<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (800 CR, 770 M, 690W) (single sitting)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: Math I 700, Bio 700, Chem 570, Lit 690
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 94.4/100 – 3 year cumulative average
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Honors core classes, no AP classes offered at my high school
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):4 years Football, 4 years Lacrosse, 2 years wrestling, School Newspaper, Literary Magazine, Student Athlete School Spirit group, Faith group
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Caddy, busboy
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:Religion Teacher to youth
[<em>] Summer Activities: Work, athletic training
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation:Solid, I think
[</em>] Counselor Rec:Great, from what I was told
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?:Yes
[</em>] Intended Major:Undeclared Engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Catholic
[</em>] Ethnicity:White
[<em>] Gender:Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: <100k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):Nothing I can think of
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Versatile, well-rounded, writing ability, grades/SAT
[<em>] Weaknesses:No real hooks, I’m a dime a dozen applicant in some of these applicant pools
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No real hooks, pretty common applicant, low SAT II’s
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Accepted to UVA, Binghamton, Northeastern, Fordham, Pitt, Delaware among others. Waitlisted to BC, Hopkins, Tulane. Denied from all ivies i applied to (HYP, Cornell, Penn)[/li][/ul]General Comments:
I always said I would make sure to post in these decision threads when I got my notifications because I always perused these boards when I was doing my own applications. To any high school juniors thinking about college, I just have a bit of advice. Don’t apply to more than 10 schools, try less if you could. I know what it feels like to be that overachiever, wanting to “keep your options open,” but seriously – the essays will pile up, the fees will pile up, and god help you when every school wants a seperate financial aid form on top of the FAFSA and CSS. Apply to your favorites, the practical, and a few reaches because thats what its all about hahah. Practice SAT tests too, a little bit of work can skyrocket you into a whole new echelon of schools and merit money.
I guess things are just getting more competitive by the year in college admissions. Maybe grad school</p>