Decision:
Accepted, early write sometime in Feb.
Objective:[ul]
[]SAT I (breakdown): 1910, or 1950 something like that
[]ACT: 31, 32 superscore, 11 essay
[]SAT II: 720 Math II, 650 Literature
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99
[]Rank (percentile if rank is
unavailable): 2/500ish
[]AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4, god knows how), Psych (5), Calc BC (4,AB sub:4), Lang (3), Chem (3), Currently: APUSH, Physics I, Stats, Bio, Lit
[]IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[]Senior Year Course Load: APUSH, Physics I, Stats, Bio, Lit, Varsity Voices
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Latin Exam Silver Medalist (meh), QB College Prep Scholar & NCM Finalist (meh), AP Scholar w/ Distinction[/li][/ul]Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in
parenthesis): Theatre, Art Club
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: n/a
Summer Activities: interned one summer, but nothing noteworthy
Essays: Not particularly intelligent or eloquent, but heartfelt and raw. 8.5
Teacher Recommendation: 7 Chem teacher, probably really banal
Psych teacher, 5 I had to ask this teacher last minute because my choral instructor’s mother passed away & intended to ask her.
Counselor Rec: 9, she adores me, but not sure what she could say that wasn’t already covered by my CA essay
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a
Supplementary Material(if any): n/a
[/list]Other
State (if domestic applicant): MI
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Large Public, 3,000+
Ethnicity: Vietnamese
Gender: M
Income Bracket(specify if applied for
FA): income: 24k, recieved: basically a full ride except 2k workstudy and 1k in loans
Hooks (URM, first generation college,
etc.): first gen
[/list]Reflection
Strengths: My essays were from the heart.
Weaknesses: Not particularly spectacular scores
Why you think you were accepted/ I think my story resonated.
waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/ Nowhere noteworthy…
waitlisted/rejected: Pomona (WL)
[/list]General Comments:
I think I’ll be attending in the fall! Fairly excited. Was initially wary because someone who I had an odd relationship last year currently attends. I feel like I’m stalking them, and admittedly I was introduced to Grinnell by them. Not going to let that stop me from being excited about a school however. Will probably make amends with this person over facebook over the summer sometime…
Grinnell is an awesome place.