<p>Decision: Accepted In-state (Merit candidate)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2390 (790 M)
[</em>] ACT: didn’t submit
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 780 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.995
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/70
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AB (4), Euro (5), Studio Art 2D (4), US (5), Lang (5), Bio (5), BC (5) with AB Subscore (5)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 8 AP Classes, Honors Rhetoric (required). Hardest that our school has ever seen, by far.
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP something, Rensselaer Medalist, nothing special</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Piano, piano, piano. Church pianist and organist (in charge :D), Interlochen Arts Camp, accompanist, beginning piano teacher, play with my school orchestra on piano/violin, local county music club (president). Varsity Soccer: 9-10, Club/Varsity Swimming: 9-10 (placed at county, made it to states and such), and Varsity XC 11-12 (county and regionals and stuff). Then the standard Student Council, NHS, Beta Club, tutoring, Mu Alpha Theta, TA, youth group member, academic team.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: just tutoring and teaching piano a bit. not sure if that counts. they didn’t see the new internship I have at the local paper.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Many, many hours at my church each week.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Interlochen Center for the Arts!- Classical Piano before 10th and 12th grade. God I love Interlochen and my club swimming and running during the other summers, besides mission trips to Mobile and Charleston.
[<em>] Essays: Common App was okay, an overly-sentimental description of my childhood best friend and how he influenced me. Other essay was about the time me and my oboist screwed up our recital but smiled and made a show out of it, so it was cute I guess.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Never read them, but I’m sure the one from my Latin teacher of 2 years was great, while my math teacher for 3 years was probably okay.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: She’s not the brightest bulb nor does she know me very well. This could’ve hurt me.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Didn’t submit, nor did I submit my arts supplement that went to other schools.
[li] Interview: none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Small charter (public)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Oh-so white
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: upper-middle class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): In-state helps, and maybe being from one of the poorest counties helps too.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Scores, depth of music, classes, and they have a good relationship with my school
[</em>] Weaknesses: dearth of leadership outside of piano, not the “typical Carolina girl,” not amazing
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: In-state and strong scores.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at WashU and Northwestern, but waiting to hear back from Ivies.</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: I’m probably heading off to Northwestern next year (I don’t dare dream I’d get into an Ivy), so I hope someone who loves Chapel Hill can have my spot from the waitlist. I was invited to Scholarship Day on the 30th, but I might not go because I really want to be out of this godforsaken state. Congrats to everyone! Keep calm and carry on.</p>