<p>Congrats Curious! And thanks Alexis, you do the same lol</p>
<p>@future
So, how was your Christmas? :3</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):2130: 690 CR, 700 W, 740 M
ACT:33 superscored
SAT Subject Tests:650 Bio M, 700 Math 2 (2nd time), 750 Chem, 760 Math 2 (1st time)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.98
Weighted GPA:4.67
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/613
AP (place score in parenthesis):US History (2), Macro (4), Stats (5), Chem (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
Senior Year Course Load:</p>
<p>1st Semester:
AP Lang
AP Bio
Skep and Logic
Lehigh U: Bioscience in the 21st Century</p>
<p>2nd Semester:
AP Bio Extension
AP Calc Both Extensions
Honors Discrete Math
Gym
American Govt. and Econ
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Math Team
Scholastic Scrimmage
German Club
Science Club (founder)
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
BBB
Nursing Home
Summer Activities: MITES!! PSU Science Youth Leadership
Essays (subjects and personal opinions)
Common App Main Essay:Coming out to my father and how that shaped me
EC Short Answer: Science club founder and how I believe science education in the younger generations is important
Additional Essay:
Teacher Recommendation 1: AP Chem great
Teacher Recommendation 2: Macro great
Counselor Rec: Counselor fine
Additional Rec: MITES Evaluations good
Other
State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant):
Gender: F
School Type: Public
Country of Origin: USA
Educational level of parents: Mother: College Unfinished Father: Masters
Income level:<$60,000
Adversity overcome: ethnicity related, socioeconomic related
Involvement in Hispanic community: PR
Other hooks (recruited athlete, development, etc.):
Colleges
Accepted:MIT, UPitt, UA, ASU
Waitlisted:
Denied:
Likely attending: MIT
Outside scholarships:
Institutional scholarships: Henderson Scholarship
Reflection
Strengths: Passion and Drive, Unique Situations
Weaknesses: Test scores in relation to other applicantsā
General Comments: I am a nervous participant in the college admissions process, but it will all be worth it next fall.</p>
<p>^Congratulations! Excellent accomplishment!</p>
<p>@Motheshow
How did you get a full ride to UAB?</p>
<p>Got accepted to Saint Peterās University and College of Mount Saint Vincent! 
Waiting for more letters!</p>
<p>Objective:ā¢ SAT I (breakdown): too low for me to post
ā¢ ACT: 21
ā¢ SAT Subject Tests: didnāt take them
ā¢ Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4
ā¢ Weighted GPA: school doesnt weigh GPAās
ā¢ Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
ā¢ AP (place score in parenthesis): Didnāt take any 
ā¢ IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
ā¢ Senior Year Course Load:
ā¢ Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
Subjective:
ā¢ Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): cheerleading (captain), gymnastics
ā¢ Job/Work Experience: none
ā¢ Volunteer/Community service: volunteered at hospital for half a year, helped little kids learn how to cheer
ā¢ Summer Activities: N/A
ā¢ Essays (subjects and personal opinions)
ā¢ Common App Main Essay: It was alright. I donāt feel totally confident about it
ā¢ EC Short Answer: thought it was good
ā¢ Additional Essay:could have been better
ā¢ Teacher Recommendation 1: Generic. My teacher made me write it
ā¢ Teacher Recommendation 2: N/A
ā¢ Counselor Rec: Generic. He doesnāt know me too well
ā¢ Additional Rec: N/A
Other
ā¢ State (if domestic applicant): WA
ā¢ Country (if international applicant):
ā¢ Gender: F
ā¢ School Type: public
ā¢ Country of Origin: USA
ā¢ Educational level of parents: both of them just graduated from high school
ā¢ Income level: $200,000+ a year I think
ā¢ Adversity overcome: struggled with my race for the most of my life, donāt live in a diverse neighborhood
ā¢ Involvement in Hispanic community: N/A
ā¢ Other hooks (recruited athlete, development, etc.):first generation college student, URM
Colleges
ā¢ Accepted: San Diego State University, Fresno State University
ā¢ Waitlisted:N/A
ā¢ Denied:none yet
ā¢ Likely attending:Sand Diego State
ā¢ Outside scholarships:N/A
ā¢ Institutional scholarships:N/A
Reflection
ā¢ Strengths: not really sureā¦overcame struggles I guess
ā¢ Weaknesses:GPA and test score
General Comments: Canāt wait until March when the rest of my acceptances/rejections come! I just canāt wait to go to college!</p>
<p>This is my first -and probably final- post on College Confidential. I have spent so much time reading what has been posted on here. The results threads for African-Americans has been especially helpful to me, and to contribute to future stressed-out studentās research, I am posting my stats.</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1320 (CR+M), 1880 total
ACT: Bad, didnāt submit lol
SAT Subject Tests: Didnāt take
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
Weighted GPA: 4.3 if you weight honors classes (which my school does not) 3.9 if you only weight AP like my school.
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10% I think 30/310
AP (place score in parenthesis): Mostly 3s and 4s. Didnāt report any.
IB (place score in parenthesis): School does not offer.
Senior Year Course Load: AP Environmental Science (2 periods), Pre-Calc, AP English, AP Gov, AP Econ, School-required Senior Project (pretty much just community service hours)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Some local award for high-achieving blacks, most improved chorus singer lol
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
School Extracurriculars:
- Service Club 3 years
- Cohort 4 years -leadership program for high-achieving URMs
- Peer Mediator 4 years
- School Ambassador 3 years
- Rec Basketball 13 years
- Varsity Football 1 year
Job/Work Experience: Lifegaurd 3 years
Volunteer/Community service: - Somali American Community Association (SACA) tutor for young Somalis.
- Torture Abolition and Survivor Support Coalition (TASSC) volunteered there over the summer and am fundraising for them for my Senior Project.
Summer Activities: Lifegaurd 3 years
Essays (subjects and personal opinions)
Common App Main Essay: About culture shock that I experienced. 9/10
EC Short Answer: Wrote about Cohort
Additional Essay: NU Supplement was shown to all the students in my AP English class as an example of how to write a college essay.
Teacher Recommendation 1: 9/10
Teacher Recommendation 2: 9/10
Counselor Rec: 10/10 Thatās my homie
Additional Rec:
Other
State (if domestic applicant): VA
Country (if international applicant): USA!
Gender: Male
School Type: Public, top 300
Country of Origin: USA
Educational level of parents: PhD for mom, masters for dad
Income level: Single parent home, but my mom makes around 100k. My dad also makes 200k but he isnāt going to pay much in terms of collegeā¦
Adversity overcome: Dad wasnāt really around?
Involvement in Hispanic community: Lol nothingā¦?
Other hooks (recruited athlete, development, etc.): URM -SOMALIA!!!
Colleges
Accepted: UPitt, NORTHWESTERN ED!!!, Siena College.
Waitlisted: None
Denied: None
Likely attending: If I get enough FA, I will be a WILDCAT!!!
Outside scholarships:
Institutional scholarships:
Reflection
Strengths: ECs, essays, recs, URM
Weaknesses: SAT, GPA is okay.
General Comments:
Young, black and gifted: If you are posting on this thread, you are the aforementioned! Congrats to those accepted, and to those rejected or deferred; you are amazing and will end up at a great school where Iām sure youāll thrive!!!</p>
<p>A word of advice to future applicants: On the Common App when you are listing extra curricular, order them in terms of how important they are to you! Best decision I may have ever made. Also, donāt buy into these things too much. Yes, they are helpful and fairly accurate, but donāt stop believing in yourself!</p>
<p>Already breaking my promise hahaha. But I will be checking up on this thread every so often, but probably will not be posting anymore. GOOD LUCK, DONāT STOP BELIEVING IN YOURSELF, AND CONGRATULATIONS!!!</p>
<p>young black gifted
<p>@lauren933</p>
<p>What do your parents do to make 200K+ without having attended college?</p>
<p>@educated, are you somali? i am too I never see somalis on here ahaha. congrats man!</p>
<p>@hellogoodbye, yep! Dude, harvard??? Congratulations!!! Aabo must be so proud. I met two other somalis just on the NU class page! Makes me so happy to see that the future of Somalia looks brighter because of the success Somali youth in America are having!!!</p>
<p>ahhh, even though i donāt know you I am sooo proud of you! and lucky, i dont believe Ive met any somalis on the harvard page yet! Best of luck to you in college, I know youāll do something great!</p>
<p>@hellogoodbye, i feel the same way! Thanks so much! I really hope harvard is incredible for you! Maybe one day our paths will crossā¦!</p>
<p>@similo my dad was in the Air Force and went on to be an air traffic controller. And I was wrong he actually makes about 180,000 a year.</p>
<p>Anymore results to celebrate?</p>
<p>Not until March 31st/April 1st for me. T_T</p>
<p>Accepted to the University of Virginia Early Action!!!</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 770 Critical Reading, 750 Math, 780 Writing
[ *] ACT: didnāt take
[ *] SAT II: 800 US History, 750 Literature
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15/394
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Environmental Science (4), English Lang (4), US History (5)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Euro, AP Psych, AP English Lit, AP Spanish, Madrigals, Legal Research and Writing/ Senior Project
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I participated in a business competition at UVA last year. My team won third place.
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Spanish Honor Society, FBLA, Madrigals (leadership)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Internship at law firm
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: various organizations through the academy at my school.
[ *] Summer Activities: Aforementioned internship
[ *] Essays: Great
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good, apparently.
[ ] Additional Rec:Nope.
[ ] Interview:Nope.
[ /list][ b]Other[list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
[ *] Intended Major: Psychology (Pre-med)
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: African American
[ *] Gender: Male
[ ] Income Bracket: Upper middle class (thereās a reason my screen name is Carlton).
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[ /list][ b]Reflection[list]
[ *] Strengths: SAT Scores
[ *] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: URM with good essays and SAT scores
[ ] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted WVU and GMU, deferred W&M, waiting for Ivies, Gtown, Notre Dame, Temple, U of Pitt Guaranteed Medical Program
[ /list][ b]General Comments:
I found out two days after the decision was posted. Iām pretty happy about it.</p>
<p>Lol, how were you deferred from W&M?</p>
<p>Honestly, I have no idea. I donāt really care anymore. Even if they do accept me in March, Iām not picking them. Itās their loss.</p>