<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2280 800 Math, 760 Writing 720 reading
[</em>] ACT: Did not take
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 740 Biology, 720 AP World History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Weighted 98 average, unweighted 2.7
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): idk…top 10%? maybe higher?
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World (5), APUSH (5) AP Chem (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro, AP English, AP Spanish, BC Calc, AP Music Theory, Journalism, Honors Physics
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Commended Nat’l Merit Scholar? [/li]idk some school stuff</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Harp, Volleyball (Varsity Captain–basically built up the team from 4-14 to12-8), Youth Symphony (Principal harpist) Journalism (Sports and Opinions editor), Church Stuff
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: babysitting/harp gigs
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: A LOT of church oriented stuff, play harp at a cancer center and nursing homes
[</em>] Essays: about innovation, breaking norms. somebody liked it
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: We know each other well
[<em>] Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[<em>] Intended Major: undecided, but school of arts and sciences
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CT, but lived in Germany for middle school, Texas for elementary school, London before that
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): (see above)
[</em>] School Type: very good public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White (really good hook, huh?)
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: keeping that confidential…but enough
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Harp? Speak 2 languages?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Unique activities. decent essay
[</em>] Weaknesses: test scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted: luck of the draw…its all a crapshoot[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!! Que ser</p>
<p>Congrat to all those who got accepted. To those who got rejected or waitlisted: don’t be upset, you definitely will get the perfect school.</p>
<p>A note: there r a lot of excellent students who got in, so please don’t say because you are overqualified. Though it is a great personal justification way.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (CR800, M770, W710)
[</em>] ACT: 35 (36 superscored)
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Math II: 800, Biology(M): 770
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.989
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio: 5, US History: 5, English Language: 5
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP European History, AP Calc ABC, AP Psych, AP English Literature, Spanish V, Biotechnology, Adv Physics
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Siemens Semifinalist, National Merit Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model United Nations (Officer for two years), Student Council, Independent Research for 3 years
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: In research lab
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Ski Patrol
[<em>] Essays: Probably decent, but not spectacular
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Very good, I would presume, but I don’t know for sure
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably very enthusiastic, but its a public school counselor, so likely not extensive
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview: With a student during a visit, went quite well
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Microbiology
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): WI
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Upper middle class
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Research
[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: My research, definitely, strong academics/test scores/etc.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Community service and leadership aren’t incredible
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably in large part due to research, with strong enough everything else.<br>[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck to everyone!!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Did not submit , but got a 2270
[</em>] ACT: 35 - 36 W 36 R 33 S 34 M
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Chem 800 Math II 750 Bio
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): idk, but around 4.6 weighted
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 7 -5’s , taking 5 more this year
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stat, Calc 3, Physics B, AP English, AP Euro
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Siemens Semifinalist, Winner of an international piano competition, played piano at Carnegie Hall, solo piano with two orchestras</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Piano, cello, debate (state qualifier), swimming (state qualifier), academic challenge (state qualifier team)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Math Tutor
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Piano community charity performances, taught at rural middle school in China
[</em>] Essays: As perfect as I could make it.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: They were excellent,
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read, but she knows me pretty well from my awards/interactions
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: NONE</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: NO
[</em>] Intended Major: Biochem
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): OH
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: ASIAN-CHINESE
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: High
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Science research, music awards</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Extracurriculars, major awards, test scores, grades
[</em>] Weaknesses: I only took 2 years of spanish due to conflicts with AP classes. Asian?
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Perhaps because of my major awards/science research as well as strong piano stuff. Besides my science and music I guess I was well rounded and accomplished in everything else, although I consider my self skewed towards my two more important activities.</p>[/li]
<p>I never really showed any interest besides attending the school fair thingy. I didn’t get an interview nor visited the campus. I knew I had a good shot, but wouldn’t be surprised at another decision considering I knew of past year’s results. </p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!! I’m sure everyone will do fine!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2190 (700,700,790)
[</em>] ACT: 33 superscored
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): n/a
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): spanish (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): May
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: All IB Classes for the past two years, Diploma Candidate
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National hispanic scholar, National Merit commended, Presidential service award, Honor roll, scholarship award, excellence award …
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Dance Company (over 10 hrs a week of practice), President of a service Club, NHS VP, School Congress, NSHS, NEHS
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Sales at a local shop
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Member of the local chapter of a Youth committee thats part of nationally known network
[<em>] Essays: strength
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read them but i know one was better than the other
[<em>] Counselor Rec: awesome
[</em>] Additional Rec: awesome
[<em>] Interview: went well
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Undecided
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: private, extremely competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): ?
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: Interest: visited, interviewed, met with rep, went to college fair etc…
[</em>] Weaknesses: gpa? idk
[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i have no idea, it saddens me.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (800 CR, 770 M, 720 W). Only took it once
[</em>] ACT: never took
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Totally forget. 780 math II and 740 lit I think?
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93 (94.something/100)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Does not rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP calc AB (5) AP spanish lang (4)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP calc BC, AP physics, AP spanish lit, AP english lit, Bioethics, PE, art independent study. (School limits you to 3 APs a year which is included in the school profile they send. I got special permission to take four)
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist (and listed WUSTL as 1st choice school), National Spanish Exam (Bronze medalist in 9th/11th and Silver medalist in 10th)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Honestly… nothing too impressive. Very active in my church and started Art Club at my school
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 400-ish hours working at my church and the boys and girls club.
[</em>] Essays: Main essay about how I am a “creative” (a person who thinks outside the box like an artist but who is able to apply this creativity to stereotypically non-creative fields). Extra information essay about living with someone severely affected by autism and how that has changed my character.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read but I am sure that they are glowing
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Same as above
[<em>] Additional Rec: None
[</em>] Interview: Yes and it went INCREDIBLY well. I interviewed during last summer and the guy said that he wished he could admit me for the class of 2014. Plus, the guy was the assistant vice-chancellor of admissions (important guy instead of a current student) so maybe that played a part?
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[</em>] Intended Major: Marketing
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Washington
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: My parents keep this from me but I know its high
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: SAT, interview, essays (the autism one made my callous Bostonian counselor cry)
[<em>] Weaknesses: Complete lack of interesting ECs or research
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted: I feel like I was a very competitive applicant with good stats who portrayed herself exceptionally well through her essays.
[/ul]General Comments: I am so excited that I got in (this is the first school that I have heard back from). But if you didn’t get it, don’t beat yourself up. I am guessing that the admit rate will be around 17% this year, putting Wash U on par with popular ivies. I am sure you will get in someplace that you love and will be happy that you went there instead of Wash U. </p>
<p>Also, I see so many people here with amazing stats that got admitted. How many of you guys are actually thinking of going to Wash U?</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 600 M, 780 CR, 740 W
SAT II (if submitted): 760 US History, 730 Lit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.76
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Art: Drawing (5), AP US History (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Art: 2D Design, AP Latin, AP Economics, AP English Language, plus a few easy courses, like remedial math
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Latin Exam, Scholastic Art and Writing</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross Country (leadership); Track and Field; Started online fashion magazine; Various clubs etc…
Job/Work Experience: Summer office assistant for 4 yrs
Volunteer/Community service: Community Service Club for 2 yrs; Tutoring for 2 yrs; Painting for school
Essays: solid, slightly quirky
Teacher Recommendation: solid
Counselor Rec: good
Additional Rec: good
Interview: yes (and with art department)</p>
<p>Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Social Sciences
State: California
School Type: private
Ethnicity: whiter than white bread
Gender: female
Income Bracket: approx. $100K
Hooks: swag</p>
<p>Reflection:
Strengths: art
Weaknesses: math
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: no idea</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2390 (800 CR, 800 M, 790 W)
[</em>] ACT: Did not take
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 790 Math I, 800 Math II, 750 World History, 730 Biology E, 800 Chemistry, 750 US History, 700 Spanish
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My school doesn’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (5), Calc AB (5), Lang (5)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics, AP Spanish, AP Statistics, AP Lit, Satire
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): RPI Medal, National Merit Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Jazz Band, Model UN (co-president), Mock Trial (lawyer), Newspaper (News Editor and Online Editor)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: A lot with my church (e.g. went on a mission trip to Nashville this past summer)
[<em>] Essays: Good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I assume good (never read them)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Also good, I assume
[</em>] Interview: Never had one with Wash U
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Undeclared Engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Upper-middle class
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Eh, I don’t think so
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: My overall grades/SATS/etc.
[</em>] Weaknesses: I would have said my common app essay, but I changed it last minute to something that I liked a lot. So, I’d say a lack of work experience.
[li] Why you think you were accepted: I think just my overall stats.[/li][/ul]General Comments: I don’t think I’m going to go to Wash U (I received a likely letter from another place that I would probably prefer to go to), but I’m still psyched that I got in. Hopefully, another deserving applicant on the wait list gets a chance to go to this awesome school. Good luck to everyone else who applied or is waiting to hear from other schools!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (800 CR 720 M 800 W)
[</em>] ACT: Did not take
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Bio: 740 Lit: 730
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/42
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): None Offered
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None Offered
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Set courses: Chemistry, Calculus, Spanish, 20th Century Ideas, English, Sinfonia Orchestra, Advanced Piano
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Senior Class President, Swimming (Most dedicated award and coaches’ award), Piano (many state-level awards), Violin (Regional level awards), Quidditch
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:Literacy tutoring, peer tutoring
[<em>] Essays: Common app" Reflection on how the natural word affects me
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation:
[<em>] Counselor Rec:
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview: Decent
[/ul] Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Biology
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): AZ
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Fairly rigorous college prep performing arts
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100K
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test scores, essay
[</em>] Weaknesses: Lack of leadership positions, lack of volunteer work and job experience
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Solid test scores and essays, and a lot of luck![/li][/ul]General Comments: This is quite a relief! Good luck to everyone else!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 770 Math, 750 CR, 780 Writing
[</em>] SAT II: 790 Math 2 and 740 Chemistry
[<em>] Unweighted GPA: >3.7
[</em>] Rank: 2
[<em>] AP: A LOT of exams with mostly 4s, one 3, and a few 5s
[</em>] IB: We’ve only taken our SLs so far, but I got a 6 and a 5
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Dual Enrollment, and all IB classes
[</em>] Major Awards: National Merit Finalist, State/National AP Scholar</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: NHS (Treasurer), MAO, Do Something! Club (founder), dance, tennis, French Club (Treasurer & VP)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Over 300 hours
[</em>] Essays: Not that great in my opinion
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Possibly good, possibly bad
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Probably decent
[<em>] Additional Rec: None
[</em>] Interview: Didn’t have one</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering (I don’t actually remember if I put that on my app or not)
[<em>] State: Florida
[</em>] School Type: Public
[li] Hooks: None, except summer research camp</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Grades
[</em>] Weaknesses: I’m probably just like every other applicant
[li] Why you think you were accepted: No clue, but I’m not complaining!</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Good Luck to everyone on the waitlist, and I can’t wait until next year!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t take
[</em>] ACT: Superscore 33 (E 36, M 33, R 33, S 30, W 8, C 31)
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Nope
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.939
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/168 (Unweighted ranking)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Chem, AP Calc AB (BC not offered), AP US Gov, AP Eng Lit, some electives
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Kansas Scholar, US history award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): huge into Music (guitar/bass), club lax (no varsity in KS), theatre, stuco (sophomore class president)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Babysitting
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring, AYUSA Student Ambassador (great program!!)
[<em>] Essays: i found it to be really touching, other people i shared it with said the same
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Both great!! My teachers are awesome and really care to know me. I never saw them, but I didn’t have to to know they were awesome.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: My counselor really really cares about the kids she advises, so I’m sure she did an amazing job!
[</em>] Additional Rec: My 2nd teacher rec
[<em>] Interview: Didn’t do one
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Econ/Pre-law track
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): KS
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[</em>] School Type: Public (top two in the state)
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: >120K
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Not that I can think of
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essay, scores are about average, not really sure
[</em>] Weaknesses: no stellar EC’s
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I guess i just had the right mix of things…congrats to everyone who got in!!![/li][/ul]General Comments: Super excited, even though I’m deferring for the CBYX scholarship to Germany. pumped, see you guys 2012!</p>
This is anecdotal, but for my school’s naviance, there is a pretty easily identifiable threshold for GPA/SAT where every applicant to the right of the SAT mark/above the GPA mark is accepted except for 5 applicants in the furthest top right corner, who were all waitlisted. Perhaps it is due to demonstrated interested, but I have a classmate who received a Columbia likely and EA MIT offer and showed considerable interest in WUSTL who was just waitlisted.</p>
<p>Note: No personal bias here, I did not apply to WUSTL.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): didn’t take
[</em>] SAT IIs: 760 Bio M, 770 Math II
[<em>] ACT: 32
[</em>] APs: school offers them really late. No ap test results but going to take 5 this year.
[<em>] IBs: none
[</em>] GPA (UW, W): 3.58 with first semester senior year 3.69 without first semester senior year
[<em>] Rank: school doesn’t do that
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app:
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: cancer research abroad and academic poster and invitation to present at a national science conference, yearbook editor in chief, treasurer of debate team, class representative for 2 years, church band singer, childrens teacher at church, homeless shelter
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): i think they were good. i talked about how my mom had cancer and how that motivated me to research for the cure for cancer (backed up by my first extracurricular listed)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: one i know for sure is really really good (english, she thinks im some genius), the other one is just good i think (biology)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good/okay
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[<em>] Hook (if any): mom’s cancer, cancer research
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[<em>] Intended Major: Biochemistry
[</em>] State or Country: California
[<em>] School Type: small private and extremely extremely competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: taiwanese
[<em>] Gender:female
[</em>] Strengths: the research and how it ties in nicely with my life, one of my recommendations
[li] Weaknesses: my scores are not so great, no official AP score[/li][/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: **it was definitely the research (and divine intervention) that got me in. the representative lady who came to my school really really really liked me</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2360 (760 Writing)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Math II: 780, US History: 770, Literature: 660
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 91/100… which reflects a total lack of effort and many missed homework assignments
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Thankfully, my school doesn’t rank, but if it did, I would be outside the top 20 %
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4, 4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Calculus, AP Human Geography, AP Latin, Music Theory I
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Classical Piano (2 state championships, many other high level recognitions), Founded a successful community service club (Founder, President), Baseball (4 Letters, Captain), Basketball (1 Letter), School Octet
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: A bunch. Once, I organized a benefit concert for a school in Uganda
[<em>] Essays: Great
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: One’s a standard good recommendation and the other emphasized my intellectual inquisitiveness, my passion in my extra curriculars, and my potential.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great, she wrote about my contributions to the school and my nontraditional life.
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[<em>] Intended Major: Either government or international relations.
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT, Essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, GPA, GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SATs and essays[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!</p>
<p>[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2220 (730-W, 730-CR, 760-M)
[</em>] SAT II (if submitted): 690-BIO, 730-CHEM, 710-MATH2
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): DNR
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): No APs, school doesn’t offer them
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Honors Classes in every subject, plus a political science class at Dartmouth College
[li] Major Awards: National Merit Finalist</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Baseball (Captain), Varsity XC Skiing (Captain), Varsity Soccer, Little League Baseball (Assistant Coach)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer Camp Counselor
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Habitat for Humanity
[</em>] Essays: Wrote about speaking at a school board meeting against proposed budget cuts.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: English and Social Studies teachers, both very positive
[</em>] Additional Rec: From my former baseball coach, extremely positive
[li] Interview: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Political Science
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NH
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[li] Income Bracket: Upper-Middle</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] Strengths: Scores, grades, extracurriculars, essay
[</em>] Weaknesses: Not a ton of community service
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Well-rounded application, good essay, high school I attend is top-notch and has a reputation of producing excellent students, receiving a top grade in an Ivy League class</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 34 (35 is superscored)
[</em>] SAT II (if submitted): 780 English, 760 Math II
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/892
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language (5), European History (5), US History (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Calculus BC, AP Spanish Language, AP Macroeconomics, AP Chemistry, Honors Wind Ensemble, Government
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NM Commended Scholar</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band (Section Leader/Drum Major), Varsity Badminton, Scholastic Bowl (Captain), Tri-M Honors Society, Key Club, Various Music Groups, etc.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Key Club Volunteer Organization
[<em>] Essays: Pretty good, I think
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[li] Counselor Rec: Probably generic, but decent</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Psychology-Neuroscience-Philosophy
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (India)
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Middle/High
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): nothing really</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Class Rank, Marching band leadership positions
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test scores were decent, didn’t take SAT I, no work experience/not much community service
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Solid stats and well-rounded extracurriculars[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good luck to everybody in the whole college process! It’s a long one with several potential setbacks along the way, but I know it will work out for everyone in the end!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2330 (800m, 770cr, 760w)
[</em>] ACT: didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 800 math II, 800 physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3 of 250
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on Calc AB, English Language, Music Theory, and Calc BC; 4 on World History; 3 on US History
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: four APs, band, a math course at Johns Hopkins
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none… NMF?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lots of music in various forms, black belt in kung fu, mock trial, model UN, theater, NHS…
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: kung fu instructor
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: volunteered 80 hours at a hospital last summer. that’s it though.
[</em>] Essays: main essay about a “flash mob”-style musical I organized to happen in my cafeteria. activity essay about teaching kung fu
[<em>] Teacher Recommendations: one was very good, other one I didn’t see
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I assume it was fine
[<em>] Additional Rec: from professor whose lab I worked in over the summer
[</em>] Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[</em>] Intended Major: “Philosophy-neuroscience-psychology”
[<em>] School Type: kind of small public school
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket: high
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: SAT, main essay, recs
[<em>] Weaknesses: no awards, displayed no interest in the school
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: because of the strengths listed above probably
[/ul]General Comments: First acceptance woohoo! Congrats to everyone else accepted! And to those who were waitlisted or rejected, there are still more decisions to receive and more colleges who want you! (I was rejected early action from another school)</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t even take it
[ *] ACT: 33
[ *] SAT II (if submitted): 780 math I, 770 bio e, 750 ush
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/110
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB 5 Bio 5
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Tough stuff
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):nada
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience: 2 jobs, more than enough
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: plenty, unique
[ *] Essays: decent, not great
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: very good, only one though
[ *] Counselor Rec: not good
[ *] Additional Rec: none
[ *] Interview: went well, short b/c of coach meeting soon afterward
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *] Intended Major: physics
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): very rural wisconsin
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: small and rural 100 students per class
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Recruited athlete xc/track
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Recruited athlete, visited in march
[ *] Weaknesses: not stellar test scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: strong coach reccomendation, tons of EC’s
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!!</p>
