<p>I've always wanted to make one of these haha </p>
<p>Here's the template! Please answer it fully guys, I looked at decision threads like crazy over this process and I'm sure many of you did too. Future students use these as resources. Let's leave this for results. There are other threads for discussion and congratulations. </p>
<p>Don't forget to remove the space left after each opening tag!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2360 (800 cr, 760 m, 800 w)
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 USH, 780 Physics
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~10/360
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 8 5s, 2 4s. A couple were self-studied.
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Chemistry, Physics TA, University-level Physics, French IV, Calc III, Differential equations, Numerical Methods.
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, National AP Scholar
[/ul] Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross country skiing, jazz bass, various clubs.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Coaching cross country skiing, playing jazz bass.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: nah
[<em>] Summer Activities: Summer Science Program
[</em>] Essays: Common app was very good. Chicago essay #1 was pretty meh. I enjoyed my extended essay but in retrospect I don’t think it said very much about me.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I’m sure they were great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Awesome
[<em>] Additional Rec: didn’t send
[</em>] Interview: didn’t realize I was supposed to sign up for one
[/ul] Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Alaska
[</em>] School Type: diverse public with strong magnet program. typically sends ~10 kids to ivies+
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Income Bracket: not poor
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope
[/ul] Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: academics, ssp, some ecs.
[</em>] Weaknesses: no community service, didn’t really show interest or do any of the optional parts of the application
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Princeton SCEA.
[/ul] General Comments:
Looks like I’m going to Princeton!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Reading 790 Math 790 Writing 790 Composite 2370(Only took once)
[</em>] ACT: English 35 Reading 36 Math 34 Science 35 Composite 35 (Once)
[<em>] SAT II: Chem 800 Math 800 French 760 (Once)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 94% last year, no cumulative
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School has none
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem 5 French 5
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, Data, English, World Issues, French, Interdisciplinary Arts
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 1st twice at DECA Internationals
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Not listing them all because I have a laundry list…
DECA (Provincial Officer)
Fin. Lit. Initiative (Regional Director)
Grad Committee (Head)
Wellness Committee (Exec)
Yearbook (Head Journalist)
City Youth Cabinet
Field Hockey Team
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Camp Counsellor for a summer
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 250 reported hours, did a lot of random stuff
[<em>] Summer Activities: Volunteer at autism camp 9, work exchange as camp counsellor 10, french program 11
[</em>] Essays: I like to think they were at least decent and that the topics weren’t typical
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Really don’t know
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Don’t know
[<em>] Additional Rec: None
[</em>] Interview: On campus did not go well at all
[/ul][ b]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Economics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): N/A
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Canada
[<em>] School Type: Competitive Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Not a clue
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[ /list][ b]Reflection**[list]
[</em>] Strengths: Test scores, DECA awards
[<em>] Weaknesses: ORM, mediocre grades, references probably weren’t great, a lot of in-school competition
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I don’t think I really fit the Uchicago concept…not artsy enough haha
[/ul][ b]General Comments:**</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (cr 740/q800/w800)
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: MathII800 US740
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0UW
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 28/500 UW rank
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 14 APs all 5s so far
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs jazz band, Math TA, health/gym, college psych
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Bausch and Lomb science award and scholarship, NMF, AP scholar with distinction, various and sundry chemistry, math type honors
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Team captain, Chess Team captain, Drama 4 years performer and crew, Jazz Band (auditioned/selective), Masterminds various and sundry
[ *] Job/Work Experience: none really, math TA now
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: None really
[ *] Summer Activities: video games and relaxing
[ *] Essays: My first ones so not my best
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent, I picked good teachers to ask who know me well, like me and are enthusiastic
[ *] Counselor Rec: excellent, he wrote a supplemental letter to the UC regional admin and it was really great
[ ] Additional Rec:
[ ] Interview: none
[ /list][ b]Other[list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Math
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Large suburban public
[ *] Ethnicity: W
[ *] Gender: M
[ ] Income Bracket: Middle class
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[ /list][ b]Reflection[list]
[ *] Strengths: Test scores, rigor of classes, recommendations,
[ ] Weaknesses: essays weren’t the best
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: It was my first choice, my counselor reached out for me and I also reached out to my adm. rep after deferral.<br>
[ /list][ b]General Comments:
Definitely first choice and I hope financial aid works out.</p>
<p>Also applied Fordham (accepted) Waiting on Columbia, UPenn, Tufts, Northwestern.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (800 M, 700 W, 680 CR, 6 E)
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 770 Math 1, 650 USH
[<em>] Grades: 90% Freshman Yr, 86% Sophomore Year, 65% Junior Year, 50% Senior Year Midyears
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A for Fr / So, Top 25% Jr, Top 35% Sr
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): didnt send
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Indian CBSE Board
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing really
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Decent (no leadership)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 2 paid internships
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 50+ hours
[<em>] Summer Activities: Summer@Brown (Jr. Year)
[</em>] Essays: Great
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great (one was a little generic tho)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[<em>] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[<em>] Intended Major: History
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): India
[<em>] School Type: No idea honestly but i think private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Millions-millions in the ceiling #PushaT
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Indians arent URMs right?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: SAT, Common App Essay
[<em>] Weaknesses: ECs, Grades, Chicago Essay (not sure about this, they should have rejected me if it was bad)
[</em>] Why you think you were waitlisted: Indian applying for history?? coz i see no reason for them to waitlist me. hell i woulda rejected me if i was them.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Illinois (accepted), San Francisco (accepted), WUSTL (waitlisted), Miami - FL (accepted), waiting on 16 more[/li][/ul]General Comments: Miami beat BC. Close game but they came thru. also, half the guys on the Chicago forum at CC deserve to be accepted.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):Submitted ACT
[</em>] ACT:35 cumulative
[<em>] SAT II:730 Biology M
760 Physics
610 Spanish Reading
700 Math 2
710 Chemistry
650 Literature
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.40
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):school doesn’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):Biology(5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:AP BC Calculus, AP Physics C, AP Economics, AP Computer Science, English 4
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[ ] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Head of Gay-Straight Alliance, Varsity Track, Varsity Cross Country, Science Bowl
[ ] Job/Work Experience: Worked as a busboy, as a math tutor, and as an intern at the Naval Postgraduate School
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Gay-Straight Alliance fundraisers
[<em>] Summer Activities:
[</em>] Essays: Outstanding
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Not sure
[</em>] Counselor Rec:Great
[<em>] Additional Rec: From my Russian Foreign Policy teacher, a class I took at the Naval Postgraduate School
[</em>] Interview:no interview
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major:Computer Science
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:Private
[</em>] Ethnicity:Mexican/Native American
[<em>] Gender:Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Poverty
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[ /list][ b]Reflection[list]
[</em>] Strengths:Essays, standardized tests, reccomendations
[<em>] Weaknesses: My terrible GPA
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: They might be waiting to see if my grades improve
[/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>I’m really happy actually! Good luck everyone else on the waitlist!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (700M, 740CR, 760W)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800 M II 750 USH (Didn’t submit the latter on time)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Eng Lang, 5 Music Theory, 5 USH, 4 Phys, 5 World.
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 6 APs, 4.0 so far
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 123 AMC 12B
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Music is the largest. I play viola and do a lot with that. I attend a music school on the weekends. Quizbowl, Math League, MUN.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: I’ve played in several chamber ensembles over the years
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: I conduct a few small ensembles in my school.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Music Camps, Orchestra Tour, Math-Sci Camps @ Colleges.
[</em>] Essays: Good, I presume. Rather eccentric which can help or hinder-- probably hinder in my case.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Meh. One was probably stellar and the other was probably mediocre.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Exemplary
[<em>] Additional Rec: Private music teacher-- good I guess.
[</em>] Interview: None
[/ul][ b]Other**[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeah
[</em>] Intended Major: Econ-- a likely downward pull to my app considering uchi’s econ rep.
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Middle
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: ECs, AMC
[<em>] Weaknesses: Virtually everything else-- the application pool was prime this year!
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I think they want to soften the blow of rejection; perhaps they realize from my oddly construed essays that I have a fragile mind and that the full on rejection could cause issues lol
[/ul]General Comments: CONGRATS to everybody who got in! This year was tough.</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 760 CR 800 Math 780 Writing
SAT II:800 Math II
800 Chem
790 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.80
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):9/278
AP (place score in parenthesis): (All 5) Calc AB, BC, Chem, Chinese, Macroeconomics, micreconomics, Environmental Science, United States History
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:AP Euro, AP Stats, AP Lit, AP Physics B + Math Class at Princeton University
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar
Subjective:
[ <em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of Science Club, Robotics Club and Captain of Science Olympiad
Member of Model UN, DECA
[ ] Job/Work Experience: Kumon Learning Center
Volunteer/Community service: Science Club fundraisers, Special Olympics NJ, local Chinese School
Summer Activities:NJ Governor’s School of Engineering and Technology
Essays: Not great
Teacher Recommendation: Probably phenomenal, had one teacher say I was the best he ever taught (economics)
Counselor Rec:Great
Additional Rec:
Interview:Not bad
Other[list][li] Applied for Financial Aid?: No[</em>] Intended Major:Economics State: New Jersey[<em>] Country (if international applicant):[</em>] School Type:Public[<em>] Ethnicity:Asian[</em>] Gender:Male[<em>] Income Bracket: Upper middle class[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): [/li][ /list][ b]Reflection*
Strengths:standardized tests, reccomendations
Weaknesses: class rank, I applied economics instead of my “strengths” math and science
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: ^
General Comments:I thought it wouldn’t matter what I applied for…but I had very little background in economics other than I thought it was really interesting</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2400
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: Math II: 800, BioE 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):2
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 11 5’s, 1 4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP US/Comparative Gov, Independent Study Math and Physics, AP Literature, AP Spanish, AP Economics
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AIME, National Science Bowl, NMSF
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[<em>] Summer Activities:
[</em>] Essays:
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation:
[</em>] Counselor Rec:
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: None received
[</em>] Intended Major: Physix
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: The kind that doesn’t get you into college
[<em>] Gender: XY
[</em>] Income Bracket: High
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Test scores, heavy involvement in a few clubs for all four years with awards
[<em>] Weaknesses: Generic-ness, dearth of community service
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
[/ul]General Comments: Sorry for the austerity, I’m just kinda lazy</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted (lyke a bawss)**[/color][/size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t take.
[ *] ACT: 31
[ *] SAT II: 700 for Bio and World History; 650 Math II (don’t judge me pls)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10% (barely)
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang (5), Chem, Calc, USH (5), World History (5), Environment, Bio, Stats, Euro, Lit and Psych.
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): None.
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Last six of the APs listed above plus Spanish and a half year Piano I class.
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Worthless crap.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: None.
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Some.
[ *] Summer Activities: Surviving.
[ *] Essays: Crap.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: I dunno.
[ *] Counselor Rec: I dunno.
[ ] Additional Rec: None.
[ ] Interview: Crap.
[ /list][ b]Other[list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yup.
[ *] Intended Major: Bio…
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public magnet prep crap.
[ *] Ethnicity: African American (to those who think all blacks get in, can I punch you in the face?)
[ *] Gender: F
[ ] Income Bracket: 10k-15k for the last few years.
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, super poor, overcame poverty and homelessness whatevs (not strong enough obv)
[ /list][ b]Reflection[list]
[ *] Strengths: Nothing.
[ ] Weaknesses: Scores, grades.
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Because my app was weak af. Yay.
[ /list][ b]General Comments:
I knew this would happen. Idk why I applied to so many damn reaches. Like an idiot. I have fourteen other schools I’m waiting on and they are ALL reaches.
Where was my head in this process?</p>
<p>rejected! Not going to bother posting stats. I’m still pumped I got deferred instead of rejected back in December. I only wish I haven’t spent so many hours thinking about this school. You would laugh if you knew how much I obsessed.</p>
<p>I was rejected and like Rubbish, I don’t quite feel like posting stats. Just gonna say that I expected it after I got deferred and found out how many extremely qualified students were also deferred, that UChicago defers pretty much everyone they don’t accept, and how low the RD acceptance rate is. Congrats to those who were accepted!</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ <em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2110 - 800 Math, 660 Writing, 650 Reading
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: 780 Math II, 710 Math I, 650 Literature
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: A</em>AAA achieved at A Level in Maths, Politics, Economics and History
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Rotary International Youth Leadership Award, 3rd Place Nationally in GCSE Music
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Head Boy, Chairperson of School Council, Chair of Economics Society, 1st XI Field Hockey Team, Soloist in Chapel Choir, National Youth Orchestra of Ireland and Ulster Youth Orchestra.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Weeks work experience with British Ambassador to the Vatican, 8 month paid internship with consultancy firm, Accenture.
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Ties in with below. Spent the last two summers as a full time teacher in the slums of New Delhi and north west India.
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays: Common App essays were good I think but didnt think Chicago ones were anything special.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Good I think.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Same as above.
[ ] Additional Rec:
[ ] Interview: Thought it went really well, shared a lot of the same views as the interviewer!
[ /list][ b]Other[list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Economics
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): Northern Ireland (so Ireland/UK)
[ *] School Type: Public with small fees
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ ] Income Bracket: $100000 but with considerable financial issues.
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Seriously ill brother but apart from that not much.
[ /list][ b]Reflection[list]
[ *] Strengths: ECs, Work experience and volunteer work. Interview.
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT scores, essays maybe?
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Literally have no idea! Can’t believe it!
[ /list][ b]General Comments:**</p>
<p>Congrats to everyone who got in! For those who didn’t I know how you feel after last year, persevere! The past two years have taught me things happen for a reason!</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2270 (790M, 720CR, 760W)
ACT: never took
SAT II: 800 M II 750 Bio E 780 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/362
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 in all (World History, US History, Calc AB, Physics B, Stat, Bio, Chem)
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs, 1 College, 1 Honors 4.0 so far
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NM Finalist, AP Scholar
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Piano, Speech/Debate, Quiz Bowl, Math Club (Captain), Beta Club, NHS, NAHS, etc…
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: 600 hours over lots of stuff
Summer Activities: Camps at Colleges
Essays: Spent over 25 hours on these… did Waldo essay lol
Teacher Recommendation: Meh. One was probably stellar and the other was probably mediocre.
Counselor Rec: Don’t know. He likes me though.
Additional Rec: none
Interview: Phone Interview by an English Major reporter… I plan on doing Econ lol.
[ b]Other**
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeah
Intended Major: Econ-- a likely downward pull to my app considering uchi’s econ rep.
State (if domestic applicant): SC
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 120k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths: ECs, Essays
Weaknesses: Virtually everything else-- the application pool was prime this year! Especially SAT
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Probably my SAT scores. Plus, I’m Asian. And Male. I’m 2nd in my class and our 11th in our class White Girl got in…
General Comments: Congratulations to everybody who got in! This year was especially tough.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t submit
[</em>] ACT: 36 (36/35/36/36/8)
[<em>] SAT II: didn’t submit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not do ranking
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc II, Chem, Bio, US History, Euro History (all 5s)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Calc III, Physics, Social Studies (at local University), AP Chinese, English Literature, Piano Playing etc.
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Four year Varsity X-country and Track (Captain senior year); Research at local University for the last two years; Piano; School newspaper etc.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Coach for local elementary school Science Olympiad team; Funding raising for school children in China and Tibet etc.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Research, travel to Tibet, X-country training.
[</em>] Essays: Common app essays are good. Chicago essay on Waldo and took a six-degree of separation approach to link Waldo to Chicago.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Both should be good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Counselor sent e-mails to more than ten people in the community to solicit their feedbacks. I was told our local school district superintendent put in some nice words for me.
[<em>] Additional Rec: Research mentor.
[</em>] Interview: Seems to be good.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
[</em>] Intended Major: Undecided
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MI
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: 120K
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Academics, well-rounded
[<em>] Weaknesses: No major awards, too well-rounded
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I tried to present a consistent picture of me in my application and admission counselor liked it.
[/ul]General Comments: Congratulation to everyone who was admitted. For people who got wait-listed or denied, it will eventually work out. I was just denied by MIT yesterday.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] SAT II: 780 Span. 740 Lit.
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.66
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top ~15%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s and 4s in Spanish Lang, APUSH, AP World, Lit, APGAP
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Pretty intense, 6 university classes for college credit and 4 APs, plus two regular classes
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Some activism awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul] Multilingual
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mainly stuff focused on social justice activism and diversity, also some political and foreign language stuff
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Political internships
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: See above, same type of stuff
[ *] Summer Activities: Political internships
[</em>] Essays: I mainly remember writing about how I first learned Spanish to talk to my monolingual Puerto Rican relatives
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: 1 from university professor, 1 from diversity club advisor/history professor, both solid
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Solid!
[<em>] Additional Rec: Fantastic one from a non-profit I work with
[</em>] Interview:No
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Si
[</em>] Intended Major: Int. Relations/Foreign Languages
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): WI
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Really intense curriculum and good test scores, multilingal and lots of diversity type activism
[<em>] Weaknesses: Maybe writing, definitely GPA
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Probably my GPA D:
[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to all accepted! I got into two safeties so I’ll be okay. Waitlist solidarity!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (770 CR, 750 WR, 730 M)
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: 720 Math II, 670 US History, 640 Spanish
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.64
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 16/645
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): (4,4,5,5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, Ap Econ, AP Gov, AP Eng Lit, Ceramics, P.E.
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis (Captain), Marching Band
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked two jobs and an internship
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Key club, owner of a non profit business
[<em>] Summer Activities: Internship and jobs
[</em>] Essays: Amazing!
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Incredible
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Incredible-er!
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: Phone interview, went well
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Chinese Language
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: $88,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Being an owner of a non-profit business is pretty legit
[<em>] Weaknesses: Not 4.0, low SAT II’s
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: No Clue, applicant pool was really tough though
[/ul]General Comments: Mmm, a little dissapointed, but their loss! </p>
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