**Official Dartmouth ED Class of 2016 Results**

Colleges and Universities A-Z Dartmouth College
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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2220 (780 CR, 730 M, 710 W)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 770 US, 680 Lit, 680 World
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83 UW
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 9 classes (4 current) , 5, 5, 5, 3, 2
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP World, AP Lit, AP Bio, AP Art History, Orchestra
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/ Honor</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):[/li]-Orchestra: 7 years, Violin, Concertmaster, Superior Ratings, Vice-President of Council
-Key Club: President, former treasurer, PNW District Treasurer of the Month
-Debate: Captain, former co-captain, state competitor, 6th an nat. quals
-NHS: Vice-president, led the largest food drive in school history
-ASB: President of Student Council, Secretary/Treasurer of Exec council, former AC
-Ignite: Executive mentor, former panning mentor, freshmen transitional mentorship program </p>

<p>–Future of the Law Institute: A select greater-seattle area law immersion program that allows high school students to meet with local politicians, lawyers, etc., attend seminars, and visit various Law Schools.
–Advancing Leadership Youth: A leadership program within my city that selects leaders within the local high schools and has them attend monthly sessions with local leaders i.e. CEO of the Chamber of Commerce, Mayor, Senators, Representatives, Superintendent, etc.
–Federal Way Youth Commission: A selective program for local high school-ers that allows them to take on issues of concern to youth and gives them voting rights similar to the city council.</p>

<p>[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
–I work part-time at Albertsons during the school year and summer. Worked since summer of 2010.
–Internship at Law Firm: I had a 6 week PAID internship at Ogden, Murphy, Wallace, a midsize Seattle Law Firm. I shadowed the attorneys and performed simple research and secretary tasks.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Over 200 hours, but nothing special at all!
[<em>] Summer Activities:
–BioQuest Academy: Biomedical research immersion program for greater seattle area students through the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute. AMAZING program that investigates infectious diseases and pairs students with actual researchers.
–Future Civic Leaders- Political program that sent me to Washington DC for 3 days to attend congress, hear from speakers, and attend seminars at GWU.
–Amherst DivOH: Through the Amherst Diversity Open House I went to Amherst and attended session on admissions, financial aid, I attended classes etc.
–Boys State: A program for guys in high school that teaches the functions and powers of government through a week long government simulation. I had the honor of being elected the Supreme Court Chief Justice! thank you American Legion!
[</em>] Essays:
-Personal Statement: About my diversity and my experiences. 8.5/10
-EC: About Debate. Not straightforward, more expressive. 8/10
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation:
-Teacher 1: AP Gov and Key Club Advisor, so should be GREAT!
-Teacher 2: AP Bio and NHS Advisor, should be Pretty GOOD!
[</em>] Counselor Rec:I have known her since Freshman year, so it should be GREAT!
[<em>] Additional Rec:Peer: MY BEST FRIEND!! 10/10 lol
[</em>] Interview: Went well! We connected on SOOO many points, so I think it was good :)</p>

<p>[/ul]Other
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:Large Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: 1/2 Filipino, 1/2 Puerto Rican
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>]Income Bracket:about $40,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):URM </p>[/li]
<p>Reflection
[<em>] Strengths:My focus, my essays, and especially my ECs!
[</em>] Weaknesses:My GPA! My SCORES! Also, I was once suspended :open_mouth:
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have NO idea at this point, but I have a feeling like being multiracial made a little bit of a difference!
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: NOWHERE! </p>

<p>General Comments: The entire process is so tiring but SO worth it! I have wanted this since the end of sophomore year, and I can tell you that if you want it, you will get it. Make the most out of High School, make good friends, have a little fun, and try your hardest! Also, it feels AMAZING NOT TO HAVE TO DO ANYMORE SUPPLEMENTS!!!</p>

<p>Also, a message to everyone who was not accepted: You are the same person now that you were before, and not getting into Dartmouth ED is just a sign that it wasn’t meant to be. You are going to get into somewhere you want to go, and I have faith that you will be successful. Best of luck in the rest of the application process.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): didn’t send in, but it was 2160. 780 M 670 CR (ugh) and 710 W.
ACT: 35: 36M 35W 34R 33S and my essay was an 8 (also ugh)…
SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Physics, 790 Biology M
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85 unweighted
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Physics, AP Statistics, BC Calculus, World Crises, and Three Worlds Literature (my school doesn’t level english and history classes, but those are considered to be very hard)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, Massachusetts Association of Mathematics League (14th in state)</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School newspaper (Editor-in-Chief), Track and Cross Country (I have been captain all through junior year, and was captain for xc senior year.) Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout and Order of the Arrow)
Job/Work Experience: Tutor kids in math, lifeguard at local swim club
Volunteer/Community service: I did a bunch for boy scouts, but never actually reported to my school because I was lazy. I think I had like 29 hours reported though
Summer Activities: took Neurobiology at Harvard SSP in summer 2010 (got an A), Health Science course at Tufts in summer 2011 (A-)
Essays: My short essay was amazing. it was about how the night I was told that I was editor in chief this year, Obama announced that OBL was killed. I had to stay up until 4am writing an article about that because we were going to press the next day.
Long essay was okay. It was about how the lessons that I learned while getting my black belt at age 9 affect me today. When I submitted it, I really liked it, but i have since had second thought about it.
Additional essay was about the Tufts class and how I intubated a dummy and learned other medical shenanigans. Basically I talked about how I want to be a doctor. Overall, I thought this one was pretty good.
Teacher Recommendation: Sick. I saw parts of both of them and they were really good.
Counselor Rec: Also amazing. I read the whole thing, and I honestly didn’t think he could say anything better.
Additional Rec: I had the advisor for the school newspaper write me a third rec, which I never saw, but she basically told me what was going to be in it, and it sounded pretty good too. My peer rec was also pretty good.
Interview: Didn’t get one. My mom is friends with one of the interviewers from Dartmouth, and I guess I was assigned one, but they never contacted me. Oh well…</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): MA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 200,000+ I would assume
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths: I think my short essay, optional essay, recommendations, and activities were all really strong.
Weaknesses: I thought my GPA was probably the weakest part of my app
Why you think you were accepted: probably a combination of all of the above…lol I don’t know.</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR 670 M 770 W 750 Total 2190
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II: Math II 700 Biology M 660
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): No GPA
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No ranking
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Didn’t take
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Predicted 35
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: English A1 HL, Math HL, Biology HL, Economics SL, Chinese B SL, Theater Arts SL
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): A few UKMT Awards, none that amazing :frowning:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Basketball Captain, Choir Section Leader, MUN School Ambassador (these were probably my best three)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Dale Carnegie Training TA
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Nothing consistent, but did raise money to go to Cambodia to build houses and wells as apart of Tabitha Cambodia
[<em>] Summer Activities: CTY a few years, SNFI one year, Dale Carnegie Training Student one year, Dale Carnegie TA twice
[</em>] Essays: I thought my essay was quite good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: No idea about them… but my Econ teacher did say he wrote “an excellent recommendation for me”
[</em>] Counselor Rec: No idea
[<em>] Additional Rec: None
[</em>] Interview: None
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): N/A
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Taiwan
[<em>] School Type: International, Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian American
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection:[list]
[</em>] Weaknesses: Grades
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Being Asian, poor grades
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my essay was pretty good, and my SAT I was at least acceptable other than the fact that my reading score :frowning: also, I didn’t study at all for my SAT IIs and managed to mess them up pretty badly
General Comments: I didn’t really expect to get in, but I hoped I would! IB is just starting to hit hard this year and it would have been great just to say that I’d gotten into college already… oh well</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred**[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):790 Critical reading, 800 math, 770 writing
[ *] ACT: 35 composite
[ *] SAT II:800 math 2, 770 lit, 760 bio, 800 physics
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.96
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):3/700
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):5’s in ap language, physics c, world and us history, bio, spanish lang, calc bc, and psychology
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):dont offer
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP ECON, AP STATS, AP art history, AP lit, AP chem, and ap spanish lit
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):USABO, National hispanic scholar, NMS finalist, speech and debate nationals
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):speech, soccer, track
[ *] Job/Work Experience: intern for the mayor
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 400 + hours
[ *] Summer Activities:SUMMER@brown
[ *] Essays: amazing
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: idk pretty good
[ *] Counselor Rec:pretty sick
[ ] Additional Rec: from mayor
[ ] Interview: went super sick
[ /list][ b]Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):USA
[ *] School Type:public
[ *] Ethnicity:mexican
[ *] Gender:M
[ ]Income Bracket:less than 30 k
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):urm, first gen
[ b]Reflection
[ *] Strengths:stats
[ *] Weaknesses:no money
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ b]General Comments:**</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred**[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[ *] ACT: 33 (33 English, 30 Reading, 34 Math, 36 Science, 8 Writing)
[ *] SAT II: 760 Math 2, 760 Physics, 780 Biology M
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/300
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 Chemistry, 5 Physics B, 5 Physics C Mechanics (Self-Study), 5 Biology (took Adv. Bio, so somewhat self-study), 5 Calc AB
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Expository Writing, Creative Writing, Spanish 5, Calc 2, AP World History, AP Macroecon, AP U.S. Government & Politics, Anatomy & Physiology
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Presidental award for service, AP Scholar w/ Distinction, Civic Engagement Award, 3rd Place in three piano competitions
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Worked at same place since I was 12 years old. Started in production and now am a customer service associate
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours. Random volunteer stuff
[ *] Summer Activities: Work, Piano, volunteer work, cross country
[ *] Essays: Wrote it about piano. Got 100% on it in my expos class
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: read all of them and they were very good
[ *] Counselor Rec: talked with my counselor about what he was going to write, so good i would assume
[ ] Additional Rec: Included in the arts supplement that I sent for piano. It was very good
[ ] Interview: Went very well I thought
[ /list][ b]Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Wisconsin
[ *] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[ *] School Type: Public. Nothing special
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ ]Income Bracket: <$80,000
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[ b]Reflection
[ *] Strengths: AP Scores, SAT subject test scores, GPA, class rank, essay, interview, recommendations
[ *] Weaknesses: My activities aren’t very unique (piano, Key Club secretary, Treasurer of NHS, Science Team, Math Team, blahhh), ACT writing score of 8, rigor of school record (opted not to take APUSH Soph year when I should have), not any really cool awards
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Boring extracurricular activities, have only taken AP math and science courses until this year
[ ] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: N/A
[ b]General Comments: I’m sad :frowning: hopefully I will have better luck in the RD round (unlikely). congrats to all the lucky ones!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2270 770 CR 720 M 780 W
[</em>] ACT: didnt take
[<em>] SAT II: 750 US 670 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/258
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): all 5’s on WH, English Lang, US Gov, US history, Euro history
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Psychology, AP Spanish Lit, AP Chem, AP Macroeconomics, AP English Lit, AP Statistics
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nat’l Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar w/ distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of two clubs, Varsity Track Captain, Varsity soccer, other leadership positions in various other clubs
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: worked for a printing company all four years of high school
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: over 100 hours w/ key club, plus ons of church related stuff (i.e. playing piano for masses)
[<em>] Summer Activities: working/ soccer practice
[</em>] Essays: risky and hilarious, yet good nonetheless, a guidance counselor (not mine) who has been here for years said it was the best one she’d ever read
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: didnt read, but my GC said one was over-the-top awesome, and the other was also great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: great
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: didn’t get one
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: crappy public (sends a kid to an ivy or two every couple of years)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian (American) (i literally put that on my app)
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>]Income Bracket: >200,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): i guess i’m first-generation college? didnt even think of that before haha
[/ul]Reflection:[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: GPA, rank, great recs, very well-rounded
[<em>] Weaknesses: subject tests could have been higher, over-represented state, no research or majorly impressive extracurriculars
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i prayed every night for the last month. also my essay was very unique and probably made them take a closer look at me, despite my run of the mill stats.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rutgers [/li][/ul]General Comments: be a little risky with your essay; i’m sure after a while they get tired of the same self-aggrandizing, multi-paragraph narratives. </p>

<p>other than that, I’m soooo excited to be going here! (and to be done with the loathsome college app process) haha just ordered some apparel</p>

<p>Looking at everyone’s stats here, I realize how much of a crapshoot this whole admissions game is, so if you got no dice this time, just keep rolling. It’ll all work out :)</p>

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<p>Amazing results this year for CC!</p>

<ol>
<li> O0onh0co0o – Accepted</li>
<li> Tylrrvera – Accepted</li>
<li> Supermonkey417 – Accepted</li>
<li> QuyenHoang – Accepted</li>
<li> Runtogetin – Accepted</li>
<li> Glimmerkeef – Accepted</li>
<li> Sizewana – Accepted</li>
<li> Ajax1234 – Accepted</li>
<li> Johnscott – Accepted</li>
<li>2ksixteen – Accepted</li>
<li>Andresgmejiar – Accepted</li>
<li>AndrewJackson – Accepted</li>
<li>Hard_Knocks – Accepted</li>
<li>Yankeefreak127 – Accepted</li>
<li>Sintralin – Accepted</li>
<li>Asteele2016 – Accepted</li>
<li>Songdude – Accepted</li>
<li>Marysidney – Accepted</li>
<li>BigUncleP – Accepted</li>
<li>Theconductor – Accepted</li>
<li><p>Boomroasted – Accepted</p></li>
<li><p>Eunbyul93 – Deferred</p></li>
<li><p>Wowyourselfx20 – Deferred</p></li>
<li><p>Jmutch – Deferred</p></li>
<li><p>Hgll94 – Deferred</p></li>
<li><p>Mathisliterature – Deferred</p></li>
<li><p>Biebs1 – Deferred</p></li>
<li><p>Wbbland - Rejected</p></li>
<li><p>Dartmouth49 – Rejected</p></li>
<li><p>Cara324 – Rejected</p></li>
<li><p>Hasanpak123 – Rejected</p></li>
<li><p>Eklee311 – Rejected</p></li>
</ol>

<p>Acceptance: 65%
Deferral: 19%
Rejection: 16%</p>

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<p>^That is incredible. To those who got rejected, you’ll end up at a fantastic school and remember, the school doesn’t make the person, the person makes the school.</p>

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<p>It would be awesome if some more deferred people would post their stats so that we could know where we stand in the deferred applicant pool! pretty please!</p>

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<p>Is there a “deferred applicant pool” or are the deferred apps all thrown in with the RD apps and reevaluated together</p>

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<p>In “Acing the College Application” by Michele Hernandez it says that the admissions committee goes through all of the RD applications first. Then, sometime in mid-march they revisit the deferred people. Who knows if they still do it that way, but I’m guessing they still probably do. I’m not sure if that’s better or worse than just getting thrown in with the RD applicants…</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:
•ACT: Composite 29 Reading 33 Math 23 English 34 Science 27
•SAT II: Spanish: 770, Biology: 770
•Weighted GPA: 3.26 out of 4.00
•Rank: top 6%.
•AP Scores: Biology (5), Environmental Science (5), English Language (5), Spanish Language (5), American History (4)
•Senior Year Course Load: Hardest course load available:
AP Chemistry
AP Physics C
AP English Literature
AP Spanish Literature
AP U.S. Government
AP Statistics
AP European History
Lab Aide
•Major Awards: National awards for PSA’s to raise environmental consciousness, AP Scholar with distinction, local awards for film, interviewed for NPR, local awards from the city for some environmental initiatives, some FBLA awards for districts and states, and some school awards such as a book award.</p>

<p>Subjective:
•Extracurriculars:
Vice president of student council,
President of my school’s Interclub Council,
President of the science academy in my school,
president of a community service club,
Vice President of my school’s FBLA,
Vice President of my school’s Quill and Scroll,
Vice President of the Ecology Club,
Cross-country runner
•Job/Work Experience: Intern at an environmental nonprofit, private tutor
•Volunteer/Community service: Over 1,300 volunteer hours at very steady and committed organizations i.e. a local hospital etc
•Summer Activities: Dual enrollment, sport conditioning, internships
•Essays: Extremely strong.
•Teacher Recommendation: From my all-time favorite teacher’s: the advisor of my academy and my ex-AP Biology teacher, and an AMAZING one from my cross-country coach, club sponsor, and ex-AP English Language teacher that summed up everything I’ve ever done.
•Counselor Rec: Really strong, it was from my ex-AP Environmental teacher/ sponsor of the community service club that I’m president of.
•Peer Review- from the most amazing writer/friend/human being I’ve ever met.
•Interview: My interviewer really liked me. I was a bit nervous when we spoke over the phone so the first thing he said when I walked into his office was “Don’t worry it shouldn’t last more than 30-40 minutes.” It lasted an hour an a half. I’m really sociable so he had to slow me down a bit because I just spoke and spoke.</p>

<p>Other
•State: From Miami, they don’t get a lot of South Floridians
•Country: I was born in Colombia and lived there for 10 years
•School Type: A public school, best in the area
•Gender: Male
•Income Bracket: Lower class
•Hooks: Hispanic, Native American, first generation to go to college, lower income student</p>

<p>Reflection
•Strengths: I guess all of my letters of recommendation were VERY STRONG, including the alumni interview report, peer rec, the 2 teacher recs, and the counselor rec. I also have very unusual extracurriculars that I’m very dedicated to, very strong community service experience, a lot of awards and recognition, and AWESOME essays. Also, my SAT Subject Test score for Biology and my AP scores.
•Weaknesses: ACT testing, class rank, and GPA
•Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m a very strong candidate when you don’t count GPA and ACT scores, which is a really dumb comment, but it’s true. Everything else in my app was really strong.
General Comments: Dartmouth is still my top choice!</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred**[/color][/size]</p>

<p>ACT: 32
SAT II: 740 World History, 790 Math 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.85
Rank unavailable but estimate top 5%
AP World History (4), Calculus AB (5), English Comp (5) US History (5) Stats (4)
Awards: EAgle Scout, AP Scholar with distinction
EC’s: NHS Treasurer, then VP; many leadership positions in Scouts, Youth in Gov, Varsity tennis, Captain of JV Tennis, Coach’s award, Engineering internship in sr year
Summer Activities: Attended camp in rural Maine for six summer culminating in Counselor in Training summer for 7 weeks. Boy Scout camp. Cal Poly for Engineering, Operation Catapult
Essays: Solid not amazing
Teacher Recommendation: I waived but guess that one was very strong and one ok strong
Counselor Rec: very good
Additional Rec: excellent
Interview: Very, very strong
State (if domestic applicant): CA</p>

<p>School Type: medium size public
Ethnicity: caucasion
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: upper
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Eagle Scout, lots of community service, leadership positions, strong summer programs, paid internship
Reflection
Strengths: leadership positions in NHS, Scouts and Tennis
Weaknesses: standardized test score
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Test score on the low end and essays may not have revealed enough about me?
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA not at the top
General Comments: It’s still my absolute first choice and I hope I get in even though I know the odds are slim. Good luck all the deferees!</p>