<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Trinity College of Arts & Sciences</p>
<p>Objective:
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[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2360 (790CR/800M/770W)
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 740 World History, 750 Math I, 760 Spanish, 770 US History, 780 Math II, 790 Chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): Nearly all 95+
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/670…
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Computer Science A (5), Chemistry (5), Calculus BC (5), English Language (5), US History (5), Spanish Language…not a five (but passing)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load:
AP English Literature
AP Spanish Literature
AP Physics C
AP Statistics
AP Human Geography
AP Macroeconomics
AP US Government
Marching band
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction or something, 1st, 2nd and 3rd places in state Science Olympiad tournament, if that counts</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:
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[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Band (loading crew, uniform crew)- marched tenor drums last two years, Science Olympiad- probably my favorite, I did 5 of our team’s 23 events at state, where we were 2nd overall and got to compete in the National Tournament in Illinois, UIL Academics (vice president), The Grind (member of the board)- current events club, Senior Men, etc. Black belt in Tae-Kwon-Do. I also listed family responsibilities bc it is a very large time requirement for me.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: I started youth ushering at my church and have ushered since middle school, lots of band related fundraising/hosting contests/ helping out, bunch of other school-related things
[</em>] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): very sincere but could easily come across as very fake/cliche to someone who doesn’t know me
[<em>] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): Well written and unique, but risky
[</em>] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): didn’t do
[<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): didn’t see
[</em>] Interview: none</p>
<p>[/ul]Other
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[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: very large, competitive public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White…
[<em>] Gender: Male…
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): more like antihooks lol…
[/ul]Reflection
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[<em>] Strengths: Grades, test scores, transcript, EC’s
[</em>] Weaknesses: no job exp? maybe my writing and volunteering
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’d like to know
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Accepted: Texas, Baylor, Vanderbilt, Notre Dame
Rejected: Princeton, Yale, Duke
Waitlisted: WashU (need-aware)
[li] Would you rather have seen your Duke decision after or before Ivies? Didn’t really matter I guess</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
Congratulations to those accepted! You have a wonderful choice and opportunity. I liked Duke ever since I got to go to some State Recognition ceremony for the Duke TIP program in 7th grade and was hoping to get to visit, but I guess it just wasn’t meant to be. Still have some good options.</p>