**Decision: Rejected **
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1560 (800 Math, 760 ERW)
ACT (breakdown): 35 C (36 M, 36 S, 35 E, 34 R)
SAT II: 800 Physics, 800 Math Level II, 780 Chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/366
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus BC (5), AB Subscore (5), English Language (5), Environmental Science (5), US History (5), European History (4), Physics 2 (4), Physics 1 (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Statistics, AP Chemistry, AP Psychology, AP Computer Science Principles
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, School Departmental Awards, Rowing Awards, Math Club Awards
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Rowing (Grades 9-12) (Learn-To-Row Volunteer), Mu Alpha Theta (Math Club, Grades 11-12) (Senior Year Treasurer), National Honor Society (Grades 11-12)
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service:Learn-To-Row Volunteer (Grades 10-12; 40 Hours Per Year), Food Bank Volunteer (Summer Between Grades 10 & 11; 20 Hours), Animal Shelter Volunteer (Grade 9; 40 Hours)
Summer Activities: Davidson College July Experience
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Won’t put; too subjective.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: AP Calculus Teacher; didn’t see.
Teacher Rec #2: AP English Language Teacher; didn’t see.
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Counselor Rec: Very good, 9/10.
Additional Rec: Sociology Professor at Davidson. Didn’t see.
Interview: 8/10. It went pretty well.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Chemistry
State (if domestic applicant): North Carolina
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large Public Suburban Average
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $250,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, Questbridge, etc.): (Asperger’s Syndrome; wrote about in essays?)
Reflection
Strengths: Grades, Test Scores, Essays
Weaknesses: Lackluster Awards & Extracurriculars
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Don’t know.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted: Amherst College (Attending), Middlebury College, Vassar College, Davidson College, Bates College, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University - Raleigh, University of North Carolina - Asheville
Waitlisted: Williams College, Bowdoin College, Colby College
Rejected: Harvard University, Princeton University, Yale University, Stanford University, Dartmouth College, Brown University
General Comments: I didn’t mention the main thing that made me unique (my life-long experience with Asperger’s Syndrome and how it has shaped my world view) because I didn’t feel like it fit in well and heard that the interviews are mainly just to screen out jerks. But my mom has a friend whose father is a former Dartmouth alum and interviewer, and what I learned they did for interviews (which I did not learn until after I was rejected and is what my group of alumni interviewers also did) was join together and interview everyone from the area in one location on a single day. All the interviewers would then rank all the students interviewed from least desired to most desired. So, for Dartmouth, make sure you put everything out there during your interview.