<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Trinity College of Arts & Sciences</p>
<p>Objective:
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[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Not submitted.
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 800-Math II, 800-Chem, 760-Bio E
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): All As.
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 16/829
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5-Chem, 5-Bio, 5-Calc BC, 5-English Lang, 5-Human Geo, 5-US Gov
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Enviro, AP Chinese, AP Stat, AP English Lit, Honors Physics
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Chemistry Olympiad Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:
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[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Too lazy to list!
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Too lazy to list!
[</em>] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): Excalibur (boys service group), thought it was pretty good.
[<em>] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): Very personal essay about a family issue, had good feedback.
[</em>] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): My Why Duke Essay…I poured my heart and soul into it and honestly think its among the best i’ve ever written.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): Didn’t see.
[</em>] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): Didn’t see.
[<em>] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): n/a
[</em>] Interview: Thought it went really well, interviewer made sure to note my connection to Duke.
[/ul]Other
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[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CO
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Very large, competitive public.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Faculty ties.
[/ul]Reflection
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[<em>] Strengths: Essay, GPA, some test scores.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Maybe extracurriculars?
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly don’t know but I would like to think that my essay and interview got me in.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted: It really does not matter anymore.
[li] Would you rather have seen your Duke decision after or before Ivies? Definitely after…all of my ivies were rejections.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Duke is my top choice. I grew up there as my dad was faculty and I know it well. I am so excited to be going back!</p>