<p>I don’t want to sound like a tool. It’s just that the median income is $45,018, and that income bracket is pretty high up there in my perspective. Maybe his essays were great or he had something else going for him! I just want to keep this objective… </p>
<p>Decision: Accepted into Engineering- Mechanical</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Math- 730 Writing- 630 CR- 640
ACT:
SAT II: Math II- 730, Bio M- 700
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7ish
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): Taking them all this May
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Spanish Language , AP Calc AB, AP MacroEconomics, AP US Government, AP Physics C, World Religions
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FBLA (Treasurer), member of Spanish Club
Job/Work Experience: Work-study program at my school (40 hours each year)
Volunteer/Community service: volunteer at local elementary school to help tutor kids and act as a translator for parent-teacher meetings (most parents there speak spanish only)
Summer Activities: work at school
Essays: not sure if considered great but talked about my rare genetic diseases and how it’s affected my life but how I don’t let it get in the way of accomplishing my goals and whatnot
Teacher Recommendation: both strong and very good
Counselor Rec: good as well. he’s known my family and me for several years
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: I didn’t really have an interview with Cornell. It was more of just him telling me about the school and answering some of my questions. He even said himself that it’s not really an interview and it was pretty quick. He was also an alumn from my HS…
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: private catholic school
Ethnicity: hispanic (Peruvian)
Gender: male
Income Bracket: 100,000-115,000</p>