Hi everyone!
Congrats to those who are accepted, and don’t lose hope if you are deferred because it’s not a death sentence!
Choose One:
[ size=4][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted **[/color][/size]
[ size=4][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred **[/color][/size]
[ size=4][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected **[/color][/size]
Objective
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II (place score in parentheses):
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parentheses):
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community Service:
Summer Activities:
Essays:
Teacher Recommendations:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:
Other
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you received a likely/possible/unlikely prediction:
Where else you have applied and/or have been accepted/rejected:
General comments/advice/hindsight:
**Decision: Accepted with 15k/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): 10/10 The interview was great lasted about 3 hours and I really enjoyed it.
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: After my interview, I felt like I was going to be admitted.
Strengths: Test scores, essays, EC’s, and Recommendations
Weaknesses: Class rigor and GPA
When people post ratings of Recommendations, how do you know?? Did the teacher/counselor tell you?
@pn24601 my teachers showed them to me after I got in
@alexandra00 did Kenyon require a supplemental essay this year? I thought they just used the one on the common app.
No, they didn’t @2manycollegequestions4me . My DS only submitted the Common App essay. He also submitted portfolio writings, but that was for a scholarship, not admittance.
Thanks @ChaosParent23 Did anyone (reading this thread at least) submit a supplement anyway? (Other than for the writing scholarship)
@2manycollegequestions4me I used the coalition app which had 3 supplements
@ChaosParent23
@alexandra00 I’ve never heard of the coalition app! So you were able to apply to all of your schools through it? What made you choose it over the common app? Thank you!
@2manycollegequestions4me I maxxed out the common so I made a coalition