<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2110 (670 CR, 730M, 710 W)
[</em>] ACT: 30
[<em>] SAT II: 720 Bio, 720 US, 670 M II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 UW, 4.1 W
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Don’t know
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), US (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP environ, AP Calc, AP Human Geo, AP English, Film
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Florist in spring 2007, test water since then
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Meals on Wheels, Church bell tower maintenance
[<em>] Summer Activities: Work
[</em>] Essays: I thought they were pretty good, I just reread them while waiting and caught a few mistakes though
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Never let me see them, but they both liked me so I think good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Never saw- but in the letter they mentioned his rec said how i was respected by the faculty and well liked by the student body
[<em>] Additional Rec: None
[</em>] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Undecided
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Middle
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Course load, grades
[<em>] Weaknesses: extracurriculurs
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Good grades and recs
[/ul]General Comments: not sure how financial aid will work out, but im excited nonetheless</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1920 (600 CR, 690M, 630 W)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 650 MI
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): 32/33 English A 5, Drama 6, E History 5, Bio 4/5, French B 5, Studies 6, 0/1 IB Points
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: HL English, HL Drama, HL E Hist SL French, SL Studies, SL Bio
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): TONS! if you want details msg me
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Camp Counselor
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Coach Basketball, India Service Trip
[<em>] Summer Activities: Camp
[</em>] Essays: Common Application essays were ok, but my Kenyon Supplement was really really good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see them, but I heard they were really good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see it, but my Counselor really likes me
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: It went really well. My interviewer was a drama major (which is what I want to be) and we got along splendid
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Drama
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Canada
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Upper Middle
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths:IB, Kenyon Essays, Interview
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT Scores
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:all of my strengths and my EC’s
[/ul]General Comments:
Kenyon is one of my top schools so I’m really excited to be accepted!</p>
<p>Decisions have been mailed. There was a short time decisions could have been found on the MyApp site before it was pulled down when they realized no one had their actual letters yet I assume these are people who are relatively close to Kenyon and so would get their mail the quickest. I would expect a response very soon.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): M-590 CR-550 WR-500 (1640)
[</em>] ACT: 26
[<em>] SAT II: BIO-690 SPanish 620
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9? (96.734)
[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9 out of 276</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: All AP, SUPA, and Accelerated
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Best Dressed, Class of '09?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Honor Society (President), Spanish Club (President), Science Honors Society (Vice President), Global Community Club, Safe Schools Ambassadors
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: I make my bed, sometimes…
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Much 300+ hours
[</em>] Summer Activities: All those volunteer hours
[<em>] Essays: Fierce, let me tell you…
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Remember that lioness in the Serengeti? Powerful.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Beastly…
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview: Nope…
[/ul]Other[list]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
[<em>] Intended Major: Biology/Spanish double, with Premed intentions.
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[*] Country (if international applicant): Les </p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 730 CR 720 M 750 W: 2200
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: 770 Lit 760 USH 710 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.4 on a 4.5 scale
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t, but around the top 10% in a class of about 380
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (5) US (5) Eng Lang (5) Psych (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics B, AP English Lit, AP US Gov, AP Macro/Micro Econ, Advanced French, Social Science Research
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NCTE Achievement Award, AP Scholar with Honor, National Merit SF (didn’t quite make it to finalist…ha)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate Team, Drama Club (Playwriting Involvement), Newspaper (Columnist), English Honor Society (VP), Foreign Language Honor Society, National Honor Society, Humanitarian Club (Exec Board), Community Service Tutor
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Sort of a job (got paid)–Research Internship over the summer at a well known research institute at Columbia. Did intel work, but also had a specific internship component.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Political stuff-- Campaign intern/youth outreach on a lot of local campaigns, as well as run of the mill volunteer work for Obama.
[<em>] Summer Activities: See Job, as well as a writing master class at Columbia two summers ago.
[</em>] Essays: Supplemental essays were a little rushed for the merit scholarship deadline. Commonapp essay was very good according to others, I really can’t judge my own writing haha.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: 1 excellent, 1 unknown but probably very good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: We’re close, I hope good.
[<em>] Additional Rec: From my research mentor this summer. Excellent.
[</em>] Interview: It went well! My interviewer was a little odd, though.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope.
[</em>] Intended Major: Political Science and English double
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: Highly Competitive Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: over 250k/yr
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None of the standards, I guess.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Essays, ECs, AP scores, etc. I’m good at the things I’m passionate about.
[<em>] Weaknesses: Math grades were sub-par, though I’m taking the toughest courseload.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I showed interest! Also my scores are pretty good for Kenyon.
[/ul]General Comments: Also received one of the academic merit scholarships for 7k/year. Pretty excited about that because it means I don’t have to go to Binghamton! I still have a ton of schools to hear from but I loved Kenyon when I visited, and I know I’d be happy here.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (760 CR, 680 M, 790 W)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: US History (690), Bio-E (720), Japanese (730), Lit (750)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 3, 3, 4, 4, 5
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Environ, AP Comp. Gov/AP US Gov, AP Japanese, AP Euro, AP Lit, Band, and Debate
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): A few? NM Commended, etc.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Pretty good with a focus on Japanese (Club & Honor Society President)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Peer2Peer Tutor
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: A LOT!
[<em>] Summer Activities: JAFS Scholar (exchange student in Japan), etc.
[</em>] Essays: They were the strongest part of my app… i think?
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: They were great!
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I’m actually not sure…? Hopefully, it was good.
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: I went to Kenyon for the Trustee Scholarship thing and had my interview there. It wasn’t my best, but I still loved it!
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope! But Kenyon is still offering $5000 per year (for the Distinguished Scholars thingy…)
[</em>] Intended Major: Political Science/English
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Korean-American
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: $300K+/yr
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): err…?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Essays, recs, and… luck?
[<em>] Weaknesses: Definitely my transcript (I had 2 C’s!!!)
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[/ul]General Comments: I didn’t get chosen as a Trustee Scholar, but I did get the Distinguished Scholar thing! YAY! Kenyon’s still a bit too pricey for me… but the personalized acceptance letter really really really won me over.</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): Cr:690 M:750 W:710
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: MATH IIC:780 Chem: 770
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 8.9/10 9 Converted :4.0)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): NA
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): City-wide Academic Contest; Royal Australian Chem
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience: helps parents at home with Customer’s Service
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: tutor; co-organiser a summer campaign
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays: so so, I posted, if you guys please read it!
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: good
[ *] Counselor Rec: good?
[ *] Additional Rec: good
[ *] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list
]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes - 8k/year
[ *] Intended Major: Environmental Studies, Political Science
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): Vietnam
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Vietnamese
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] Income Bracket: low
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: grades?
[ *] Weaknesses: nothing to move them; little contribution?
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Do you guys think I should increase my contribution to the school? If so, how much should I stretch? I can loan only up to 12k/year. I don’t know if that helps…</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
With the Distinguished Academic scholarship, too, which I didn’t think I could get! So excited!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 Verbal, 690 Math, 770 Writing
[</em>] SAT II: 760 World, 760 Literature, 740 USH
[<em>] Unweighted GPA: 3.98
[</em>] Rank: School doesn’t rank…top 10%
[<em>] AP: World (5), English Lang (5), Physics B (4), USH (4), English Lit, Phys C, Calculus BC, Government and Politics
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Phys C, AP Gov/Pol, Film Genre, Psychology, Literature of Social Criticism
[<em>] Major Awards: National Merit Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Literary magazine (editor-in-chief), newspaper (columnist), bowling (captain), Interact Club, photography
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Job since last June and an internship
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: The internship, Interact
[<em>] Summer Activities: Nada.
[</em>] Essays: I think they were pretty good…they were mentioned in my letter.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Well, I sure hope they were good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Who knows.
[<em>] Interview: Awkward, as it was my first college interview ever.
[/ul]Other
[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
[<em>] Intended Major: Undecided
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Middle-class? My parents never tell me what they make, but they’re teachers, so I guess do the math.
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Strong writer…not much else to speak of, haha.
[/ul]</p>
<p>White girls from the suburbs can get into liberal arts colleges! I believe!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT: 27
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):35/200
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro, American, Chemistry, English Lang, English Lit, Gov’t & Pol, Environmental, Music Theory, French Lang
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: All AP or SUPA
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (VP), FLHS (editor), SSHS, NEHS (Board of Advisors), Model UN (President 2 years), GSA (VP 1 year), Stage Crew (Stage Manager 2 years), Concert Band (first chair 1 year), Clarinet Ensemble (first chair 1 year), Marching Band, Pep Band, Concert Choir, Elite Singers, Elite Women’s Chorus, Newspaper, Environmental Club
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Gate Guard at local beach club (3 years), camp counselor (2 years), babysitting (5 years)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: JDRF, Library
[<em>] Summer Activities: Travel, work, Summer@Brown
[</em>] Essays: Very good, have had teachers call them “outstanding”
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: No idea
[</em>] Counselor Rec: No idea
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Creative Writing/English Lit
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: small public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: $150,000+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Essays, leadership
[<em>] Weaknesses: Test scores, rank
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: It’s a tough year and it’s incredibly competitive
[/ul]General Comments: I’m not CRUSHED, but I’m sure as hell not happy that I got rejected, although I’m also a little bitter because it’s my first rejection.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (670 CR, 700 math, 780 writing)
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: 800 math II, 770 chemistry, 710 biology e/m, 690 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Not sure; 4.44 weighted
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 2%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), Chemistry (4), US History (4); this year taking AP English Lit., AP Physics C, AP Calculus AB, AP Spanish Language
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: In addition to above: psychology, sociology, orchestra
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Eagle Scout, AP Scholar Award, 2-time state speech qualifier
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Boy Scouts, Speech team, Orchestra (section leader), Spanish Club, NHS
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutor
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Planned and executed Eagle Scout project
[</em>] Summer Activities: NYLF-med, Boy Scout camp (3 times), Boy Scout National Jamboree, summer gym
[<em>] Essays: Great
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Outstanding
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No idea
[</em>] Additional Rec: From Boyscout leader; good
[<em>] Interview: Nope, but visited campus
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Chemistry
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: M
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Academics, test scores, interest in research
[<em>] Weaknesses: Class rank
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Combination of factors
[/ul]General Comments: The acceptance letter was the most personal I have received. The paragraph about why I was accepted made me smile after all of the effort it took to apply to colleges. The included Kenyon window sticker was a fun touch, and the financial aid package has been the best so far.</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2180-670 CR, 750 M, 760 W
ACT: 34
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 of 456</p>
<p>Senior Year Course Load: APs in Calc BC, English, Gov, Chem, Music Theory, German IV</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: Mainly Music related activities</p>
<p>Essays: Decent, we think!
Teacher Recommendation: Good
Counselor Rec: Good
Additional Rec:
Interview: Awesome!</p>
<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Not sure
State (if domestic applicant): Midwest</p>
<p>School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Above $150K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Bassoon??!</p>
<p>Awarded a 12K Honors Scholarship and a nice FA package.</p>
<p>He’s excited, but waiting to hear from his other schools.</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):2100: 650 M; 710 CR; 740 W
ACT: 32: 35 E; 33 M; 31 R; 27 S
SAT II: 760 Molecular Bio; 750 U.S. History; 750 Literature
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/470
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang (5), Biology (5), U.S. History (5), Spanish (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Spanish Lit, AP Calc. AB, AP Euro, Hon. Physics, Hon. Gov’t
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honor Society (President), Model UN, Youth Symphony-Violin, Spanish Honor Society, Facing History,
Job/Work Experience: Camp Counselor in summer at UNC Farm Camp (4 yrs)
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities: Concordia Language villages, Camp Counselor
Essays: very strong
Teacher Recommendation: good
Counselor Rec: good
Additional Rec:
Interview: went well
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: English and Biology double major
State (if domestic applicant): TN
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 70K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
Strengths: GPA
Weaknesses: Test scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
General Comments:[ Kenyon is my top choice but I can’t go because they didn’t give me enough money. I got the Distinguished scholarship for 8K per year. Kenyon didn’t even meet my parent’s EFC on our FAFSA. I am in complete shock.]</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2180, I think? (760 reading, 720 math, 700 writing)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7-ish?
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My school doesn’t rank at all.
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (3), U.S. History (4), English Lang. (5), Environmental Science (5), Psychology (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Spanish 202, Physics, English 151 (1920s Lit. and Hist.), Social Problems /// Spanish 220, Music Appreciation, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency, Intro to Computer Programming
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul] Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): GSA (Co-President), NHS
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: I tutor for my school. I’ve also done some English-Spanish translating work.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: At least 160 hours over the past two years, most of it at libraries.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Founding/teaching a Spanish class to elementary-age kids at the library, volunteering, travelling
[</em>] Essays: I don’t remember what they were about, but I suppose they were adequate!
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent. I take all of my classes at a college so I had college professors write my recs.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Fine, I guess.
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: Had one. My interviewer was a little wacky and the interview turned me off the school, but I guess she liked me.
[/ul] Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope. I had already decided not to go.
[</em>] Intended Major: Spanish
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): North Carolina
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None that I know of.
[/ul] Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: My interest in Spanish and librarianship is really strong. I manage to tie them together well. Also, I go to a college already, so they know I can handle college coursework.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Do you see anything extraordinary in the way of extracurriculars? Yeah, me neither.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably because they thought I wouldn’t need any financial aid. xD[/li][/ul] General Comments: Never fear, someone else will be getting my spot!</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 690 M, 730 W
ACT: 31
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 in French Lang, 3 in APUSH, 4 in Calculus AB
Senior Year Course Load: APs in Physics C, French Lit, Government, Biology, and Literature, plus journalism and religion
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, AP Scholar, Girl Scout Gold Award</p>
<p>Subjective
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Equestrian, 4H (Livestock Club VP- I show goats ), Girl Scouts, French National Honor Society (President)
Job/Work Experience: 3 summers as a lifeguard
Volunteer/Community service: Girl Scout Gold Award- I formed a service club at my school; volunteered at a local therapeutic riding barn
Summer Activities: cultural exchange to France
Essays: good- I wrote about my pet goat. He has three legs.
Teacher Recommendation: Good
Counselor Rec: didn’t read, assuming it was good- she knows me pretty well
Interview: good</p>
<p>Other
Intended Major: English, French, or Biology
State (if domestic applicant): Kentucky
School Type: Catholic
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: essays, SAT, interview, course load
Weaknesses: grades are okay but not anything to brag about
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my essay is what got me in. Although it wasn’t very “scholastic”, I had a lot of fun with it. I think my true personality and style really showed through- and that’s what’s important!!!
General Comments:
I’m happy I got in! I don’t know if I’ll end up there but it’s definately a major contender. I’m glad I stayed true to myself in my essays and had fun with the application.</p>
I assume these are people who are relatively close to Kenyon and so would get their mail the quickest. I would expect a response very soon.</p>
