<p>[aB][asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted[/color][/size]**</p>
<p>College of Engineering!!!</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 33 (33E 35M 32R 33S)
SAT II: 740 Math I, 750 Math II, 740 Physics, 670 Biology-E (self-taught physics and bio)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91/4.3X
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/200ish
AP (place score in parenthesis): Considering I failed AP Lang I think it can be concluded that these have no impact on the decision…
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Macro/Micro Economics, AP Statistics, AP Government, AP Biology, AP Physics B, Linear Algebra, H Spanish 3, H English 12
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Team President, NHS Treasurer, #1 Varsity Tennis player all 4 years, travel tennis team, named top-50 athlete in state of Maryland, a bunch of other tennis related stuff
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: I volunteer at a local wetlands monitoring the phytoplankton levels, I pack books for Books for International Goodwill, I volunteer at various tennis tournaments in the mid-atlantic region, NHS tutoring, working with Maryland Child Identification Program, I ran Pennies for Patients this year at my school which was a huge success!
Summer Activities: Traveling the world/Tennis
Essays: I chose the CommonApp prompt that was along the lines of: What’s your favorite place and why? I wrote about coming from an area that lacks diversity (pretty much everyone at my school is white) and how airports have allowed me to see people from all over the world which has made a huge impact on my life. Engineering Supplement was about how I visited the Panama Canal the summer before freshmen year and how that influenced my decision to pursue Civil Engineering. Also mentioned why I want to go to Cornell. If you are an aspiring Civil Engineer YOU MUST MENTION THE SHAKE TABLE (imo). Cornell is one of 5 schools in the nation that has a full-scale laboratory to simulate earthquakes so why would you not include that in your essay
Teacher Recommendation: Both came from amazing people so I’m assuming they were good.
Counselor Rec: I don’t really know my counselor so idk
Additional Rec:
Interview: I just had an info session with a local alum who was very helpful in answering my questions and what not.
Other</p>
<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: Ya
Intended Major: Civil/Environmental Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 180ish
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): My grandfather attended the university for one year but was forced to drop out because of the Great Depression. This is technically considered legacy but according to my interviewer it would not have much of an impact with the College of Engineering.</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: ACT scores, essays
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Making myself out to be a desirable student. I worked my ass off the month before the application was due.
Weaknesses: kryptonite
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: A series of fortunate events. Everything just pieced itself together and I could not be happier. I also wrote an email to my admissions counselor asking him to consider my November subject test scores and about how I taught myself physics, biology, and environmental science. Maybe he liked that??
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: ED
Your “Big Red” factor - the most unique thing in your application: Probably the thing about my grandfather attending. My last line in my supplement was about how I wanted to finish what he started.</p>