@markfoster314 where else have you applied? your stats are phenomenol
Decision: Accepted
College:Engineering
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2360 Superscore (old Sat) 760 CR 800 Math 800 Writing
ACT (breakdown) :NA
SAT II: Math II 800, Chemistry 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
Weighted GPA: 4.5 ish
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): NA
AP (place score in parenthesis):
-AP World History (5) AP Lang(5) APUSH(4) AP Chemistry(5) AP Calculus(5) AP Physics C Mechanics (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Computer Science, AP Physics 2, AP Macro&Microeconomics, Honors Advanced Calculus, Government, Spanish
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, AIME Qualifier, A few minor math competition awards
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Tennis and Swim. Science Competition Club (VP), Math competition club, Honors Society, Piano
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community Service: Peer tutoring, Honors Society
Summer Activities: N/A
Essays ( details):: (8/10). I had a lot of drafts and edited it many times before submitting it.
Teacher Recommendations (details)::AP Calc and AP Chemistry teachers. Pretty good I think
Counselor Rec (details)::6/10
Additional Rec (details):: N/A
Interview: N/A
Other
Applied for Financial Aid? No
State (if domestic applicant): OOS
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Women in Engineering?
Reflection
Strengths:Essay Scores GPA
Weaknesses: Extracurricular
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
Where else you are applying or have already applied:
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight:
[ size=4][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]
College: College of Engineering, Aerospace major
[ b]Objective:**
SAT I (breakdown): 760 math, 690 reading, 17 essay
ACT (breakdown): did not take
SAT II (place score in parentheses): did not send
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.76
Weighted GPA: 4.01
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15/106
AP (place score in parentheses): AP Calc (did not take ap test yet)
IB (place score in parentheses): none
Senior Year Course Load: Critical Thinking and Complex Problem Solving (honors), Adv Competitive Sci II (honors), AP Calc AB, Theology (honors), Adv CAD (honors), brit lit (honors), adv physics (honors)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[ b]Subjective:**
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): robotics (captain), varsity math team, oneironatics, varsity swim team, guitar (lead guitarist in a prog rock band), developed multiple ios apps, compete in high school programming competitions,
Job/Work Experience: co-owner of a software company
Volunteer/Community Service:K-12 tutor in math and reading comprehension, ballot clerk in town and national elections, I work in a section of my local government dealing with townwide communication and leadership, organized various fundraisers, 100+ hours of misc volunteer work
Summer Activities: cashier at a water park
Essays ( details):: common app essay (10/10)- about how I taught myself to program and how I started my own company. I spent all summer writing it. Supplementals (7/10) - I didnt spend as much time as I should have on them
Teacher Recommendations (details):: great one from my pre-calc teacher, average one from english teacher
Counselor Rec (details):: average
Additional Rec (details)::
Interview: none
[ b]Other**
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
State (if domestic applicant): NH
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private catholic school
Ethnicity: Caucasian/middle eastern
Gender: male
Income Bracket: 100,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[ b]Reflection**
Strengths: common app essay, extracurriculars, volunteer work, work experience
Weaknesses: i noticed a few typos in my resume after i submitted it, and my counselor and english teacher recs were not amazing
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: the robot i made for robotics is ranked in the top 50 in the world
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Stanford(still waiting), USC(still waiting), GaTech(accepted), UMich(still waiting), UT-Austin(rejected), UIUC (accepted), Purdue(accepted), RPI(accepted)
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight:
Decision: Accepted
College:
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1450 (Redesigned: Math 770; Reading 690)
ACT (breakdown): n/a
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Math (790) Chemistry (750) Physics (770)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.71
Weighted GPA: 4.87
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13/869
AP (place score in parentheses): Calculus BC/AB(5/5), US History (5), Language & Comp (5), Mandarin (5), Psychology (5), World History (5), Statistics (5), Biology (4), Chemistry (4), Physics 1 (4), Art History (4), Computer science (4), Human Geo (3)
IB (place score in parentheses): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Macro Econ, AP European History, AP Physics C, Multi-variable Calculus/Differential Equation, AP Java
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): State Champion in a sport
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Varisty (Team Captain 2 years); Coding
Job/Work Experience: n/s
Volunteer/Community Service: Local Newspapers and small news sites
Summer Activities: Tournaments (a least 1 per week)
Essays (details): I honestly don’t know 6-7/10 I suppose (My experiences and lessons from playing my sport)
Teacher Recommendations (details): 9/10. (My teachers were both amazing and wonderful. My English teacher is very well known for writing eloquent rec letters)
Counselor Rec (details): 8/10. (My counselor’s really nice, so we sat down and talked during lunch a lot)
Additional Rec (details): 8/10 (I got it from my coach)
Interview: Didn’t do one
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
State (if domestic applicant): Not from Georgia. Let’s just leave it at that
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Way too much for financial aid
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope
Reflection
Strengths: My extracurricular and essays were pretty good. Although I won’t ever see my rec letters, I’m sure my teachers wrote really strong ones.
Weaknesses: GPA and SAT score
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I don’t over-qualify. My supplemental essay was probably good.
Where else you are applying or have already applied:Cornell, CMU, Berkeley
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Proofread, Proofread, Proofread your essay. Interact with your favorite teachers as much as possible. SAT scores “don’t matter,” but if your score isn’t high enough, things get sketch (especially if you’re Asian.) Don’t fill up your time joining meaningless clubs for leadership positions.
@jhetzel Bro, just out of curiosity, what robot is that ?