<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Single Sitting: 800W,800CR,740M/ Superscore: 770M
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 790 Physics, 780 World, 780 Korean
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.4 something
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10 out of 1000?
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5- Physics C Mech, Physics B (self study), Lang, Psych, Calc BC; 4- World, US
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP- Stat, Enviro, Econ, Gov, Lit; Reg: Orchestra, Astro
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): [/li]3rd place science bowl regional, National merit, AP scholar w/ distinction, rennselaer medal, int’l academic comp center for future global leaders div recognition, korean consulate general essay award</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Orchestra council 3 years- Secretary; Audiophile, music community service, 3 years- founder/ vp; Science Bowl 3 years, B-team 1 year, A team vice captain; One million ways- 3 years, 1 year treasurer, co pres 1 year; many more too lazy to list but none of them are CRAZY impressive.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer internship at NASA JPL (probably saved my what would have been ordinary app)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Plenty. My friends and I founded Audiophile to play at benefit concerts, old ppl homes, hospitals, etc etc we have ALOT of community support and exposure
[</em>] Summer Activities: California State Summer School of Mathematics and Science- Astrophysics, NASA JPL Summer Internship
[<em>] Essays: Okay, I wrote them on my own and had my best friends read them to see if I was displaying myself the best way possible
[</em>] Common App Main: Awesome just churned it out one Friday night and my teacher suggested no edits
[<em>] EC Short Answer: talked about JPL
[</em>] “short answer” questions: interesting? my moral dilemma was actually quite moving, my fun one was hilarious, and my books were varied
[<em>] Intellectual Vitality Essay: great talked about how my life changed cause of physics and how I’m constantly growing
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: good, 2 of them really liked me and I liked them and knew me very well. one of them I bet was pretty funny cause i was the first ever winner of the epic fail award for skits in her class…
[<em>] Counselor Rec: ehh probably reiterated my resume
[</em>] Additional Rec: COSMOS prof, and JPL section manager both were AMAZING I bet</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: engineering or physics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: large public school
[</em>] Ethnicity: Korean
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: 60-80k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a, Viola player??..</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: decent stats, heartfelt essay, and JPL OMG I LOVE JPL
[</em>] Weaknesses: gender and race?? ehh my essay had TWO errors I wrote the world that twice one time and i forgot a period one time but i guess they didnt notice. OH and i didnt send an art supplement which could have helped or hurt but w.e. IM IN!
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: JPL def of JPL and cause my COSMOS prof wrote me the most amazing rec I bet he was just the greatest guess. Plus, when a rep came by our school I made sure to leave a good impression as well as keep in contact.[/li][/ul]General Comments:
cant believe I got in!!! good luck to those deferred and rejected</p>