<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2230 single-sitting (760 CR, 720M, 750W), 2280 super-score (770M)
[</em>] ACT: 35 (33E, 35M, 35R, 35S, 10e)
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 750 USH, 740 Physics, 720 Bio-M
[</em>] Unweighted GPA: 4.00
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Spanish Language (5), Calculus AB (5, self-study), Music Theory (5, self-study)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Microeconomics, AP US Government & Politics, AP Psychology, AP English Literature & Composition, AP Statistics, Honors Spanish V, Wind Ensemble, Dual-Enrollment Russian I & II
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, AP Scholar with Honor, various school stuff, county science fair 3rd place</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): MUSIC (~25-30+ hours a week), Model UN (Treasurer and founding member), a few other clubs and minor ECs. But relay, music was the bulk of my ECs. Marching band, school band, school orchestra, community band, community orchestra, lessons, adjudications, etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: school cafeteria worker
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: ~90-100 hours, mainly general community service stuff and music
[</em>] Essays: CA: Not Pulitzer-worthy, but fairly good. Northwestern: pretty bad…
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: sent 3, I’d assume all of them were at least 9+/10, but I didn’t read them
[</em>] Counselor Rec: no clue. Our counselors have changed every year, so I doubt it was extremely well-written and personal
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: N/A</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: of course
[</em>] Intended Major: Chemical Engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California, SF Bay Area
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: </em><em>y public, roughly 400 in graduating class, ~150 of which will pursue some form of college education
[</em>] Ethnicity: didn’t state
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: enough, but not enough to afford college without aid
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Interesting CA essay topic (languages/linguistics), scores, lots of music stuff
[</em>] Weaknesses: lack of diverse ECs and work experience, little community service, no major awards, major choice, awful Northwestern supplement essays
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted: I think my essays were unique enough to make me stand out in the applicant pool, and my teacher recommendations were outstanding.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to Case Western Reserve, UCSD; rejected from Yale-NUS; waiting on UCB, Johns Hopkins, USC, Vanderbilt, Yale, Dartmouth, Brown</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone who was accepted. Wasn’t really expecting this. Good luck everyone!</p>