<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 740 CR, 740 M, 730 W
[</em>] ACT: 36
[<em>] SAT II: 780 Biology M, 770 Math II, 730 Literature
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 UW, 4.3-ish W
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 25/625-ish
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), World History (5), US Government (4), Comparative Politics (5), Calculus AB (5), Biology (5), Psychology (5), Language (5), Statistics (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Over the summer: AP Macro; During the year: Physics Honors, AP Chem, AP Calc BC, AP Micro, AP European History, AP Literature, AP Physics B, AP German
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar, National AP Scholar, Presidential Scholar Candidate
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Orchestra/Pit orchestra/'cello lessons (9-12), Science Olympiad (10-12; founder in two schools; captain 11 and 12), Quiz Bowl (9 JV, 11 and 12 Varsity), Young Democrats (11, VP 12), Jewish Club (10, founder and president in 11th), Debate (9-10, Varsity Letter), Environmental Club (12), NHS (11-12), Science NHS (11, Secretary 12), Assistant teaching at synagogue (since 8th), Confirmation and Hebrew High (since 7th)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: I was paid when I worked with special education kids at my synagogue in 8th-9th grade. Now I volunteer with kids who struggle but do not have special needs.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: See above.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Summer after 9th I took Honors Chem online; Summer after 10th I started AP Psych online but finished it during the school year; Summer after 11th I took AP Macro online.
[</em>] Essays: My Why Oberlin was creative and strong (but limited because of word limits) - I told a story about how I found out about Oberlin that everybody seems to love. My Common App essay was about my nutty family and the values I’ve learned from my grandmother and great-aunts - all Holocaust survivors.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I’m assuming fairly strong - one was from my AP Biology teacher/Science Olympiad coach who thinks I’m amazing. The other was from AP U.S. and Comparative Gov teacher.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I don’t know - my counselor doesn’t know me very well.
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: Definitely my best interview. It was just comfortable and fun. It was with an admissions reader and a student intern (Oberlin senior), not an alumnus.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Biology/pre-vet, Judaic studies
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Florida (Jacksonville)
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: medium-large public school. It is a very high performing school in a nice suburb, but almost everyone goes to a big, sporty state school. Definitely not a bastion of intellectualism. Area leans conservative.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: Around $100,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Attended three high schools, maybe?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: APs, ACT, a few leadership/founding positions
[<em>] Weaknesses: They probably have lots of white, Jewish girls who play 'cello
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my interests and strengths are very diverse, and that showed in my application.<br>
[/ul]General Comments: Also got the John F. Oberlin scholarship, which is excellent, but they gave me poor need-based aid. I think my parents are going to appeal and see if we can get more because I really like Oberlin! Congrats to everybody who got in! Good luck everyone with decisions!</p>
