<p>SAT 1850
ACT 32
Unweighted GPA 3.85 Weighted 4.8
Rank 10/498
AP 3 on Biology, Calc AB and 2 on World History
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC and English, Honors Physics, Student Body, CP Government/Econ
Extracurriculars : Black Belt Taekwondo, Blue Belt Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, National and Pan American Champion: ASB Senator of Athletics, 3 Years Varsity Water Polo, 1 Year Varsity Swimming, normal school clubs, all the normal student of the month, athlete scholar, etc. nothing that most don’t have
Job/Work Experience: 3 jobs, My Gym counselor, lifeguard with numerous certifications, summer camp head of aquatics/lifeguard/counselor
Volunteer: 200 house with National Charity League, teach kids jiu jitsu class twice a week
Summer Activities: work
Essays:Very good, talked about how going into a male-dominated sport for the first time gave her the self-confidence to know she can do anything
Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec: ?
[ *] Additional Rec: ?
[ *] Interview: No
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[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[ *] Intended Major: Biology - Pre Physical Therapy
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): California
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity:Anglo
[ *] Gender:Female
[ *] Income Bracket:250,000 +
[ *] Hooks: jiu jitsu self confidence
[ *] Strengths: Well rounded, good student, with strong commitment to her sport
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See above
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No place yet</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): I’ll be taking it for the first time in two weeks.
[</em>] ACT: I sent in two scores: 31 (32, 31, 31, 29) and 29 (28, 23, 34, 29 but that was during freshman year)
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 15%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): I’m taking my first AP this year because my school just started offering them. Thanks, Louisiana!
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, accelerated Bio II/Microbiology, honors Advanced Math, Spanish II, English IV, and I’m taking Trigonometry and Western Civ at a local university
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I have a range of computer science awards, including an invitation to represent the US at a worldwide Microsoft competition.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FBLA (president), Gay/Straight Alliance, Students Against Destructive Decisions, Webmastering (president), Yearbook Staff, Talented Music (which is by audition-only), and all of those generic honor roll, teacher’s awards, etc.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: People often pay me to repair their computers, although I don’t count it as a job
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: I often volunteer with a church, and did one summer of volunteering at a local hospital. I also organize a lot of community service activities through FBLA.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Summer school
[</em>] Essays: N/A
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: N/A
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I don’t know, she didn’t let me see it.
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: No
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: It’s not time for that yet, but I indicated that I will be doing so.
[</em>] Intended Major: Psychology, may change to Neuroscience
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Louisiana
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: Public, but I attended one semester at a public boarding school
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: $40,000 - $48,000 (I live with a single parent)
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
[/ul]Reflection:[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: I’m not sure about that, I suppose maybe the various computer science awards I’ve won
[<em>] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: I’ve tried to take the most challenging courses available at a public Louisiana school that doesn’t offer much
[</em>] Weaknesses: I have a “D” on my transcript from my semester at boarding school
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: The Louisiana Focus program guaranteed admission for me
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to LSU, waiting on a decision from Loyola New Orleans. I’m not applying anywhere else because Tulane is my top choice, and if I don’t end up getting to go there, I’ll go to LSU.[/ul]</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t send. Terrible
[</em>] ACT: 31 (35 E, 28 M, 28 S, 34 R)
[<em>] SAT II: didn’t take
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.042/3.7ish
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 18/149
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (3) English Lang. (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: not terribly difficult
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Congress (President, three years), Founded company (CEO), Varsity football (captain), Newspaper (Editor-in-chief), Volunteer (No Barriers USA), Lacrosse, Basketball, some other things!
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked at a country club (40 hrs/week in the summer), health club (all year round), restaurant (junior year on the weekends)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Built houses in Baltimore, volunteer for disabled athletes foundation
[<em>] Summer Activities: Work, football, University of Cincinnati Summer DAAPcamp
[</em>] Essays: Decent, I don’t think they were exceptional!
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: N/A
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great, known him for years and he spent a lot of time on it
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, need-based
[</em>] Intended Major: Business Administration or International Relations
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MI
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Private, co-ed, Catholic
[</em>] Ethnicity: White (yes, there is hope!)
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 150,000-200,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Disabled father
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[</em>] Strengths: I tried to stay in contact with my adcom and we emailed back and forth for a few weeks. I think it helped because she knew me on a more personal level.
[<em>] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: I wrote about my dad’s disability and how it has changed my outlook on things.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Spelling errors, GPA
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Expressed a lot of interest. Said a lot of prayers!
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Applied to a ton of other places, Tulane was the first to notify me. Couldn’t be more excited!</p>
<p>Cougar23 - posted it in another thread, but wanted to make sure you saw it. your stats look very similar to my daughter’s so, “good luck”.</p>
<p>My daughter just got her offer letter. We live in California. She got the Presidential. It seems they raised them all $2000. She was offered $27,000 a year!!!</p>
<p>fallenchemist - thank you so much. she is so excited (as is our wallet). it now makes it a complete reality for her. she is still putting in her UC applications, but is 100 percent committed to Tulane.</p>
<p>Since the merit scholarships are going up $2000 for incoming freshmen, will students who currently have them also receive the bump? Or will they have the same amount?</p>
<p>Johngesa - Unfortunately I only recieved the $17,000 Academic Achievement scholarship. This still puts Tulane well out of reach financially. If I’d received $27,000 like your daughter (congratulations by the way!), I would have put my deposit down today. </p>
<p>Fallenchemist - Now that I know my merit aid package, attending Tulane would put me in some serious debt. I’ve been looking online for job placement rates, etc. and haven’t found anything terribly meaningful. Do you have anything to say about the value of a Tulane degree? I’m thinking about doing the 4+1 Masters program in either Finance or Business Administration. Basically, is TU worth the price?</p>
<p>cougar23 - My general philosophy is that no school is worth going into significant debt for, not even an Ivy League school. What is significant? In my opinion, it would be no more than $25,000 total for all 4 years. Some people have even less tolerance for debt, and I get that. But to go much higher would just be foolish I think. There are some wonderful things about going to Tulane (or Harvard or Duke or Wake Forest…) compared to Big State U, but not at any cost.</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I: 1870 570-CR 680-Math 620-Writing
SAT II:US History- 650
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
AP: US History - 4 AP English -3 Currently taking AP stat Ap Eng Ap Gov
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Ap Stat, Ap Eng Literature, Ap Gov, Honors Economics, Honors Physics, Creative Writing, Reel History, Honors French 5
Honors: French National Honors Society
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):BBYO(treasurer), Model United Nation, Octagon Community Service Club, French Club, French National Honor Society
Job/Work Experience: Camp Counselor, Worked in Food Services, Babysit
Summer Activities: Overnight Camp Counselor
Essays: Personal Statement about death being an enlightenment + Why Tulane essay
Teacher Recommendation: AP History Teacher and Honors Eng Teacher recommendation
Counselor Rec: Apparently a very personal counselor recommendation
Additional Rec: N/a
Interview: Met with Admissions Counselor for my geographic area on the official Tulane tour
Applied for Financial Aid?: Will do so
Intended Major: Political Science
State (if domestic applicant): PA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male:
Strengths: Dedicated a lot of time showing my interest. First choice school. Applied early and made it know that it was my dream school
What you tried to focus on in your application - Interest, community service
Weaknesses: SATs
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Tulane and University of Pittsburgh Accelerated Law Program. Still waiting to hear from several schools although Tulane stays my top no matter what.</p>
<p>What do you mean by :I suspect you are correct that they all went up $2,000." Did the scholarships that range from 7500-25000 now go form 9500-27000?</p>