Kenyon Class of 2020 ED1 Results

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Just remove the first ‘a’ in the bold, size and color in your decision.

[aB][asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted[/color][/size]**
[aB][asize=4][acolor=#FFA500]Decision: Waitlisted[/color][/size]**
[aB][asize=4][acolor=#FF0000]Decision: Rejected[/color][/size]**

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown):
ACT:
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essay:
Teacher Recommendation:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:

Other

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

Reflection

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

General Comments:

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**Decision: Accepted/b

Objective:

[] SAT I (breakdown): 2060 (700 CR, 690 M, 670 W)
[] ACT: Didn’t take
[] SAT II: Didn’t take
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang (5), European History (4), US History (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP US Gov, AP Lit, AP Calc AB, Dual Enrollment women’s studies course, Physics, Speech, French V
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): None[/li][ /list]

Subjective:

[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Clarinet in marching band (section leader 1 yr, squad leader 2 yrs, various small awards), clarinet in concert band (various honors festivals & random awards, featured soloist), clarinet in orchestra & pit orchestra (featured soloist), varsity field hockey, jv & varsity cross country, yearbook staff (editor in chief 1 yr), mock trial, track team manager
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: None
[] Summer Activities: Nothing I discussed in my app
[] Essays: Common App (8/10-about playing the clarinet…very proud of it but I’m not really a writer haha)
[] Teacher Recommendations: (9/10) I had this teacher for psychology junior year, ap government senior year, and as my mock trial advisor all through high school.
[] Counselor Rec: (8/10) We know each other very well and she really likes me (but I quit a sports team that she coached…)
[] Additional Rec: Didn’t get one
[li] Interview: It seemed to go very well. I had a lot of common interests with my student interviewer (same major that I intend to have) so I could talk to her about politics and stuff. Only downside was that it was a little short (~45 mins.)[/li][ /list]

Other
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Political Science & Women’s Studies
[] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Small & not very competitive (about 600 students)
[] Ethnicity (Hispanic Y/N/not reported):
[] Race(s) (AI/AN, Asian, AA, NH/PI, White, not reported): White (didn’t report)
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket:
[] Hooks/tips (URM, athlete, legacy, 1st gen, etc.): None
[ /list]

Reflection
[] Strengths: Leadership & commitment to extracurriculars, essay, teacher recs, interview (idk about this one)
[] Weaknesses: Course rigor, ap scores, didn’t take SAT II’s
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I showed interest!!! I visited campus twice, stayed overnight, interviewed, attended classes, applied ED & kept in touch with my admissions rep.
[] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: University of Mary Washington (accepted early action)
[li] Where else are you applying for RD: Obviously nowhere :)[/li][ /list]

[ b]General Comments:** So shocked & so happy :slight_smile:

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2100 (CR640 M790 W670)
ACT: None
SAT II: None
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.78
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): NA
AP (place score in parenthesis): None
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Soccer varsity team for 4 years (assistant coach); Soccer club for 2 years (founder and president); Bird watcher and photographer; Interviewer at local LGBT center.
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer teaching for children at a mental hospital
Summer Activities: Summer program at a university in Beijing
Essay: My transformation as a soccer player (it’s basically about how I changed from a selfish one to team worker)
Teacher Recommendation: One from my math teacher who used to be my tutor in junior high school and another one from my humanity teacher.
Counselor Rec: She’s new in our school but I think I get along with her quite well
Additional Rec: One professor from Brown University who taught me economics in summer program and another one from my soccer coach.
Interview: I did it when my regional counselor (Sonya) was in Beijing. I was a little nervous but in general I think it’s pretty well.

Other

State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): China
School Type: A small but famous high school in Beijing.
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

General Comments: Sooo happy!!!

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Descion: accepted
With a Full Scholarship

SAT I (breakdown): N/ A
ACT: 26 ( Math 28, English 27, reading 28 and Science 23
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/ A
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Ap Calculus BC, Ap English, Honors Anamotomy , Ap Econ, Teacher Assistant, Applied Medical English, Ib Swahili
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Mayor Award for Leadeeship
Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Berkeley Youth Tobacco Education ( trainer of new BYTE members), Peace and Justice Commissioner, Rugby, GSA, Black Student Union( President), Pets and Rabits club
Work Experience: Student assistant to Post Doctoral Researcher at a BioEnrgy Research Lab
Volunteer/Community service: Painting Murals, House of Rabbit Society, Homeless Shelter
Summer Activities: Berkeley Day Camp Counselor
Essay: I wrote mine on my journey to discovering I wanted to be a teacher and then I supplemented it with my desire to be a math teacher specifically
Teacher Recommendation: My history teacher, who I have had for 4 years, My math teacher who’ve I’d had for 3, and my IB Swahili teacher who I’ve have for 4 years
Counselor Rec: My counselor is a women of colr and she loved me. We spent a lot of time working on my apps together. She is like my second mom
Additional Rec: I have my mentor from a Program that I’m in write one. He has known me for 3 years. He’s like my big brother
Interview: My interview went amazing. I love my interviewer.She was so great We talked a lot about my life and where I’ve lived. We talk for a while, like an hour

Other

State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: large more than 3,000 and semi competitive
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Lower Middle Class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Math and African Studies Major Minor in Education

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Decision: Accepted
With partial scholarship

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT: 28
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4 (>93%=3.67 A- at my school, 92 is B+)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): SDNR
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Calc, AP French, AP Stats, Eng 4, Engineering Design, Psychology
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Leg Lamp in my front window

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 year varsity golf (captain) - multi year state champions, varsity football
Job/Work Experience: local smoothie shop, server, cashier
Volunteer/Community service: Leukemia Lymphoma Society
Summer Activities: Golf, golf, golf, golf.
Essay: about a cancer scare
Teacher Recommendation: Math and Business teacher (who is also asst golf coach)
Counselor Rec: Solid but likely generic
Additional Rec:
Interview: Good. Talked about my time when I lived in Australia

Other

State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public, top 5 in state, highly competitive, friends going to Ivys
Ethnicity: basic white guy
Gender: male
Income Bracket: upper middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Playing golf for Kenyon

Reflection

Strengths: Athletics, analytical
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted: Playing golf for Kenyon and went ED1. Would not likely have been admitted otherwise
Where else were you accepted: Fordham, OSU, RPI

General Comments:

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): n/a
ACT: 32
SAT II: n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86 W. My school doesn’t send an UW GPA but it would around 3.56 I think.
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (4), AP Lang (4), AP Gov (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro, AP Lit, Physics, PreCalc, Show Choir, Honors Lit Mag, Honors Yearbook, Religion, Advanced Show Choir
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Phi Beta Kappa Award, Lit Mag ranked in the top 5% of the nation, various honor cards from schools, ACA scholarship winner, various local poetry contests
Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Theatre +14 shows (dance captain), dance, vocal lessons, thespian society (officer), NHS (officer), litmag (editor in chief for 2 years), yearbook (editor), show choir (dance captain), academic competition (president for 2 years)
Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard for 3 years
Volunteer/Community service: school integrates 25 hours of service during the school year, counselor at a Christian camp over the summer for 2 years
Summer Activities: camp counselor, lifeguard, used to do some musicals
Essay: very strong- used extended metaphor from a musical to explain how I’m not extraordinary, just uniquely ordinary
Teacher Recommendation: from my litmag/AP English teacher and my AP gov teacher. Both were very strong.
Counselor Rec: Don’t know much about it, but I think it was strong.
Additional Rec: One from my theatre director
Interview: It was only 30 minutes long, but my interviewer got along really well and she could tell I wanted to go to Kenyon very badly.

Other

State (if domestic applicant): MO
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private, Catholic, all girls college prep school. Very small. (68 girls in my class)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Upper Class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a

Reflection

Strengths: ACT score, a lot of demonstrated interest, extracurriculars, essay and recommendations
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I showed a lot of interest towards Kenyon. Applying ED helped.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted at Knox, Loyola of Chicago, Fordham, Hendrix, Beloit, Wooster, and Elon

General Comments: can’t wait to go!! Super excited!!

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 1890. Reading (660), Writing (660), Math (570)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (4), APEuro (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Advanced Women’s Ensemble, AP Psychology, IB English 12, IB 20th Century History, Statistics, Anatomy and Physiology, Yearbook. Literary Magazine
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Local poetry and writing awards
Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Choir (4 Years), Yearbook (Editor-in-Chief, 2 years), Literary Magazine (Editor-in-Chief, 2 Years), Theater/Drama (4 Years)
Job/Work Experience: Line Foreman on father’s citrus farm
Volunteer/Community service: weekly outings with Special Ed Students
Summer Activities: Studied at Phillips Academy Andover, Studied at Columbia University, Studied at Oxford University, and international travel
Essay: Strong. Impressionistic style. Wrote about how my Colombian mother shapes how I view the world and what memories connect me to her.
Teacher Recommendation: From my IB 11 English Teacher and my Stats teacher both very favorable
Counselor Rec: Good. He liked me because I was smart, organized, and efficient.
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: Went amazingly. We bonded over our love of One Hundred Years of Solitude by Marquez. The interview went a little longer than it was supposed to because we had such a great time talking to each other.

Other

State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Large Public School, Offers IB classes and Diploma
Ethnicity: Hispanic/White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

Reflection

Strengths: Essay, Interview, and Leadership Positions
Weaknesses: SAT (math score in particular), also a C in Math class Junior year
Why you think you were accepted: Latina, interest in Kenyon, and interest in a college education
Where else were you accepted: I withdrew all other applications

General Comments: I’ve never been more excited!