I applied for QuestBridge and am now anxiously waiting for the results. I figured I might as well post a chances thread. Thanks in advance.
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1550; 770 Math, 780 Reading
SAT II: 790 Math II, 780 Literature, 760 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~15%, school is highly competitive and one of the best in the state but doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), Euro (5), US Gov (5), Music Theory (5), Bio (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP Calculus BC, AP French, AP Economics, AP English Literature, Wind Ensemble
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Statewide theater award, finalist in music program and performed at Carnegie Hall, New England-wide political scholarship, National Merit Commended, AP Scholar with Distinction
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Theater (student director, award-winning actor/dancer), Band (section leader), Marching Band (section leader), Model UN (president), NHS (officer), political intern (founder and coordinator of a regional branch of a political campaign in order to encourage grassroots political engagement among high school students)
Volunteer/Community service: interned at the State House, interned for a city councilor’s re-election campaign, interned at some prestigious political organizations, played music for charity
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Short Answers: some of them were pretty good (8/10), some of them were fine but not remarkable (6/10).
Personal (8/10): wrote about growing up low-income in a high-income neighborhood as well as very personal issues about abuse, and how theater and music helped me overcome my challenges and allowed me to assume control of my life (kinda cheesy)
Intellectual Curiosity (10/10): really unique, wrote about my love of music theory by talking about, among other things, the Simpsons, being burned at the stake, calculus, and clouds.
Teacher Rec #1: AP Euro, waived, but definitely 10/10, has called me one of the best students she’s had
Teacher Rec #2: Pre-Calculus, waived, probably 9/10, knows a lot about my work ethic and personal struggle to improve my initial B in the class to an A
Counselor Rec: waived, probably 8/10, wrote my rec first because I’m one of her favorite students
Other
State: MA
School Type: Public School (1000 students)
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 65k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): parents didn’t go to college in the US, low-income, idk what else