<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 M, 760 CR, 710 W
[</em>] ACT: none
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): none
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of ~ 350
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): BC Cal (5), USH (4), US Gov (5), Hum Geo (4)<br>
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Bio (dual-credit), AP Physics C (EPGY), AP Eng Lit, Teacher Assistant, Linear Algebra (EPGY), French IV
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AIME, All-State Math Team
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis):
Varsity Basketball (3 years - captain)
Math Team (3 years)
Physics Research Project (3 years)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutoring
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Lots of tutoring
[</em>] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it):
Wrote about how much time I devote to tutoring - pretty good.
[<em>] Common App Essay (subject and personal opinions on it):
Very strong essay about an ethical dilemma.
[</em>] Optional Favorite Things Essay (subject and personal opinions on it):
[<em>] Why Chicago (details in the essay and personal opinions on it):
Typical, “why x college” essay, not very good.<br>
[</em>] Extended Chicago Essay (subject - if you want, include essay prompt if you did #5 - and personal opinions on it):
I thought the ideas were really good, the actually writing could have been better though.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it):
One was mediocre at best, the other was absolutely fabulous.<br>
[</em>] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it):
[<em>] Additional Rec (only if you saw it):
[</em>] Interview: Okay - the interviewer read off a list of questions
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Three Areas of Interest Listed:
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Advanced research, and very selective summer program.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Academics, and depth of a few extracurriculars<br>
[<em>] Weaknesses: Lack of lots of extracurriculars, especially lots of leadership positions
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 750M, 740CR, 720W (2210)
ACT: none
SAT II (if submitted): Math II - 670, Literature - 670, Spanish w/ Listening - 800.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Not sure. Weighted 4.56
Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): A+ in all (APUS, AP Calc, AP Comp. Sci., AP English)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Haven’t taken any yet. Was abroad Junior year.
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Comp. Sci, AP English 12, AP US Hist., Independent Study in German, Independent Study in English 11 (Missed junior year - abroad).
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I go to a small public school in NH… I don’t even know what USAMO is.
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<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis):
Rotary Exchange Student (Spent 11 months in Chile)
Student Rep. on the School Board (Represent about 1100 students K-12)
Outing Club (Vice President)
Varsity Soccer
Varsity Nordic Skiing
Varsity Tennis
Math Team
FBLA
LifeSmarts - Consumer competition. Basically Jeopardy for Econ. nerds. 5 member team. We won states the last 3 years, and have placed 3rd, and 4th nationally. This year we’re going to Hollywood to compete nationally. (Captain)
Job/Work Experience: 4 years at a Marina, longer than I can remember at my Dad’s restaurant.
Volunteer/Community service: Earthquake relief in Chile, tons of hours with Rotary, volunteered at an orphanage in Chile.
EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): There was a short answer? Oops.
Common App Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): Wrote about how Chile changed me. Generic, but important because it showed a lot about me. I used Tim O’Brien’s novel “The Things they Carried” for inspiration and talked about things that I have metaphorically carried through life, and how my “things” changed in Chile.
Optional Favorite Things Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): Didn’t do.
Why Chicago (details in the essay and personal opinions on it): Generic, but dropped a few professor’s names, like the author of Freakonomics.
Extended Chicago Essay (subject - if you want, include essay prompt if you did #5 - and personal opinions on it): I did the “Find X” essay and wrote about how Xs are just intersections and life is all about finding the next one to cross.
Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): Both were well intentioned, but neither teacher was a great writer so they struggled to express themselves. I think their intentions were clear enough.
Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): Didn’t see.
Additional Rec (only if you saw it): Superintendent wrote me a spectacular rec. about my time as School Board representative.
Interview: Didn’t have one. Didn’t realize you had to request one until too late.
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<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* Three Areas of Interest Listed:
State (if domestic applicant): NH
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):None.
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<p>Reflection</p>
<pre><code>* Strengths: My ECs unique, especially being an exchange student as a high schooler.
Weaknesses: SAT II scores were lower than I wanted, Teacher recs were iffy and I didn’t like my common app essay all that much.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
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<p>General Comments: Good luck to everyone else! If you were wait listed, keep hope! I’m, most likely, not going to be attending UChicago (unless Brown, UPenn, Harvard and Geogetown all ditch me)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 790 CR, 770 Math, 720 Writing [one sitting]
[li] SAT IIs: Math I 740 Math II 750 World History 800 US History 770 Eng Lit 790[/li][</em>] ACT: None
[<em>] APs: APUSH (4) AP Lang (5) AP US Govt (5) AP Lit (5) World History (5)
[</em>] IBs: N/A
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 (homeschooled)
[</em>] Rank: 1 (homeschooled)
[<em>] Other stats: National Merit Finalist (NJ), AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Journalism (wrote for online and print publications with several thousand subscribers… invited to cover the Republican National Convention by MSNBC.com), Forensics (nationally ranked in the NCFCA in policy debate), Choir (touring chorale, selective men’s ensemble), Ultimate Frisbee (captain)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Journalism
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): 1. Loved UChicago because of low student-faculty ratio, research, etc. 2. Talked about blogs, books, and music. 3. (this was the gamble) wrote my own prompt. “What is the most dangerous threat facing the world today and how should we respond to this threat?” I talked about velociraptor awareness, quoting xkcd comics, Jurassic Park (I called it a documentary), and blogs and forums.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: 2 (online classes)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: parent (homeschooler)
[<em>] Applied on: Sometime in January (they gave me an extension)
[</em>] Hook (if any): I did a ton of online journalism (and not blogging… like, professional journalism for thousands of readers around the world)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Homeschooled
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Korean)
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to all who got in :)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Did Not Submit
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: Did Not Submit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/463
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History (5), AP European History (4), AP English Literature (4)
[<em>] AP Pending: AB Calculus, AP Physics B, AP English Language, AP Microeconomics, AP Psychology
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 6 AP classes
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Achievement Semi-Finalist, Eagle Scout, AP Scholar, Boys State representative </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band (Section Leader), Wind Symphony (Section Principle), Full Orchestra (Section Principle), Pit Orchestra, Boy Scouts (Troop Guide), National Honor Society (Officer)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Part-time job since freshman year
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: tons of stuff through Boy Scouts
[</em>] Summer Activities: Boys State (11th grade); work
[<em>] Essays: Pretty decent
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: One was amazing; the other pretty good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: average
[</em>] Additional Rec: amazing
[li] Interview: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Psychology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: African American
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: $100k range
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays, Extracurriculars
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test scores
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no idea, I’m really excited!
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Stanford REA, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth, Columbia, Northwestern, Rice, USC, UTAustin; Waitlisted: None; Rejected: None </p>
