Hello! I know that all of these admissions will be coming out in the following weeks, but I want a better idea of when to prepare for rejection. I was deferred by all of these schools early I’m applying OOS for all of these schools, and I fare well compared to people from my school who have been accepted to these schools in terms of GPA and SAT except for Georgetown, which I know is always a reach
Stats:
GPA: unweighted = 3.9583/4; weighted = 4.833 (I’ve only taken honors/AP/IB classes; I’ve gotten 2 B’s total)
SAT: 1530 (not superscored; second try)
AP scores: AP Calc BC: 5; AP Physics C Mechanics: 5; AP World History: 5
My school doesn’t rank
Extracurriculars:
Marching Band for 4 years; leadership in my senior year
Speech and Debate for 3 years; leadership in my senior year
FBLA for 2 years; placed at states last year
TEDxYouth organizer for 2 years; leadership for both years
Member of a school-specific organization where I’m nominated by peers as someone deemed trustworthy who helps to organize events to relieve stress; member for 2 years
Work at a retirement home for a year
I’m well aware that my extracurriculars aren’t very impressive or expansive, but I didn’t really find things I enjoyed until my junior year, so I focused on my classes a lot more til then
Achievements:
NHS; MYP certificate; both require volunteer hours to complete
RIT Computing Medal
National Merit Commended
Demographics:
Asian female
Korean citizenship; permanent resident in the US
Upper-middle class suburbs
Classes:
Junior year: Honors Organic Chemistry, IB History, AP Calc BC, IB French, AP Physics C: Mechanics, IB Computer Science, and IB English (All A’s)
Senior year: IB History, IB French, AP Psychology, AP Economics Macro/Micro, AP Statistics, IB English, and AP Physics C: E&M (All A’s w/ a Pass in Physics, which I know isn’t great)
Other Application Things:
I thought my common app essay was good, and I was really proud of my UMich and UVA specific questions. My Georgetown essays were kind of rough, though. My recommendations should have been good; I don’t know if they were amazing, but I doubt they would take away from my application.
Applied for:
UMich (both my parents went to grad school here): LSA (interests in economics, physics, and international relations)
UVA: College of Arts and Sciences (1st choice: economics; 2nd choice: physics)
Georgia Tech: 1st choice: physics; 2nd choice: public policy
Case Western: 1st choice: physics; 2nd choice: undesignated engineering
Georgetown: college for economics
I hope this is enough information. I tried to be as honest as possible about all of my accomplishments, and I know they’re not the most impressive. These schools are all difficult, especially with some of the majors I chose, so I know not to be certain about anything. Any insights would be helpful! Have a great day