Grinnell Class of 2023 RD Results

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Objective:
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ACT (breakdown):
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
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AP (place score in parenthesis):
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Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details):
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details):
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details):
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details):

Other:
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Intended Major:
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

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Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

General Comments (if any):

**Decision: Accepted with 24k/yo **

Objective:
ACT: 34 (32E, 32M, 36S, 36R) SS: 36
SAT II: Bio E 740, Literature 740
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.76 UW
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 13%
Senior Year Course Load: 8 IB Classes
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Montana Student of the Year, University of Montana Best delegate award, Presidents Service Award Gold, National Park Service Award

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

  • Redesigned my city’s public transit network to make it more accessible for low-income students.
  • (President) of Model UN
  • (President) of Academic World Quest
  • (Director) of School’s TV channel
  • (President) Girls who code chapter in Montana
  • Documentary filmmaker
  • Basic stuff (NHS, student gov, and action committee)

Job/Work Experience:

  • Worked at a local community movie theater
  • Intern at an environmental consulting firm

Volunteer/Community service:

  • Teach Young Girls to Code (via Girls Who Code)
  • Muir Woods (National Park) Volunteer Ranger
  • Ecology speaker ( Muir Woods)
  • Forestry volunteering
  • Muir Woods (National Park) Volunteer Ranger (over 100 hour

Summer Activities:

  • Summer classes at Yale
  • Filmed a documentary

Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Common app (9/10) Wrote it on Socks
Supplemental (8/10) Wrote it about my love for marine life and public transit

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1 (10/10): “I’ve never had a student like her in my 15 years of teaching”
Teacher Rec #2 (6/10): Lukewarm
Counselor Rec (10/10): Was amazing
Additional Rec (if any) (9/10): Written by the principal, talked about my contributions to the school
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details): 9/10 Went pretty well

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Environmental Science and History/IR
State (if domestic applicant): Montana
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: 1/2 Asian 1/2 White
Income Bracket: >$100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflections: I was pretty surprised that I got such a big scholarship without an early write.
Strengths: Test scores, essays, EC’s, and Recommendations
Weaknesses: Class rigor and GPA