<p>Rejected. Got a 2050 SAT and 31 ACT. That should be enough on why I didn’t get accepted HAHA.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT: 33C (34E, 34M, 33R, 31S)
[<em>] SAT II: 790 US History, 750 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.987
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (5), Physics C: Mechanics (5), US Government and Politics (5), Microeconomics (5), Macroeconomics (5), World History (5), English Language (5), Computer Science A (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism, AP US History, AP Psychology, AP Statistics, AP English Literature, International Relations, Advanced Aquatics
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, 16th at NFL Debate Nationals
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate (Policy Debate Senior Captain) Speech (Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking Captain), Quizbowl (Nationals B Team Captain), Mock Trial, Website Design Club (Team Captain)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Counselor in Training at a summer camp
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Wrapping presents for children’s hospital, trail maintenance in Idaho, volunteering at synagog
[<em>] Summer Activities: Sleep away summer camp for 8 years, two different debate camps, NYLC
[</em>] Essays: CAPE essay was about debate and self growth (8/10), Why Chicago? was about the Core being a conspiracy to retain awesomeness (7/10), Optional essay was about different national parks (7/10), Silence prompt was about seeing a feet in the woods as a sign of nature (9/10)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Econ and Physics teachers both really liked me so they probably wrote good recs.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: He doesn’t really know me, but had a lot of help from my study hall teacher who wrote great stuff.
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[</em>] Intended Major: Economics probably (some social science)
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Missouri
[</em>] School Type: Midsize public (1300 kids)
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: $250,000+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Uncle was undergrad, Aunt was Law School grad, Grandfather did physics for UChicago at Argon
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Legacy definitely. I really liked it when I went there so I think that showed in the Why Chicago essay. Creative essay was really good (according to everyone I showed it too).
[</em>] Weaknesses: Math II SAT II was weak, and my ACT should have been higher. Also, they get a lot of Jewish white male applicants so I’m not that unique.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I think they realized I’m who they are, a weird nerdy kid who is eager to learn. So excited for next year![/li][/ul]General Comments:
Accepted:
UChicago
UC Berkeley
USC
UMich
Waitlisted:
Columbia
UPenn
Georgetown
Rejected:
Nowhere (most validating thing about this whole process)</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 730 CR; 740 Math
ACT:
SAT II: Math II: 750; Physics: 780
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):42/42 (no bonus points included)
Senior Year Course Load: IB HL : Eng Lit, Economics, History (World); IB SL: Math, Physics, Hindi
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:Academic Excellence (2 years), Honour Roll (2 years), Subject Awards in Eco, Hist, Physics, Math, English, Hindi, History
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Captain -Student Govt.;Art Exhibition;Charge d Affaires for MUN; Deputy Charge d Affaires MUN; Barazaa leader at RS conf; delegate at interntional RS conf
Job/Work Experience: Electoral Office in Gujarat - initiated several campaigns to increase voter registeraton and turn out
Volunteer/Community service:Aseema NGO -1 year;Self initiated make a difference Project - Avaaz -6 months;
Summer Activities:Electoral Work mentioned above
Essays:did the make your own question option
Teacher Recommendation:Yes (2)
Counselor Rec: Yes
Additional Rec: Yes - Add. Electoral Officer
Interview: None
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Econ and Pub Pol
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): India
School Type: Private
Ethnicity:
Gender: XX
Income Bracket: Medium
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths: Election Commission project, Essays, IB Score and GPA, Recco’s
Weaknesses:lack of enough job experience, SAT II Math
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
Essays + Recco’s</p>