<p>Decision: Rejected by (CAS)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2250: 800R 690M 760W (Single-sitting)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: 700 Chem, 640 Math2, 610 French (■■■)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): n/a
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Will sit in May
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB Economics HL, IB Maths HL, IB History (Asia) HL, IB Chemistry SL, IB French A2 Sl, IB English A1 SL and TOK.
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Rugby 12 years, 4 years at school, national this year (not mentioned), (captain at school, MVP at club)
Club tennis (4 years)
Club golf (4 years)
Model at several fashion shows (charity)
MUN
Student council (interaction with French G’ment) (3 years)
Varsity X-country (1 year)
JV Basketball (1 year)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Approx. 250 hours (including CAS)
[<em>] Summer Activities: Yale Summer Session (Economics 252 and English 212)
[</em>] Essays: Commonapp = 8 pretty risky interior monologue, Cornell supp. was nothing special so 6.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see, but will have been honest and quite good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see but will have ben very good
[<em>] Additional Rec: From an English Professor at Yale, didn’t see but I did well in his class (Seminar), where I was the only non-Yale student, and he seemed to like me quite a lot.
[</em>] Interview: Thought it went fairly well, 1 hour chat at her office, pretty standard, one of my answers left her with nothing to say (in a good way)
[/ul]Other</p>
<p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Hong Kong
[<em>] School Type: Private, small, competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: High…
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>[<em>] Strengths: SAT1 (bar maths), experiences abroad, potentially essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: Aspects of transcript, SAT2, maybe in the international pool
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: SAT2 and transcript
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted: NYU (Stern BPE), UConn (Honours), UCL (UK) and St. Andrews (UK)
Waitlisted: UChicago
Rejected: Penn CAS (ED), Dartmouth and Yale</p>
<p>General Comments:
Damn, I honestly thought I had a decent shot at Cornell Congratulations to all who made it in though, it has been a brutal year!</p>