<p>Decision: Accepted
Sorry don’t know how to use that</p>
<p>Got in yesterday
No scholarships though ): but lucky to be accepted. They said that they really loved the presidents volunteer service award that I received for 3 years.</p>
<p>Texas Resident</p>
<p>African American from Africa
Muslim
Fluent in English, Yoruba, Arabic, and Spanish.
first generation
Parent income 50000-60000
Act score composite 25 reading 29 science 25 math 23 English 22
Gonna to retake to bring up score to about 28-30
Any programs or activities that helped you prepare for higher education?
58/624
SAT prep classes
ACT prep Classes
16 AP/Honors classes
UW:3.5 W: 4.2
40 a’s and 26b’s 0c’s (hope I am not sounding cocky)
Extracurricular activities:</p>
<p>Business professions of America BPA compete in business related events. first place in regionals state and 14th place national competition 32 weeks of practice
NSHSS- National society of high school scholars-member inducted sophomore year completed 290 community service hours
National Academy of future physicians and medical scientist chosen to represent high school in the meeting in Washington for future physicians and given an award and certificate.
Presidents volunteer service program completed 135.59 service hours. Received a letter from president Obama thanking me for my work and a certificate and a medal.
National honor society NHS- volunteering and helping out the community 160 hours this summer
National forensics league NFL- debate in different completions and speeches inducted 3rd place in novice Lincoln Douglass debate second time debating
Students Achieving volunteer excellence SAVE 290 community service hours
HOSA- volunteered in retirement home and at head start program in school
Aquatics Club</p>
<p>Objective:
• ACT Comp 29
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 11%
• AP (place score in parenthesis):Courses taken no test
• Senior Year Course Load: 2 science AP, AP statistics, etc
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Girl Scout Gold, Silver and Bronze, Philanthropy Award
Subjective:
• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Band
Key Club
(Girl Scouts)
(Venturing)
Art Awards</p>
<p>• Volunteer/Community service: Approx 300 hours/year at local non-profit
• Summer Activities: volunteering
• Essays (rating 1-10, details): Personal, told a story
• Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):◦ Teacher Rec #1: Language Teacher for over 3 years
◦ Teacher Rec #2: Didn’t do a teacher - did the director of summer volunteer program
◦ Counselor Rec: Just standard - from a big school
◦ Additional Rec: Assistant Principal that knows personally</p>
<p>• Interview: No official interview
Other• State (if domestic applicant): Texas - not Dallas area
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: Large 4 year
• Gender: Female
Reflection• Strengths: Passionate about volunteer work
• Weaknesses: standardized test taking</p>
<p>• Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted into Honors Program at a major state university</p>
<p>Objective:<br>
ACT:30 Comp.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): my school does not rank
AP (place score in parenthesis):7 APs/ 6 pre-APs
IB (place score in parenthesis): -
Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs, Anatomy for my science, Pre-cal, AP Gov/econ
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Quill and Scroll/ NSHS/ Journalism honor roll</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook (editor), Journalism club (president), HOSA (member), French and Spanish club (member)
Job/Work Experience: worked at a camp for empowering young girls
Volunteer/Community service: volunteered at library once a week for two years
Summer Activities:working at the camp
Essays (rating 1-10, details):9, very good essay helped highlight my journey of discovering I had a learning disability
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 10/ teacher loved me
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec: 10/ helped me through discovering my disability, loved me
Additional Rec:
Interview: SMU does not interview
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<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>State (if domestic applicant):TX
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large, Top 50 best school in America
Ethnicity:white
Gender:F
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): learning disability, single parent home (help raise my sister)
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<p>Reflection</p>
<pre><code>Strengths: EC leadership, my essay
Weaknesses: gpa
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I had very strong ECs and I fit well into their average gpa and act
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: TCU, Baylor honors, OU, OSU honors
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<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT: 30
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.67
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 50%
AP (place score in parenthesis): 2 APs (3s on each), 3 Pre-APs
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP Calc, Yearbook, Physics, Government
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): student athlete all four years of high school</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): volleyball, Yearbook Editor
Job/Work Experience: volleyball coaching
Volunteer/Community service: Coaching volleyball, involved in clubs
Summer Activities: traveling, volleyball
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 10/teacher loved me
Teacher Rec #2: 10/teacher loved me
Teacher Rec #3: 10/ teacher loved me
Counselor Rec: probably a 9, not sure
Additional Rec:
Interview: N/A</p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>
<p>Accepted!! First choice, applied early decision</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2030 (not submitted)
ACT: 31
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/506
Weighted GPA: 4.24
Weighted Rank: 10/506
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 ap exams (3 3s and 2 4s)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:4 aps, 2 regular
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):NHS, AP scholar with honor, junior escort at graduation
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FBLA (treasurer), NHS, Basketball (2.5 yrs), Link Crew, etc.
Job/Work Experience:none
Volunteer/Community service:100+ hours
Summer Activities: Leadership intern
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 8
Teacher Rec #1: solid
Teacher Rec #2: good
Counselor Rec: great
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: none
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CO
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:Public
Ethnicity:White
Gender:Male
Income Bracket:200k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths:Grades, ACT, ECs
Weaknesses:Leadership
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Grades/ACT
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:TCU</p>
<p>Son Accepted ED today
In brief:
GPA 3.5
All A’s and B’s no C’s
SAT 600,630, 680
Male, White, 200k+, all boys private school,
Lots of sports and volunteer work, leadership roles at school
Hook, health issue that forced him out of sports into new leadership roles, persevered
Accepted TCU, Boulder early action</p>
<p>My daughter was accepted EA and has received the Discovery Scholarship and Founders Scholarship. We still have a ways to go before this becomes affordable. She is a 3.6UW and 4.11W with 16 AP courses and has a pretty extensive resume with regard to extracurricular and volunteering. She has a 32 ACT and is going into engineering. She has been accepted into Tulane, Alabama (Honors), Nebraska (Honors), CU Boulder, Clemson, Minnesota and Georgia, all offering varying degrees of merit aid. Still waiting on USC, Northwestern and Cornell.</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2020 720CR 590M 710W
ACT:24 (Didn’t submit)
SAT II: Didn’t submit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.3
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH 3 (Didn’t submit(
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: English and French 5 Honors, AP World History, regular statistics and physics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Member of internationally touring all-male choir (section leader)
Member of acapella group that won best male group in New England 2013
Member of school newspaper, GSA, founded SAT Tutoring club, peer tutoring
Job/Work Experience: Started a business
Volunteer/Community service: Not much
Summer Activities: None
Essays (rating 1-10, details): I’d say about 8, didn’t have an amazing story but I talked about how I changed during highschool and started caring about it and got more involved in activities.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: Didn’t see, assuming it was good though
Teacher Rec #2: Didn’t see, also assuming it was good
Counselor Rec: Didn’t see
Additional Rec: None
Interview: N/A
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private prep boarding school
Ethnicity:White
Gender:Male
Income Bracket:150k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths:EC’s, test scores
Weaknesses:Strength of schedule, poor grades freshman year.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably because I had decent test scores and I wrote an essay I thought was good. Also had demonstrated interest.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Denver and Stonehill, waiting to hear back from RD schools.</p>