[ size=4][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted **[/color][/size]
[ b]Objective:[/b
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SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 1560 (800 math, 760 reading)
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): same thing
ACT (breakdown): n/a
ACT superscore (breakdown): n/a
SAT II (subject, score): 780 math 2, 780 bio e
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Weighted GPA: 4.18 (will go up to 4.4 by the end of 2nd semester, I somehow pulled out straight As and 2 A+s)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parentheses): AP Bio (4), AP Lang (5), AP Comp Sci A (4), AP Calc AB (5), APUSH (4)
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Stat, AP Comp Sci Prin, AP Macro, AP Micro, Physics H (dual enrollment)
Number of other EA applicants in your school: 50ish (out of 700 in my grade)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.):
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): National Merit Commended, AP Scholar with Distinction (i think?), some science olympiad state stuff for bio, bio league 8th in state
[ b]Subjective:**
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
The Coding Girls - teach girls how to code, founder, president, 4 chapters, 10-12
Tech Help - President, 9-12
Code Club - President, 10-12, host major event for 400 people
Hindu Society - VP, 10-12
Model UN, some awards, NAIMUN, NHSMUN, editor, exec board
Special Needs Music Teacher - Class of 20
Science Olympiad - some awards
NHS, Math NHS, French NHS
Job/Work Experience: Had to take care of my family so I did a lot of side jobs
Digital Marketing Internship - did social media for state assemblyman, senators and gov
Clover Letter - Remote Intern, article contributor, social media person
Her Culture - Blog Editor
AXA Insurance - Tech Intern
Brand Ambassador for a couple of places
Volunteer/Community Service: Most of my above extracurricular were considered community service
Summer Experience: working my side jobs 40+ hours a week, watching netflix
[ b]Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):**
Essays: Common App (9/10) - about winging mun tryouts and not being able to take risks, pretty funny but showed my determination to keep on trying
Teacher Recommendation #1: AP Bio (8/10) we had so many interesting conversations about the election
Teacher Recommendation #2: AP Calc (7/10) she was like a mom to me but she didn’t think I was a class genius
Counselor Rec: (10/10) even though I go to a huge public school, my counselor loves me
Additional Info/Rec: none
Interview: Do they give any?
Art Supplement: LOL I can’t draw
[ b]Other**
Date Submitted App: the day before they were due
U.S. State/Territory or Country: NJ
School Type: Competitive Public (30ish go to ivies or schools like ivies)
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: female
Income Bracket Range: upper middle but with a lot of medical expenses
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): none lol, immigrant?
[ b]Reflection**
Strengths: my extracurriculars, I applied to the marketing school and I have a lot of social media experience.
Weaknesses: my gpa
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I have no idea. People way better than me were deffered but people objectively “worse” than me got in.
What would you have done differently?: Learned Northeastern had a computer science and business dual major
Where else did you apply? Dartmouth (ED differed) Brown, Cornell, Wellesley, MIT, Lehigh, NYU, BU, BC (and a couple others last minute because I got a waiver).
[ b]Other Factors: **
[ b]General Comments & Advice:** I have no idea why they got in. A lot of people applied to Northeastern from my school and only 3ish got in unlike the 30ish that got in last year. So either this school became way more competitive or…idk
She was accepted into the College of Science - do they not get as much merit as the Engineering or Business students -