<p>REJECTED</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Reading: 680
[</em>] SAT Math: 780
[<em>] SAT Writing: 730
[</em>] SAT Total: 2190
[<em>] SAT II: Math IIC – 800, Chemistry – 710, Biology E – 760, Chinese with Listening - 800
[</em>] TOEFL (if applicable): 115/120 (29,29,27,30)
[<em>] ACT (if applicable): N/A
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: AP Calculus AB – 5, AP Biology – 5, AP Chinese Language and Culture – 5, AP Chemistry – 3 (@#$%^!:mad: had not covered “acid and base” and “redox” and “solubility” – got killed on the test)
[<em>] GPA weighted (if applicable): N/A Probably 4.68
[</em>] GPA unweighted: N/A Close to 4.00 UW, 4.68 W
[<em>] Rank or % estimate (if applicable): Top 3%
[</em>] Academic Awards: Subject awards, Math Contests, AP Scholar with Honor, Yada Yada Yada
[li] IB Predicted: 41/45 (English HL 7/7, Geography SL 7/7, Biology SL 6/7, Chemistry HL 6/7, Mandarin HL 7/7, Math HL 6/7, TOK 2/3)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays:
[</em>] Teacher Rec #1: My former math teacher. One of her students got in Yale with her recommendation, so presumably excellent!
[<em>] Teacher Rec #2:
[</em>] Additional Rec: I asked my swim team sponsor teacher to write one. It was the best recommendation I have ever read in the world of the universe!
[<em>] Counselor Rec: For the mid-term report, he added a new paragraph about my passion for learning and genuine engagement in his TOK class.
[</em>] Hook (if any): None whatsoever. Provincial-level swimmer (?)
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<p>[/ul]Location:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: British Columbia, Canada :mad:
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Taiwanese
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: [/li]Swimming
- Founder and Captain of varsity swim team, Tons of swimming awards, Provincial-level swimmer, More swimming awards
Music - Co-founder of a non-profit music program, tons of music awards, RCM music certificates, more music awards
Youth Leader - Youth leader at local public library
- Work 6 hours a week at a private tutoring centre to help new immigrants with language acquisition</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: Admission officers had really bad stomach pain when they reviewed my file.</p>
<p>Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted/offered guaranteed transfer:
My CR score is definitely too low due to my ethnicity. Before I submitted my application I knew that I would be rejected by many, many schools. Surprisingly, this admission season was way better than I thought! Got accepted to WUSTL, all of Canadian schools and some huge surprise!</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
Congratulation to all students accepted! You guys really deserve acceptance for your conscientiousness. To those who are rejected, I say this over and over again – do not let this rejection define you as a person. There are millions rejected who move on to achieve fulfilling and often successful lives.
I have some advice for prospective students. Definitely spend some time preparing for interviews, if applicable. I am just naturally quite talkative and persuasive. (My UChicago interview lasted for 2 hours hehe.) Definitely do a lot of research on the schools you love and really ask yourself why do you want to attend these schools. After this admission process, I now do not advise students to apply under Early Decision (ED), which is a binding commitment. I applied for Cornell ED, and I got deferred. Now I think of it, I am really glad that I did not get accepted because now I know its atmosphere is not really what I am looking for when it comes to college experience (not as intellectual as I would like it to be). I however, would strongly advise students to apply under EA to a safety school, so you have a back-up plan.
Finally, do not undermine the power of stats. Stats (grades, SAT, APs) are really, really important. I think that my CR score (680) definitely prevented me from being accepted by some top-notch colleges.
Overall, I’m not disappointed at all. As an international asking for tons of financial aid, I knew since the beginning that Northwestern is not my top choice anyway. I applied for engineering, but I don’t really like engineering that much</p>
