<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 600CR+770MA+660W (didnt send it...)
[</em>] ACT:33
[<em>] SAT II:math2 770, US Hist 600...(didnt send them)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): idk... 3.6 ish? weighted is 3.99
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 110/1400
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Eng Comp 4, Psych 3, US Hist 3
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: swimming, AP Calc BC, AP Econ/Gov't, AP Bio, AP Eng lit, AP Art Hist.
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): United States Achievement Academy, AP Scholar, The National Society of High School Scholars, the 28th Annual American Invitational Mathematics Examination
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity swimming(captain), Math club(VP), HOSA, Key Club, Chinese Club
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Key Club, HOSA, Chinese Community Health Fair, Baylor Hospital summer volunteer
[<em>] Summer Activities: National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine (2009)
[</em>] Essays: pretty solid.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: 1 US Hits teacher+ 1 Spanish teacher. should be good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: should be good
[<em>] Additional Rec: from my swim coach, knew me for 4 yrs. should be VERY good.
[</em>] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[</em>] Intended Major: Psych/ molecular bio
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: HUGE Public school
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian/ Chinese
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): moved to the US in 8th grade.
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[</em>] Strengths: semi-international student(lol), consistent
[li] Weaknesses: my gpa may hurt... and idk about the teacher's rec letter, so...</p>[/li]
<p>thank u for ur time!!! =D</p>
<p>Your stuff looks good, but gpa may be a little low for UC (then again, i dont know your school, etc.) Also, when an admissions person came to our school, she said that essays are the most important part of the application, something which i, nor anyone else on cc, can accurately judge through your post. In my highly unprofessional opinion, you have a shot!</p>
<p>AIME is a nice accomplishment but I’m afraid your GPA is too low. Besides that, varsity captain is good but I think there’s only ~25% chance that you get in with those stats. Good luck though!</p>
<p>I’ve seen ppl with way worse stats than u who get deferred/accepted. IMO I think Duke rejected u cuz of “flag” factors in ur essay/rec… but I may be wrong,</p>
<p>@ collegegrr & hoponpop: thank u for ur opinion! i know my GPA is probably holding me down… i suffered my classes last yr, but i did try to do well hopefully my senior course load can show them that i really am TRYING!</p>
<p>@boomshakalaka: im pretty sure my essays r fine. in the why duke essay, i explained what i loved about duke’s programs and how they matched my interests stuff like that. my common app essay is pretty much about the transition and correlated swimming with the process of me getting use to the new culture after i moved here… </p>
<p>my recs should be good too, the 2 teachers and counselor loved me when they had me and i brought them little gifts from china at the beginning of this school yr… and i had a really good interview…</p>
<p>i was more expecting a acceptance/deffer than a flat rejection… i wonder what happened that put me in the “reject” category… :(</p>
<p>@iamironman: i dont think i can send ONLY the math 2 score in though… </p>
<p>@glassesarechic: yeah i know my GPA and rank is a poo on my application… esp those competitive school… i just wanted to give it a try cuz i really liked U of Chicago when i toured it</p>
hopefully my senior course load can show them that i really am TRYING!</p>