<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
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<p>Copy and paste:</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
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<li>SAT I (breakdown): 2080/2400 1400/1600 CR: 710 Math: 690 Writing: 680</li>
<li>ACT: Did not take</li>
<li>SAT II: Don’t remember really… Spanish: 590(ouch…) Math II: in the 700s Bio: 660 I believe</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6(Mostly due to some classes taken in middle school, my ninth grade grades, and my schools wacky grading, but there is a HUGE upward trend)</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):uhh top 11% class size is about 675</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): AP U.S. History (3) (I suck at history)</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis):</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Gov, AP Psych, AP Spanish, AP English Lit, Honors Physics, Chamber Orchestra</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Achievement finalist</li>
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<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN(secretary) 2 years, Urban League 6 years, Superintendent student leadership committee 2 years, and some other stuff I can’t remember., city orchestras, teaching myself piano and guitar.</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: Kumon Math and Reading Center since 9th grade.</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: Nothing huge but some service here and there.</li>
<li>Summer Activities: Camps (4-H, NASA, Work/Kumon)</li>
<li>Essays:Um, I thought it was ok, it was about this adventure I took around the city when I was like 7 with my brother, who was only ten, without the knowledge of our parents</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: Great I assume</li>
<li>Counselor Rec:That one is suspect, our counselors are very much known for having no little about us and not caring</li>
<li>Additional Rec:none</li>
<li>Interview: didn’t have one, but others at my school did…</li>
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<p>Other</p>
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<li>State (if domestic applicant):Virginia</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant):</li>
<li>School Type: Large I think (the only public school in the city)</li>
<li>Ethnicity: African American</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>Income Bracket: Not sure, but it’s low</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</li>
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<p>Reflection</p>
<ul>
<li>Strengths: My huge upward trend indicates my ability to learn and grow, URM, Rigor of courses</li>
<li>Weaknesses: GPA, SAT Scores</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I guess my essays and short answers were crap. I had a really hard time conveying how much I wanted to attend Columbia and how much I was ready for it, I really wish that I had an interview, 'where my curiosity and overall thirst for knowledge comes across, but that didn’t help for other schools.</li>
<li>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: JMU, UVA, W&M, Rejected: Harvard, Yale, Brown, Columbia (<em>tear</em>)</li>
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<p>General Comments: I had realistic expectations but I guess I was unable to extinguish that last glimmer of hope since the rejected stung. Although, looking at some stats here, I think maybe I should have been waitlisted. Recently my school has gone through a lot of changes so that could have played a factor. This year, they added a slew (sp?) of AP course for sophmores and juniors so it may have appeared that I hadn’t taken as many as were available to me. Also, in my school all AP science classes are 2 periods (not sure if this is the same everywhere) which means I would have had to have dropped orchestra or spanish to take one. I guess this goes to show that dreams don’t always come true. Wow…I wrote more than I wanted to but…good luck to you all who got in, maybe I’ll see you in four years.</p>