<p>Accepted!! CAS-Undecided
SATS: 660 CR, 640 M, 660 W- 1300/1960
GPA: 3.75 weighted
Decent ECs, great essays & recs.
First Gen.
40,000 in financial aid-including loans.
Most likely going!! But visiting for the first time next week.</p>
<p>ACCEPTED SOM</p>
<p>3.1 GPA</p>
<p>28 act</p>
<p>Did not take SAT/SATIIs</p>
<p>GREAT ECs/Essays</p>
<p>41K financial aid package</p>
<p>As much as I didnt want to be going here next year I might be.</p>
<p>Accepted: College of General Studies
[ul]Objective:
- SAT: 1850 (580 R, 610 W, 660 M)
- SAT II: Math I 660, took English but i forgot my score haha
- ACT: 25 (science and reading screwed me over, other scores were 30+)
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5, 3.65 weighted
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No rank[/ul]</p>
<p>[ul]Subjective:
- Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lacrosse 4 years, year round (Varsity 3 years, Captain Junior Year), Soccer 2 years, basketball 4 years, key club, investment club
- Job/Work Experience: None, but EMT is more than a job
- Volunteer/Community service: Boy scouts, Volunteer EMT (18 hours/week, started senior year), Church group, lots of misc. volunteer activities (700+ hours in total)
- Summer Activities: Scout camp (1 week in upstate new york), lots of lax camps, volunteer activities[/ul]
[ul]Writing:
- Essays: English teacher told me it was on of the best, most unique she’s read and she’s been a teacher a long time
- Teacher Recommendation: Very good
- Counselor Rec: Really, really good rec[/ul]
[ul]Other:
- Intended Major: Business (possibly finance, not sure)
- State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
- School Type: Highly regarded public school
- Ethnicity: White
- Gender: Male
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Deferred ED[/ul]
[ul]Reflection:
Strengths: EC’s, somewhat my SAT scores, my GPA went up EVERY semester, and outside circumstances
Weaknesses: GPA overall
Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Very well rounded, lots of volunteering, and in one of my recs my guidance counselor explained how i basically stood on my own two feet junior year with a LOT of things going on
Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Accepted (Marist, UMass, Northeastern) Rejected (BC, NYU) Still waiting on Cuse, but probably going to be a terrier[/ul]</p>
<p>edit: posted twice apparently, could’ve sworn i managed to delete the other post (guess you can’t) my bad</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to COM!</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 1950 (630m, 640r, 670w)</li>
<li>ACT: n/a</li>
<li>SAT II: 580 Literature, 640 BioM</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.35UW, 4.0W</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 2% of county</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio(2), Lit(3), Psych(4)</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis): SL Math Studies, HL English A1, SL History, SL Spanish Language, HL Biology 3, HL Psychology 2. </li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: ^see “IB”</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Student Film Festival, 2nd place Documentary Category</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NYU Film Summer Camp, morning announcements(floor director, head news anchor), film club, national honors society, Leo club, creative writing club(secretary), FBLA, Literary Magazine(co-creator), peer connectors</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: extra’d in two feature films (Grown ups and Dolphin Tale), also just got a job two days ago but they don’t know that</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: service: Intern at TV station(head director and editor of one show, head editor of another show, etc), Big Brothers Big Sisters, Save Our Strays</li>
<li>Summer Activities: NYU summer film camp, 3 years of theater performing arts camp(two were create your own show, one was urinetown the musical)</li>
<li>Essays: eh, commonapp essay was good but supplementals were mediocre</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: Not sure, I think they were pretty good.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: no idea but he doesn’t know me well</li>
<li>Additional Rec: n/a</li>
<li>Interview: n/a</li>
</ul>
<p>Other</p>
<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): Florida</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant): n/a</li>
<li>School Type: Public/Magnet</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
<li>Income Bracket: upper middle class</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a</li>
</ul>
<p>Reflection</p>
<ul>
<li>Strengths: extracurriculars and experience, IB program</li>
<li>Weaknesses: GPA and supplementals</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: probably my experience shows interest in major</li>
<li>Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Accepted to Emerson, Drexel, UCF; Rejected from USC, NYU, Northwestern; Waiting on Cornell, Loyola Marymount</li>
</ul>
<p>…I’ll probably be seeing you all next fall!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to College of Communications!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1980 (700 CR, 580 M, 700 W)
[</em>] ACT: 29
[<em>] SAT II: 730 Lit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.64
[<em>] Rank: 80/542 (top 14%)
[</em>] AP: Literature and Psych (no scores, didn’t take any AP’s until my senior year- eek!)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Creative Writing, Filmmaking, Broadcast Communications, AP Lit, AP Psych, Accelerated Physics and Accelerated Analysis
[</em>] Major Awards: None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Member of NHS and FHS, tons of tutoring hours, assisted my old first-grade teacher with her class last year, student mentor to freshmen, Hebrew High School
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Camp counselor at a Jewish day camp last summer
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Lots of tutoring, Homework Club, Volunteer at Devereux Center for Children with Special Needs- my brother lives there.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Camp counselor last summer, the summer before that I spent three weeks at Yale doing an Exploration Program- basically just took a few classes on film and writing.
[<em>] Essays: I don’t even remember what BU’s supplements were about, to be perfectly honest. But I do know they were throughly edited so I’m going to assume they were good.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Meh. The counselors at our school know nothing about the students they represent, so it probably wasn’t anything too great.
[</em>] Additional Rec?: Nope.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic): PA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Good enough to not have to apply for FA.
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Academics (SAT, ACT, GPA, class rank)
[</em>] Weaknesses: lack of both EC’s and AP’s.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I guess I was just a good match for the school.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Really excited! I was pretty confident in my ability to get into BU, but I was kind of doubting getting into their College of Communications! Love the campus and the city. This is going to be such a hard decision.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!!!
For Biomedical Engineering!!</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<pre><code>ACT: 29
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.66
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Biology, AP Calc AB, AP Poli-Sci, AP Econ
Other APs: AP Physics, AP Chemistry, AP Psychology
SATs: 2030
SAT II: 720 Chemistry, 630 Literature, 750 Mathematics Level 2
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>Extracurriculars :School’s first Anime Club (VP for 3 years), Medical Nursing Internship (Interned as a nurse in a prestigious hospital), American Red Cross (Blood Drive Volunteer 100+ Hours), Whittier Elementary School (Summer secretary), Model United Nations (Delegate, won awards), Olympia Magazine Writer, Robotics Club Team Leader, Impact Mentor
Essays: Very emotional and moving (apparently) I wrote about my very complicated relationship with my Daddy
Teacher Recommendation: I couldn’t read it
Counselor Rec: I couldn’t read this either
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 100,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
</code></pre>
<p>Decision: Accepted: CAS (Quantitative Biology) & 7-Year Accelerated Medical Program</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (CR 740, M 800, W 760, Essay 12) one sitting
[</em>] ACT (breakdown): 35 (E 35, M 36, R 34, Sci 35, Essay 10, Eng&Writing 33) one sitting
[<em>] SAT II: Bio M 800, Chem 800, Physics 800, Math II 800, Chinese 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (96.xx out of 100.00)
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 101.67 (out of 100.00)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/837
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Biology (5), BC Calc (5), AB subscore (5), APUSH (5), Eng Lang (5), World (5)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses): none
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov’t, AP Macroecon, AP Microecon, AP Eng Lit, AP Chemistry, AP Comp Sci A
[</em>] Number of other RD applicants in your school: I think like 5 or so, but they’re all rank 30 and below with lower objective stats.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul][/li]Science Olympiad medals (9 regionals, 2 states), Rochester University Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award, NYC Metro Math Fair Bronze Medal, USABO semi-finalist, USNCO semi-finalist, 14th ranked fastest Rubik’s Speedcuber in New York State</p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Science Olympiad (Engineering & Biology Group Leader), Columbia University Medical Center research internship (helped publish a scientific paper), Rubik’s Cube Club at school (founder & president), Calculus Challenge Team (2nd in country last year), Calculus Tutoring (all tutees got a 5), Jazz Band (lead alto saxophone & president), Webmaster of SciOly and Sci Dept website.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul][/li]Columbia University internship for one year (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics professional laboratory work)
Surgical Center (observed and helped with >200 surgeries)
Library
Senior Center</p>
<br>
<br>
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App: Rubik’s cube & how it impacted my personality and way I approach and solve problems; original & creative; 10+[/li][</em>] How I Became Interested: Read a medical school professor’s paper, talked with students; 8
[<em>] Supplement: Ideology about what college is supposed to be about, Quantitative Biology major, start Rubik’s cube club; 7
[</em>] Why I Want to be a Doctor: Establish intimate relations with patients and personalize care - contrary to what is being done now; 9
[<em>] Other:[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: 5 pages. SHE LOVES ME. from AP Bio teacher <3. basically tells almost everything about me through my activities (likes and dislikes, sense of humor, maturity (O_O), etc.) 10+[/li][</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: 1 page. AP World teacher, like a mom to me. Rec is pretty run-of-the-mill, though. 7?
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Saw afterwards, sort of a laundry list. 5
[</em>] Additional Rec: Wrote it myself and got AP English teacher to sign it. Attests to outstanding writing talent and insight to reading literature (mostly true). 9
[<em>] Interview: Had to drive up to boston for SMED interview. It was pretty in-depth. Both the MD and PhD I interviewed with really read my essays and knew about what I did in lots of detail. Fun stuff.
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list]
NO. there are more than enough people out there more talented than I am at violin, piano, and alto sax, combined. I am in jazz band though :)</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: 3-4 days before deadline? O_O
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY (NEW YORK CITY HOLLAHHH!)
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: LARGE PUBLIC (4000+ students)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian (■■■)
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: not important here.
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]
Rubik’s cube - 15 second solves; sent a video of a 13.76-sec solve on a CD with my counselor’s rec and transcript and such. Hope they had fun with it 
Great essay writing (?) I’ve been told I have a way with words, apparently HAHAHAS.</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: grades (spanish aside), rank, SAT IIs (I BEASTED ALL OF THEM YO!), Rubik’s cube! >:) MUAHAHAHA
[</em>] Weaknesses: Asian, public school isn’t magnet or specialized (quite the opposite actually…), but doesn’t downright suck, either. It’s pretty moderate in terms of grades and smartness of people in general.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rubik’s cube? O_O I don’t know how many applicants have sub-15 averages -shrugs- SAT II grades were definitely a plus (haven’t seen another CCer with 5 800s yet :p)
[</em>] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]
not much, really. maybe I should’ve paid more attention in my Spanish classes so my grades wouldn’t have been too terrible there HAHAHAS. might’ve gotten valedictorian too LOL :p</p>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
I’m probably still going to Yale through EA but at least I have another option open for myself now.
CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE WHO GOT ACCEPTED! to the WLs and Rs - IT’S OKAY!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to SOM</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1890
ACT: didnt take
SAT II: Chinese 800 US History 730 Math II 670
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 16/789
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: BC Calc Ap Macro Econ, AP Chem, Elective English, French
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
various clubs; volunteer; intership</p>
<p>Job/Work Experience: Intern; Summer Work; ESL Teacher
Summer Activities:<br>
Essays: wrote about immigration change
Teacher Recommendation: one - very good two OK
Counselor Rec: generic
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major:
State (if domestic applicant): NY
School Type: large public
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
General Comments:Got 30000 aid including loan but still will be in huge debt because cost of attendance is around 52K</p>
<p>Accepted to BU under CAS </p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2060 (CR: 680, M:700, W:680) </p>
<p>SAT II: Chemistry 650; Bio E 650</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9</p>
<p>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/150 </p>
<p>AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4), AP Comp (4), AP Bio (3), SUPA Chem (91)</p>
<p>Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov & Pol, AP English, AP Enivironmental, AP Calculus, SUPA Sociology, SUPA Economics, Spanish V Honors (College Cred), Art Appreciation SCCC (College Cred), Forensic Science</p>
<p>Major Awards/ Distinctions (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHS, Spanish NHS (officer), Rotary/ Interact Officer, Science NHS Officer, English NHS Officer, Speed Interview Competition Placed #1, and you know those “outstanding performance” etc awards. </p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 3 Year Intern at SB University 150+ hrs (this encompassed SO MUCH, experiences ranged from , 3 Year Volunteer (this REALLY helped) at SB Medical Center 150+ Hrs, volunteer at nonprofit organization summers 30+ Hrs, volunteer at local doctor clinic 50+ Hrs, Varsity Tennis Captain, Varsity Basketball player</p>
<p>Job/Work Experience: none </p>
<p>Summer Activities: TRAVEL, volunteer
Essays:articulated and highlighted all values
Teacher Recommendation: one almost positively stellar, one awesomely great
Counselor Rec: pretty generic I’d imagine
Additional Rec: Extremely GOOD
Interview: n/a </p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): NY
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Middle Eastern/ South Asian
Gender: Male</p>
<p>General Comments: Lovin BU</p>
<p>WAITLISTED</p>
<p>CA resident, Asian Male
GPA: 3.6 UW, 3.83 W
SAT: 2300 (750 CR, 800 M, 750 W)
Lots of AP tests; mostly 5
Mediocre subjective areas</p>
<p>My other decisions so far: Rejected from Cornell and UChicago; Accepted to UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, UC Santa Cruz, UMichigan Ann Arbor, UWisconsin Madison</p>
<p>what the… o_O I got accepted to Berkeley but waitlisted here?</p>
<p>STATUS: ACCEPTED TO COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION </p>
<p>Objective:
ACT(breakdown): 28 composite
SAT II: US HISTORY 690
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4
Weighted GPA: 3.5ish
AP (place score in parentheses): US HISTORY: 4
Senior Year Course Load: ap environmental science, ap language composition, trig,us government
Number of other RD applicants in your school: I know of 3 others. Could be more.</p>
<p>Writing:
Essays: I think it was a huge factor for my admission decision
Teacher Recommendation(s): Great!
Counselor Rec: Good</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted CAS Linguistics</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (uh…680 math, 720 writing, 740 reading?)
ACT (breakdown): 34 (36 science, 35 english, 34 reading, 32 math)
SAT II: None taken 
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.333): 4.148
Weighted GPA: 5.019
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/550
AP (place score in parentheses): Chem (5), English Language (5), Spanish Language (5)
IB (place score in parentheses): none
Senior Year Course Load: Honors Choir, Honors Band, AP Calc AB, AP European History, AP English Lit, AP Spanish Lit
Number of other RD applicants in your school: Only two, I believe
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Scholar, NHRP Scholar (got half tuition scholarship), Gold Award on National Spanish Exam</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Marching Band (section leader, executive officer), Madrigals (section leader, pitch piper one), Blue Notes-girls a cappella (section leader), Tri-M (instrumental vp), NHS, Mu Alpha Theta, National Spanish Honor Society, Scholastic Bowl, Spring Musical, Pep Band
Job/Work Experience: One year in a gift boutique, six months in an ice cream/dairy store
Volunteer/Community service: Student Tutor in Chem, Math, and Writing</p>
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
Essays (Include Subjects):
Common App: I have a dream that my family moves to South Carolina and I have to live by myself for senior year. I’m really excited at first, but get more and more nervous as I watch my family slowly leave. Life is stressful on my own, but I eventually realize that I have many people around to help so life is actually going to be stellar. I wake up in my apartment–and then it becomes clear that this dream actually happened. (10)
Supplement: The real reason I want to attend BU is to join their people-watching club, so my essay was all about the different places and people I would see/observe as a member of the club. Written very carefully with directions, a five-day schedule of creeping, and specific professors/programs mentioned. (10+)</p>
<p>Other:
Teacher Recommendation #1: Fine?
Teacher Recommendation #2: Good?
Counselor Rec: Never saw any of these but I assume they said nice things?
Additional Rec: Super.
Art Supplement: N/A</p>
<p>Other
Date Submitted App: Last day under extended deadline. Yahoo procrastination!
State (if domestic applicant): IL…but technically SC (refer to common app essay desc.)
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large public (2500)
Ethnicity: Mexican, Irish, German, and Japanese
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Too high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, I think that living on my own at 17 is a hook too. But that’s just me.</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Transcript, Essays, EC’s (Marching Band alone was a 30+ hr/wk commitment)
Weaknesses: Lack of volunteer work, probably could have upped my ACT a bit and taken SAT II’s
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have all the numbers, and my personality definitely came through in my application
What would you have done differently?: Checked UHC on my app? I think I checked no </p>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I am definitely going to BU! I decided last week it was my first choice, so I’m super glad that I got accepted with the NHRP scholarship :] Yay not graduating $160,000 in debt!!</p>
<p>how do i find my financial aid package?!?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to CAS</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 730 CR, 690 M, 730 W
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 630 Lit, 690 USH
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 35/559
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4), English Language (4), Psychology (5), Spanish Language (4), US History (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Environmental Science, AP Government, AP Macroeconomics, AP Physics B, AP Spanish Literature, AP Statistics, Pre-Calculus
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School newspaper, Teen Advisory Group, NHS, Key Club, History Club, Physics Club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Public library
[</em>] Summer Activities: Nothing particularly remarkable
[<em>] Essays: CommonApp essay was very good; BU supplement essays could have been better
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see them
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Positive but poorly written
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: Didn’t have one</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Psychology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Middle middle class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college student, fluent in two languages in addition to English</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, scores/grades, CommonApp essay
[</em>] Weaknesses: No leadership positions; supplement essays weren’t what they could have been
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See my strengths
[</em>] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going?: Smith, UT-Austin, Hendrix, St. Edward’s
[/ul]General Comments: Too bad I didn’t receive quite enough financial aid.</p>
<p>dandtstar - There should be a link titled “Financial Decision” on ApplicantLink.</p>
<p>Accepted into the College of Arts and Sciences as a Political Science Major
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1750-- CR7600, M570, W580
SAT II: Bio-570, Physics-540, english lit-580
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
Weighted GPA: 4.3
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
AP (place score in parentheses): Biology (self study) 3, English Lang. 3, World History 4.
Senior Year Course Load: Full I.B. Schedule
Number of other RD applicants in your school: prolly like 10-15
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Varsity Track (Captain), Varsity Dance (Captain), Students against destructive decisions (publicity officer), CA Scholarship Foundation, Fashion Club, Peer leaders uniting students
Essays: Really Good, i did the Diversity Essay, and Really showed my passion for the school in the supplement
Teacher Recommendation(s): Great! They Really liked me.
Counselor Rec: Awesome
Other: Full I.B. Candidate
State (if domestic applicant): California
School Type: Public top 3% in the Nation
Ethnicity: Black
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I don’t think so? First Generation American</p>
<p>I see financial aid status, but that just says they have recieved all of my papers. Can you be a little more specific please? Thank you so much!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted Political Science
Objective:
ACT: 29
GPA: 3.6 UW/ 4.2 W
Rank: top 10% (no rancking
APs: 10 APS</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars: A lot of politically oriented
Essays: Amazing. Very DEEP!</p>
<p>Other
Applied for financial aid?: Yep! Got 40,000 but 10K in Loans
Intended major: Political Science
Country: USA/ Florida
School type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Hooks: upward trend</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
School applied to: CAS</p>
<p>Objective:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (770 M, 750 W, 730 CR)
[ *] ACT: 33
[ *] SAT II: 720 Math II, 710 Chem, 630 USH
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/358
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), Macroecon (5), Lang and Comp (4)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: APs- USH, Bio, Lit and Comp, Microecon, Stat, Calc; Honors French 5 (no AP)
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist</p>
<p>Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Basketball (captain), Key/Interact Club (officer), Student Council (secretary), Crew, HOBY
[ *] Job/Work Experience: swim instructor, basketball instructor, hostess
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: HOBY Leadership for Service Award, much more from Key/Interact Club
[ *] Summer Activities: work
[ *] Essays: strong
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: AP Chem- very good, AP Macro- didn’t read but assuming it was strong
[ *] Counselor Rec: pretty good
[ *] Interview: none</p>
<p>Other:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[ *] School Type: Public (apx. 1400)
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: $100K
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>
<p>Reflection:
[ *] Strengths: transcript, ECAs
[ *] Weaknesses: no hook
[ *] Why you think you were accepted: stats, strong essay
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to BC, Northeastern, Rutgers, UMass Amherst; deferred EA from Yale</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>School applied to: School of Management</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1960 (610:reading, 660: writing, 680: math)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: Math II: 610, Korean: 680 (Not sure if I submitted these, probably not Korean for sure haha)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/70
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB (3), English Composition (4), English Literature, U.S. Government, Art History
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Pretty rigorous for my school
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 years Varsity Tennis (Captain, MVP), 2 years swimming, 1 year soccer, NHS (treasurer) [not much available at my school :/)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutor English to Korean children
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Work at library and elementary school
[</em>] Summer Activities:
[<em>] Essays: I think pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good, maybe a little generic
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Same
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: Nope</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Armed Forces Pacific
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA but I live in South Korea
[<em>] School Type: public, federal (DoDDS)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Korean
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket:~100,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Living overseas and going to DoDDS… URM… yeah haha</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: my stats were a match I think and just I’m URM that lives overseas on military base.
[</em>] Weaknesses: dunno
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I had expected to be accepted because I thought I had solid stats.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: UC irvine, UC davis, CU Boulder
Rejected: UCLA
Wait-listed: UCSD
Waiting: USC, BC, C of W&M</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: It’s weird because someone in my school who is ranked #2 and has solid EC’s got wait-listed… so I don’t know why I got accepted above her (my SAT was only higher by 100?) but I’m still happy! They’re giving me $30,000 in grants and a federal loan so it’s a really good option for me now ^^</p>