<p>Not taking a Spot on the wait list, since I got into BC yesterday. Good job to everyone accepted, and good luck to everyone else with the rest of college admissions!!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT: C: 36 (E:35,M:35,R:36,S:36)
[<em>] SAT II: US History: 800, Math IIC: 750
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.73
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No rank I am not in the top 15% bracket of WGPA.
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH(5), APUSgov(5), APLang(5), AP Music Theory(4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: BC Calc, AP Lit, AP Econ (micro + macro), AP Euro, H Physics, H Jazz band, Gym.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/ Honor, Topical Winner - National High School Poetry Society Competition, ALOT of school music award/societies[/li]Attended a competitive admission youth leadership thing in the DC area (it wasnt a “pay for” program! it was free so it’s legit!)</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (VP, Treasurer) 2 years on board of a jewish youth fraternity, (Band Leader/Bassist) literally ALL music/theatre productions at my school for the last 3 years, (County Democratic Chair) organizing for political campaigning), (VP) School ACLU Club, a lot of work with outside bands/ensembles, playing at some legit DC venues/recording
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer camp counselor. nothing big.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: A LOT of political campaigning. A huge part of my app.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Camp!
[<em>] Essays: Really strong. I poured so much into the common app. Imagine boiling tomato sauce until it is literally pure tomato granules; that’s how much they were edited!
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I can assume great. my Apush teacher loved me
[<em>] Counselor Rec: probably better than most. I am in a large public high school, but I saw my counselor ALOT throughout my time, so she knows me pretty well. I gave her very good input to use. She was very aware of my large role in the school music scene.
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[<em>] Interview: TOTALLY forgot to contact them! I guess it didn’t hurt!
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes (but don’t expect anything)
[<em>] Intended Major: Government/Economics (maybe CSS?)
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[</em>] School Type: 2100 kid Public. Very competitive; one of the best in the country.
[<em>] Ethnicity: White and Jewish
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: 150+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test Scores, ECs, Essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA (especially early on. I had a few B’s and 2 C’s in soph/freshman year, so my gpa is far from 4.0 perfect perfect)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I knew why I was applying to wes, and I’m sure they could see it in my app. My essay was about how I live to speak to people and the world. Very existential/weslike.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Goodluck to everyone for the class of 2016! For future applicants: I would always scour the forums to find someone who had goofed a small bit sophomore and freshman year as validation that I could still get into top schools. Let me tell you that two C’s in Spanish 4 didn’t keep me out of Wes. Lets schools know that you are weird and that you hate one subject and love the other, but let them know that your weirdness is charismatic and endearing.
I’m so happy!!!</p>
<p>Waitlisted valedictorian private school, 4.28 GPA. Did anyone get in? That’s ok, BC admitted me early and then there is the waiting game for the ivies…</p>
