<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2400
[</em>] ACT (breakdown): N/A
[<em>] SAT II (place score in parentheses): 800s on Math 2, Biology-M, Chemistry, and US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/300+
[</em>] AP (place score in parentheses): 5s on Biology, World History, Chemistry, Calculus BC, Statistics, and US History. 4 on Latin.
[<em>] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP CS, Geographic Information Systems, AP Lang, AP US & Comp. Gov, AP Physics C, AP Human Geo, Vector Calculus (DE), Linear Algebra (DE)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USNCO Semifinalist & Top 3 in state, 8th in the country as part of Team VA at the 2013 National All-Star Academic Tournament, 3rd Place at 2012 WACFL Metro Finals Debate Competition (qualified for NCFL), Regional Debate Champion, NMSF, and AP Scholar w/ Distinction.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
-Debate (Team Captain, 3 years varsity, numerous awards)
-Quizbowl (Team Captain, multiple national qualifications, many individual & team awards)
-Tennis (2 years varsity, team made regional semis twice)
-Math Competition Club (Founder and President, pioneered growth of my school’s math competitions from 1 in 2010 to more than 10 in 2012)
-Young Democrats (Vice President, recently volunteered for the governor’s race)
-Latin Club (President, conduct monthly meetings, nothing major)
-NHS, Mu Alpha Theta, and Latin Honor Society member
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
-Counselor at a STEM Camp for kids (just one summer)
-Private SAT and School Tutor (about 1.5 years)
-Private Tennis Coach (one summer)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community Service: ~180 hours through debate, NHS, Mu Alpha Theta, and Boy Scouts.
[<em>] Summer Activities:
-High School Honors Science Program attendee (7 week summer program for rising seniors at MSU, highly selective)
-VA Governor’s Latin Academy attendee (3 week summer program focused on Roman culture & language)
-Summer@Brown (took a 2-week neuroscience course and earned a 97%)
[</em>] Essays: Fairly good. I had a lot of people read and comment on them. In my CA essay, I talked about my experience living overseas and how it impacted my view of change. My Harvard optional essay was a humorous piece that tied my music interests in with my unusual family dynamic (and used an extended drug addict analogy!).
[<em>] Teacher Recommendations: Both were most likely very strong.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: She knows me pretty well, so I’m guessing it was above average.
[<em>] Additional Rec: I submitted a recommendation from my mentor at HSHSP. My counselor told me it was very positive.
[</em>] Interview: FANTASTIC. My interviewer was lovely and a great conversationalist. We talked for 1.5 hours about lasers, Vampire Weekend, living overseas, and other cool stuff. You could tell she was really rooting for me, and she told me she gave me her highest recommendation.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: 100-150k (asked for finaid)
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Objective stats, extracurriculars, essays, and my interview.
[<em>] Weaknesses: Not much work experience, no “huge” awards.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think I was able to convey myself as a person rather than just as a student. I also think my somewhat risky additional essay paid off.
[li] Where else you are applying or have already applied: UVA (Jefferson), Duke (Robertson)[/li][/ul]General Comments/Advice/Hindsight:</p>
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