<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted (Weinberg)**[/color][/size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:**
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[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2060 did not send
[ *] ACT: 34C (32E/35M/35R/34S/8W) single sitting
[ *] SAT II: 780 math 2 740 chem did not send
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): No GPA
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No rank
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): None
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): Predicted IB Diploma 45/45
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: IB Diploma (Standard Level: English A Literature, Chinese A Language/Literature, Maths; Higher Level: Chemistry, Economics, Music; Theory of Knowledge, Extended Essay, CAS
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None[/list]</p>
<p>[ b]Subjective:**
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[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 14 years piano (with leadership position at school), school choir leader/committee member, school mag editor, inter-school student government (executive committee, 60,000 members involved), inter-school economics club sub-committee, class secretary/treasurer, secretary for english lit society at school
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Freelance accompanist/piano teacher
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Subcommittee in inter-school volunteering group (organize+participate in service), weekly volunteering at church
[ *] Summer Activities: Co-organized business/economics study trip, co-ran volunteer/community service training camps for local high school students, summer courses at HKUST Business School, International conference at local university for IB students…
[ *] Essays: About internal psychological change in attitudes towards piano playing (my ultimate passion). Perhaps 8-9/10
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: One pretty good probably (8/10), another probably run of the mill (7/10)
[ *] Counselor Rec: Should be great (9/10)
[ *] Additional Rec: None
[ *] Interview: Quite standard one, nothing special, around an hour long, I think I left the interviewer positively impressed tho’[/list]</p>
<p>[ b]Other**
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[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): Hong Kong
[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: M
[ *]Income Bracket: $200,000+
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Any unhook you can ever think of[/list]</p>
<p>[ b]Reflection**
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[ *] Strengths: School grades, regional-wise comparatively great ECs
[ *] Weaknesses: Testing, recs, no phenomenal ECs
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: School grades, demonstrated (voluntary) interview, Northwestern is underrated in Hong Kong so not many apply anyway
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: WUSTL-Olin, UCSD, NYU-Shanghai; Waitlisted: UChicago; Deferred: Yale-NUS; 12 more schools pending[/list]</p>
<p>[ b]General Comments: Pleasantly surprised. Still feeling completely hopeless for D Day tho. Anyway, I’d be happy to enroll at NU or WUSTL…NU’s even better with Chicago nearby **</p>