<p>Objective:[ul]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 690 CR/720 W/640 M
[ *] ACT: Didn’t send
[ *] SAT II: Didn’t send
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.3
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo (4), Psychology (4), Literature & Comp (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: College Algebra, College Trigonometry, AP Studio Art, AP Government, Newspaper, AP Lang & Comp, AP Biology
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None to speak of
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (Editor In Chief of Newspaper), (Team Captain of Speech and Debate), Founding Member of National Art Honor Society, Peer Mentor and Tutor as part of the Link Crew Program in which I was also a Link Leader for two years, organized hygeine drive in my community to benefit a battered women’s shelter, shadowed/canvassed for local senator who is involved with public health, yeah I think that’s everything.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Internship with top local photographer, work approximately 15 hours a week as a waitress
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Link Crew, canvassing, volunteer for project CURE
[ *] Summer Activities: Had a damn lazy summer.
[ *] Essays: Thought they were awesome. However, they were very personal.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: They don’t want those.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Nope, don’t care about those either.
[ *] Additional Rec: No again.
[ *] Interview: Are you kidding me?
[/ul]Other[ul]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[ *] Intended Major: Declared political science
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Colorado
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: I am the 1%.
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, really.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[ *] Strengths/Weaknesses: I’m grouping these two because it could have gone either way… I thought my strengths were my essays, however they were very long and could have annoyed the adcoms. My SAT score was pretty good I thought, my GPA was low however there was a HUGE upward trend. As in 2.3 → 3.8 freshman year. I took a very rigorous courseload as well, took on a lot of leadership.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: I was a little surprised because other than my GPA without all the info behind it, my application was fairly strong. I’m out of state, so they should want my parents’ delicious out of state dollars. Definitely my GPA. My grades were pretty so-so. 3.8, 3.7, 3.6, 3.3, etc. Didn’t totally decline like that, but you know. U Wash is getting more and more competitive. I’m reading articles about valedictorians in Washington state who are getting rejected. So, I don’t feel that bad.
[/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT (NOT super scored): composite 29, math 25, reading 31, science 28, 10/12 writing
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.77
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 41/513
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US history (4), AP Macroeconomics (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Composition, Statistics and Probability, Virtual Chinese II, AP Comparative Government/AP US Government (these 2 govt classes are in one year split in half a year each), Chemistry, DE Teachers for Tomorrow/Child Psychology, Mixed Madrigals chorus, Global Issues
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Because of marching band & madrigals, contributed to school’s most consecutive Blue Ribbon School awards in the state. Appointment to Governor’s Chinese and Governor’s Japanese Language Academies
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Leo Club (President 12, VP 11, PRO 10), Model UN, Marching Band/Colorguard(Captain), Winterguard (Captain), Mixed Madrigals, Baking and Crafts Club (co-founder)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Leo Club - see above, Tutor and teach my 3rd grade class every other day
[<em>] Summer Activities: 3 week STARTALK Chinese Language Academy, 1 month band camp
[</em>] Essays: 1 on language passion, 1 on moving to/from WA w/my self reflection
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: N/A
[</em>] Counselor Rec: N/A
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: International Studies or Relations, Mandarin Chinese, Korean
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Virginia, (WA residency)
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Large, Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 100,000+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Military “brat” from USCG, stationed us in VA… Overcoming readjustments from cross country moving
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Essays!! I slaved over them and they were very personal. My school’s rigor.
[<em>] Weaknesses: Math scores. Math in general… seriously
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied:
My essays and unique situation with WA residency while living here, how I’ve had to adjust myself… rigor of school and course junior & senior year.
[/ul]General Comments:
Do the essays wholeheartedly!! They really enhanced my application and covered my math weakness… haha…
At my school, a “regular” class is very difficult, while an AP is extremely time consuming with about 3 hrs of homework per class… I had to express my shock about my school in my essays as the standards vary school by school. It’s crazy…
Hope to see some of you soon at UW :)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (740 CR, 790 M, 650 W)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): n/a
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Don’t have one - Mostly A/A+’s
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): IB HL Economics, IB HL ITGS, IB HL Math, IB SL Physics, IB SL French B, and IB SL English. → Final score 41/45
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Same as above with TOK and EE
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Talked about Choir, Debate, Anti-Poverty Committee and my job. In hindsight my activity essays were pretty pathetic.
[<em>] Essays: Pretty good - talked about living abroad and how this has impacted my values.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[<em>] Intended Major: Undecided
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): domestic applicant living in Australia
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket:
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Lived abroad since I was four. Took classes in French. Also took some classes a year ahead.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: IB score, unique experiences?
[</em>] Weaknesses: Bad activity essays, don’t have GPA or class rank
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Scores, OOS and luck.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone who was accepted and good luck to those on the waitlist.</p>
<p>it’s kind of late but i will just post it Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1970, Writing:630 CR:560 Math: 780
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: Math II: 800 Physics:780 Chinese: 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] ELC?: NO
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB(5) Physics C-Mechanics(5) Chinese(5) Calc BC, Stats, AP Chem
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem(2 periods), Calc BC, Stats, English 4, Government
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): not really any major awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Breakdancing (lots of stage experiences and some award including national finalist of a showcase competition) Class Leader, MESA(vp), COSMOS, NSLC
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Diabolo Summer Camp Instructor
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Gear-Up, tutor at a summer school
[</em>] Personal Statement: I thought they were between good and ok. I used my UC apps plus common app essays and revised them
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Physics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: poor as dirt
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): first generation, immigrant??
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: SAT II?? special experiences?? COSMOS??
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: lucky
[/ul]General Comments: Congratulation to everyone who got in! And if you did not get in don’t be too disappointed! There must be other colleges that will see your talents!</p>
<pre><code>SAT I (breakdown): 1850; CR: 620, Writing: 600, Math: 630
ACT: N/A
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.80
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP: AP Chem 10th grade- score=5
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Running Start Classes- Biology 211, Political Science 202, Chemistry 163, Biology 212, Calculus II, Political Science 203, Biology 213, Music, Poetry
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Volunteer at Hospital and Library, Treasure of Amnesty International, formed Middle East Human Rights Society club, volunteer tutor, boxing.
Summer Activities: n/a
Essays: My first essay was about my heritage and how it affected my academic decisions and my second essay was about dealing with stereotypes.
Teacher Recommendation: N/A
Counselor Rec: N/A
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Bioengineering, Political Science
State (if domestic applicant): Washington
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity: Arab
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
</code></pre>
<p>Reflection</p>
<pre><code>Strengths: My essays
Weaknesses: SAT score
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: essays and extracurricular.
</code></pre>
<p>Extra Curricular Activities: (NOTE: not all of these appeared on my application. But I forgot the ones I left out.)
[9th Grade]: Founded drug abstinence club, qualified for Nationals in Debate
[10th Grade]: Elected President of Latin Club, JV Cross Country, JV Tennis
[11th Grade]: Joined NHS, joined on-campus exclusive Community Service club, re-elected President of Latin Club, appointed to ASB, appointed Vice President to Cafeteria Committee, JV Cross Country
[12th Grade]: Founded NHS Tutor Lab for Physics, JV Cross Country</p>
<p>Essays:
“Story from my Life” : why getting a B in Physics is my proudest academic achievement, and how rewarding it is to solve a problem that just doesn’t make sense to you.
The other essay: how I volunteered to tutor refugees in English over the summer.</p>