Got my decision a couple weeks ago, but I figured I would post my stats for next year’s applicants!
**Decision: Accepted **
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2240 composite (720 CR, 720 M, 800 W, Essay: 10)
ACT (breakdown): 35 composite (36 E, 33 M, 36 R, 35 S, 31 E+W, Essay: 7 (eeeeek))
SAT II: Chemistry - 720; Math Lvl 2 - 770
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4.43
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry(4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: Honors Physics, AP French 4, AP Calc AB, AP Computer Science (rest of classes were just standard classes)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a (none that I can think of)
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): National Merit Commended Student, National Achievement Finalist, French National Contest Medal Winner (Bronze for two years, Silver for one), Honor Roll (all four years of high school)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Track and Field (captain of jump team, junior and senior); helped found a club based on computer science (junior year), CSF (inactive member though)
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: serve as a leader at a local soup kitchen (senior year)
Summer Activities: attended computer science program summer b/n sophomore and junior year
Essays: All right, here we go
*What influenced you to apply? *- I wrote about visiting and how I saw a pickup skateboarding competition when
I was there, the Claremont Colleges, world-renowned engineering program, the core curriculum, watching quirky
HMC tours on Youtube, etc.
*How has your background influenced what you want to learn? * - wrote about my parents’ journey to America,
how I hope to change the world with my computer science degree, the service I do now, etc.
Teacher Rec #1: Got it from my chemistry teacher who I absolutely loved. Didn’t read it, but I’ll say an 8.
Teacher Rec #2: This one was from my English teacher freshman and junior year who I hit it off with. She told me herself that she wrote an awesome letter of rec so I’ll go with 10.
Counselor Rec: Don’t know her super well, but I saw her lots towards the end of junior year and the beginning of senior so she got to know me better than most. Let’s go with a 7.
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a
Additional material (abstracts/papers/other): n/a
Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Computer Science
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: All Girls Private
Ethnicity: African-American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: ~175,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM (first generation American citizen)
Reflection:
Strengths: background, test scores, GPA, transcript, essays, ecs and awards
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: my service experience and how I would use my degree to help others
Weaknesses: ACT essay, no work experience, no interview or supplemental materials
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I believe they liked the way I presented myself and my goals. Additionally, I’m a URM female entering an engineering field so I think that helped a bit too.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Harvard, UChicago, UCLA, UC Davis, Cal Poly SLO, San Jose State, Santa Clara, Saint Mary’s College of California, Rice; waiting till tomorrow to open my decisions from Yale and Stanford.
General Comments & Advice: Be sure to bounce your essays off of people who aren’t your parents (e.g. siblings, mentors, counselors) but make sure that it still sounds like you. I’m certain my sister’s help with perfecting my essays was key, but some of her suggestions didn’t sound like something I would say so I didn’t use them. Like @legtimate said be honest! Good luck to all! 
