Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:
SAT : 1480 (750 CRW, 710 M)
ACT : 34 (35 E, 34 M, 32 R, 33 SCI) (superscored)
SAT II: 730 (Math II)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.50 (3.62, when factoring in mid-year grades)
Weighted GPA: 3.95 (4.13 when factoring in mid-year grades)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): Tests are in May for us.
Senior Year Course Load: IB Biology HL Yr. 2, IB SL Mathematics Yr. 2, IB SL History Yr. 2, IB HL Psychology Yr. 2, IB Theory of Knowledge SL Yr. 2, Health and Medicine III, IB SL German Yr. 2, IB HL German Yr. 2, Symphony Orchestra
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 3rd Place at 2015 HOSA Regional Competition for Medical Photography, National Commended PSAT Scholar
Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Political Club (position as club secretary), HOSA, Speech and Debate, Orchestra, Tennis (JV), Coding Club, Junior Achievement Program, Student Council General Assembly, NHS, Statistics Club
Job/Work Experience: Practicums at a biomedical engineering company and a software company, job at an SAT/ACT preparation place this past summer.
Volunteer/Community service: Key Club, school UNICEF chapter, hospital volunteering
Summer Activities: SAT/ACT job and hospital volunteering
Interview: Yes.
Applied for Financial Aid?:
Intended Major: Business Management
State: PA
Country: USA
School Type: Public magnet
Ethnicity: Asian-Indian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: x > 100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths: Test scores, essays, recommendations
Weaknesses: GPA, ECs (lot of them were joined in my junior and senior years)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Hard to say; won’t be bothering anymore though.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Penn State University Park, Drexel University, University of Pittsburgh (Honors), Ohio State University - Columbus, University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign, North Carolina State University, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Maryland
Rejected: UNC Chapel Hill, Georgia Tech, Northwestern
Waitlisted: RPI, Case Western