<p>Almost time now...Thought we should start one. Does this look like a good format?</p>
<p>Admission Status: (Accepted/Deferred)
School: (MSB/SFS/College/NHS)
SAT Composite (CR/M/W):
ACT Composite:
GPA (W/UW):
Rank:
SAT IIs:</p>
<h1>of APs:</h1>
<p>Rate your essays:
Rate your recs:
Extracurriculars:
Type of high school:
State/Country:
Hooks:</p>
<p>Looks good to me… now we wait for tomorrow/Monday</p>
<p>Here’s the format from previous years. I think it might give people a more thorough understanding of the applicant 
</p>
<p>Just take out the spaces between the [ ] and the code and fill in your info</p>
<p>Pick one:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] Intended Major:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 790 W, 730 M
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Chem, 800 Lit, 800 Math 2
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/78, at old school was in top 10 out of ~600
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (4), Lang (5), Calc BC (5), Lit (5), Chem (5), USH (5), Macro (5), Micro (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Comp Gov, AP Bio, AP Spanish, AP Comp Sci, Advanced English Seminar, Macedonian 1
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none, I guess? NMSF, and I’m a KL-YES Abroad Scholar</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): tech theatre (sound head) and marching band are my main two, other stuff falls under other categories, I’m studying abroad on a full scholarship from the US Department of State rn
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none lol
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: library volunteering sophomore year (got presidential service award that year), lots of environmental (herpetological and ornithological surveys)
[</em>] Summer Activities: aforementioned ornithological surveying in Puerto Rico one summer, lots of remodeling with my parents, traveling to Europe with my parents (it’s really convenient when your parents are scientists, let me tell you - international conferences tend to be in cool places), idek
[<em>] Essays: I mean I think they were good? One about my background, taking apart each portion of Russian-Ukrainian-Armenian-American and looking at that through the context of Macedonia, where I’m studying abroad. other essay (global issue) was about misallocation of charitable resources - the topic was eh but it was well-researched and i showed that.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I hope they were good, but both teachers did them pretty last-minute. That’s just their style of working but it worried me a bit!
[<em>] Counselor Rec: My counselor is the coolest person in the world and probably wrote the coolest rec in the world, so I’m pretty confident about this one.
[</em>] Interview: waived</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yep
[</em>] Intended Major: Science, Technology, and International Affairs
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): but I’m studying abroad in Macedonia
[<em>] School Type: currently private, but went to public school my entire life
[</em>] Ethnicity: super duper white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none. immigrant parents but they are super well educated so it’s not a hook in any way.</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: thoughtful essay, good counselor rec, studying abroad
[</em>] Weaknesses: kinda generic applicant, i think?
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: managed to tie together all my activities and my background with my essays[/li][/ul]General Comments: I GOT INTO GEORGETOWN LOL</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (CR: 710, M: 760, W: 680)
[</em>] SAT II: Math 2: 800, Math 1: 740, Lit: 670
[<em>] TOEFL: 113
[</em>] IB: 39/45
[li] Course Load: Bio HL, Math HL, Psych HL, Econ SL, English A L&L SL, Modern Greek A Lit SL</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Cross Country, Forensics, Debate, Theatre Club, Guitar (distinctions and awards in all)
[</em>] Work Experience: Internationally recognized PR company & Nationally recognized Advertising company
[<em>] Community service: Many activities, most noteworthy: worked in a hospital in Tanzania (2 weeks)
[</em>] Summer Activities: Choate (4 weeks), Georgetown College Prep Program (3 weeks), Johns Hopkins College Credit Program (2 weeks)
[<em>] Essays: I think that’s what got me in!
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Psych Teacher: Very Good, Modern GR Teacher: Stellar
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Amazing
[</em>] Interview: I think it went very well</p>
<p>[/ul]Other:[list]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Neuroscience and/or Psychology
[<em>] Country: Greece
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Greek
[</em>] Gender: F
[*] Hook: Legacy</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (800 CR, 740 M, 770 W)
[</em>] ACT: Did not take
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Bio M, 790 US History, 730 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on Bio, US History, Calc BC (AB subscore: 5), Chem, US Gov, Latin Vergil, Lang and Comp.
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stat, AP Lit and Comp., AP Physics Mechanics, AP Psych, Latin 6, Jazz Ensemble, Wind Ensemble, Orchestra
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF, Bryn Mawr College Book Award, AP Scholar with Distinction, My School’s Service Award</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band (section leader), Latin Club (President), Pit Orchestra, Peer Mediation, Speech and Debate, Science Olympiad
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer Camp Counselor/Front Desk Manager at my pool, regular babysitter
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Member of my school’s Peer Mediation team which helps freshmen and struggling students, play in a jazz quintet at nursing homes/benefit concerts
[</em>] Summer Activities: See work experience
[<em>] Essays: I’m actually really proud of them. Activities 9/10, about Latin club and how crazy it is. Personal statement 7/0, Why Georgetown 8/10
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: These should be really strong, I have a great relationship with both of the teachers that wrote for me.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No idea, but i think she likes me
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: Went really well, my interviewer and I had a good conversation about collaboration over competition.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Biochemistry
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Super-competitive public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White af
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~$100,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None that I can think of</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Reflection /b][ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, test scores, AP’s, teacher recs
[</em>] Weaknesses: Lack of community service, no hooks
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’ve worked hard in high school and I genuinely fit with Georgetown’s drive to benefit others.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: I am SO excited!!! 
</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): sitting 1: math 710 reading 660 writing 710, sitting 2 math 690 reading 730 writing 680
[</em>] ACT: sitting 1: math 34 reading 32 English 34 science 32, sitting 2: math 34 reading 35 English 31 science 36
[<em>] SAT II: math1 700 ushistory 760 literature 1st sitting: 600, 2nd sitting: 690
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/45
[ ] AP (place score in parenthesis): euro (5), apush (5), language (4)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: ap calc ab, ap cogo, ap lit, honors anatomy, french 4
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing really…placed in national french contest a few times</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): varsity field hokcey (captain), club squash (captain), varsity lacrosse, newspaper (editor), student council (class treasurer), mathletes (captain)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: a few internships in journalism and marketing, snack bar attendant this past summer at country club
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 4 week service trip to dominica. 200+ hours locally
[</em>] Summer Activities: internships, work, or service trip each summer
[<em>] Essays: nothing exceptional, but I spent a lot of time editing them and personally really liked them
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read them, but I picked teachers I had solid relationships with and the best student in their class
[<em>] Counselor Rec: new counselor this year, so not sure how good this was
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Other**[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Business
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: small private catholic all-girls
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 100,000+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none!!!</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[<em>] Strengths: ACTs, GPA
[</em>] Weaknesses: SATs, SAT IIs (this was the only school I had to send them to)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly think my SATs really hurt me. No other school saw these schools and I’ve been more successful with other applications. Also, no hook and nothing special. [/li][/list][ b]General Comments:** not sure if I will try to retake subject tests? </p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2220 Math 780 CR 730 Writing 710
SAT II: Did Not Submit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School does not give
IB (place score in parenthesis): (43)
Senior Year Course Load: Econ HL, B&M HL, English A L&L HL, Chem SL, Math SL, German B SL
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None lol</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars: President Yearbook, President Lit Club, Lit Magazine Co-Editor, School Vice Captain, MUNs
Job/Work Experience: Internship in Online Marketing at Indo German Chamber of Commerce
Volunteer/Community service: Alokdhara School For Autistic Children, 2 years. Organised an Autism Awareness Week in Kolkata
Summer Activities: Internship
Essays: They were good, wrote about my background and culture
Teacher Recommendation: Expected to be good
Counselor Rec: I didn’t like it because it sounded too flattering to the fake extent but I guess it worked lol
Additional Rec: Georgetown Doesn’t Allow
Interview: Went Well</p>
<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Econ (Georgetown College)
Country (if international applicant): India
School Type: Private, IB and A-Levels
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Low
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Travelled to 25 Countries, 5 Continents and speak 6 languages fluently, dunno if that’s a hook lmao</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Good Writer, Communicator, Great IB Score
Weaknesses: No Subject Tests, No sports, No Music
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Balanced education & Good academics I guess
General Comments: Waiting for the Financial Aid offer before deciding but extremely excited</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): first sitting: M 690 CR 620 W 560 second sitting M 720 CR 680 W 630
[</em>] SAT II: Not taken at time of application deadline
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): weighted is 3.69 at the moment due to awkward calculations of MYP scores in freshman and sophomore years, junior year GPA was 3.98 UW
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/88 (highly competitive top 20% of class)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): predicted 39/42 with 4 HL subjects
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: HL’s: English A, Economics, Business and Management, Arabic B. SL’s: Chemistry, Math
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Head of School and Principal’s awards every year since 6th grade</p>[/li]
<p>[/list]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Ballet, piano, horse back riding, soccer, MUN, debate club, Round Square (service chair)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship at a top law firm in Amman and the Amman branch of Ernst and Young
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Habitat for Humanity every year, volunteering at orphanages and homes for the elderly, organizing charity events at the school through RS
[</em>] Summer Activities: Summer schools at prestigious British universities and schools, helping out at children’s camps and charity organizations
[<em>] Essays: I worked hard on them and everyone who read them said they demonstrated my enthusiasm and interest. My counselor said the personal essay really sounded like me, which is a good thing I guess
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: One was 9 or 10 (out of 10) and the other was probably an 8, maybe a 9
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent, she knows me very well and genuinely likes me.
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: Went amazingly well! I had two interviewers who are both recent alumni and we were able to discuss so many things in 75 minutes</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[</em>] Intended Major: Undeclared (College)
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Jordan
[<em>] School Type: Private, co-ed, priviledged
[</em>] Ethnicity: White (I guess? I’m Circassian)
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: High
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Recs, essays, interview, maybe extracurriculars
[</em>] Weaknesses: testing, GPA (you know the useless stuff <em>facepalm</em>)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA, testing, etc.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Disappointed, but now I get to show them my determination! Hehehe</p>
<p>Admission Status: ACCEPTED
School: MSB
SAT Composite (CR/M/W): 2080
ACT Composite: 34
GPA (W/UW): 4.42/4.0
Rank: Top 2% (school won’t tell me exact rank)
SAT IIs: Math 2: 740, Lit: 710, Chem: 740</p>
<h1>of AP: 7 (on top of being IB DP student)</h1>
<p>IB: HL Spanish, History, English, SL Chem, Math, Econ
Rate your essays: very average
Rate your recs: probably pretty strong: one was from the president of my school (also my ToK teacher)
Extracurriculars: cheer coach, vocal performer, musicals/plays, NHS treasurer, Spanish NHS, service club president, pretty standard.
Type of high school: Private (Catholic)
State/Country: Michigan
Hooks: 1st generation college student, dual citizen.</p>
<p>Pick one:
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 650 CR 710 M 650 W
[ *] ACT: N/a
[ *] SAT II: 740 Math II 680 Math I 550 Lit
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): UW 3.9 W 4.35
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 3%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/a
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): Full IB Diploma candidate, 6 (IB Business)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 8 IB courses</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): A cappella, Young Republicans, varsity swimming (captain), national qualifier for triathlon
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Head coach of 100 person swim team, private swim instructor, lifeguard
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Started volunteer program to teach people how to swim
[ *] Essays: great
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: great- one teacher was alumni
[ *] Counselor Rec: Don’t know
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview: great</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *] Intended Major: Accounting
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Northern Virginia
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Accepted to SFS</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 800 W, 780 M (single sitting)
[</em>] ACT: did not take
[<em>] SAT II: 720 Lit, 760 Math 2, 750 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 100): 98
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): none (school does not offer)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none (school does not offer)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Calc 2, Calc based Physics, Russian 5, Russian Research and Translation, 3 semester English (Shakespeare, American Experience 2, Theater of Revolt), 1 semester Math of Finance
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Not sure if this counts but a lot of Russian related stuff: National Russian Essay contest gold from Pushkin institute, Best in State Maryland Olympiada of Spoken Russian, etc. Also National Security Language Initiative for Youth award recipient (full DoS scholarship to study abroad)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Newspaper (Editor-in-Chief), Mock Trial (lawyer and club head), plays and musicals (a couple major parts), Model UN (club head)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: math tutor
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Assisted Living home for elderly with high Russian-speaking population
[</em>] Summer Activities: Science internship, study abroad, community service (3 diff years)
[<em>] Essays: Wrote “A History of Myself through Sandcastles and Arctic Foxes” and for SFS wrote about the importance of Poland and why it should be an IR priority
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Russian teacher for four years, math teacher/advisor/Mock Trial coach
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I had her for 1.5 years of English so at least she knows me well
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[li] Interview: went well, an SFS alumna who had actually taken Russian so we had a lot to talk about.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: International Economics with East European regional concentration or something similar
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
[</em>] School Type: private
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: high
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[list]
[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: passion for Russian is pretty rare and also pretty necessary in international affairs right now, I’m sure that was attractive to SFS. Also grades. And SAT I scores.</p>
<p>@Arcticfox13 I won NSLI-Y as well for Korean summer basically my interest lie around the korean Penninusla and China/Japan. Similar to you, it’s not an area people readily focus on, but I believe it’s going to become a huge issue in the near future. I’m still waiting for a decision! Nice to see another NSLIYER </p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 770 math, 790 writing
[</em>] SAT II: 750 bio (molecular), 770 US history, 770 chemistry
[<em>] GPA: 99.415 (weighted)
[</em>] Rank: 2
[<em>] AP: Bio (5), US History (5), AB Calc (4), English Language (5), Chemistry (5), Studio Art (4)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: H Environmental Science, AP BC Calculus, Capstone, AP Econ, AP English Literature, AP Spanish Language and Culture
[li] Major Awards: 2 National Spanish Exam Oro Awards, 1 National Spanish Exam Plata Award, various sports awards</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Cross country (captain), winter track (captain), spring track (captain), yearbook (editor), student council (representative), National Honor Society (president), Spanish National Honor Society (president), peer ambassador, admissions ambassador, Spanish tutor
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Babysitting, 2 week internship with NYC branding agency
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at 2 daycare centers during the summer
[</em>] Summer Activities: MMLA Spanish immersion program (20112), Princeton XC camp (2012), NYC internship (2014), homestay in Spain (2014)
[<em>] Essays: Pretty good I think, compared my school’s colors of blue and white to Georgetown’s blue and gray (gray instead of white --> metaphor for seeing gray areas and connections between areas of study rather than everything in back or white)
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I were told they were very good
[li] Interview: Went really well, the interviewer was nice and I was fairly well prepared</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Undeclared
[<em>] State: New Jersey
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: High
[</em>] Hooks: None</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: Grades, test scores, extracurriculars, well-written essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: No particular hooks
[*] Why you think you were accepted: Grades were well within their standards and I have a lot of other activities (with leadership positions)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (800 M, 750 R, 710 W)
ACT: 33 (32 E, 31 M, 36 R, 34 S)
SAT II: 790 Chemistry 770 Math II 710 Literature
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5% (graduating class size of 1220)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Literature (5), Calc AB (5), Chemistry (4), European History (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stat, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP French, IB History of the Americas HL, AP Government, Indiana University Elementary Composition, Advanced Physical Conditioning (lol).
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Certifcat de Reussite - Le Grand Concours (National French Exam)</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Senate (Student Body President), Principal’s Advisory Committee (chairman), Speech and Debate, Radio Broadcasting (manager), Varsity Baseball
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Summer Activities: Played competitive travel baseball; team traveled to Georgia, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, and Indiana.
Essays: I thought that they were really strong. Activities 8/10, about being a voice for 5,000 kids as Student Body President. Personal statement was probably a 9/10, it was pretty funny, and extremely creative. Why Georgetown 8/10
Teacher Recommendation: Only submitted one, but it was from my favorite teacher who I have a great relationship with.
Counselor Rec: In my four years of high school I have talked to my counselor three times. So this was probably not a huge factor.
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: A strong point for me. Good conversation, think I made a good impression
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Political Economy
State (if domestic applicant): Indiana
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Super-competitive public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~$100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None really.
Strengths: Grades, extracurricular activities, essays
Weaknesses: No true hook, not a ton of AP scores before senior year
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have made the most of my high school years. Worked hard in school and showed a passion for many activities such as student government and radio broadcasting.
General Comments: HOYA SAXA!</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I 2280 (breakdown): One Sitting: 780 M, 730 CR, 770 W (Essay: 8)
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: Math I 750, Math II 770, US History 710, Physics 720
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6th
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics B (5), World History (5), US History (4), Eng Lang/Comp (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Computer Science A, AP US Gov/Poli, AP Economics, AP Statistics, AP European History, AP Eng Lit/Comp, AP Spanish V, Orchestra IV, Gifted Guided Study (Model UN), Gifted Mentorship
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF, National Spanish Examination Silver Medalist</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech and Debate (President, Lincoln-Douglas Debate Captain, Expository Speaking, Original Oratory Captain), Orchestra (Vice President (11), Secretary (10)), Albuquerque Youth Symphony (Secretary (11), Treasurer (12)), Albuquerque Youth Orchestra (Secretary (10)), National Honor Society (Secretary), National English Honor Society (Vice President), Model UN (Team Captain (11, 12))
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: I volunteer for my church so I’d say 600+ hours throughout high school from that and than another 100+ through various other projects
[</em>] Summer Activities: went to debate camp this last summer… That’s about it
[<em>] Essays: hard to say. I think my personal statement is an 8/10, Activities maybe 7/10? And the Georgetown specific could be anywhere from a 6/10 to an 8/10.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: my teachers both love me (I got APUSH and Model UN so it was kinda relevant to Walsh?)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I feel like she likes me? But it’s hard to tell
[</em>] Additional Rec: nope
[li] Interview: he was so chill. He told me I wouldn’t have to worry about Georgetown so there’s that?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: International relations (Walsh School of Foreign Service)
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NM
[</em>] School Type: public, probably 2nd best public high school in the state
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: ~$30,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): literally nothing </p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: my recs and interviews should be solid; my testing scores (SAT I & ACT at least) aren’t that low?, activities, my senior year schedule is pretty hefty
[</em>] Weaknesses: maybe the essay? My USH SAT II score is pretty low for an IR major though
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I feel like I’m just pretty average (no hook or especially outstanding achievements)[/li][/ul]General Comments: idk I got this to format correctly so there’s that I guess</p>
<p>didn’t mean to post but now it won’t let me not…congrats to all accepted! </p>
<p>Decision: Accepted SFS</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800M 730CR 660W
[</em>] SAT II: 730USH 730 math ii 650 lit
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 10 total…don’t feel like listing
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):n/a
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load:6 APs
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Eagle Scout</p>
<p>[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FBLA (Public Relations manager), boy scouts (junior assistant scoutmaster), mock trial (captain), track/cross country, rugby club, ski club, nhs, venture crew (president), maybe more idk
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: busser at local restaurant-10 hours a week
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: not much: altar serving, special Olympics
[</em>] Summer Activities: EFL, Notre Dame Leadership Seminars
[<em>] Essays: good enough I guess, can’t rate objectively
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: never read, but good enough
[<em>] Counselor Rec: she likes me,
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[li] Interview: I didn’t think it went well, but he added me on linked in so I guess it did</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: international economics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): pa
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: large public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white-asian (Filipino)
[<em>] Gender: m
[</em>] Income Bracket: $250,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: essays, leadership, interview I guess, course rigor?
[</em>] Weaknesses: nothing unique, subject tests, SAT writing score
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: essays and interview because I can’t think of what else would have made me standout[/li][/ul]General Comments:
Do really well on your essays, I’m convinced that’s what got me in.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 R, 780 W, 700 M
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: took in December
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/540
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (3), Physics B (3), English Language (5), Statistics (5), Latin/Calc BC/Literature/Chemistry (May 2015)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: BC Calculus, AP English 4, AP Latin 4, AP chemistry, band
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): sophomore of the year, presidential scholar, DAR good citizen </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (sophomore treasurer, student body VP), marching band (section leader, head librarian, council historian)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: ESL tutor (2 years), Papa Murphy’s Shift Manager (40 hours/week)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: started my own nonprofit when I was 11, ran until I was 15. Mobile food pantry volunteer, prayer shawl ministry volunteer, lots of stuff with my church and the local library.
[</em>] Summer Activities: work, community college classes, volunteering
[<em>] Essays: personal one was pretty good (about how much it sucked to break my ankle as a band section leader), global problem one wasn’t great but I guess it was good enough.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I have good relationships with both teachers, so they were good I think.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: she likes me a lot, has nominated me for several awards, probably really good Rec.
[</em>] Additional Rec:bi don’t think I had one.
[li] Interview: awesome! She was super friendly and I think she liked me. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: oh yes.
[</em>] Intended Major: not sure, in SFS
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: super white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 95k (single paycheck, extenuating circumstances place us almost in poverty)
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: good recs/interview
[</em>] Weaknesses: no subject tests when I submitted my app
[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have a lot going on - work, leadership roles in band and stuco, ap classes - but I still keep my grades up and volunteer a lot. </p>
<p>finally get to do one
Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2030 ( M 670, W 670, CR 690; or some combo of those numbers)
[</em>] ACT: 31 (32 superscored)
[<em>] SAT II: 750 APUSH 700 APWH 660 Math 2 630 Spanish
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97 or 3.98 ( my school does unweighted out of 4.3)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/167
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5) APWH (5) AP English Lang (5) AP Spanish Lang (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: honor korean independent study, ap calc ab, advanced chem, ap chem, ap english lit, another independent study, econ and govt ( or internship)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NSLI-Y korean scholarship, CIEE South Korea scholarship, Hamilton Citzenship Award, SPI la Esperanza scholarship, bunch of other local and state awards including national history day regional 1st place, state third place. Also varsity letter for track. BIG ONE: National Hispanic Recognition Scholar</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Advisory Council (VP 9-12) ___ Friends ( President 11-12 vp other years), Political discussion club (treasurer12 10-12), math club (12), unified track and field, then I have NHS
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Kmart… Not a pleasant experience
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: guidance assistant for the past four years ( secretarial work) NHS hours, and a bunch of hours from various clubs, also a korean student mentor
[</em>] Summer Activities: studied abroad the past two summers in South Korea and Costa Rica
[<em>] Essays: I wote my SFS one two nights before it was due. I liked it a lot ( any Prospees can message me and I can share it, now that I’ve been accepted). I wrote about east Asian animosity ( China, South Korea, Japan) and how we could solve it. I had a personal connection in that essay. My activity one was about ___ friends and how I revived if and the impact it has made in my school. My other one was my CA one about languages and my perspective of the world around me.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: haven’t read, I guess I will have to next week for s scholarship upload. I asked my APUSH/APWH teacher and he thought I would definitely get in! My other was from my Spanish 2-ap teacher ( sophomore year) I think she wrote a good one about my love of languages and maturity since I took ap Spanish sophomore year. I’d give them both 10s but that’s just because I love the teachers
[<em>] Counselor Rec: haven’t read, but I work in her office and we see eachother every day. I think she knows my situation well, so I’m sure she wrote a 8-9 rec
[</em>] Additional rec: not allowed
[li] Interview: was fanastic, we had it at a coffee shop and it lasted an hour. Even though he went to a different school, we connected a lot he wrote a lot about my passions for cultures, etc. He asked for my resume which helped a lot.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: IR with a focus on East Asia or Culture
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Small rural, still top 20% of the state
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic ( Puerto Rican)
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket:real low…
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: essays, awards, study abroad
[</em>] Weaknesses: test scores and lack of opportunities for internships in my area
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:maybe my essays and my passions? :)[/li][/ul]General Comments test scores aren’t everything guys just be passionate about who you are and what you do <3 </p>