Official Northeastern ED/EA/RD Results Thread for H.S Class of 2016

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Applied (ED,EA,RD): RD

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1980 (680, 640, 660)
ACT (breakdown): 33
SAT II: EB 680, Lit 700
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): weighted is 4.05
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 22
AP (place score in parenthesis): US (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): Maths SL (5), taking more exams this may
Senior Year Course Load: IB Spanish 4, IB Bio 2, IB English 2, IB World History 2, Media Literacy, Writing on Film, IB Theory of Knowledge, Gym, IB World Religions
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): theatre, tennis, film club, spanish club
Job/Work Experience: 19 months and counting at Dunkin Donuts
Volunteer/Community service: tutoring, library volunteer
Summer Activities: WORK full time hours
Essays (rating 1-10, details): I wrote about rape culture, a main part of what I want to study. probably 8 or 9, good reflection of my personality and values
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): Fantastic, my two teachers adore me and one actually made me tear up reading it

Teacher Rec #1: My English/Media Lit teacher quoted Walt Whitman and stuff, it was beautiful
Teacher Rec #2: My Bio teacher talked about a lot of my traits like curiosity
Counselor Rec: never read it
Additional Rec: my boss wrote about how he basically sees me as his daughter

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Cultural Anthropology and Sociology
State (if domestic applicant): Rhode Island
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: under 40k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths: recommendations, essay. I think my essay will make the most impact
Weaknesses: test scores, my ACTs were good and I didn’t send them my SATs; lack of extracuriculars
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I’m still holding out hope for acceptance
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Rejected Columbia University, Accepted University of Rhode Island w/ a 20k scholarship

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ACCEPTED (EA) D’Amore-McKim IB, $18,000 Dean’s Scholarship

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): took once 33, all 34s except for math.
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.59UW, ~4.7W (rather poor)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 22/221 (eek!)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Took 12… Mostly 3s and 4s but I only reported my 4s and 5s.
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs, one honors, two standard
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
State best debater award, a few schools awards
Lots of Golds in Scioly
Two-time 1st place in regional WorldQuest
Subjective: School on 7-point grading scale, must get a 96 for a 4 in a class. Nobody gets 4.0s.

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4yrs XC/track, top-20 nationally in Academic WorldQuest, Debate, YAG, top 10% national debate thing, Class Pres… started Robotics team for local middle school… President of Leader’s Corps (regional volunteer organization)… bunch of assorted things like that
Job/Work Experience: Started two businesses, have a lot of time in those.
Volunteer/Community service: ~400hrs
Summer Activities: Internship at hospital, a lot of time working/developing my business.
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7.5/10 perhaps. kinda cool, about driving through the night to meet a President. and love of speech/public speaking
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): probably good, good relationships with these folks

Applied for Financial Aid?: hell yes
Intended Major: IB concentration in International Affairs
State (if domestic applicant): NC
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: medium public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: male
Income Bracket: 30,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): probably under-represented region

Strengths: ECs
Weaknesses: Grades
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: ECs maybe? Though I’ve heard NeU is more about raw stats.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: UNC CH Kenan-Flagler, NC State, haven’t heard back from anywhere else

Waiting to hear back from: Lots of reaches

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@callmepop my son’s stats are very similar to yours but he did not apply EA … I 'm hoping he still has a chance! I keep reading that NEU looks mostly at the SAT ACT scores rather than anything else… Is this true?

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I would say Northeastern puts heavier emphasis on SAT/ACT than some but GPA and EC’s are important too.

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The first RD with scholarships are out. S was accepted today with a $15,000 scholarship.

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D heard today. Honors College. Dean’s scholarship. Yay!

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**Decision: Accepted **
Honors + 22k/yr Dean’s Scholarship

Applied (ED,EA,RD): RD

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (CR: 800 / M: 730 / W: 770, essay: 10)
ACT (breakdown): n/a
SAT II: US History (700), Literature (750)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86 (4.46 W)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 31/799 (within top 5%)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (4), US Hist (5), Bio (4), Art History (5), English Lang (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a (school doesn’t offer IB)
Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): mock trial (co-captain)
Job/Work Experience: copy editor for an anti-sexual assault non-profit
Volunteer/Community service: tutoring at the local library
Summer Activities: aside from the above? none in particular
Essays (rating 1-10, details): a solid 8/10, I think. I wrote about how both mock trial and my community (Orange County) have affected my speech.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): didn’t read, but both the teachers I chose know and like me

Teacher Rec #1: AP English Lang (+ mock trial coach)
Teacher Rec #2: Art History + Psychology (both AP)
Counselor Rec: didn’t read, but probably a 6/10
Additional Rec: n/a

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Cultural Anthropology
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: female
Income Bracket: ~$40-50K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation, AP award, maybe?

Reflection

Strengths: pretty good numbers, top 5% at a fairly high performing public school, essays
Weaknesses: extracurriculars, for sure. with the exception of my leadership position I’m pretty un-involved compared to some of the people I’m seeing in this thread.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: in retrospect I have pretty good stats, and I had good essays (I hope). I think I made up for my weak ECs by showing how focused I was on the few that I partook in.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: don’t know yet, this is my first acceptance

General Comments : I visited NEU last spring, so I don’t know if that played a part in admissions (if any).
Congratulations to everyone who’s gotten in and best of luck to anyone who’s waiting!

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Accepted w/ scholarship

Applied (ED,EA,RD): RD

SAT I (breakdown): 1880 (660 CR, 620 M, 600 W)
ACT (breakdown): did not take
SAT II: did not send
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11
AP (place score in parenthesis): did not send but took and passed the AP Bio and AP English Language Exams junior year
IB (place score in parenthesis): school doesn’t offer
Senior Year Course Load: AP: Stats, chem, psychology, english lit Honors: physics, math
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Book award from National Honor Society for being top 12 in class, One from local medical school for a program I did over the summer

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Only leadership was head of my church youth group- but its been since freshman year and the youth does some nice things. Track all 4 years, career club 10-12, 2 in school programs, internship at local hospital and local congressman, Upward Bound, and yea i think that’s it
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: local soup kitchen 9-11 grade, volunteer with kids and adults with disabilities 11-12, volunteer with church periodically 9-11 and a few hours of in school service
Summer Activities: Upward Bound, Summer Program/Internship with local hospital, free sat prep classes!! (lol)
Essays (rating 1-10, details): I worked really hard on my essay and did many drafts. Advice: I started my essay very late- like October late (lol). Nevertheless, I revised many drafts and was extremely proud of my final essay. PLEASE PLEASE work on your essay earlier than I did! It will save you so much stress. Rating: 10/10
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): Only read one of the two, but the one I did read was a solid 9/10.

Teacher Rec #1: Did not read but it was my AP bio teacher (got an A in the class through hard work and she really saw me grow as a student)
Teacher Rec #2: Read- from AP Lang teacher. 9/10
Counselor Rec: Did not read, but I’ve managed a consistent relationship with my counselor since freshman year, but I do go to a medium sized school, so it was probably somewhat generic.
Additional Rec: Did not submit

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: YES
Intended Major: Biology
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Urban Public
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: well i do need FA lol
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

Reflection

Strengths: Rigor of coursework, GPA, class rank, extracurricular
Weaknesses: SAT I would say
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think I embody the “well-rounded student” thing well. But also my strengths above.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: -

General Comments :To start off, I have never written on college confidential before, and I am writing this solely for the people out there who see these crazy stats of other students who they’re competing for the same spot in in the same school with and begin to lose hope. I was one of them. I am a moderately average smart person, but believe me when I say that I worked really really hard all 4 years of hs to get to where I am today. I’m not the smartest in my class naturally, but I think I do a good job making up what I lack in talent in handwork. Yea my sat scores were not over the moon, which was honestly my main concern- that and the fact that I wasn’t in a very advanced math class- but I do well in math. SO PLEASE, YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU SET YOUR MIND TO! Besides academics and a bunch of extracurricular that I really am just too lazy to mention, It helped that I am black, and a female who’s going into stem. Anyways long story short please don’t let these crazy numbers make you feel low. You got this! But also know that they are your competitors- but peers. I am SO SO SO happy to have been accepted and it finally feels like 4 years of hard work has payed off.

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@HelloHello54321 As an an applicant still waiting for my admissions decision, I want to thank you for sharing your information! We seem to be very similar in many aspects and I’m glad to see that someone with so many similarities got in! I’m so happy for you and your post really makes me hopeful!:slight_smile:

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Congrats to those accepted! I did not receive a decision. Does that mean I most likely did not get in/did not get any merit aid?

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Accepted: also accepted to the Honors Program, Recieved Dean’s Scholarship: $14,000 per yr
accepted to the electrical engineering school/program

Applied (ED,EA,RD): RD

SAT I (breakdown): did not take
ACT (breakdown): took twice- 33 superscored (35 math, 34 science, 32 english, 30 reading)
SAT II: Math II 780, US History 620
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calc BC- 5 (AB subscore- 5), US History 4
Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calculus, AP Gov, AP Biology, Dante, Senior Seminar, Contemp. Literature, and other requirements
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Honors society, Presidents list all 4 years, various track and xc school awards

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Track- Varsity, XC- Varsity Captain, Varsity Swimming, Eagle Scout
Job/Work Experience: Stanford Medical Summer Internship
Volunteer/Community service: various community service
Summer Activities: Internships and camps etc… mostly scouting during my first few years
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9 or a 10, all my essays were very personal
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): great recommenders 10/10

Didnt read any of my rec’s

Applied for Financial Aid?: YES
Intended Major: Electrical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): WA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Jesuit Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: >250k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection

Strengths: GPA, test scores, and EC’s + leadership
Weaknesses: should have retaken my subject tests
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Well rounded- had the scores and stats they wanted and came from out of state.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: -

General Comments :Very excited to be accepted and to have gotten into the honors college- NU is in the ideal location for me and It is near the top of my list.

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Accepted

Applied (ED,EA,RD): RD

SAT I (breakdown): 2270
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Math I (770), Math II (800), Chemistry (720)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A (weighted was 3.99)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parentheses): Chemistry (4), Language (4), Literature (5)
IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP Economics, AP Statistics, Physics Honors, Love and Literature (English 12), Ceramics Major
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Scholar, a few crew awards, most noticeable being our Nationals Qualifying Women’s Second Varsity 4+ Second Place Award

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Jack and Jill of America (President, Treasurer, Sergeant at Arms), Varsity Rowing, Black Student Union (Secretary), JV Volleyball (Co-Captain)
Job/Work Experience: Brief stint in fast food
Volunteer/Community Service: Two summers in a shelter, various activities through Jack and Jill
Summer Activities: Good, I definitely showed a trend. I attended CTY for a very long time and one of my courses influenced my internship
Essays (rating 1-10, details) : Rave reviews from readers so 10 I guess
Teacher Recommendations: Good, my teachers were chosen very strategically
Counselor Rec: Great, I think she likes me. However, this is her first year and that could have impacted things negatively
Additional Rec: Didn’t use

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Computer Science
State (if domestic applicant): Rather not say
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Black American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Rather not say
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first generation immigrant (?)

Reflection

Strengths: GPA, test scores, essay
Weaknesses:I’m really happy with this package so nothing ?
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Had the GPA and decent extracurriculars
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: - Accepted to UMD (with honors) and Howard, deferred from Harvard
General Comments : Accepted with full-tuition scholars scholarship. I’m shaking with joy rn. Good luck to the rest of the RD batch!

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Applied (ED,EA,RD):

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 34 (35 english, 28 math, 36 reading, 35 science)
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 23/225
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Art History (5) AP World History (5) AP Psychology (5) AP English Language (5) AP US History (5) AP Biology (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc. AB, AP Studio Art 2-D, AP US Government, AP English Lit., Journalism, AP Human Geography, AP Environmental Science
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, National Honor Society

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Very involved artist (what I wrote my common app essay on), graphic designer for a DIY music label, LGBT club president, editor in chief of school newspaper.
Job/Work Experience:
Internship at a well established gallery, internship at a world renowned art museum (LACMA), summer camp counselor.
Volunteer/Community service:
Work with a group that puts on art shows to raise money for charity (ARTribe, please donate!), volunteer at my local farmers market, and volunteer for an organization that feeds the homeless.
Summer Activities:
Camp counselor full-time.
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
8-9. Strong essay on the power of art through an analysis of my medium of choice (collage) and it’s properties. Think it showed a developed voice and understanding of art.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1:
(9) Written by my english teacher. She’s a heavily religious Jew and I wrote a story on the Holocaust for creative writing which she said made her cry (in a good way). I’m sure she included that in my application and it probably helped my case a lot.
Teacher Rec #2:
(10) Written by my art history teacher who loved me so much. She chaperoned a school trip I was on and we bonded a lot. She told me I was her second son, so I think she probably wrote the best recommendation she could.
Counselor Rec:
(7) Generic recommendation as I go to a public school in a big city.
Additional Rec: N/A

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Sociology
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Small public school within a massive district (LAUSD)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

Reflection

Strengths: My essays, recommendations, and test scores
Weaknesses: grades maybe
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Strong focus on art throughout my extracurriculars, good test scores, wonderful recommendations. Also being a different kind of student than most other Northeastern applicants (more interested in humanities than sciences, and science is what Northeastern is known for) probably helped me a lot.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Nowhere else yet

General Comments : Accepted to the University Honors Program with a Dean’s Scholarship

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Okay, I was accepted to D’Amore-McKim for Accounting with a 16k scholarship, but it doesn’t seem as though I was accepted into the honors college. Does anybody know if this is hidden or I just got unlucky?

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@Bulldog97
Congrats on your acceptance! However, I don’t think it’s hidden. I’ve looked everywhere for my nonexistent ‘Scholarship’ tab; I guess I just didn’t get any money. At least I got in(early). yay :slight_smile:

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**Decision: Accepted **

Applied (ED,EA,RD): RD

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Never took
ACT (breakdown): 32
SAT II: Won’t mention
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91 or 3.92 I forget
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis): Predicted score around 37 or 38. Once again, don’t remember.
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Can’t recall any, but I have some.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): The usual, like NHS, journalism, but I also had a few funky, really person ones. I didn’t try to put all my impressive activities…instead, I tried to create an application that truly reflected who I was. I even took out ones that were CA-worthy, because I just thought that those activities made me look too…not me (if that makes any sense).
Job/Work Experience: Nope none.
Volunteer/Community service: I had a lot of weird community service activities, including helping children in Vietnam, and a few Latin American countries. I didn’t include all of them in my app, though. I had been doing community service WAY before HS and didn’t want to fill up my activities with one event.
Summer Activities: Internship at a major newspaper company.
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9/10. It was personal, weird (the topic was a bit odd). Everyone that read it said it was amazing…but then again, everyone on CC raves about their essay. Opinions can be biased! I may THINK that my essay is a 9, but someone else might think it’s a -1 or something.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): I wasn’t TOO close to my teachers. I had only known them for less than 3 years. But I still had a good bond with them. I really liked all my teachers that I asked recs for, and I’m positive that they wrote a good one for me.

Teacher Rec #1:
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec: I asked 2 people for my additional rec, but I don’t think NEU allows any, right?

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yup.
Intended Major: Neuro
State (if domestic applicant): None
Country (if international applicant): Won’t mention, but it’s an Asian country. But my school is in South/Latin America.
School Type: Small, private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Won’t mention, but on the middle-high side.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

Strengths: Essays, activities
Weaknesses: Race, scores (I could’ve tried harder, really. My goal was to get a 33 or a 34. Whatever, though. We always regret after).
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Because I’m FABULOUS whips unshowered hair
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Deferred: One Ivy (Dart.) Accepted nowhere else yet. This was my first letter. Not rejected yet (hopefully nowhere :frowning: )

General Comments : I also received a NEU Scholars Program – meaning FULL RIDE! I was so surprised. I was eating breakfast with my parents when I received an email telling me to go check the portal. I tried it on my phone, didn’t work, so I silently finished eating & decided to check it later. My parents were wondering why I was trying to leave early (I said I had to go poop lol. I almost DID shart my pants when I read the message!).

Good luck to all the other applicants. If you were accepted, CONGRATS. If you were rejected/waitlisted, please PLEASE don’t lose hope. I was deferred by my first choice (an Ivy), and it CRUSHED me. I was so devastated and I kept thinking ‘what if I don’t get into ANY school?’ Thoughts like these may haunt you and may try to bring you down, but keep your chin up. Whatever happens happens for a reason.

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@Grapess Scholars is not full ride. It is full tuition plus many other perks but it does not cover room and board.

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@TomSrOfBoston My mistake! I didn’t mean it that way. I just thought full ride sided cooler than full tuition.

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Was anyone who was accepted to the honors program in their respective college not given any merit aid? I was admitted to the honors program in the CSS+H, but I got nothing :frowning:

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Decision: Accepted

Merit Scholarship: Deans, $22K/year

School/major: CSS (political science)

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2190 (710 CR, 730 M, 750 W), didn’t send
ACT (breakdown): 34 (36 E, 32 M, 34 R, 32 S, 9 essay)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Biology E 720, US History 800, World History 780
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.94 (~4.8 wieghted)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/31
AP (place score in parentheses): 5 AP Lang, 5 AP World History, 3 Chem, 4 APUSH
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Calc AB, AP u.s gov, AP Bio, Psychology, PE
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar with honor, National Merit commended scholar, some regional FTC robotics awards
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): NHS, We the People, internship at a biology lab at Stanford, Science Bowl 4 years, Science olympiad 4 years, FTC robotics 2 years
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community Service: 120+ hours
Summer Activities: internship
Essays: I thought mine were pretty bad lol
Teacher Recommendations: I’m assuming it was good, from an English teacher I have known for 4 years
Counselor Rec: Probably good
Additional Rec: none
Interview: no
Other:
State (if domestic applicant): NV
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Charter
Ethnicity: white
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~137k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none really
Reflection:
Strengths: ACT and SAT II, GPA
Weaknesses: essays
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: ACT and SAT II most likely, extracurriculars maybe
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Accepted to UNR and Tulane, waiting on 15 more
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: