<p>Decision: Accepted by SCS</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (superscore breakdown): 800 Math, 700 CR, 750 Writing, 8 Essay (total 2250)
[</em>] ACT: 36 Math, 33 English, 30 Reading, 36 Science, 8 Essay (34 composite)
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chinese, 800 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96 (as of Start of Senior Year)
[<em>] Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.82 (as of Start of Senior Year)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics Mechanics (5), Physics E&M (5), Calculus AB (5), Calculus BC (5), Chinese (5), US Gov’t (5), World History (4), Statistics (5), Microeconomics (5), Macroeconomics (5), Comp Science A (5), Chemistry (TBD), European History (TBD)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered at school
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable calc & Differential Equations, Unix/Linux, Guitar, Honors English 12, AP Chemistry, AP European History
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, AIME, Physics Olympiad Semifinalist, Won 4 year scholarship at GWU math competition, University of Maryland Math Competition Honorable Mention
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Economics Challenge Club, 12th (Vice President/Co-Founder)
Math Team, 10th-12th
Math Honors Society, 11th-12th
National Honors Society, 12th
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked as an IT intern and made websites for a Beijing Bank for 7 weeks in the summer.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
Teaching Assistant for Chinese School
Counselor- in-training for young children
Teen Court Juror
[</em>] Summer Activities:
Used Linux and Macintosh to upload audio clips of Helen Keller’s autobio on the internet to helped people improve their English
Took Precalculus at University of Maryland
[<em>] Essays: Above average, may contain grammar errors
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: My Economics Teacher gave me the “Economics student of the year” award, so his rec should be fine. Since I am one of the few in the school who bring back math awards, my math teacher should give me a decent rec.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Should be fairly decent; my counselor knows me I can’t say we are close
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: Went smoothly, although I think I screwed up one question</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public School, ~600 people in my grade
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~120-130K (my parents never tell me)
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Asian male applying for Computer Science</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Showed interest in the school by doing the interview, taking a weekend to visit the damn school, and attending several info sessions. Also recs, # of APs, GPA.
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT reading & writing scores, lack of leadership, lack of USAMO-level awards, not having a 4.0, GPA drop during first semester Senior, not taking APs in freshman year, lack of work experiences, being Asian
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted: Accidents Happen
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: GWU, UIUC, UMD College Park
Rejected: MIT</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
Really pleased and surprised to get into my (after MIT rejection) top choice</p>