<p>I do this because I want to help future applicants and show the most unlikely of applicants that it is possible to be admitted to schools like Duke…</p>
<p>** Decision: Accepted **</p>
<p>Pratt School of Engineering</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2010 (CR 630 M 690 W 690 Essay 10)
ACT: none
SAT II: Bio M 680 Math II 710
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.90 (updated from a 3.88 after Midyear reports. Counselor sent Duke the update.)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/220
AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio 4 Lang 4 Calc AB 5 (my high school doesn’t offer that many)
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Lit, AP Calc BC, Honors Economics (no AP Econ offered and Econ is a graduation requirement), Standard Health (also a grad requirement), AVID, Calc AB tutor, Internship program during school day
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
AP Scholar, DECA Marketing Mathematics Regional Champion 2012, DECA Marketing Management Regional Champion 2012, DECA Marketing Management State Champion 2012</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
•Governor-appointed state position in education policy (I’m afraid if I put the real title it could identify me)
• Officer of State Student Councils Organization
• National Honor Society
• VEX Robotics Team
• Tutoring
• Girls Varsity Soccer
• Girls Varsity Track and Field
• Mentoring Program at My church
• A Christian teenage group that participates in community outreach programs
• DECA</p>
<p>Leadership:
- That state position
- President of the National Honor Society
- Officer of State Student Councils group
- Captain of Junior Varsity Women’s Track and Field team
- Teenage Leader of My Christian teenage group that participates in community outreach programs
- Founder of Infinite Pride Tutoring Services
- Captain of VEX Robotics team</p>
<p>Job/Work Experience: State Position
Volunteer/Community service: I work a lot in my church. I also work with a teen community outreach group for 5 years now. Also:
• A community walk to raise money for water wells in Africa
• Pittsburgh Project: Rebuilding houses for the needy in the city of Pittsburgh, PA
• Junior Achievement </p>
<p>Summer Activities: Baby sitting, tutoring, working with children, summer community college courses for those necessary classes that my high school doesn’t offer, like AP Physics. I did Stanford EPGY once the summer after freshman year. I wanted to do it again because it was awesome, but it’s expensive.
Essays: I worked soooooooo hard on them. I think they were pretty good. PM me to learn more.
Teacher Recommendation: Great! I asked my AP Calc teacher and my AP English teacher. I was called a “renaissance woman” lol.
Counselor Rec: Good! My counselor knows me very closely. She’s wonderful!
Additional Rec: From the state superintendent of schools and my best friend. I cried when I read my best friends letter… It was so cute, honest, and revealing. It did the job.<br>
Interview: Phone interview. It’s funny I got one because I submitted my application 2 days before the deadline. I learned on CC that interviews were supposed to be for those who applied by Dec. 1 only. My interviewer was on his way from the hospital. His wife had had a baby the day prior. He was kind of tired I guess, so my phone interview lasted about 5 minutes.
Intended Major(s): Biomedical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): MD
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: African American (Nigerian American exactly. Born in Nigeria. West Africans turn up!!)
Gender: Female
Income bracket (if applicable): $50000-$60000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM and Female in Engineering</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Writing, Passion for each one of my many interests, GPA and rank
Weaknesses: Test Scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have NOO idea why any of these acceptances came for me. Not that I don’t think I’m capable, but there were so many other qualified applicants! I do think my friends letter had an effect.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Acceptances-- Carnegie Mellon, Cornell (diversity likely), University of Maryland Full Ride Banneker/Key, Univ. of Pittsburgh Full Tuition, George Mason Full Ride, Drexel, American, UMBC, NYU Poly
Wait list: None
Reject: None!!
Still waiting from Penn and Johns Hopkins</p>
<p>General Comments: Although I got the BSAI letter, it’s so much better getting the official admission letter. And the financial aid offer is hot!! My advice to those who want it: be yourself. Be yourself be yourself be yourself. I can’t say it enough. I had to learn that colleges want you, not your scores or achievements. Remember that those numbers are only representative of what YOU can do, so if there is any other way for you to showcase your abilities, DO IT! Participate in activities that you are passionate about and activities that will allow you to learn, grow, and develop. Write your essays passionately. Allow someone who doesn’t know you well to read it. If it doesn’t evoke any type of emotion, then rewrite it. Lastly, apply even if you don’t think you’ll get in. I didn’t think I’d get into Duke or get any of the scholarship offers and acceptances that I got because I doubted myself. This process allows you to grow and you learn a lot about yourself. You just may be surprised! That’s about it… Good luck!</p>
<p>PM me for more advise!</p>
congrats to everyone who got in!!!</p>