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Hey everyone,

I was just accepted to Midd 2023.5, and I found that looking at other applicants’ stats was helpful when I was looking at schools. So, I’m going to post mine, anyone else can feel free to post theirs :slight_smile:

Demographics:
-White & Middle Eastern
-Female
-Live in Virginia

Major:
-Environmental policy & global studies

Current Year Courses- AP Biology, AP Psychology, Calculus (regular), English, Environmental Research elective, Latin IV
(my school does not offer any honors courses and does not offer AP English)

APs:
Last year I took the AP Comparative World Politics, AP US Government, AP Environmental Science, and AP English Language APs (I self-studied for lang). I got all 5s

Stats:
1320 SAT (not submitted lol)
33 ACT (36 English, 35 Reading, 30 Math, 30 Science)
My school does not calculate GPA, but I have gotten straight As for the past three years. I used an online calculator and got that my cumulative GPA is a 3.8, but excluding freshman year it is a 4.0 UW. Weighted it is around a 4.3-4.4.

ECS:
-Student Tour Guide
-Volleyball (school and travel, captain and voted MVP)
-Worked as a volleyball coach and referee for my local recreational league
-Head of environmental club
-Model UN
-Member of a club where we mentored incoming freshmen
-I did a summer program every year I was in high school. I think my name is on the website so I’m not going to share the specific names of the programs, just know that they were summer classes involving environmental science. If anyone is interested just PM me.

Research:
-I worked with a local conservation organization as an intern and I also did community service and research at the park. I conduced research on micro plastics in the park and am trying to get my work published.
-I also worked on a research vessel for a few weeks over the summer

Awards:
AP Scholar with Distinction

I hope this is helpful for anyone looking to apply to Middlebury. Let me know if you have any questions!

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Demographics:

  • Male
  • Caucasian European
  • Ohio
  • 250k+ income bracket

My stats:

Class rank: My school doesn’t rank us; however, I am one of the top students in my grade. I go to one of the top public HS in my state.

WGPA: 4.3 set to be 4.4+ before graduation

UGPA Unweighted: 3.97+

SAT: 1480 (710 RW, 770M)

ACT: 34 (34 Math, 34 Science, 32 Grammar, 35 Reading)

SatBioM: 770

SatChem: 790

APBio: 5

APChem: 5

APGov: 4

APStats: 5

APCompSciP: (Taking)

APCalcAB: (Taking)

AP Euro: (Taking)

APFrench: (Taking)

My college counselor called my essay one of the best she had ever read. And the teachers i asked for LOR from all love me.

ECs:

  1. Moderator for large tech community over 300,000 members. Do significant work with this. I work directly with major companies to coordinate weekly events including giveaways and AMAs. A few of the people I've worked with are ranked as some of the most influential people in Silicon Valley. (700+ hrs)
  2. Member and treasurer of my Local city's Youth Council. We do a ton of volunteer work and other various things.
  3. Cross Country (Varsity)
  4. Track and Field (Varsity)
  5. Squash (Club)
  6. Working for School Tech Department over this summer. (30 hrs / week)
  7. Setting up wiring/electronics in home and several local businesses
  8. Involved with the production of a local school poetry competition (Sophomore, Junior, and hopefully Senior years)
  9. GSA member
  10. Found and responsibly disclosed vulnerabilities in several websites. Got cash rewards.
  11. Helped to organize March for Our Lives marches in my school and city. With the previously mentioned Youth Council, we met with the regional public transportation company to offer free transportation for youth to and from the march.

Awards:

I have won school-based awards that are given to the best student in each class. I have the following:

  1. Geometry (Freshman)
  2. Algebra II (Sophomore)
  3. English (Sophomore)
  4. AP Gov (Junior)
  5. Student of the Month (Sophomore year)
  6. AP Scholar with Honors
  7. High Honor Roll (throughout highschool)

Misc:

  1. Ran half-marathon in good time (1:27:00).
  2. Various volunteer work (Outside of Youth Council)
  3. Various XC awards
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c0llegepanda - I was accepted as a Feb too! It’s going to be so fun to ski down the Snowl Bowl at Graduation.

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Accepted

Current Year Courses: 2 APs, 1 IB, 1 Honors, and 2 Regular

APs:
AP Chem (3) and AP US (5)
*School does not allow APs until 11th. No more than three AP classes in one year

Stats:
SAT: did not take
ACT: 35 (32 English, 36 Reading, 34 Math, 36 Science). One attempt.
US History subject test: 780. One attempt.
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GPA: 3.7 unweighted, 4.09 weighted
*As and Bs as an underclassman, strong upward trend as time progressed (straight As for Senior first term grades).

ECS:
-Varsity Rower (team captain)
-Girl Scout K-12 (currently working on Gold Award)
-Lead Volunteer for local library summer reading program (recognized for “Most Hours Volunteered.”)
-Academic League (QuizBowl style academic trivia matches)
-Science Olympiad: club co-leader, participant, and coach to underclassmen
-Co-head of school’s Senior-Freshman mentorship program
Exchange/Homestay Trips through school (Mexico and France)
-Leader of a service group that teaches local elementary school students with
severe disabilities how to swim.

Awards:
CSF member (California Scholarship Federation)
Dean’s List (every year)
Placed 9th in Regional Science Olympiad competition.
3rd place in a social-innovation design challenge run by the University of California.

Hook: Personal Statement was about passion for food studies and desire to one day work in food policy. Spoke heavily about it during the interview. Had a wonderful discussion over the phone with head Food Studies prof before applying.
One teacher likely mentioned it in her recommendation

Strong recommendations I think.

Great alumni interview.