*****official Decisions Thread*****

<p>Decision: Waitlisted, then Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1410
SAT IIs: 740 Writing, 720 Math 1C, 750 Spanish, 660 Literature
GPA: 3.0uw, 3.4w
Rank: Don't know
Other stats: AP's- 5 Biology, 5 English Language, 4 US History
Subjective:
Essays: I think they probably got me in
Teacher Recs: Three- two from Jr. year Lit teachers, and one from Biology..biology teacher rec. had to be extremely general and lukewarm because i was horrible in that class =P the other two- one pretty good and one really good, i'm assuming, since I didnt see.
Counselor Rec: Didn't see it, but he knows me well and the interview for it was great so it should have been pretty good
Hook (if any): like i said, my essays probably did it for me. Also, i had lots of committed EC's that i clearly spent more time on than academics =P</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Bay Area, CA
School Type: Competitive public with about 2000 kids
Ethnicity: Asian Indian
Major strength/weakness: Strength-extracurriculars and essays and recs and all that subjective stuff..maybe test scores as well, though. weakness: grades and rank (it's low, whatever it is)</p>

<p>Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: waitlisted because my grades were horrid and accepted afterward for letters and community college transcript (i've got a pretty good gpa there)
Other Factors: nothing. no legacy/sports/such</p>

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