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Colleges and Universities A-Z Franklin & Marshall College
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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1730 (W:620, M:570, CR:540) - I think I went SAT optional
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.54
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Didn’t take any until senior year
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): School doesn’t offer
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature and Composition, AP Art Studio: 2D Portfolio, Spanish Culture 5H (Adelphi College-Level), Participation in Government H, Economics H, Pre-Calculus, Marine Biology, Forensic Science, Psychology
[<em>] Major Awards: Scholar-Athlete Award, NYSPHYSAA Scholar Athlete Team Award, Third Year Varsity Athletic Award, 1st Place in Regional Art Contest, 1st Place in Logo Contest at Local Library, Confirmed with Distinction at Temple, 1 of 3 High School Students Chosen for Adult Art Exhibition: Only Student Awarded Gift Certificate, Participated in High School Art Exhibition, Upcoming Solo Art Exhibition at Citibank: July 2011
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Art Honor Society (President), Varsity Cheerleading (Captain for 2 yrs), Varsity Badminton, Art Club, Speech & Forensics Club, Chinese Yo-Yo Club, have been taking private art classes at art academy for 2 years
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Paid summer internship at design accessory firm, Babysitter
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Religious school teacher’s assistant, babysat children on hi-holidays at temple, assisted at soup kitchen, visited and entertained residents of nursing home
[<em>] Summer Activities: Haverford College’s Summer Enrichment Program, classes at LIM, UCSB Program: college-level and enrichment classes, paid internship at design accessory firm
[</em>] Essays:Common App Essay: my views/experiences with smokers, Supplement Essay: Chose to dine with Ben Franklin — both decent essays, in my opinion
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: 2 - both presumably flattering
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Really good
[<em>] Additional Rec?: 2 - my art teacher and the person I interned for this summer-both good
[</em>] Interview?: Yes - went great
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic): NY
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Good enough to not apply for FA
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Strong art portfolio and interest in art, great interview and great essays
[li] Weaknesses: Lack of APs, pretty average gpa[/li][/ul]General Comments: Still choosing between F&M and one other school but starting to lean more towards F&M :)</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2060 single sitting (690CR, 680M, 690W)
[</em>] ACT: 26 (didn’t submit)
[<em>] SAT II: 590 Lit, 560 Math II (■■■)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.446
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5th decile, 64/152
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (4), AP Language & Composition (5!)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP European History
AP Literature & Composition
Calculus
Advanced Studies in Biology & Chemistry (honors course)
Political Institute
Practical Law (half year, finished with an A)
Creative Writing (half year)
Orchestra
Gym / Health 12
[<em>] Major Awards: Nothing substantial.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Harvard Model Congress (3 years, 2 years as Head Delegate), Model United Nations, Habitat For Humanity, Youth Group, Tennis (senior year captain), Ill. Lit (Literary Magazine), Student Council (10 years, Senior Secretary), Breaking The Chain (Website manager) ([Breaking</a> the Chain - Home](<a href=“http://www.breakingthechainthrougheducation.org%5DBreaking”>http://www.breakingthechainthrougheducation.org), if you’re interested!)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 4 years at a Tailor / Dry Cleaner in town.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Habitat for Humanity, Community Service via Youth Group, Breaking the Chain, Power of Friendship.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Habitat for Humanity, job (see above).
[</em>] Essays: Pretty damn good. I wrote about the teacher who has most influenced me, not only because of what he teaches, but because of the kind of person he is. He formed the Breaking The Chain organization / club at my high school. Through Breaking The Chain, in the past 6 years, he has helped raise over $30,000 to help free child slaves & child labourers in Ghana. This year, we turned our sights to not only freeing these fishing children, but building them a school as well. The people who proofed my essay (my AP 11 English teacher, a tough old lady<3, and my Honors 10 English teacher, amazing guy, army brat) cried.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Outstanding. Both teachers absolutely adore me (AP 11 English and AP Euro / Political (the man I wrote my college essay about))
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Amazing. My counselor is actually a very good friend of mine at this point.
[<em>] Additional Rec?: My boss wrote me a letter of recommendation. She’s a Georgetown graduate, I’ve worked for her for 4 years.
[</em>] Interview?: No =/
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic): New Jersey
[</em>] Country (if international):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Western European (Caucasian)
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Upper-middle.
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation AMERICAN college, dual citizen, British immigrant, learning disability
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Essays, SAT scores, recommendations
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA, for sure. Being a white female, needed Financial Aid.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: It definitely comes down to my GPA. It really just wasn’t good enough for F&M, which is a shame, because I really liked their school, a lot. I also need financial aid, which is definitely the #1 reason I was wait listed.
[/ul]General Comments: I guess I’m pretty sad over it. It was one of my two top choice colleges. If I had gotten into F&M, I would be having a lot of trouble deciding between that and George Washington University (where I was accepted). I wish I’d gotten a chance to visit and sit in on a class, because I really did like the look of the campus and the feel. But my GPA killed me. I’m considering appealing the wait list, but I doubt it’ll do any good.</p>

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<p>Unfortunately, I was waitlisted at F&M, but since everyone here seems to have been accepted, maybe you might be able to give me some advice?</p>