<p>DECISION: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<ul>
<li>**SAT I <a href=“breakdown”>/B</a>: 2330 (790 CR, 800 M, 740 W)</li>
<li>ACT: 35 (Don’t remember individuals, 10/12 on writing supplement)</li>
<li>SAT II: 700 Chem, 760 M2, 750 on the Critical Reading one (was it called English Comp?)</li>
<li>**Unweighted GPA<a href=“out%20of%204.0”>/B</a>: 4.0 (cannot exceed 4 at my school)
*** Rank<a href=“percentile%20if%20rank%20is%20unavailable”>/B</a>: Valedictorian
*** AP<a href=“place%20score%20in%20parenthesis”>/B</a>: Calc AB and BC 5’s
*** IB <a href=“place%20score%20in%20parenthesis”>/B</a>:</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: Took every AP class at my small, rural school. AP’s are Calc AB, Calc BC, AP Stats, AP English, AP Chemistry, also a French Class at local Community College</li>
<li>**Major Awards<a href=“USAMO,%20Intel%20etc.”>/B</a>: National Merit Finalist (Semi-finalist at the time), U. S. Senate Page School Highest Honors, Academic All-Conference, Youth Rotarian, Various other local awards for little things.</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>**Extracurriculars<a href=“place%20leadership%20in%20parenthesis”>/B</a>: Big one for me is United States Senate Page (promoted to Floor Page) in Spring of '09. Also, Young Democrats (3-year Prez and Founder), Teen Court (3-year Prez), Member of two Jazz Bands for Alto Saxophone (1st Chair), Member of Show Choir, Varsity Football (Senior Squad Lifting Captain), Varsity Wrestling, Math Team, NHS and Key Club, Church Group.</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: I put U. S. Senate Page here as well, as it was a salaried job. Also was a “Young Ambassador” for my City’s Chamber of Commerce.</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: Various things, organizing for Political Campaigns, working in Nursing Homes, Tutoring, “Volunteen” at a Hospital, no real focal point to this section.</li>
<li>Summer Activities: Training for Athletics 3 days a week from 6-10 AM M-W-F. Hosting an exchange student from France, working as a Young Ambassador, seeing the world (I put it a different way when it was asked).</li>
<li>Essays: Wrote a great one about working back from crippling leg surgery in Middle School to start for my Football team as a Senior, and an average one about how important a role donuts play in recruitment to our Young Dems group</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: From Math Teacher at Senate Page School (they don’t let their students see their Recs, but they’re supposed to be fantastic), From French Teacher I had in a College Course I took.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Great</li>
<li>Additional Rec: From my Senator</li>
<li>Interview: Late in the process, over the phone, went well. Obviously a little awkward though, since it was over the phone.</li>
</ul>
<p>Other</p>
<ul>
<li>**State<a href=“if%20domestic%20applicant”>/B</a>: Wisconsin</li>
<li>**Country<a href=“if%20international%20applicant”>/B</a>:</li>
<li>School Type: Small, rural public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>Income Bracket: No need-based Financial Aid</li>
<li>**Hooks <a href=“URM,%20first%20generation%20college,%20etc.”>/B</a>: What is URM? Only hook is that I’m from a small town, I guess.</li>
</ul>
<p>Reflection</p>
<ul>
<li>Strengths: U. S. Senate Page (there are only 60 each year who work and attend school there), leadership, reasonably good scores on tests. Also, well-rounded.</li>
<li>Weaknesses: I don’t have a good school I’m coming from, My 2nd essay could have been better. Volunteering could have been better, but my schedule was pretty full.</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
I thought I was very Well-Rounded (with Athletics and ECs) and also had good leadership roles.</li>
</ul>
<p>*General Comments:
I applied to HYPSC, was accepted to Yale ED, Princeton, and Columbia (Legacy), and was waitlisted at Harvard and Stanford. In reply @sportsfan, I agree that the Ivies don’t put as much stock in Athletics as you would think. Simply being on a serious Varsity team takes up far more time than almost any other EC.</p>