<p>[<em>]SAT I (breakdown): 1350/2070 (680 M 670 CR 720 W)
[</em>]ACT:
[<em>]SAT II: 760 US History
[</em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99ish
[<em>]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/11
[</em>]AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History (4), AP Gov and AP Euro (3)
[<em>]IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>]Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Microeconomics, AP Macroeconomics, College Bio, College Bio Lab, College Speech, College Web Designing
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Eagle Scout, AP Scholar, Kentucky Colonel, Outstanding Youth Leadership Award</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Boy Scouts, Student Council Academic Team, History Bowl and Bee Team, National Honor Society
[</em>]Job/Work Experience: interned at a local brokerage firm
[<em>]Volunteer/Community service: hospital, habitat for humanity, relay for life, thrift shops
[</em>]Summer Activities:
[<em>]Essays: about the impact of a family friend who passed away
[</em>]Teacher Recommendation: Both teachers really liked me so I think they were goo
[<em>]Counselor Rec: probably generic
[</em>]Additional Rec:
[li]Interview:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]State (if domestic applicant):KY
[</em>]Country (if international applicant):
[<em>]School Type: small private school in rural area
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>]Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: 250,000+
[li]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>]Strengths: Eagle Scout Project, took advantage of the few opportunities given to me, showed dedication to my extracurriculars, tough senior course load
[</em>]Weaknesses: scores, small high school
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: showed interest, toured campus, kept in touch, sent in my application early
[</em>]Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to a couple in state schools and still waiting for some out of states (a couple top 20s)</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: I was actually surprised I got in and really surprised I got scholarship money. I definitely liked Case Western when I toured it and the fact that I am getting 23K a year is a big plus. I’ll just wait and decide when all decisions are in.</p>
<p>I’m going to give you my honest opinion, and please don’t take offense as I don’t mean in any way to condemn nor criticize anyone.</p>
<p>It seems that people who HAVE been accepted do tend to have stats that are on the lower end of the spectrum. It seems as though Case is accepting people who they perceive have a viable chance of enrolling in their school. If you look at the people who were waitlisted, many do seem overqualified and I’m sure Case is well-aware of that too. So if you do take that into account, if CASE thinks that you might LIKELY enroll in their school (thus them achieving higher yield rate), it’s very likely that they THINK you have a lower possibility in making it into the more prestigious universities where students with higher stats go. </p>
<p>That being said, this is just my take. You might get into HYPMS for all you know. But I do think from an admissions viewpoint you CAN get an idea of where you stand in comparison with other applicants.</p>
<p>I most definitely agree ^^^. It is also the reason why they gave everyone who was accepted ridiculous amounts of merit aid. They get life is a struggle and college is expensive. So they much rather give out half scholarships and have people attend then to have no one attend. However admission at one school does not affect a decision at another school. The admission officers are different people who want different things for their incoming freshman class. I wish you luck!!!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR:680 M:770 W:690 E:9 T:2140 (SS acoss 2 sessions)
[</em>] ACT: 35 One sitting
[<em>] SAT II: 730 Bio, 790 Math 2, 750 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87 w/ upward trend
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10 percentile
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio 5, Calc BC 5, Physics C M 4, Comp Sci 3 (self study)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stat, AP Physics B, AP Gov, AP Lit, AP ES, Biotech
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 years robotics (tool captain), 4 years lacrosse, 2 years Geopolitical Forum, 2 years Improv Club (senior member), NHS, a few other small things
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Paid summer internship at a Biomedical Grad School
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Lacrosse Camp consuler, public access TV tech help show host (a little over 30 hours total)
[<em>] Summer Activities: Internship
[</em>] Essays: Decent, wrote about how playing lacrosse changed my outlook on life
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Probably pretty good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: No idea.
[<em>] Additional Rec: None.
[</em>] Interview: None.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Pennsylvania
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public, towards the bottom end of the newsweek top 500
[</em>] Ethnicity: Ginger
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: ~80,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None really.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Scores, Schedule strength, internship
[<em>] Weaknesses: Not much leadership, spotty community service, GPA
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not really sure. I guess they didn’t think I was a good fit. I also applied as a biomedical engineer which may have made a difference? I’m not going to hide behind Tufts Syndrome.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Denied Stanford EA, Accepted Drexel[/li][/ul]General Comments:
From skimming this thread it looks like there were several applicants that “should” have gotten accepted based on their application but got waitlisted. Another student from my school applied early and had a similar application, though my scores were significantly better and I had a more difficult schedule, but his GPA was slightly higher. I also never visited but I did attend a consuler info sesh at my school.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 700 CR/790M/760W 12 E - 2250
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: Math II- 790 USH-700 Chem-710
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 30%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): CS (5) Calc BC (4) Stats (5) Phys B (4) USH(5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: TA, AP Phys C: Mech, French 4, AP Gov, Econ, AP Lit
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 10th in Grand Concours, some local stuff
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mock Trial (2 years, Team Co-Captain), GSA (4 years, Sec, VP, P), Link Crew, Mentorship Nonprofit (National Director of Membership) Legal Aid Startup (co-founder, currently tabled until we find good advisors/mentors), Volunteer (~100 hours), Science Fair (4 years)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Mentorship nonprofit, Legal-aid Startup
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: YMCA Volunteer, Therapy dog
[<em>] Summer Activities: Summer college programs (2 years)
[</em>] Essays: Very good common app, scholarship not good (didn’t get the scholarship I applied for)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Don’t know
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Don’t know
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/a
[</em>] Interview: N/a
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public, high performing
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: 200k+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths:Extracurriculars, common app essay, unique-ness
[<em>] Weaknesses: Grades, scores, possibly teacher recs
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my unique-ness and value proposition- I display high ROI
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: WUStL(Wait listed), UCSB(Accepted, I assume- they invited me to a reception “honoring top applicants”), still waiting for a bunch[/li][/ul]General Comments:
If anyone’s going to the overnight stay the 21/22 hit me up!</p>