<p>DS Accepted! Very happy. (What a crazy week!)</p>
<p>RD ACCEPTED (PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLAR)</p>
<p>Objective
[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (CR, M, W): 2100 (CR: 750, M: 630, W: 720)
[</em>]ACT (breakdown): N/A
[<em>]SAT II (place score in parentheses): Molecular Biology (660) Chemistry (640) Math 1 (530)
[</em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/257
[</em>]AP (place score in parentheses): Biology (5) AP English Lang (5) Chemistry (3)
[<em>]IB (place score in parentheses):
[</em>]Senior Year Course Load: Honors A&P, AP/Dual Enrollment Calculus AB, Creative Writing I & II, Culinary Arts, Dual Enrollment Statistics, AP Literature
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHS, AP Scholar Award[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective
[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Math Team, Slam Poetry Club (president), Drama, Girl Scouts, NHS (treasurer), French Club,
[</em>]Job/Work Experience: Worked in ticket sales at York’s Wild Kingdom and residential cleaning over the summer. Worked at a movie theater for a year. Babysitting.
[<em>]Volunteer/Community Service: W.O.W. (An after school program for local elementary kids), Girl Scouts. 20ish hours total.
[</em>]Summer Activities: Work
[<em>]Essays: Started out as a poem. Unconventional.
[</em>]Teacher Recommendations: Glowing.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Surprisingly in depth for a man that barely knows me.
[</em>]Additional Rec: Did not have one.
[li]Interview: Did not schedule one.[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Other
[ul]
[<em>]State (if domestic applicant): Maine
[</em>]Country (if international applicant):
[<em>]School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Income Bracket: $56,000
[</em>]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None really. I’m still not sure why I was accepted.
[/ul]</p>
<p>Reflection
[ul]
[<em>]Strengths: ??? I’m valedictorian I guess.
[</em>]Weaknesses: Small amount of EC’s and community service.
[<em>]Why you think you received your decision: I wrote about a Colby Alumni I know in my supplement and he’s a lot cooler than me.
[</em>]Where else you have applied and/or have been accepted/rejected:
Accepted: UNE, UMaine (Orono), Emmanuel College, Assumption, Clark University, Boston College
Rejected: Dartmouth College
[/ul]</p>
<p>General comments/advice/hindsight:</p>
<p>I applied to Colby last second because there was no application fee and it had the easiest supplement of Bates, Bowdoin, and Colby. Now, I’m a presidential scholar, I have no loans and I only have to pay $6,800 out of pocket. It has steadily become the college I am going to attend in the fall and I only applied there on a whim. Even if you think you have no shot, or you don’t think you can compete with the highly qualified applicant pool, apply anyway. You never know who they’re going to accept, even if you think you’re low on the applicant totem pole. College admissions is kind of a crap shoot.</p>
<p>Congratulations. You may be aware of this, but Colby doesn’t give “scholarships,” Presidential or otherwise. Colby gives grants based on need. No merit=based aid is given, so your admission was based on your academics, but your aid is based on need. Congrats, again! Beautiful campus!</p>