<p>NOTE to future applicants:</p>
<p>As Blah has said, please take these posts with a grain of salt. For a good perspective on where you stand, consult the middle 50% on the admissions website for scores, and if possible Naviance for past admits from your school. Those will give you a realistic idea of what to expect. </p>
<p>The average SAT for the class of 2016 was a 1450 which is about a 32-33 ACT. GPA wise I’m not sure, but again probably a 3.7+ unweighted average with a rigorous course load and commiserate extracurriculars / accomplishments.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1930 650 CR 580 M 700 WR
TOEFL: 111/120
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 640 World History 700 Latin (bubbling bubbling…) 800 italian
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): NOT US school ranks 7.5 out of 10 (HUGE INFLATION!)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):no
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):no
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Latin, Ancient Greek, Philosophy, History, Astronomy, Calculus…etc
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): no
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Rock band (toured, recorded,), Karate
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: no
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Art History Tour Guide
[<em>] Summer Activities: no (US camps?)
[</em>] Essays: introspection on my italian heritage and what it gave me
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: meh,
[</em>] Counselor Rec: pretty good
[<em>] Additional Rec: meh
[</em>] Interview: didn’t conduct</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): ITALY
[<em>] School Type: Classics Highschool
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 80-90 k?? (don’t know, not enough to pay anyhow)
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): no</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ITALIAN WHO STUDIED CLASSICS, HUMANITIES, alternative person (rock band, karate, conservative type of school), my essays (?)
[</em>] Weaknesses: TEST SCORES!! (how did i get in with those scores!!)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i still don’t understand how this happened, maybe JH needed an international who wanted to do humanities? how did I get tuition??!
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: rejected at 7 other LAC-IVY, 2 acceptances</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>WOW! the most incredible thing is the renewable grant they awarded me which gives me basically free tuition!!!why me?</p>
<p>@daniel993 “why me?” Because you earned it, of course! Congrats on the acceptance and grant!</p>
<p>Daniel, you will get slaughtered if taking a math class higher than Calc 1. Don’t take it if you don’t have to.</p>
<p>Congrats</p>
<p>no worries, I will definitely stay away from the math area! there isn’t an actual core curriculum after all</p>
<p>Late post but here we go…</p>
<p>Accepted to CAS</p>
<p>SAT: 2180 Total
GPA: ~96 Unweighted
School: A normal public school, average
Rank: Top 2%
SAT II: 700 and 740
Summary of ECs: officer positions in several clubs, volunteering with hospital and church
Race: Asian (Indian)
Income: 200k/year</p>
<p>Unfortunately I didn’t qualify for much financial aid so I can’t afford the school. Maybe medical school? </p>
<p>Congratulations to all whom were accepted. To everyone else, no worries!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
- [<em>] SAT I: Reading (780), Math (780), Writing (680) = 2240.
[</em>] ACT: <not submitted="">
[<em>] SAT II: Math II (800), Chemistry (790), U.S. History (750).
[</em>] Unweighted GPA: 4.28/4.0.
[<em>] Rank: <na>
[</na></em>] AP: U.S. History (5), Chemistry (5), Calculus AB (5), Statistics (5), English Language and Composition (5).
[<em>] IB: <na>
[</na></em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C Mechanics, AP Government and Politics, AP Biology, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Calculus BC, Spanish IV, Teacher Assistant.
[<em>] Major Awards: Third Place WV State Math Field Day.
Subjective:
- [</em>] Extracurriculars: Student Government (Senior Class Secretary), Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society (President), National Honor Society (Vice President), Math Honorary Club, Science Bowl, Cross Country (3 Varsity letters), Track and Field (1 Varsity letter), MHS Frisbee Club (Founder and President), Community League Basketball (Captain), Community League Frisbee (Captain).
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: <na>
[</na></em>] Volunteer/Community service: Middle school tutoring, helping in a nursing home.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Governor’s Honors Academy for 3 weeks in 2011, a smattering of one-week camps.
[</em>] Essays: I took the essays very seriously.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendations: ???
[</em>] Counselor Rec: ???
[<em>] Additional Rec: <na>
[</na></em>] Interview: No.
Other
- [<em>] State (if domestic applicant): West Virginia.
[</em>] School Type: Public.
[<em>] Ethnicity: White.
[</em>] Gender: Male.
[<em>] Income Bracket: $120 - 140k.
[</em>] Hooks: Class Secretary, underrepresented region.
Reflection
- [<em>] Strengths: Application essays, high AP scores.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Music, foreign languages.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Good stats.
[</em>] Where were you accepted: Brown, Olin, Tufts, Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt, UVA (Honors), Virginia Tech (Honors), WVU.
[<em>] Where were you waitlisted: Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Duke, Lehigh.
[</em>] Where were you rejected: Yale, Cornell, Penn.
General Comments:
[ul]
[<em>] I am pleased to be going to Brown University in the Fall of 2012.
[</em>] There seems to be quite a bit of randomness in the evaluation process at schools where the acceptance rates are very low.<br>
[li] I took all of the application essays very seriously because my lowest SAT score was in writing. Brown’s app was the one with the most essays which might be why Brown was the only Ivy (out of the seven that I applied to) that accepted me.[/li][/ul]</not></p>