<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 670 CR 650 W 630 M
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II: 700 Bio E 720 U.S. History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/397
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (3) U.S. History (4) Euro History (3) English Lang (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Stats AP, Calc AB AP, U.S. Gov AP, Macro AP, Chem AP(dropped at semester), Psych AP, English Lit AP
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): DAR Good Citizen Scholarship, AP Scholar with Honor, Top 1% in San Bernardino County</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (treasurer) California Scholarship Federation (president) Outdoors Club (VP) American Cancer Society Club (secretary)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Here and there, don’t know the hours offhand
[</em>] Summer Activities: Helped a local campaign for Congress
[<em>] Essays: Pretty meh. I liked my common app one and loved my supplement about entertainment, my find x was pretty unoriginal
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent, PhD who has known me since freshman year
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent, emphasized hardship delicately
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Political Science
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public, low-performing
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: <20K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation, low income</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, strong compared to rest of school/area
[</em>] Weaknesses: Low scores, not many stellar ECs, poor essays
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I probably didn’t prove to be a very serious applicant. Assumed I’d be rejected.
[</em>] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? Bunch of CSUs, UCR, UCSD, UCLA, UCB. Will probably go to Berkeley.
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General Comments: It’s always worth a try. Glad to be even waitlisted at such a great school (:</p>
<p>*Decision: Accepted </p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2190 (CR 800, M 730, W 660)
[</em>] ACT: Composite 33 (English 36, Math 33, Science 30, Writing w/ English 32)
[<em>] SAT II: None
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/237
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), AB Calc (5), 5 more this year
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Physics, AP Biology Online, AP Calc BC, AP English, AP Government, AP Microeconomics, Chemistry 2, German 5
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Academic Team Awards on State and Local Levels, National Merit Finalist</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Theater, Academic Teams (5 Teams, Captain of 3), German Club (President and Vice-President), National Honors Society, Band (Grades 9-10 Only)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: NHS, Church Youth Group
[</em>] Summer Activities: Two Mission Trips, nothing else to speak of
[<em>] Essays: Outstanding; The supplement essays were especially good, and fun too!
[</em>] Teacher Recommendations: Unknown (Electronic Submission)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Unknown (Electronic Submission)
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: Yes, but almost a year ago. I thought that I bombed it pretty badly, but evidently I came out ok.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Economics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Indiana
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Upper
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Geographic Location (Small Town), Legacy (Father, MBA Program)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA and Class Rank (Gym, Art, and Speech, btw), Possibly Recommendations
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m not sure. My dad is convinced that my legacy status didn’t help me much if at all; I’m not sure, but I’m inclined to agree (it’s not like we’ve given money or have maintained close ties with the school). I think that the most likely reason was the essays; I spent the most time out of all of my essays on the UChicago supplement’s long essay.
[</em>] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? Also accepted at Rice University, Indiana University, University of Dayton, Case Western Reserve University. Waitlisted at WUSTL and Vanderbilt.
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General Comments:
My class load and extracurriculars don’t look overly impressive in a national pool, but in small-town Indiana I did my best! I’m so excited to be accepted and also humbled by the achievements of others in the applicant pool (including some who weren’t accepted).</p>