<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 800/800/780/8 one sitting
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
[<em>] ACT (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[<em>] SAT II (subject, score): 800x5 in Bio M, Chem, Math 2, Latin, US
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: N/A
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Macro (5), Micro (5), Stats (5), Chem (5), USH (5), Lang (5), Physics B - self-studied (5), Euro (4)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Gov (US/Comp), AP Lit, AP Bio, AP Latin, AP Psych, AP Studio, Health/elective (health is required)
[</em>] Number of other EA applicants in your school: Overall ~14
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.):
[</em>] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.):[/ul] National AP Scholar, National Latin Exam Gold Medal (4), National Latin Exam Book Award, 2013 Presidential Scholar Candidate, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Silver Key/Hon. Mention</p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): MUN (4yrs, Co-President), Quiz Bowl (4yrs, Co-President 2yrs, top ranked senior scorer in league), Chinese School Teacher’s Assistant (3yrs), Interact Club (4yrs, VP for Fundraising 2yrs), Math League (4yrs, 2x All-Star), Math Contest Club (1yr, Founder - asked by teacher, prepare students for AMC), Great Books Club (1yr, Reorganizer - modified club structure to attract more members), New Student Mentor (1yr, inaugural year team member), Piano (12yrs), Ballet/Pointe (11yrs)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community Service: 220+ hrs
[</em>] Summer Activites: Biology lab internship for 2 summers - neuroscience and breast cancer research, 300+ hrs
[<em>] Essays (1-10 rating, details):[list]
[li] Common App Essay: 9.5/10 - unique topic and handled well IMO[/li] [</em>] Supplement Essay: 8/10 - culture
[<em>] Additional Essay/Engineering Essay:[/ul]
[li] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul][/li] [li] Teacher Recommendation #1: Precalc - assumed 10[/li] [</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: Latin - assumed 9-10
[<em>] Counselor Rec: assumed 10
[</em>] Additional Info/Rec:[/ul]
[<em>] Interview: Fantastic My interviewer was really sweet and easy to talk to, and she seemed very impressed by me.
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list] Yep - piano.</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: 12/31
[</em>] U.S. State/Territory or Country: NY
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket Range: 250K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development):[/ul] None</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Well-rounded candidate, excellent grades with difficult course load
[</em>] Weaknesses: Honestly, I thought some of my supplement responses were a bit weak, but I guess they were good enough
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I fit the general bill, and my school also has a very good relationship with Princeton (at least 3 admitted/yr) so I think I benefitted from name recognition too.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul] Accepted to Yale, JHU, Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD (Regents), Smith (Zollman). Waitlisted Columbia, Penn, Brown. Rejected Harvard, MIT, Stanford REA.</p>
<p>General Comments & Advice: I’m so excited!!! I’ll have a hard time deciding between Princeton and Yale, but I’m going to college =D I’m somewhat surprised by the waitlists to Columbia, Penn, and Brown, but whatever. Congrats to everyone who got in, and see you at Princeton Preview!</p>