<p>Decision: Accepted (Gallatin)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (M: 720, CR: 710, W: 800)
[</em>] SAT II (if submitted): Spanish (700 didn’t study), Literature (730)
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[</em>] Rank: top 10%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (4 self-studied), US History (5), Psychology (5 self-studied), English Lang & Comp (5), Calculus AB, English Lit & Comp, Statistics, World History, Spanish (taking the last 5 in May)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none offered at my school
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: most rigorous
[</em>] Major Awards: JHU CTY talent search (2007, 2008… not exactly “major” and not won during high school years, but I still included them on my resume, haha), National Merits (Commended), AP Scholar with Honor
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Spanish Club (president), School Newspaper (Editor of Photography), Lit & Art Magazine (Publicist, designer of graphics), Tutor, Peer Leader for Freshman, JHU CTY alumna, soccer, lacrosse, karate, piano, guitar and ukulele (both self-taught), Chamber Choir, Summer@Brown Program (Intro to Neuroscience)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: EMT-B on volunteer town ambulance corps (700 hours), hospital emergency room volunteer, local library teen advisor, Relay for Life, community service with-- National Honor Society, Science National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society
[</em>] Essays: pretty unusual (wrote about a touching childhood experience for my Common App long essay, wrote about my experiences as an EMT for the short essay, wrote about a potato for my NYU supplement)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendations: from my junior year English teacher (pretty good), from my sophomore year/junior year Spanish teacher (glowing… she retired last year, and I was the only student that she wrote a letter for… we were very close!)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: excellent
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes. Ended up getting a $45K scholarship!! 
[</em>] Intended Major: Cognitive Science/Neuroscience/Psychology with emphasis on the arts/music/perception
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Letter of rec from my Spanish teacher, being an EMT, essays, passion and self-drive for the arts/intended major
[</em>] Weaknesses: slight decreasing trend in grades (Senioritis got to me early, haha), probably should’ve studied for the SAT and paid more attention to my grades (didn’t get accepted to top 3 schools)… got a little lazy as high school dragged on
[li] Why you think you were accepted: My essays were kind of quirky. [/li][/ul]General Comments:
My first choice was Brown b/c I love the idea of designing my own course of study… but Gallatin pretty much offers the same opportunities, so I couldn’t be any happier! I was also caught off guard by the scholarship. I wasn’t originally going to apply b/c I’d always assumed that NYU was stingy with aid. I guess I got lucky! Looks like I’m going to NYU :)</p>