***Official University of Virginia Class of 2015 Decision Thread***

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Virginia
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<p>Decision: Accepted
Rodman Scholar!!</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2220 (800CR 740M 680W)
[</em>] ACT: 35 (36R 36S 34E 34M 10W)
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II 780 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 31/~500
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s - Chem, Calc AB, World, This Year: BC, Physics C, US History, US Gov, English Language
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: BC, Physics C, APUS, AP US Gov, AP English Language, English 11H, Tenth Grade PE, Aerospace Science
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Internship, Debate, Various Honors Societies, Golf, Tennis
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Some (<50 hours) tutoring
[<em>] Summer Activities: Internship, high school chemistry
[</em>] Essays: My mom liked them…
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read them
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read it
[<em>] Additional Rec: One from head of lab of my internship
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): US
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Middle Class
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Uhhh… In state
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: In state, internship,
[<em>] Weaknesses: Graduated early, skipped junior year, moved after freshman year to VA
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: In state, good grades/gpa/sat’s, and internship
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: GA Tech, Waitlisted: Rice, Rejected: MIT, Caltech, still waiting on Hopkins, Duke, Penn, and Harvard.[/li][/ul]General Comments: FYI: I got a likely letter but no phone call. Congrats to other admitted, good luck to those waitlisted/denied…</p>

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<p>Choose One:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted-Echols Scholar**[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 800 Writing, 760 Math, 730 Critical Reading
[ *] ACT: 33
[ *] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 U.S. History, 800 Biology (M)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.33): 4.05
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%/Top 3%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): I really do not want to list all of these. 6 “5’s” and 1 “4”
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: All APs/Post-APs
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, etc.
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech and Debate, Science Olympiad (Vice Captain), Academic Challenge (Founder/Captain), Students for a Democratic Society (Founder/Head), Davey Fellowship Program, Multicultural Organization (Head of South Asian Affinity Group), School Newspaper (Op-Ed Editor)
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Relay For Life
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays: I thought that they were mediocre, but I guess that they were OK. My challenging work one was about “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” and my favorite word essay was about “evolution” (in the psychosocial sense).
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Not sure. I did not see these, but I assume that they were good.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Not sure.
[ ] Additional Rec:
[ ] Interview: N/A
[ /list][ b]Other[list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Do not wish to report. OOS.
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Unknown
[ *] Ethnicity: Indian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ ] Income Bracket: I honestly have no idea, and even if I did, I would not tell you.
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Mad Yugioh skills
[ /list][ b]Reflection[list]
[ *] Strengths: Sychro Summoning
[ *] Weaknesses: Bad Luck
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ ] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UC Berkeley, UCLA, U-Michigan (H), Ohio State (H). Waitlisted: WUSTL Rejected: Stanford (EA)
[ /list][ b]General Comments: Good luck to all. This is definitely my top choice now, but I want to see how I performed at the overrated schools.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted to Echols Scholars Program (With a Likely Letter)</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 780 V, 630 M, 770 W = 1410 / 2180 SS (single sitting)</li>
<li>ACT: N/A</li>
<li>SAT II: 780 Biology-E, 780 US History (Both not submitted in time)</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): my school does not rank, but top 15% probably</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Latin Vergil (5), AP Biology (5), AP European History (5), AP US History (5)</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: Hardest possible</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honors, Maryland Distinguished Scholar - Honorable mention, school award, National Latin exam three times, tons of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu awards, almost all about 1st or 2nd place.</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Israeli Krav-Maga, Philosophy Club (Founder), Yearbook, Newspaper, Book Club, Tutored in 11th and 12th, some other less major things…</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: worked for my school last summer…</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: volunteered a lot in 9th and 10th grade</li>
<li>Summer Activities: above</li>
<li>Essays: apparently pretty good </li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: both excellent, though I waived the rights</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: probably pretty good, though I waived it.</li>
<li>Additional Rec: N/A</li>
<li>Interview: N/A</li>
</ul>

<p>Other</p>

<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): MD</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant): US</li>
<li>School Type: Private</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Hispanic</li>
<li>Gender:M</li>
<li>Income Bracket: upper middle class</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):URM, verbal SAT, classics, passion / essays (I guess?)</li>
</ul>

<p>Reflection</p>

<ul>
<li>Strengths:verbal and writing SAT scores, URM, rare major, my essays and teacher recs </li>
<li>Weaknesses: math sat score, ec’s not amazing I guess</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/deferred: I suppose the combination of top 1% in reading and writing scores, hispanic, classics, and excellent essays really paid off.</li>
<li>Where else were you accepted/deferred: UChicago EA (University Scholar $5000 / Year), UNC Chapel Hill EA (Honors / Scholarship Day), UMD College Park EA (Honors / Bannecker-Key) </li>
<li>I’m honored; but I don’t think I’ll be going.</li>
</ul>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 710 M, 690 R
ACT: 34
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): National AP Scholar
Senior Year Course Load: Full IB schedule
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Youth Orchestra (concertmaster), swimming, other less important ones
Volunteer/Community service: Teen Court, teaching violin
Essays: strong
Teacher Recommendation: strong
Counselor Rec: lol this doesn’t matter</p>

<p>Other[list]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[</em>] Intended Major: History/Business
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): IN
[</em>] School Type: Public Charter
[<em>] Ethnicity: European American
[</em>] Gender: M
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>Good luck to other applicants (in particular the aptly named UVa or Bust). Virginia is an amazing school and no one could be making a bad decision in going there.</p>

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<p>Sorry about that; I failed to post it correctly. Here it is again.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted-Echols Scholar</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 Writing, 760 Math, 730 Critical Reading
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 U.S. History, 800 Biology (M)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.33): 4.05
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%/Top 3%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): I really do not want to list all of these. 6 “5’s” and 1 “4”
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: All APs/Post-APs
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, etc.
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech and Debate, Science Olympiad (Vice Captain), Academic Challenge (Founder/Captain), Students for a Democratic Society (Founder/Head), Davey Fellowship Program, Multicultural Organization (Head of South Asian Affinity Group), School Newspaper (Op-Ed Editor)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Relay For Life
[<em>] Summer Activities:
[</em>] Essays: I thought that they were mediocre, but I guess that they were OK. My challenging work one was about “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” and my favorite word essay was about “evolution” (in the psychosocial sense).
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Not sure. I did not see these, but I assume that they were good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Not sure.
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul][ b]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Do not wish to report. OOS.
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Unknown
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: I honestly have no idea, and even if I did, I would not tell you.
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Mad Yugioh skills
[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Sychro Summoning
[<em>] Weaknesses: Bad Luck, Procrastinator, Poor Sense of Humor, and Every Other Human Flaw Known and Unknown
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UC Berkeley, UCLA, U-Michigan (H), Ohio State (H). Waitlisted: WUSTL Rejected: Stanford (EA)[/li][/ul][ b]General Comments:** Good luck to all. This is definitely my top choice now, but I want to see how I performed at the overrated schools.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted: Echols Scholar</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2210: R:690 M:750 W:770
[</em>] ACT: 34 composite (E:35,M:34,R:33,S:33)
[<em>] SAT II: 790 US 740 Chem 720 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9825
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3 put of 385
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US, Stat, Chem, Geo, all 5’s
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP AB Calc, AP Euro, AP Physics, AP Gov, AP Macro, AP Micro, AP Psych, AP Lit
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar with honor (haha)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Scholastic Bowl Team (Captain & member of state qualifying team from past year), NHS (President), Year round runner; Varsity level XC, Indoor, outdoor track (Varsity Letters), Board positions in my Jewish Youth group BBYO, Virginia Pilot scholastic team (Regional honor), Frequent Torah reader at my Synagogue
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer job @ grocery store- 1 year
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Blood drive for NHS, Spent a summer volunteering at local hospital, coach a youth basketball team at my JCC, ran a large scale event that raised $2500+ dollars for Haiti in 2010 with another Jewish youth group PANIM, other smaller things, like P.I.N.K. club, etc
[<em>] Summer Activities: Volunteering, Job, one summer @ SEP held at UVa (:))
[</em>] Essays: About being a triplet-very personal and unique I suppose…other one was about in-vitro fertilization and was pretty good I think
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Waived right, but I’m sure they were good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Loved it
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): VA (Southern VA)
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): US
[<em>] School Type: Public (semi-urban)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Did not state in app
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: about 180K, but I am a TRIPLET and we are all going to college so we applied for FinAid
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: GPA, scores, well-roundedness
[<em>] Weaknesses: Lack of national awards or honors
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: So far only W&M Monroe scholar…still waiting on Harvard, Brown, Columbia, JH, Tufts, and Williams[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats everyone else who got in…and for those who didn’t…non worries either!</p>

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<p>Accepted as an Echol’s Scholar! Super excited.</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 720 M 710 W 680 CR
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 720 Math II 650 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88 UW, 4.50 W
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5 or 6%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (5), Calc AB Subscore (5), Stat (5), Chem (3), World History (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Calculus 3, AP Physics C (Mech), AP Physics C (E&M), AP Lit & Comp, Discrete Math (at 4-year college), Sociology 101 (at a comm. college), Student Service Learning
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Presidential Gold Service award, Congressional Service award, other misc. service awards, AP Scholar w/ Honor…and a few other small things
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): The most significant was cheerleading, all-star and high school. About 20 hours a week all 4 years. State champion, national champion, captain a few times, all that good stuff. NHS of course (isn’t everyone?).
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Own my own international business w/ a HUGE charity component to it.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Tons. Organized and ran a few fundraisers, created an athletic scholarship for underprivileged athletes and of course your regular volunteer stuff (Animal Control, Rally for the Cure, yada yada). 600+ hours.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Uhh…the usuals? And lots of volunteering.
[</em>] Essays: Strong point
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good…
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Amazing! Brought my mama to tears.
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public (MD)
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: N/A
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nada
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: ECs, Essays, Course Rigor!!
[<em>] Weaknesses: SATs…
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SATs.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted UNC Chapel Hill and Georgia Tech. Deferred ED from Duke.[/li][/ul]General Comments:
Don’t want to sound bitter, but I am kinda losing faith in the “holistic approach”…darn you SAT. Perhaps I am just being naive. </p>

<p>Sincere congratulations to all that were accepted. You must be so thrilled!</p>

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<p>Choose One:
Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 730 Math 730 Reading 670 Writing
[</em>] ACT: didnt take
[<em>] SAT II: 690 Physics 750 Math 2
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): probs top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Math BC (4) AB (5) AP World/US (5/5) AP Psych (5) AP Econ Micro/Macro (4/5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:Notables: Taking AP Gov, AP Stat, Multivar Calc (not an Ap I know but equal imo) and AP Physics<br>
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):won 1st place science fair at school?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, Math Club, Cross Country JV 2 years, Lacrosse Varsity 4 years
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguarded every summer
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Standard 30 hours a year, nothing that would stand out
[<em>] Summer Activities: JHU engineering Innovation Camp got college credit one summer, or worked as lifeguard
[</em>] Essays: Good I guess spent an hour or so on each
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Most of my teachers think im annoying but they were probably good cause I get da good gradez
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Fine, probably informal
[<em>] Additional Rec: none
[</em>] Interview: nope
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Virginia, in state
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Fairfax represent
[<em>] School Type: Huge, ghetto (2000 kids, 1/3 are on free and reduced lunch)
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 200 k between parents
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Multivar calculus stood out? got college credit at Johns Hopkins over a summer?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: GPA, APs, Courseload
[<em>] Weaknesses: Extracurrcis for sure, anything that would make me stand out
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I live in Virginia
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Rejected: UCLA and Berkeley (surprised) Accepted early to Johns Hopkins and Early Action to University of Michigan[/li][/ul]General Comments: Gonna be loving the instate tuition! Girls get an A on college prolw3r!</p>

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<p>Accepted as an Echols Scholar!</p>

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<p>international,
1750 SAT,
800 MAT1&2 , 780 physics
good essays.
Probably someone from waitlist will take my place as I can’t afford it w/o a scholarship :)</p>

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<p>SIS is not working!!!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 650M, 630CR, 620W
[</em>] SAT II: 650 Math I, 710 USH, 550 Lit
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 to 3.9 - ish.
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): USH 4
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Economics, AP Statistics, Health, Economics, Participation in Government, and a few other classes
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I had one but I wasn’t sure if it was major…
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Vice President and Co-Founder of Economics Club, Soup Kitchen Service, Food Pantry Service, Youth and Government, STEM program at NYU, School Morning Sports Club, Took College Classes at a local college, School Tutor
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: A lot.
[</em>] Essays: Truly heartfelt and passionate. It’s literally a miracle from God that it came out so well.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I had a stack, but I had one from my USH teacher and my past science teacher. Both were glowing i’m sure (although I didn’t see them).
[</em>] Counselor Rec: From my school’s principal.
[<em>] Interview: I only had interviews for the ivy league schools.
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): New York
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Does it matter?
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: <– 14000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):My passion for my future career. Overcoming adversity in order to reach my goals. [/ul]
Reflection[list]
[</em>] Strengths: God. Also I have good work ethic.
[li] Weaknesses: Probably my SAT score. I could have gotten higher though and I plan to retake it (just to have the satisfaction of getting a 2000+ score). </p>[/li]
<p>Now i’m just waiting on my ivy league acceptances! Congrats to all accepted students!</p>

<p>P.S.: I might or might not be an echols scholar, I need to check.</p>

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<p>How do you know if you are an echols scholar or not?</p>

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<p>Did UVAorBust get in?</p>

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<p>@finishmydrink</p>

<p>An email was sent out about Echols today. Check your spam box if you do not see anything in your inbox.</p>

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<p>Decision: Wait-listed
SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (800 Reading, 770 Writing, 730 Math)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: chemistry- 760, UPUSH-800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 12%
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH-5, Chem-5, English Language-5, Psych-5, World History-5
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics B, AP English Literature, AP Comparative Government, AP Macro Economics, AP Micro Economics, Spanish 4
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): International Thespian Society Member, Drama Club Member, Contributor to Drama Department, Youth in Government Delegate, served as Williams Secretary of Senate at State Assembly, attended 3 State Assemblies, President of Social Studies Honor Society, President of “I Dare You” Honor Society, Board Historian of Spanish Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta member, Mathlete
Job/Work Experience: Private tutor (4 clients, tutor in Micro Economics, Math, Spanish)
Volunteer/Community service: 111 hours, organized several school projects through Social Studies Honor Society</p>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>State (if domestic applicant): Florida
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: <30000
</code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>Strengths:
Weaknesses: Sports/Music/Class rank
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Class rank. My school is hyper competitive and allows those who take the MOST AP and on-campus college classes to rise above those who excel in the classes they do take.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Baylor University, University of Florida. Waitlisted: Rice University. Waiting on Vanderbilt, princeton, duke, Georgetown, further rejection
</code></pre>

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<p>@powerbond - Yeah he did! I’m really happy for him.</p>

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<p>Hm…interesting, I just checked and I didn’t see anything…I need to check on my SIS page though, perhaps my financial aid award will cover my tuition.</p>

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<p>Decision:Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT:32 (twice) (individual top scores E:35, R:35, M:34, S:28, essay:10)
[<em>] SAT II: Lit 710 Math II 690
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): we only do weighted at my school 4.13
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/173
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 AP USH, taking this year: AP English Lit and Lang, AP Physics C, AP Calculus AB and BC
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Principle of Macroeconomics at Edgewood College, AP English, AP Physics, AP Calc AB/BC, Piano Intermediate, Spanish IV, Recent European History, Gym, no-name religion classes
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing worth mentioning
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 year Varsity Tennis Letter winner (captain senior year, 2nd in team state senior year, Sectional Champion Sophomore-Senior year), NHS, Amnesty International
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: worked at a grocery store and restaurant Freshman-Junior Year. waitress/hostess at different local restaurant Senior Year (15-30 hrs./week)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Developed a mission trip where I started educating Peruvian children on personal hygiene, then science. Sustainability comes from me continuing to recruit young kids to develop their own lessons in Spanish, and the downtown Madison Rotary International has offered to continue to chaperone., volunteer for the local homeless shelter the first Tuesday of every month for 4 years, YMCA and Breast Cancer Recovery volunteer all 4 years for various events, raised around $4,000 for Breast Cancer Recovery in fundraiser
[<em>] Summer Activities: Peru mission trip the last two summers, working, and I think I made a big deal out of spending time with my family at our cottage up north
[</em>] Essays: spent a lot of time on common app and everyone that read it said that it was me on paper. advice: start early on and try to get across how you function, rather than talk about the accomplishments that they can read on your resume. other essays were written in the same style…have fun with them; I was quite sassy in some of mine
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: waived my right to see them, one probably better than the other
[</em>] Counselor Rec: generic but good
[<em>] Additional Rec: none
[</em>] Interview:none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): WI
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: high
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: grades, rank, I think my personality really showed through my essays
[<em>] Weaknesses: test scores
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see strengths
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted NYU, Brandeis, rejected UChicago…waiting for ivies[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good luck everyone!</p>