Accepted, Rejected, or Deferred: Accepted
Intended Major/School: I do not really know. Choosing primarily between political science, public health, physics (astronomy/astrophysics “concentration”) and neuroscience; considering chemBE, molecular and cellular bio, sociology, and psychology, as well 
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1440/1600, school average of 995 (720/800+720/800, 8/8). So while the numbers themselves are not necessarily mind-blowing in comparison to other applicants, they don’t need to be - would a school reasonably expect a kid from a 30 student school in Kansas, for example, to score a 1590? No.
ACT: 35/36 (36R, 34M, 36E, 34S)
SAT II: 760-U.S. History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/240
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5-APUSH, 5-AP Lang
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, APES, AP Gov, Calculus, Physics, Spanish 4
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Black belt in karate for 10 years (active volunteer, “instructor”), FBLA for 4 years (VP, 2x national competitor, 2x 3rd in state, 3x state competitor, project leader on business/student outreach), NHS for 4 years (President), 2x Class Treasurer, District delegate in primary caucus
Job/Work Experience: Summer intern at an IRB, fast food worker
Volunteer/Community service: 4.5 hrs/week for karate, FBLA project
Summer Activities: Just the internship or job
Essays: Common App: 6.8743/10, wasn’t written like a normal application essay and wasn’t the most insightful, but really dug down to the core of my emotions and how I think; JHU essay: 9/10, written with a lot of passion for helping others through what I learn at JHU
Teacher Recommendation: One good and one average in terms of how they were written, both as positive as they could be (like everyone’s lol)
Counselor Rec: Probably average, but positive like above
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: nah, dawg, didn’t want to interview
Other
State (if domestic applicant): WA
Country (if international applicant):
Intended major(s): See above
School Type: Small-medium public (~250/class)
Ethnicity: White as they come
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~$200k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths: Community service, good scores, took advantage of resources available to me
Weaknesses: Bland
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: See strengths, besides scores
General Comments: I think that my case supports the notion that you do not have to be POTUS or cure cancer to get accepted. I didn’t have many activities, but they all defined me - someone who enjoys giving back, giving others a helping hand in life. Quantitative measures only take you so far - scores, numbers of leadership positions, etc. You need to have a general path, a backbone principle to your education that transcends what your eventual occupation may be, and you need to make this idea of what you want to do, and how it relates to your school, apparent.
