Case Western Reserve University Class of 2024 Decisions

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Since EA results come out tonight, please post your decisions below!

remove the ‘a’ below:

[aB][asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted[/color][/size]**
[aB][asize=4][acolor=#FFA500]Decision: Deferred[/color][/size]**
[aB][asize=4][acolor=#FF0000]Decision: Rejected[/color][/size]**

Objective

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

Subjective

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1:
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?:
Intended Major:
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Scholarships/Finan. Aid Received:
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1540 (750 English, 790 Math)
ACT (breakdown: 35 (35,36,31,36)
SAT II: Math II (800), Physics (740)
Unweighted GPA (out of 100): 97.6
Weighted GPA: 99.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), US History (5), Physics I (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, Dual Enrollment Statistics, Dual Enrollment Lang, Dual Enrollment Econ, Law Studies, Orchestra, Theater, AP Physics Teaching Assistant
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National Merit Semifinalist

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mock Trial (VP) (NYS Champion last yr), Orchestra (String Orchestra VP), NHS, SHS, Tri-M, MUN, Calm Club (Officer), Link Crew, Community-Wide Dialogue
Job/Work Experience: tutored elementary kids in math
Volunteer/Community service: volunteered at the local library (taught chess and Java coding)
Summer Activities: Interned at a law firm, learned how to swim

Essays: 9/10 I was pretty unique which I’m pretty sure was a good thing but who knows.
Teacher Rec #1:10/10 AP/honors English teacher I’ve had for three years, we’re close.
Teacher Rec #2: 8/10 AP Physics teacher, I TA for him now.
Counselor Rec: 9/10 likes me I think??
Additional Rec: 10/10 Mock Trial coach for 4 years.
Interview: N/A

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Engineering Physics
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant) : N/A
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Middle class idk exactly
Hooks (URM, first-generation college, etc.): N/A

Scholarship: 30K
Strengths: Essay, Recs, Standardized testing
Weaknesses: GPA, Extracurriculars, Asian…
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Probably good test scores and I’m a female in STEM.

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Decision: Deferred
SAT I (breakdown): 1570 (800 EBRW, 770 Math)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: 780 Chem, 800s on Math II, Bio E, World History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): We don’t do 4.0, but 98.2/100
Weighted GPA: 102.2 (*1.05 for honors, *1.1 for AP)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Environmental Science (5), Biology (5), Music Theory (5), English Language (5), US History (5), Computer Science A (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load:
SUPA Writing (SU Project Advance)
AP Chem
AP Calc AB (going to take BC exam)
AP Physics 1 (going to take C Mechanics exam)
PLTW Engineering Design and Development
Band
Gov/Econ (required by New York)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF, State Science Olympiad Medals, All-State Band Alternate

Subjective

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

  • 4 years of Science Olympiad (president)
  • 4 years of Mock Trial (president)
  • Percussionist: Pit Orchestra, All-County/Area All-State
  • Model UN, got some awards
    Job/Work Experience: 20+ hours/week at Ice Cream store from May - September
    Volunteer/Community service: ~50 hrs at refugee center, National Honor Society Volunteering
    Summer Activities: Research at local research university, not too involved though
    Essays (rating 1-10, details): (7/10) - don’t love it, have received decent feedback
    Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: (9/10) - SciOly Advisor, PLTW teacher, knows me really well
Teacher Rec #2: (8/10) - English teacher, we get along really well
Counselor Rec: (8/10) - wrote about self-studying APs and high involvement at school
Additional Rec: (9/10) - from Mock Trial lawyer advisor
Interview: Yes. Went decently, got caught off guard by certain questions

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Chemistry
State (if domestic applicant): NY (upstate)
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public (~900) not too competitive
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~150000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope

Reflection

Scholarships/Finan. Aid Received:
Strengths: GPA and Test Scores
Weaknesses: Essays and Awards
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
I don’t think I demonstrated enough interest. I emailed a few times and I visited/interviewed.

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Decision: Deferred

Objective

SAT I (breakdown): 1530 (780 math 750 reading)
ACT (breakdown): didn’t take
SAT II: didn’t send any
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: n/a
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Physics 1 and 2, AP English (didn’t take any tests)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: mock trial, honors accounting, AP programming, AP calc, AP psychology, science technology and society, honors law and economics, calc 2
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national merit commended scholar

Subjective

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): mock trial team for three years (lead attorney for two), public forum debate, dance, Red Cross club, interact club, national honor society
Job/Work Experience: Best Buy customer service
Volunteer/Community service: part of international business internship program that raised money for victims of sexual assault; various volunteer activities through NHS
Summer Activities: law and trial summit and internship the summer before my junior year; conducted legal research
Essays (rating 1-10, details): probably a 7/10 my common app essay was pretty basic

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: definitely strong, mock trial teacher and coach for three years and has seen my leadership role
Teacher Rec #2: definitely attested to my character more than my academic ability, nothing great for her to write about though
Counselor Rec: not great, we don’t really talk to our counselors so it was probably just a general summary of my resume
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: could have been better, I think it went well but it felt really awkward and I didn’t talk about some stuff as much as I should have

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: sociology
State (if domestic applicant): pa
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: 60,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation

Reflection

Scholarships/Finan. Aid Received:
Strengths: strong sat score and gpa
Weaknesses: didn’t show any demonstrated interested, haven’t taken any AP or subject tests
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i know demonstrated interest matters for them so I’m sure that counted against me, my common app essay also wasn’t great

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Decision: Deferred

Objective

SAT I (breakdown): 1570
SAT II: 780 Physics, 800 Math 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10%
Senior Year Course Load: Heaviest Possible
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Prospect Award for Mathematics in Grade 9

Bronze Award for Mathematics in Grade 9, State level

Manitoba’s MCIE International Student Award (state-level). Award for an international student who achieved academically and took leadership in his/her community; Grade 11 and 12

HOPE Award for Volunteerism from a Vietnamese organization, Grade 10

Subjective

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Inclusivity Day, an LGBTQ+ conference (Founder, Host, Speaker, Organizer)
Engineering Club (Founder, President)
RC Car Competition (Founder, Organizer)
Bike Lab, Mechanic

Volunteer/Community service:
Volunteer English Teacher
PRIDE City Environmental Committee
Entertainment Organizer at a Care Home
Pianist, 10 years

Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7.5, could be better but was satisfied.

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 8/10
Teacher Rec #2: 6/10
Counselor Rec: 7.5/10
Interview: None

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering
Country (if international applicant): Canada
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Gay
Income Bracket: Middle-class poor
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection
Strengths: Uhmm I was deferred!
Weaknesses: CRWU was kinda meant to be a safety!?!?
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Very confused.

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@breezingwind your gender is gay? lol im messing with you man, im bi myself

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@Psych59 lol gender is male but yeah I like men. LGBTQ forward!

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Decision: Accepted

Objective

SAT I (breakdown): 1410 (Math: 730 English: 680 - didn’t report)
ACT (breakdown): 33 (33, 35, 32, 31)
SAT II: Math 2: 700
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.71
Weighted GPA: 4.26
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: 1. Engineering 2. AP Physics 1 3. Wind Ensemble 4. AP Calc BC 5. Civics/Econ 6. AP Lit
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):N/A

Subjective

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching band?
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: Guide Dogs for the Blind
Summer Activities: Guide Dogs for the Blind
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 10/10
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 7/10 - AP Chem teacher. Had a really good time in his class but I wasn’t the top of the class. I was really interested in his class and I think he noticed it.
Teacher Rec #2: 9/10 - Soph. English teacher - Super super nice teacher, taught me a lot about being a better student overall. I throughly enjoyed her class and still visit even though I don’t have her anymore.
Counselor Rec: 9/10 - I spend a lot of time talking to my GC so I think he knows me pretty well. I got my request in early so he had a lot of time to write.
Additional Rec: 8/10 - 5th math teacher my soph. year (very difficult circumstances) and I felt like even though I didn’t have her for long, she saw what I went through and would support me in a letter.
Interview: N/A

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Engineering
Income Bracket: mid-upper class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

Reflection

Scholarships/Finan. Aid Received: 22.5K for 4 years
Strengths: Pushing past hardships, thinking outside the box
Weaknesses: Not the best scores, freshman year was the worse because of concussion and illness
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my dedication to Guide Dogs for the Blind really showed and doing something that makes me so happy and giving to something greater than myself.

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How to view my financial aid offer?

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Decision: Deferred

Objective

SAT I (breakdown): none
ACT (breakdown): 33, second try, (35E, 35R, 32S, 28M)
SAT II: did not have any before EA deadline
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.318
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/54
AP (place score in parenthesis): none, school does not offer
IB (place score in parenthesis): none, school does not offer
Senior Year Course Load:

  • Dual credits: 1st sem: Intro to Ethics, Intermediate French I, Composition 1 2nd sem: Intro to Stats, Composition II

-Normal HS classes
1st sem: Advanced Chem, Senior Experience, Anatomy and Physiology
2nd sem: Advanced Chem, Anatomy & Phys., Personal Finance

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none

Subjective

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (President, 11th and 12th), NHS (Treasurer, 12th), Key Club (Secretary, 11th and 12th), Scrubs Camp (11th and 12th), Girls State 2019 (city councilor), Knowledge Bowl (11th and 12th), placed on local math competition twice

Job/Work Experience: Interpreter 1 (aka tour guide) and Lead Desk Attendant at non-profit research paleontology museum since spring of freshman year

Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hours with a local nursing home, 80 hours with pharmacy, 30 hours with NHS, 30 hours with Key Club

Summer Activities: Girls State, took 4 dual credit college classes last summer, full-time work, vacation to home country

Essays (rating 1-10, details): I won’t rate them because it is hard to rate your own essays, but I am pretty proud of them and I think they are unique to myself.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): School Counselor, Bio/Anatomy teacher and Key Club Advisor, English/Journalism/Junior Year STuCo advisor. All are about 9-10/10s. They know me very well and have worked with me a lot these past years. No additional rec.

Interview: n/a

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Nursing
State (if domestic applicant): SD
School Type: public, rural, small
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection

Strengths: essay, maybe my volunteer hours
Weaknesses: Aside from emailing my state’s admission counselor (she never replied) I didn’t really do anything to demonstrate interest.

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[acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted[/color]

Objective

SAT I (breakdown): 1550 (780 ERW 770 Math)
ACT (breakdown): Didn’t take
SAT II: 710 Physics; 740 Math II (Didn’t report)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
Weighted GPA: Our school doesn’t do these
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Physics 1&2 and AP English (didn’t take any exams)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Mock Trial, AP Computer Science Principles Independent Study, AP French, AP Calc, French VI, AP Programming, Calc II, Honors Law&Econ
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, HOBY (Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership Summit) delegate, 10th place public forum team in the state

Subjective

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Interact Club (Vice President), Mock Trial Competition Team, Public Forum Debate, National Honor Society, Dance, Varsity Girls Soccer, Salem Lutheran Church Council (Elected Council Member), Church Youth&Family Committee (Co-Chair), Complete Count Census Committee, Senior Mentoring
Job/Work Experience: Cook staff at Ianni’s Pizzeria (2/2019 - 8/2019); Busser at Olde Route 66 Grille (10/2019 - Present)
Volunteer/Community service: 30+ hours at the local Children’s Bureau, 20+ hours with various NHS service projects, part of international business internship program that raised money for victims of sexual assault, 75+ hours with various service projects for the Rotary/Interact Club, 45 hours with the Derry Area Historical Society doing genealogical research, 75+ hours doing multiple service projects with my church
Summer Activities: Was part of the first Youth Leadership Academy held by our county’s Chamber of Commerce, law and trial summit and internship the summer where I conducted legal research, HOBY Summit, began working with the Complete Count Census Committee
Essays (rating 1-10, details): I don’t want to give it a number but I think I had a creative idea (but it probably could’ve been better written) and on my acceptance notice there was a note that said that the admissions committee was touched by my essay.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 7/10 Computer science teacher, saw the letter after I applied (bc of FERPA) but she attested to my character well but could have been better
Teacher Rec #2: Didn’t see (bc of FERPA) but it was an English teacher who’s 12th grade class I was placed into as a junior and excelled in. I know that she really liked me (which is rare) but she is kind of impersonal so the letter could’ve been hit or miss.
Counselor Rec: Our counselors don’t really ever talk to us so I’m not sure what she wrote about
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: I think it went really well. My interviewer said she really liked me and I got to talk about a lot of stuff that I did that I wasn’t able to put on my application.

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: International Relations
State (if domestic applicant): Pennsylvania
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Scholarships/Finan. Aid Received: $27, 500/year Michelson-Morely Scholarship
Strengths: Community service/activities, test scores/academics
Weaknesses: Didn’t take any AP exams, letters of rec, even though I’m pretty involved I didn’t really have many leadership roles
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my interview went really well and I’m sure that helped my application

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Decision: Accepted

asian(korean)
SAT: 1420
GPA unweighted: 4.69

i know my stats isn’t good but i think a research paper i did helped me a lot. bc in the end of my acceptance letter, they said my research paper was interesting. i published it in a conference and is also in a process of publishing in a journal!

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Decision: Accepted

Objective

SAT I (breakdown): 1550 (370 Reading, 380 Writing, 800 Math)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: 800 Math II, 770 Chemistry, 740 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.55
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (5), Computer Science A (5), Physics 1 (4), Chemistry (3) - Also note that my school has its own “Advanced” classes and doesn’t follow the AP curriculum. I took courses similar to AP Calculus and Chemistry and self-learned CSA and Physics 1
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Advanced Multivariable Calc, Advanced Stats, Advanced Physics, Advanced English electives, Advanced Coding, Astronomy, History electives
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

  • Global Honor Roll for Cayley and Fermat Math Contests
  • 4th place state math competition
  • Valedictorian in a citywide academic competition

Subjective

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Team (Captain), Data Science Independent Study, Physics Simulation Virtual Reality Design, Science Fair - Renewable Energy based Engineering Projects
Job/Work Experience: Intern for a college biochemistry lab in the summer
Volunteer/Community service: School library assistant, math tutor, volunteer at a local thrift shop
Summer Activities: Intern for a college biochemistry lab
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Can’t rate but it’s pretty quirky
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 9-10 - Calc teacher, math team coach - I won the award for his calc class and I worked with him frequently as the math team captain so he knows me well.
Teacher Rec #2: 7-8 - English teacher - I’m not a particularly strong English student but I was kinda quirky in my writing and she often commented how she liked my writing in her english reports.
Counselor Rec: 8-9 - I talked with my counselors quite frequently about my passion in technology, math and astronomy so he really understands me on a personal level/
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Astronomy
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Vietnam
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 60k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

Reflection

Scholarships/Finan. Aid Received: $22k Fin Aid
Strengths: Maybe my passion/ commitment to STEM throughout my application? Also, just a small detail but I put “avid reader of popular science books” as one of my ECAs which is kinda different. The acceptance letter mentions that!
Weaknesses: Only one leadership role, not much demonstrated interest except for participating a local college fair
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My passion in STEM is a really good fit to CWRU I think!

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Decision: Accepted
Objective

SAT I (breakdown): 1480 (770 ERW, 710 Math)
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History (5), AP Lit (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): SL Econ (7)
Senior Year Course Load: IB English HL, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB Spanish HL, IB Math SL, IB Biology SL, IB European History HL
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a…my writing has been published in a couple of national publications but that’s it

Subjective

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Drama Dept., 4 years (Assistant Stage Manager); Women’s Empowerment club at school, 3 years (Vice President); founder of teen writers’ group, 2 years; founded local teen literary magazine, 1 year
Job/Work Experience: summer job at local indie bookstore, 2 years
Volunteer/Community service: Girl Scouts, my family and I perform concerts in local nursing homes
Summer Activities: n/a
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9; wrote about how trying and failing to write a book helped me grow into a better person and writer

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 9-10: English teacher I have had for 3 years now
Teacher Rec #2: 8-9: My IB Euro teacher who I’ve had for two years
Counselor Rec: 8-9: My GC is our IB coordinator and my Theory of Knowledge teacher, so she knows me pretty well
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Double Major in Econ & English
State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: pretty high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Scholarships/Finan. Aid Received: $25k University Scholarship; accepted into Baker-Nord Humanities Scholars
Strengths: Grades, AP/IB tests, essay
Weaknesses: Could have had more community service, I suppose SATs could have been higher
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my humanities focus probably gave me an edge

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Decision: Accepted

Objective

SAT I (breakdown): 1360 (720 math 640 ERW)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: Biology M 680
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A
Weighted GPA: 96.68
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 19/142
AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (4), US History (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Literature, DE Human Bio, Gov’t & Econ, Painting Through History
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A

Subjective

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross Country & Track (captain/manager)
Job/Work Experience: Camp Counselor & Babysitter
Volunteer/Community service: Math Tutor, Student Ambassador
Summer Activities: Camp Counselor^^
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7/10– Although my essay was well written, I didn’t think my topic was enough to get in (I wrote about my anxiety).

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 10/10– Recommender was my coach & teacher; knows me very well and we have a good relationship

Teacher Rec #2: 9/10– Recommender was one of my AP teachers; I didn’t know him well but I was at the top of his class and he is known for writing amazing recs

Counselor Rec: N/A (Idk how my guidance counselor wrote hers)

Interview: N/A

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Biology
State (if domestic applicant): New York
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 50k (++ if you include my noncustodial parent)
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection

Scholarships/Finan. Aid Received: 25K scholarship a year + CWRU grant
Strengths: demonstrated interest- I emailed them twice and went for an open house
Weaknesses: My stats are only slightly above average
Why you think you were accepted: probably luck! I did have a nice convo about running with the dean of admissions, since he represents my state. He mentioned that at the end of my letter! I think as long as you show a genuine interest/commitment to something, they care more about that than extremely competitive stats.

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Decision: Accepted

Objective

SAT I (breakdown): 1500 EBRW-700 Math-800
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II: Math 2-750 BioM-800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School does not have gpa but was consistently top 10-15% of class
Weighted GPA:
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Most challenging course available to Indian students following CBSE curriculum
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major but a scholarship at national level

Subjective

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
National Level Pistol shooter with loads of state medals and participating in nationals since I was 12
Head girl
Public Speaking, MUNs, Ted-Ed Club
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Chapter leader of an international non-profit. Taught underprivileged middle school girls CS as the chapter leader
Summer Activities:
Pistol Shooting Summer camp for national-level shooters
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8, Talked about how I stepped out of my comfort zone, became independent and helped others become independent while on shooting tournaments
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: English teacher- 7 (She liked me a lot but the essay was generic)
Teacher Rec #2: Bio teacher- 8.5 (Mentioned my biology projects and self-study habits)
Counselor Rec: 6- Generic as hell
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): India
School Type:
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender:F
Income Bracket: Low Income
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

Scholarships/Finan. Aid Received: 32K
Strengths: Community service. My admission letter appreciated my community service as a P.S. note. Good Essays. Female in Engineering
Weaknesses: Low sat for international asking for aid
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Community service, grades and bio teacher rec.

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[aB][asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted[/color][/size]**

Objective

SAT I (breakdown): 1570 (790 Math, 780 Eng.)
ACT (breakdown): 35 (35 M, 35 E, 33 R, 36 S)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 740 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 98.36
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 35/564
AP (place score in parenthesis): World Hist. (5), US Hist. (4), Lang (5), Phys. 1 (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): –
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Lit, AP Physics C, Jazz Band, College Public Policy
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Scholar, AP Scholar w/ Honor, NYS Scholar Athlete

Subjective

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Founded tutoring organization for school, Young Democrats Club (secretary), NHS, 2nd chair trombone in jazz band (play nationally), Varsity Baseball (did not contact coach but may play)
Job/Work Experience: Ben & Jerry’s employee 3 yrs
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer for at-risk youth, Tutor
Summer Activities: Travel Baseball, work
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8 - talked about my passion for helping others
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 9 - AP Physics teacher for two years, connected very well, best student in his classes in 11th grade
Teacher Rec #2: 8 - Soph & Senior yr history/pub pol teacher, outspoken and active in his class, often talk after/during class
Counselor Rec: 9 - has a lot of students but was very involved w me and helped w tutoring organization
Additional Rec: none
Interview: none

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Either Civ. E or Mech. E
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public - affluent, ~2000 students
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: idk
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): just me baby

Reflection

Scholarships/Finan. Aid Received: not gonna say exact unless u wanna pm me but quite a bit
Strengths: grades, test scores, heavy STEM transcript w A+ in about all STEM classes
Weaknesses: No hooks (minority, first gen, low income), essay wasn’t as good as it could’ve been
Why you think you were accepted: high test scores, solid extracurriculars, applied EA

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Decision: Accepted

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Accepted

SAT I (breakdown): n/a
ACT (breakdown): 29 C, 32 E, 31 R, 27 M, 24 S
SAT II: n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.988
Weighted GPA: n/a
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13/254
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (2), AP Euro (2), Physics (2), Spanish Lang(3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Chemistry, Dual Enrollment classes ( College Algebra, Adolescent Psych, Music App, Statistics, Introduction to Ethics, and Microeconomics)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a

Subjective

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS Vice President, Interact President and Club Student Director, Musical Theatre, Select Vocal choir, Concert Choir, Show Choir, Hispanic Heritage Committee, Spanish Club, Quiz Team captain, LINK (Leaders Influence and Nurture Kids).
Job/Work Experience: Part-time job at local juice bar, 20-25 hr/wk
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities: Purple and White Delights (provided lunch for low income families once a week during the month of July, volunteered for WSOS and Chamber of Commerce.
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8/10 I think I repeated myself at some points but definitely felt confident in the content and message I was trying to convey.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 10/10, teacher finished recommendation on the day I asked without hesitation, did very well in her class (her honors english class is infamously known to be difficult)
Teacher Rec #2: 9/10 submitted near deadline, good student in class, always asked questions and behaved. AP teacher.
Counselor Rec: 10/10 based on my academic and holistic profile as a student.
Additional Rec: 10/10 Choir Director. I was section leader and was selected to be in multiple of the honors choirs at my school beginning my freshman year. Always helped w setup and tear down. Participated in two spring musical productions, one I held a lead role in.
Interview: n/a

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Teacher Education
Ethnicity: Latinx
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: less than 25,000/yr
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation college student

Reflection

Scholarships/Finan. Aid Received: 25k/yr
Strengths: holistic, wholesome profile as a well-rounded student with above average academics and maintaining volunteering and community service
Weaknesses: Relatively low ACT for the average of accepted students, could have done better on AP exams
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: rigourous courseload with a total of 6 AP’s as of this year, volunteer and community service hours while maintaining a part-time job.

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@ohio2024 what type of teacher education are you thinking about? E.g., what academic area?