<p>[ size=+2][ color=blue][ b] CALS- Atmospheric Science GT [ /b][blue /color][ +2/size]</p>
<p>&<strong>^</strong>^ Can someone explain how to do the color thing!?!??! </p>
<p>can’t believe its been 1.5 years and i’m still doing this :P</p>
<p>[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT: 32E 33S 29R 29M (31C)
[ *] SAT II: 650ecobio 640ushist 660mathi
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 95.57 (4.0?)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11/315
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History, Calc AB, Gov’t, Bio, Physics
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: (back in '07-08) AP Bio, AP Gov’t, AP Calc, Coll. Eng
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing like intel
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): track, skiing (captain), cross country, indoor track, section leader wind ensemble, section leader mixed choir, National Oceanic and Atmos. Association SKYWARN spotter, NHS, Barbarshop Choir, Percussion Ensemble, Pit Orchestra
[ *] Job/Work Experience: working since 14
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: a ton
[ *] Summer Activities: working
[ *] Essays:awesome
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: great
[ *] Counselor Rec: amazing
[ *] Additional Rec: principal, awesome phone call
[ *] Interview:none, although got to know one of the adcoms
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Rural NYS
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Rural Medium (~1400) great in humanities, terrible in math/sci
[ *] Ethnicity: White/Hispanic (Spain)
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] Income Bracket: Middle Class
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Hispanic, First Generation
[ *] Strengths: Huge increase in grades, Passion for Major
[ *] Weaknesses: poor high school and test scores!
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: GT’d because my high school sucked in math and science, and I applied to CALS, which is heavy math/sci. I believe they wanted me to get a concrete foundation in math/science before getting there</p>