 out of 100
SAT I: 2060 (710M, 650CR, 700W)
SAT II: Physics 580, Math I 720, Math II 650, Spanish 800
According to teachers I had some of the best essays they had read in years, including my school counselor.

ECs:
Varsity Track: 3 years (captain)
Varsity Tennis: 3 years
Varsity Soccer: 1 year (co-captain)
Created a soccer team outside of school, and we organized fundraisers to buy our uniforms and pay fees. We set up our practices (Captain and MVP)
Regnum Christi: Group Leader and Organization’s Committee Member
JV Basketball: 3 years
Technology Club: 4 years
Engineering Club: founder
Math club: 4 years (secretary)
School Tutor/Volunteer
Animal Shelter Volunteer

Awards:
National Hispanic Scholar
Honor Roll
Top Student in some of my classes
Soccer Team MVP
Exemplary Youth Award

Summer Programs:
LCLS at Notre Dame (only 20 males get accepted, i was the only junior at a program for seniors)
TexPREP at TAMIU
SAMS at Carnegie Mellon
MITE at UT-Austin
BCAP at Texas A&M
Summer School at my school

My recommendation were really good, and I guess I did well on my interviews. Just because your stats arent amazing, dont think you dont stand a chance. I almost didnt apply to MIT because I thought I wouldnt get in. Theres always a chance and definitely take adavnatage of any interview opportunities. dont lose the hope until you see the decision. Anyone has a shot at any school, you just need to know how to sell yourself and shoe youre worth the chance :slight_smile:

903

Accepted: UCB, UCLA, UCSD

Background Factors: Filipino male, middle class income, California resident, large competitive public high school (some grads go to HYPS, 800+ students in each class), major undeclared

Academics:
Class Rank: Top 10%
UW GPA (sophomore and junior years only): 3.92
W GPA (uncapped, sophomore and junior years only): 4.42
UC GPA (capped at eight weighted classes total, sophomore and junior years only): 4.25
Course difficulty (10-11): Took the hardest classes offered; all regular year academic classes are honors/AP except regular US history in my Junior year-I do realize this hurts me.
Course difficulty (12): Currently taking 1 IB class (Math IB HL), 3 AP classes, civics/economics, and advanced drama.

Standardized Tests:
SAT I: 2210 (700CR 780M 730W)
SAT II Math IIC: 760
SAT II Biology E: 750
SAT II Biology M: 740
AP Calculus AB: 5
AP Calculus BC: 5
AP Biology: 5
AP Environmental Science: 4

Extracurriculars/Awards:
I don’t want to list them out here, but I’d say they’re average at best. My top EC is the Eagle Scout Award (9 year member of the BSA). I received a couple of service awards in scouts as well. I’ve also been taking drama at school for 7 years and I’ve been in several schoolwide productions.

Personal Statement:
My first personal statement was a heartfelt reflection of my experiences as a scout, and my second personal statement was an extended metaphor-comparing my personality traits to acting on stage.

I consider myself a pretty average applicant-my numbers weren’t perfect but they were competitive, and these schools all had room for me. Best of luck to all of you who apply next year :slight_smile:

904

Accepted: UWisc-Madison, Lawrence University, Grinnell College
Waitlisted: Reed College, Haverford College
Rejected: Macalester College, Kenyon College, JHU

SAT: 2100 (720CR/700M/680W)
SATII: 790 bio, 740 math, 680 USH
ACT: 32
GPA: 3.6 uw 4.0 w

ECs:
Lit magazine (exec board)
GSA (exec board)
Youth group (exec board)
Speech team (varsity, medaled)
Scholastic bowl (varsity)

Work: 40 hrs/wk during summer/winter breaks @ architectual-construction company
Volunteer: 200+ hrs @ park district

APs: Bio (5), USH (4), US gov (TBD), English lit (TBD), calc AB (TBD)
Awards: National merit commended

Gender: female
Ethnicity: caucasian
Geographic location: IL
School type: top 250-ranked public
Financial aid needed: yes
Intended major: biology

I have no major hook; my commonapp essay was (according to Lawrence ^_^) publishable; my teacher recs were stellar, but my counselor rec was not

Congrats to everyone who was accepted! And good luck class of 2009. You’re gonna need it!

905

Accepted: MIT (attending), Rice, UT-Austin (plan 2 honors and engineering honors)
Rejected: Stanford, UCB

Hispanic Female
Rank: 11 out of 360
GPA: 3.7UW, 4.1W
SAT I: 2170 (750M, 730CR, 690W)
SAT II: Physics 710, Math II 760, Lit 750
EC’s: only a few
Essays: good for some schools, particularly mediocre for stanford
Awards: National Hispanic Scholar

sooo it’s over. it’s finally over. i didn’t expect this many rejections and i’m kind of sad. but MIT was my dream school so that makes me feel good.
so to any other URM’s out there, minority status and decent scores can’t you get everywhere.

906

Accepted: Harvard (recruited athlete)
Duke
Northwestern
Georgetown
UNC
UT-Austin
University of Miami

Will Attend: Harvard

Ethnicity: African-American
School: Highly Competitive Private School
Rank:
GPA: 3.99W, 3.65 UW
SAT I: 2200 (750M, 72CR, 730W)
SAT II: Math II 790, Spanish 740, USHistory 670
Decent essays.

ECs:
Varsity Football: 4 years
Varsity Basketball: 4 years
Varsity Track: 4 years (captain)- will run at Harvard
Student Council
School Newspaper
Intercultural Club

Awards:
National Achievement Scholar
High Honor Roll
National Spanish Exam Silver Medalist
Some awards for my sports stories on newspaper
All-Conference in Football and Track multiple times

907

Copied verbatim from my old chances thread.

Accepted: UGA, Emory College of Oxford

Wait-listed: Davidson, Vanderbilt

Rejected outright: Duke, JHU, Cornell

Stats:

SAT I: 800 (Verbal), 770 (Math), 800 (Writing: 12 score on essay), all my first sitting
SAT II: 800 (English Literature), 720 (Chemistry), 660 (US History) again, all in one sitting–I left them until November and did them all at once
AP Scores: 5’s in Chemistry, World History and US History, 4 in English Language
GPA: 3.5 unweighted
Unranked HS
Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Biology, American Government (1st semester), AP Macroeconomics (2nd semester), AP Calculus AB, AP Latin Vergil (self-study), Internship (1st semester), and AP Psychology (2nd semester). Generally considered very tough for my school.

Subjective:
-Excellent teacher recommendation letters
-Counselor rec probably very nice
-Essay/short answers probably quite good

EC’s:
-Volunteer/stable manager/new volunteer trainer at therapeutic riding stable since junior year
-Latin Club/Junior Classical League all four years, President this year
-NHS this year
-Member of Teen Advisory Board–commended by sponsor
-80-hour internship at local veterinary clinic this semester (unpaid but good for school credit)
-Tutored other students in math
-Peer Diversity Leaders this year
-Debate my freshman year
-Provided child care for five-year-old sister all summer (worth a shot)

Awards:
-Volunteer of the Year at above-mentioned therapeutic riding stable
-National Merit Semifinalist (haven’t been notified beyond that yet)
-AP Scholar
-Assorted Junior Classical League awards (Roman numerals refer to my level of Latin at the time):
-Sixth in Nation (Sight Latin Reading) (III)
-Sixth in Nation (Greek Derivatives) (III)
-First Place on Greek Derivatives Test in State (III)
-First Place on Latin Derivatives Test in State (III)
-Second Place on Mythology Test in State (III)
-Second Place on Mythology Test in State (II)
-Second Place on Latin Derivatives Test in State (II)
-Third Place on Greek Derivatives Test in State (II)
-Gold medal on National Latin Exam (III)
-Gold Medal on National Latin Exam (II)
-Silver Medal on National Latin Exam (I)

Location/Personal:
State: Georgia
School Type: Competitive public school
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Not be eligible for financial aid

908

Accepted:
University of Washington
USC

Wait-listed:
Claremont McKenna College
Pomona College
Rice University

Rejected:
Duke University
Stanford University
Dartmouth College
Harvard College

Will Attend: USC probably

Ethnicity: Asian
School: Public
Rank: Top 10
GPA: 3.94 UW
SAT I: 2300 (800M, 740CR, 760W)
SAT II: Math II 800, USHistory 770
Decent essays.

ECs:
Varsity Tennis: 3 years
Varsity Swimming: 3 years
Track and Field
National Honors Society
Chess
VP of a club: 3 years

Awards:
National Merit Finalist
AP Scholar with Distinction
Seven Varsity Letters

Yeah, I’m disappointed. Kinda thought most of those schools on my list were in reach. Ended up with a 2/9 record. I feel like crap, especially since for my “dream schools” I was 0/6.

909

Accepted: University of Connecticut (will probably attend), New York University, Boston University, UC San Diego, University of Miami, Marist College
Waitlisted: Boston College (didn’t accept the spot, deferred EA)
Rejected: Columbia, UC Berkeley

SAT: 2180 (760 CR, 700 M, 720 W)
SAT IIs: 740 Chem, 710 Math II, 570 Spanish
GPA: 3.64 UW, 4.16 W
Rank: 8/119
Awards: National Merit Finalist, publication in a statewide anthology (~20 students from the state were published), a smattering of schoolwide awards

Essays: Fantastic, except for the UC essays, which were good but not my absolute best.
ECs: Quiz Bowl Team (captain senior year), yearbook committee, Gay-Straight Alliance
Recs: One teacher rec was superb, never read the other, and the counselor rec was good but not great.

School: Semi-competitive public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
State: Connecticut

Kind of disappointed about Columbia, but it’s okay. Life goes on, and I can go to UConn with my friends for very little, if any money. I’m excited already.

910

BTW I graduated early so I don’t know if that could have helped or hurt my chances at any of these schools.

Accepted:
U of Oregon (Honors)
American U
Noetheastern U
Macalester College
Brown U. (I’m almost 100% gonna attend)

Rejected:
Northwestern

SAT: R 600, M 610, W 650
ACT: 24 (crazy low, I know)
GPA: 3.9 UW, 4.1 W
Rank: 3/200

Essays: Unique and to the point
ECs: leadership in a couple of service clubs, student government officer all three years, rodeo state champ and national finalist.

Recs: Both teacher recs were awsome and councelor rec was nice but impersonal

School: Very uncompetetive public
Ethnicity: Black/White
Gender: Male

I can’t believe I got into Brown. I never expected it at all.

911

Accepted: Yale, Princeton
Rejected: Cambridge (UK)

Stats:

  • [<em>]Fee Waiver Used?: No.
    [</em>]SAT I (by section): CR760, M780, W780.
    [<em>]SAT IIs: Biology 730; Chinese 800; Physics 800; Math 800.
    [</em>]GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: Weighted 3.62; Unweighted not sure (3.8-3.9 probably);
    [<em>]Rank: No rank. If counselor filled out %: top 5%.
    [</em>]ACT: N/A;
    [<em>]APs (including this year’s): 2006: Micro-econ. 5; Macro-econ. 4; 2007: Art History 5; US History 4; Calculus AB 5; Physics B 5; Eng. Lang. 5; Studio Art-Drawing 5. Currently taking Calc. BC, Chem, Eng. Lit., Gov and French.
    [</em>]IBs (including this year’s: N/A;
    [<em>]Senior Yr Courseload: Most rigorous;
    [</em>]Number of Apps from Your School: Just me for early;
    [<em>]Other stats (Awards, etc.): AP National Scholar, National Merit Sch. Semi-finalist, Model UN award (yeah not very impressive :P)

Subjective:

  • [li]ECs listed on app: Art, theater set design, newspaper layout editor, Model UN/Congress, alt. student representative to the Board of Ed., Student Advisory Council, student council, volunteering (UN), science league.[/li][</em>]Job/Work Experience: Part-time job at the library (exciting, right?)
    [<em>]Essays (subject and responses): 1. My personal views on architecture as a field and a way to influence the world, as well as its relationship to my multicultural background and the socioeconomic development of China; 2. Princeton: Important mentor; Yale: Carpentry
    [</em>]Teacher Recs: One was from an English teacher who sent many students to top schools and who really likes and knows me. Other one was from a physics teacher who seems to like me but doesn’t know me that well. (Also see hook)
    [<em>]Counselor Rec: New counselor this year. She doesn’t know me at all, but seems to have worked hard on the rec.
    [</em>]Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Princeton: By phone with older alumna about architecture, activities, humanitarianism, etc. Yale:On-Campus during August. Student interviewer. We talked about architecture, how to change the world, theater, etc. It was fun but not as good as some other interviews. I think I impressed/scared him with my creepy enthusiasm, though.
    [<em>]Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Architecture. I went to the Cornell Summer College for architecture (a notably intense program, although not at all selective) and got a -perfect- evaluation from the professors. I had architectural as well as fairly good art work in my supplementary portfolio and tied my extra-curricular activities (set crew, art) to architecture. Also I guess my UN volunteering experience sounds somewhat interesting, but I didn’t focus on that. Lastly, I took several AP tests that weren’t offered in my school and that I studied for and aced independently.

Location/Person:

  • [li]State or Country: New Jersey.[/li][</em>]School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public. About 100-110 in each class. We sent about 15 to top schools last year, but they were exceptional. Middle class district.
    [<em>]Ethnicity: Chinese (and wrote about it in my essay).
    [</em>]Gender: Female.
    [<em>]Income Bracket: $80,000 ish.
    [</em>]Strengths: Ambition in architecture? Also academically satisfactory, sort of.
    [<em>]Weaknesses: Not interesting :stuck_out_tongue: No cool extra-curricular activities or even any notable awards.
    [</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I think my architecture obsession separated me from other applicants. Although many others have far more interesting extra-curricular activities, exhibit greater leadership and excel academically, I might have seemed different because not too many people are really fanatic about things like architecture or art history, especially not from a humanist + humanitarian perspective.

^Copied that from my Yale SCEA one, so if anything’s odd, yea.

912

Accepted: UArizona Honors (full ride), American Honors (30k scholarship), McGill, GW (not sure of scholarship yet), WashU (attending most likely unless I get a lot of money from GW)
Rejected: Georgetown, Brown

SAT: 2190: 790 V 700 M 700 W
SAT IIs: 770 Lit 690 Spanish 670 Math II
GPA: 3.86 UW 4.6 W
Rank: 35/600, competitive school

Essays: fantastic, I thought
Teacher Recs: Both good, not AMAZING
Counselor Rec: Not sure
Hook (if any): did semester abroad in Israel?

State or Country: Arizona
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Jewish
Gender: female

Extracurriculars:
Semester in Israel Junior Year
Regional Historian for Youth Group
Temple Youth Group Programming VP, Communications VP
Community Service VP for Spanish Honor Society
10 hours a week volunteer at underprivileged school
National Merit Finalist

Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Showed lots of interest in WashU! Overall I’m very happy with my results.

913

Accepted: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, University of Michigan (significant scholarship)
Rejected: None

Objective:
SAT I: 2400
ACT: Didn’t submit
SAT II: 800 800 790
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of ~500
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 5 5 5 5 5 - Chem, Euro, Stats, Calc BC, Physics B, Physics C
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs and regular courses
Major Awards: Presidential Scholars Candidate, National Merit Scholarship Winner (too late anyway), AP Scholar w/Distinction, USNCO qualifier, state and regional awards in theater and speech, SciOly state medals, awards in state math competition, national french exam national laureate
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council, Theatre, Forensics, Science Olympiad, Quiz Bowl, regional youth orchestra, NHS, boys state, business owner
Job/Work Experience: Teach kids SAT/ACT/PSAT
Volunteer/Community service: Various kinds of volunteer work at a local community center
Summer Activities: Math/Science activities – nothing prestigious like RSI or Mathcamp though; running a business; Boys State; chilling
Essays: One of them about a theatre experience; the supplement about my perspective on scientific advancement – both word for word from the Yale application
Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see, but probably really really good
Counselor Rec: Great!
Additional Rec: From a school administrator who knows me really well – extremely laudatory and overall amazing
Interview: Princeton and Yale’s were good/great; Harvard’s was kinda weird in that I talked for about 99% of the time, and the interviewer just smiled and nodded her head.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): Midwest, USA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Science/Performing arts duality as a focal point of the application. Not necessarily a “hook” per se, but I think it’s what got me in.

914

Accepted: SUNY Geneseo, UConn ($13,000/year scholarship)
Rejected: JHU, Notre Dame, Brown
Applied as Chem. Eng/Chem. Major

White male from large public HS in NY
SAT I - 2110 (740 W, 740 R, 630 M)
SAT II - Chem 620, Math IIC 620, English Lit. 740
GPA ~ 96.0 / 100
Rank 22/631
AP English 11 - 4, AP US Hist. 4

NHS VP
Junior Class VP
JV Lacrosse Co-Captain
Varsity Lacrosse Co-Captain
Honorable mention all-league for lax - 11th grade
Schoolwide analytical writing competition winner
2 years Ski Club
1 year book club
Created Chem. Tutoring Club senior year
Entertainment Editor for school paper senior year
Regional Semifinalist in National Vocabulary Competition (scholarship contest)
Won High Honors in school science fair
Approx. 40 hrs community service

915

Accepted:
South Carolina (Carolina Scholar=full ride)
Vanderbilt
Emory
Wesleyan (early admit)
Barnard (Centennial Scholar=$4,000 grant+faculty mentor)

Waitlisted:
WUSTL
Columbia

Rejected: Chicago

First off, I commute between two schools, a regular high school and a magnet arts school I attend for Creative Writing.

Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: On majority of ‘em
SAT I: 750CR 680M 800W
SAT IIs: Math 2 760, Lit 760
GPA: Weighted 4.6; Unweighted 3.9
Rank: 2/200
APs: Eng Lang (4); this year AP Calc AB, APUSH
IBs: IB Eng HL two years, IB Hist HL one year
Senior Yr Courseload: Rigorous-ish
Other stats: NMF, regional & national writing awards (Scholastics gold medal on nationals, etc)
ECs listed on app: Made the yearbook for my arts school on my own time, tutored for free, designed some T-shirts for school organizations
Job/Work Experience: Work daily at parents’ restaurant
Essays: Very original, entertaining
Teacher Recs: Didn’t see
Counselor Rec: Didn’t see
Hook: First gen. college, don’t know what else
Also sent in some poety and an extra recommendation from my writing teacher

State or Country: SC
School Type: Public, not great
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $45,000 and under
Strengths: Really good essay
Weaknesses: Not hardest courseload due to scheduling complications
General Comments:
Surprised (and thrilled) for the waitlist at Columbia, considering I gave up on my application after sending in the basic stuff. Very happy with my results, though I wish the financial aid at Emory was a lot better. Got a lot of love from the schools that accepted me. If I can’t weasel more money out of Emory, will be attending Vanderbilt (quite happily).

IT’S FINALLY OVER!

916

Accepted: Cornell, Duke, Johns Hopkins, MIT, Rice (Likely letter, Trustee Distinguished Scholarship-20k/year, Century Scholars Scholarship-4k/year+guaranteed research for first two years, and invite to interview for the Rice/Baylor Medical Scholars Program), Washington University in St. Louis (Likely letter, Summer biomedical research program, and full expense covered trip to multicultural weekend), UCB (Regents-1k/year), UCLA (Regents: 5.5k/year), UCSD (Regents: 2k/year)

Rejected: Stanford (applied SCEA, deferred first)

Waitlisted: Harvard

Attending: Either MIT or Rice, unless I get off the waitlist from Harvard, in which case I may or may not change my decision.

Stats:

<pre><code>* SAT:2350 (770V 800 M 780 W)

  • SAT IIs: 800s in Bio E, Chem, Physics, Math II C, and Chinese. 760 in Literature.
  • ACT:n/a
  • GPA: 3.96/4.32 (I’m not too sure about weighted cause our school doesn’t do it)
  • Rank: top 10% (no rankings either)
  • Other stats:
    </code></pre>

Subjective:

<pre><code>* Essays: Really unique for some, blah for some others. But last minute for most.

  • Teacher Recs: no idea (but I have really good relationships with my teachers)
  • Counselor Rec: no idea
  • Hook (if any): USABO
    </code></pre>

Location/Person:

<pre><code>* State or Country: CA

  • School Type: Competitive Public
  • Ethnicity: Chinese
  • Gender: F
    </code></pre>

Other Factors:

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars: Bio Club Prez, MUN Co-founder, speech and debate, science newsletter founding editor, FYCO section leader/MC, math and science club, research, some volunteering at hospital and through CSF

  • Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: see hook for acceptances. For my rejection: it’s probably because 1) I live in the bay area, from where it is almost impossible to get into Stanford 2) I didn’t show enough focus? 3) It’s been one hella competitive year. For my waitlist: number 2 and 3 holds true.
  • Other thoughts: congrats to everyone!
    </code></pre>
917

What is USABO?

918

I think it’s USA Biology Olympiad ?

919

what…i dont get how SolaCatella was waitlisted at Davidson and Vandy…I know they are good but c’mon.

920

Accepted: UMich, Davidson (assorted scholarships - 17k, semi for Belk), Rice (Lovett Scholarship - 15k), Oberlin, UCB, UCSD, UCLA, Emory (rejected Emory Scholars), McGill (3k)
Rejected: Swarthmore, Princeton
Waitlisted: Harvard, Amherst, Williams, UChicago, Brandeis, Reed, Duke, WashU

Attending: Rice! :slight_smile: Cheapest college other than McGill :smiley: I am accepting spots on Amherst and Harvard waitlists, although I’m basically committed (heart and soul) to Rice! I’m also asking for more money. Doubtful, but I’ll try!

Stats:

<ul>
<li>SAT:2260 (750V 780 M 730 W)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: Bio-770; Chem-740; Math IIC-800; US History-740; Literature-730</li>
<li>ACT: N/A</li>
<li>GPA: 3.96 UW, school doesn’t weight</li>
<li>Rank: School doesn’t rank</li>
<li>Other stats: </li>
</ul>

Subjective:

<ul>
<li>Essays: I liked them! Guess colleges didn’t :P</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: No idea!</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: No idea!</li>
<li>Hook (if any): </li>
</ul>

Location/Person:

<ul>
<li>State or Country: CA</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Chinese</li>
<li>Gender: F</li>
</ul>

Other Factors:

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars: Newspaper (my life and soul) - EIC (12), Section Editor (11); Cross Country; Track and Field; Basketball; Community service club - Co-President (12), VP (11); Link Leader; Community leadership youth commissioner; piano; CSF; TASP</li>
<li>Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: I’m an international student asking for a significant amount of financial aid? Colleges are insanely competitive? I was just meant to go to Rice, so fate didn’t want me taking up other peoples’ spots?</li>
<li>Other thoughts: Congrats everybody!</li>
</ul>