Applying to Carroll School during RD
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): took four times; highest single sitting is 2180; combined 2200
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: 780 Math 2; waiting on Spanish and Chemistry (probably low 700s for chem)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7 UW, 4.46 W (basically straight A-'s)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A, but probably ~15%
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 BC Calc, 4 Chem
IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Honors Philosophy, AP Stats, AP Euro, AP Comparative Govt, AP US Govt, Chinese (regular), Econ (regular), also taking Multivar at Yale outside of school
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): CTY Talent Search Test in 9th grade, honor roll
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): JV sports until sophomore year, VP of FBLA since sophomore year
Job/Work Experience: tutor math at a private institution (kindergarten up to precalc), deliver newspapers with my father (do this twice a week from 1-3:30AM), wait tables with my mother (6pm-12am) once a week, teller at a bank, summer caddie, managing my dads IRA account (have had a 50+% year-over-year return), mentioned in my app how I handle my parents finances/bills/etc. b/c they don’t speak English
Volunteer/Community service: volunteered at a church for a total of 150ish hours
Summer Activities: working 50+ hours this past summer and 40 the summer before
Essays (rating 1-10, details): talked about immigrating to this country and how I’ve had to stop focusing on the bad and instead developing myself
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: BC calc teacher; she really liked me, probs 9/10
Teacher Rec #2: english teacher, fairly nice relationship (nothing special though), 8/10
Counselor Rec: nothing special
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: went well, my interviewer did a lot of talking himself
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: finance
State (if domestic applicant): CT
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Public suburban (very affluent; the average income is 100-110k)
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender:M
Income Bracket: $70k (my dad works four jobs though, and my mom is officially unemployed)
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM (Argentinian), 1st gen
I hope they can tell that I don’t get much sleep from all the jobs, especially b/c of the times they take place at (they’re a total of 25 hours per week); I’ve been doing the waiter thing since sophomore year and started the newspaper thing halfway through junior year