OFFICIAL Brown University RD Decisions - Class of 2013

mathgirl62591 · March 31, 2009, 10:36pm

**Decision: ACCEPTED!!! **

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): 770 M, 730 CR, 740 W
[] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 790 Chem, 790 US History
[] ACT:
[] APs: Chemistry (5), US History (5)
[] IBs:
[] GPA: 5.171 (my school’s scale), 4.0 (normal scale)
[] Rank: 1/415
[] Other stats (AMC/AIME/USAMO, PhO, ChO, etc): Chemistry Olympiad
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Student Council (President), Yearbook (Editor) Select Choir, Jazz Ensemble, World Language Club, National/State Student Council exec boards, All-State Chorus, Math League, Science Club, and a few more.
[] Job/Work Experience: Employed by school’s athletic department to work at all sporting events. 
[] Essays (subject and responses): I liked it, wrote about my indecisiveness
[] Teacher Recs: Awesome, lots of connections to my EC’s
[] Counselor Rec: My counselor and I don’t see eye to eye, so I had the principal write me a letter. He wrote me the most wonderful and flattering letter.
[] Hook (if any, such as RSI or URM):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: RI
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, haven’t sent a kid to an Ivy in over four years
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I was totally shocked because I actually got my letter today, since I live in RI. I was so happy though I can’t wait to celebrate with the rest of my family! Congrats to everyone else who was accepted!

toastmaster · March 31, 2009, 10:36pm

**Decision: ACCEPTED **

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): 750 CR 780 M 710 W
[] SAT IIs: 780 Phys 800 Math II 740 Chem
[] ACT:
[] APs: Chem 5, Lit + Calc + Physics Senior Year
[] IBs:
[] GPA: 3.9/4
[] Rank: 2/285
[] Other stats (AMC/AIME/USAMO, PhO, ChO, etc):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Varsity Math Team (Tri-Captain, #2 High Scoring Junior), Destination Imagination (School’s Chapter Founder, Global Finalist Team), National Honor Society, Community Service
[] Job/Work Experience: Camp Counselor
[] Essays (subject and responses): One about Thanksgiving, another about my Volvo…
[] Teacher Recs: Awesome!
[] Counselor Rec: No idea!
[] Hook (if any, such as RSI or URM):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: NH
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Male
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:

Gloomy_Glue · March 31, 2009, 10:46pm

Hey Lbr218, I remember your username from the ED thread. Just wanted to wish you the best of luck wherever you go. By the looks of your stats and scholarship offers, any college would be extremely privileged to have you.

invisiblecity · March 31, 2009, 11:14pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR-730, M-720, W-670
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: Math 1-690, Lit-670, Bio E-680
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (4), Eng. Lang. (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Eng. Lit., AP Calc AB, AP World History, AP Gov, Physics Honors, AP Chem, Executive Internship
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended or whatever its called, National Hispanic Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (president), Students Working Against Tobacco (president, in charge of entire county), National English Honor Society, cant remember what else
[] Job/Work Experience: Worked for my parents my whole life
[] Volunteer/Community service: Hospice, NHS, Key Club stuff, others
[] Summer Activities: Went to Europe before Sophomore year, working for parents, Hospice work
[] Essays: One good, one OK
[] Teacher Recommendation: All great, I think
[] Counselor Rec: Great
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Archaeology
[] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, small
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 100,000-120,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first generation college
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Minority (can that be a strength?), TONS of community service
[] Weaknesses: Scores. Scores. Scores. Oh, and awards.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Stanford, Duke, Cornell, Vanderbilt, and UF; Waitlisted at Harvard: Rejected at Yale (deferred in December)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Scores not high enough?[/li][/ul]General Comments: Hmm It’s fine, really. Congrats to everybody, regardless of this decison–look how far we’ve all come!

jezz09 · March 31, 2009, 11:20pm

randomnerdz, i think i have met you before???
weren’t you the one that won that HUGE national poetry award?
damn, you really, really deserved it! you seem so fantastic, and really interesting. (i’d actually like to get to know you)

well, much love from an ED-er.
i know you will succeed anywhere you go.

AS WITH ALL OF THE REST OF YOU AMAZING PEOPLE!

supportivemom1 · March 31, 2009, 11:57pm

size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: ACCEPTED!!! [ /b][ /color][ /size]

Stats:

<ul>
<li>SAT I (by section): 690 CR, 670 M, 740 W (2100)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 740 US History, 700 World History, 710 Physics</li>
<li>ACT: 32</li>
<li>APs: World History (4); Biology (5); Physics B (4); Spanish (5); US History (4)</li>
<li>IBs: IB Diploma Candidate</li>
<li>GPA: 4.0 UW / 4.83 W</li>
<li>Rank: School does not rank but approx. 3rd of 260</li>
<li>Other stats (AMC/AIME/USAMO, PhO, ChO, etc): N/A</li>
</ul>

Subjective:

<ul>
<li>ECs listed on app: Volunteer music teacher to homeless kids; Suzuki violin since age 6; Rotary Youth summer exchange to Belgium; varsity sailing team all 4 years; Rotary Youth Leadership Award; National Honors Society.</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: 3 years part-time dishwasher in cafe; summer as grocery store cashier; self-employed guitar teacher and Spanish tutor.</li>
<li>Essays (subject and responses): CommonApp was about music in my life; supplement was about the pleasure I get from my IB Theory of Knowledge class.</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: I read one and it was great. Didn’t see the other two but they really like me so I bet they were good.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Didn’t see it , but I think it was good.</li>
<li>Hook (if any, such as RSI or URM): URM (Hispanic) and multi-talented at music?</li>
</ul>

Location/Person

<ul>
<li>State or Country: CA</li>
<li>School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Very good public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Hispanic</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: This is mom posting for son, but he is in shock and in heaven (and out celebrating with friends)! He never thought he had a real chance, so this is amazing! Congrats to one and all – you are an incredible group of young people – best of luck wherever you go!</li>
</ul>

superswankypants · March 31, 2009, 11:59pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown):800CR 800W 710M

ACT: 35
SAT II:790 Lit 760 Math II 750 BioM
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):5/289
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):7 SL Math
Senior Year Course Load: IB diploma candidate
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): HOBY Leadership Award in 10th grade, other local community awards for photography, creative writing and academics but nothing on a national level
</code></pre>

Subjective:

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):XCountry & Track, Newspaper (Editor), NHS (President), Student Government (President)

Job/Work Experience: Self employed (lawn service, youth mentor)
Volunteer/Community service: Hospice (20 hours/month) and Community Restorative Justice Program (3 hours/month)
Summer Activities: Nothing special
Essays: Considering how marginal my ECs are, they must have helped
Teacher Recommendation: Awesome
Counselor Rec: Probably pretty good, I never saw it
Additional Rec:
Interview: not very exciting
</code></pre>

Other

<pre><code>* State (if domestic applicant):Colorado

Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~$130,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
</code></pre>

Reflection

<pre><code>* Strengths: not sure… essays? teacher recs?

Weaknesses: ECs
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Good question. Who knows these things?
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Harvard, Cornell, Amherst, Williams, Middlebury, Bowdoin, Colgate Waitlisted: Princeton, Swarthmore
</code></pre>

General Comments: It’s a happy day. Congratulations and good luck to everyone.

poubelle · April 1, 2009, 12:03am

I want to be a creep and ask what high school you went to, because there aren’t that many IB diploma schools in Colorado. But I won’t.

(Do you see what I did there?)

arcadefire1027 · April 1, 2009, 12:18am

Just judging by this thread alone, it looks like people with lower SAT’s and lower GPA’s actually have a higher chance of getting in than those with high scores. Seriously, I mean, look through all the acceptees haha

Lbr218 · April 1, 2009, 12:26am

Thanks gloomy!! I am going to Georgia Tech. Still a great school, most economically feasible. I also loved Oberlin and Macalester.

Julia2013 · April 1, 2009, 12:34am

ACCEPTEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!! I was deferred ED so I am pumped!

4th_house · April 1, 2009, 12:40am

for S:

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800cr, 740m, 760w = 2300 total
[] SAT II: Math 2: 800
World: 800
Physics: 800
Chem: 790
US History: 790
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 98.32
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank; anecdotally #1 out of 63
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC: 5
Chem: 5
Eng Lang.: 5 (self-studied)
World: 5 (self-studied)
USH: 5 (self-studied)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Hardest available: Multivariable Calc, AP Physics C, etc …
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Intel Semi-Finalist, Stockholm Junior Water Prize – State Champ, #7 in nation, Moody’s Mega Math Challenge winner, AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Commended
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN (Secretary General), Investment Club (co-founder), Academic Team (Captain), NHS (President)
[] Job/Work Experience: Congressional internship, quantum computing mentorship
[] Volunteer/Community service: USY (co-president)
[] Summer Activities: CTY 4 years, Harvard SSP (Edward Fein Fellowship)
[] Essays: Doesn’t everyone think their essays are great?
[] Teacher Recommendation: Alleged to be very good
[] Counselor Rec: see above
[] Additional Rec: Harvard TA
[] Interview: Very good
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Y
[] Intended Major: International Relations
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] School Type: public magnet (top 10 in the country)
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: M
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Published in two peer-reviewed academic journals[/li][/ul]Reflection

Strengths: Typical hard-working, well-rounded kid

What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Challenge of coming from a pre-engineering academy strong in math and science, yet personally having great interest in the social sciences

Weaknesses: Not an athlete, not a musician, would not be recruited for any such niches

Why you think you were waitlisted: No clue. Congrats to all!

Amadeuic · April 1, 2009, 1:08am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 760 CR, 780 M, 770 W (1540/2310)
[] SAT II: 750 Latin, 730 Math II, 730 World History, 720 Math I, average to bad on a few others
[] Weighted GPA: 97/100
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), US History (4), Calculus AB (5), Calculus BC, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, English Literature and Composition, Latin Virgil, Physics B.
[] Senior Year Course Load: Basically the unscored AP exams above.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, NMSQT Commended Scholar, National Latin Exam Gold Medals (3), some statewide Latin competition prizes, etc.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): High School Classical Culture Society (Treasurer x2, President), New Jersey Junior Classical League (Central Registrar), National Honor Society (Treasurer), Literary Magazine (Assistant Editor in Chief, Editor in Chief), Mock Trial (Witness x2), Students Against Destructive Decisions
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Local hospital, making lunches for poor, pancake breakfast for blind, setting up for local art shows and carnivals, etc.
[] Summer Activities: Film Camp, Summer Rowing Program, NYLF on Medicine, Honors Pre-Calculus Class
[] Essays: CommonApp showed source of intellectual interest, Brown Supplement was about Mountains Beyond Mountains
[] Teacher Recommendation: Should have been great.
[] Counselor Rec: Probably bad, actually. I don’t think she knew me very well and probably wrote the wrong information.
[] Additional Rec: Yes, Professor in Classics Department, after being asked to visit and sit in on classes
[] Interview: Yes, I think it went well, although there were a few points where I narrowly avoided steering it into catastrophe.

[/ul]Other[list]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope.
[] Intended Major: Classics
[] State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
[] School Type: Private, ~215 in graduating class, gets about a dozen kids to top twenty universities each year
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Not sure, specifically. But no FA.
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Classics? Maybe?

Reflection
Strengths: SAT’s, EC’s, Essays

What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Center it around passion for many things, brought it all back to Classics, etc.

Weaknesses: SAT II’s

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not for me to decide, but I’m sure glad I was.

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted- Brown University (attending), University of Chicago, Northwestern University, Washington University in St. Louis, Colby College, Vanderbilt University, University of Notre Dame (Honors Program), University of Michigan; Waitlisted- Duke University, Cornell University, Williams College; Rejected- Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford, University of Pennsylvania.

pineapplelollie · April 1, 2009, 1:20am

Decision: REJECTED

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): 700 M, 600 CR, 660 W
[] SAT IIs: 650 Math 2, 790 Chinese & Listening
[] ACT: 31
[] APs: I took 3 junior yr, taking 3 now. Scores aren’t too great…
[] IBs:
[] GPA: 3.51 UW (3.49 before 1st semester senior yr.)
[] Rank: 181/750
[] Other stats (AMC/AIME/USAMO, PhO, ChO, etc):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Girl Scouts (Gold Award too), yearbook, hospital stuff, orchestra, a bunch of clubs
[] Job/Work Experience: part-time job
[] Essays (subject and responses): I thought they were pretty darn good, so I don’t know…
[] Teacher Recs: should be good (I didn’t get to read them)
[] Counselor Rec: okay
[] Hook (if any, such as RSI or URM): first-gen, low-income
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:**[ul]
[] State or Country: CA
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): competitive public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: F
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to those who got in-you deserved it b/c Brown must have saw something in you! But yeah, I’m just sort of disappointed. I made it clear that Brown was my first choice and I don’t know, I was really hoping for a miracle even though I was expecting this rejection. Everytime I do get rejected, I really really just want to know WHY.

goodnessgracious · April 1, 2009, 1:43am

Decision: REJECTED

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): Math 690, Crit. Reading 650, Writing 690
[] SAT IIs: Math 800, Chem 730, Bio 670
[] ACT: 34
[] APs: 5 Bio, 5 Chem, 4 English Lang, 5 Calc AB. Currently taking Calc BC, Gov, Lit, and German
[] IBs:
[] GPA: 4.23
[] Rank: 12/657 - they didn’t get that til the midyear though
[] Other stats (AMC/AIME/USAMO, PhO, ChO, etc): no
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Science Olympiad co-founder, 3 years of Tennis, Art classes at UCSD extension
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Essays (subject and responses): i can’t recall really, the common app was definitely pretty good, not amazing but yeah… and the engaging experience was about an essay i wrote for my final last year and how it got me to think. looking back, i don’t think it was exactly what they wanted.
[] Teacher Recs: both should have been good
[] Counselor Rec: decent, don’t know her that well
[] Hook (if any, such as RSI or URM): not much - maybe that I’m Dutch and my parents immigrated here 20 years ago
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[] State or Country: CA
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): a pretty well ranked public school - around 3000 students
[] Ethnicity: white/caucasian
[] Gender: female
[/list][ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: whatevvv i’ll just go to Northwestern

goodnessgracious · April 1, 2009, 1:44am

Decision: REJECTED

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): Math 690, Crit. Reading 650, Writing 690
[] SAT IIs: Math 800, Chem 730, Bio 670
[] ACT: 34
[] APs: 5 Bio, 5 Chem, 4 English Lang, 5 Calc AB. Currently taking Calc BC, Gov, Lit, and German
[] IBs:
[] GPA: 4.23
[] Rank: 12/657 - they didn’t get that til the midyear though
[] Other stats (AMC/AIME/USAMO, PhO, ChO, etc): no
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Science Olympiad co-founder, 3 years of Tennis, Art classes at UCSD extension
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Essays (subject and responses): i can’t recall really, the common app was definitely pretty good, not amazing but yeah… and the engaging experience was about an essay i wrote for my final last year and how it got me to think. looking back, i don’t think it was exactly what they wanted.
[] Teacher Recs: both should have been good
[] Counselor Rec: decent, don’t know her that well
[] Hook (if any, such as RSI or URM): not much - maybe that I’m Dutch and my parents immigrated here 20 years ago
[/ul]Location/Person:[ list]
[] State or Country: CA
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): a pretty well ranked public school - around 3000 students
[] Ethnicity: white/caucasian
[] Gender: female
[/list]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: whatevvv i’ll just go to Northwestern

goodnessgracious · April 1, 2009, 1:46am

Decision: REJECTED

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): Math 690, Crit. Reading 650, Writing 690
[] SAT IIs: Math 800, Chem 730, Bio 670
[] ACT: 34
[] APs: 5 Bio, 5 Chem, 4 English Lang, 5 Calc AB. Currently taking Calc BC, Gov, Lit, and German
[] IBs:
[] GPA: 4.23
[] Rank: 12/657 - they didn’t get that til the midyear though
[] Other stats (AMC/AIME/USAMO, PhO, ChO, etc): no
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Science Olympiad co-founder, 3 years of Tennis, Art classes at UCSD extension
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Essays (subject and responses): i can’t recall really, the common app was definitely pretty good, not amazing but yeah… and the engaging experience was about an essay i wrote for my final last year and how it got me to think. looking back, i don’t think it was exactly what they wanted.
[] Teacher Recs: both should have been good
[] Counselor Rec: decent, don’t know her that well
[] Hook (if any, such as RSI or URM): not much - maybe that I’m Dutch and my parents immigrated here 20 years ago
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: CA
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): a pretty well ranked public school - around 3000 students
[] Ethnicity: white/caucasian
[] Gender: female
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: whatevvv i’ll just go to Northwestern

goodnessgracious · April 1, 2009, 1:48am

Decision: REJECTED

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): Math 690, Crit. Reading 650, Writing 690
[] SAT IIs: Math 800, Chem 730, Bio 670
[] ACT: 34
[] APs: 5 Bio, 5 Chem, 4 English Lang, 5 Calc AB. Currently taking Calc BC, Gov, Lit, and German
[] IBs:
[] GPA: 4.23
[] Rank: 12/657 - they didn’t get that til the midyear though
[] Other stats (AMC/AIME/USAMO, PhO, ChO, etc): no
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Science Olympiad co-founder, 3 years of Tennis, Art classes at UCSD extension
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Essays (subject and responses): i can’t recall really, the common app was definitely pretty good, not amazing but yeah… and the engaging experience was about an essay i wrote for my final last year and how it got me to think. looking back, i don’t think it was exactly what they wanted.
[] Teacher Recs: both should have been good
[] Counselor Rec: decent, don’t know her that well
[] Hook (if any, such as RSI or URM): not much - maybe that I’m Dutch and my parents immigrated here 20 years ago
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: CA
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): a pretty well ranked public school - around 3000 students
[] Ethnicity: white/caucasian
[] Gender: female
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: whatevvv i’ll just go to Northwestern

Cartelle · April 1, 2009, 1:53am

Accepted!!!

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 780cr, 750m, 800w = 2330 total
SAT II: Math 2 - 800; Chem - 790; French - 690
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98 - only 1 B in multivariable calc (took at community college b/c they don’t teach it at school…)
Weighted GPA: 4.5/5.0 (But should be about 4.75…see below)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (5), Chem (5), Phys C: Mech (5), Phys C: E&M (4)
Senior Year Course Load: Hardest Available - Multivariable Calc, AP Bio, AP Psych, AP Lit, AP Gov/Econ, Photo (I had no arts credit before this…)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/ Hnr, Laureat National in Grand Concours Nat’l French Competition, a few math awards, class prize 2006

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Tae Kwon Do (Black Belt, Paid Instructor, Best Student Award 2008), Amnesty Int’l (Co-President, previously Publicities Officer), Photography (I submitted some of my work, won 1st in my district in a PTSA contest), Publicities Officer & Student Teacher for Oxybridges Science Institute, a ****load of sports freshman and sophmore year (soccer, track, xc, field hockey)
Job/Work Experience: Internship at USC synthesizing nanowires w/ high-powered lasers; Internship at Caltech building a program to compare nucleotide and protein strings to find motors on viruses; currently an instructor at my tkd studio; tutoring math, french & chem since 2006
Volunteer/Community service: N/A
Summer Activities: 2005-6 my family and I lived abroad on the French/Swiss border…we spent those summers moving back and forth…I taught myself Alg 2 when we moved back –> Honours PreCalculus as a sophmore (class for juniors at our school); Internship at USC 2007; Internship at Caltech 2008
Essays: I wrote about living in Europe and how on the school ski trip, a depressed girl woke me up in the middle of the night and asked for my swiss army knife…I gave it to her only to sprint after her later…fortunately she didn’t hurt herself; I submitted a summary of my research and explained how there were no honors classes at my school in Switzerland (otherwise my GPA –> 4.75ish)
Teacher Recommendation: one said I was one of the best students ever and the other said i was the best. :]
Counselor Rec: “a most remarkable young woman”
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Y
Intended Major: Physics
State: CA
School Type: Public, but top 100 schools in country
Ethnicity: white
Gender: F
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): um, living abroad

Reflection
Strengths: math & science; sophistication; well-roundedness :]
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Cultural stuff, well-roundedness
Weaknesses: NO community service, stupid 750 on the SAT (I only took it once and the curve was INSANE.)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Living abroad on top of having the grades etc.; and having 2 x-chromosomes and applying for physics

goodnessgracious · April 1, 2009, 1:54am

gah! sorry!

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