<p>Waitlisted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2360 - 760 CR, 800 M, 800 W
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 Physics, 800 Chem, 800 U.S. History
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]GPA: 4.70
[<em>]Rank: 1/548
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): USAMO (14), AIME (9; 12 this year), AMC (141), Chinese (5), Euro (5), Calc BC (5), Psych (5), U.S. History (5), Stat (5), Physics C-Mech (5), Enviro (5), English Lang (5)
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: good
[</em>]Teacher Recs: good
[<em>]Counselor Rec: good
[</em>]Supplementary Material: no research paper
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: California
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Math Club (Pres), Mu Alpha Theta (Pres), ARML, AcaDeca (Sec/Treas), Science Olympiad (Treas/Pub)
[<em>]Awards: USAMO Qualifier, USAPhO Semifinalist, USAMTS Gold, ARML stuff, National Merit
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Eh, no big deal.[/ul]</p>
<p>Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2310 (760m,780w,7700cr)
SAT II:800 mathII, 800 chem, 800 physics, 780 bio, 750 chinese
ACT:
GPA:3.92 UW, 4.76 W
Rank: 1
Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 AP Calculus BC, 5 AP English Language/Composition, 5 AP Physics B, 5 AP US History, 5 AP Euro, 5 AP Bio, 5 AP Chem
Subjective
Essays: Very personal and slightly metaphysical
Teacher Recs: Hopefully, great (i really don’t know)
Counselor Rec: Better than most other students at my school (I met with the counselor alot and was more personal)
Supplementary Material:
Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): very good research with a professor that lectures at CalTech and assists in the artificial life lab there. process of publishing a paper, will be 2nd author
Personal
Location: SoCal
High School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian (Taiwanese)
Gender: Male
Other
Extracurriculars: school clubs, nhs, best youth orchestra on the west coast, symf violin and piano, piano CM Advanced, and other lesser awards in other things
Awards: National Merit Semifinalist (now finalist)
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:</p>
<p>NOW ACCEPTED
I wrote a poem and got 3 more letters of recs</p>
<p>Accepted EA/ED</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 800 690 680
[</em>]SAT II: 750 740 740
[<em>]ACT: 34
[</em>]GPA: 4.1, 3.6 unweighted
[<em>]Rank: 22 of 222 or something like that
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): three 5s, including on CompSci which my school doesn’t offer
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: About research, trip to China
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Excellent
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Decent
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Research paper (math)
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: South USA
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: White, Native American
[<em>]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Mock Trial, FIRST, Academic Team, Orchestra
[<em>]Awards: Undergrad Research Presentation Award, National Merit
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: They really liked my research, I think. Deferred then Rejected at MIT, guess they didn’t care about my research as much. I feel really lucky to have gotten into Caltech with my GPA and rank, and it seems to be a perfect fit of a school for me; I’ll be attending.[/ul]</p>