***Official Vanderbilt 2015 ED1 Results Thread***

Colleges and Universities A-Z Vanderbilt University
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<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:**</p>

<p>[ list] [ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2000
[ *] ACT: 32
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): idk but weighted its 4.09
[ *] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): As and Bs
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/101
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ ] Senior Year Course Load: AP GOV, AP ENG, H Pre Cal, H Span, Band, Choir
[ ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/list][ b]Subjective:
[ list] National Achievement
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Poms 3 yrs, 2 yr captain, Mock trial 1 yr, Writer/stylist for national magazine 2 yrs, Student Council 3 yrs, rep, secretary, VP, track 2 yrs
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Part time at Sweet and Sassy
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Clothing closet for underprivileged, missions trip, nursery
[ ] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): about my logophilia (love of words), unique, well written
[ ] Interview:[/list][ b]Other: went amazingly</p>

<p>[ list] [ *] State (if domestic applicant):IL
[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity:Black and Native American (only 9% though)
[ *] Gender: Female
[ list][ *]Strengths: minority, essay, ECs, well roundedness
[ *] Weaknesses:scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/list] idk but i’m pumped</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted!!!</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>[ul] [<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted):
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 96/100, so 4.0?
[<em>] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): All As
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/290, top 5%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World (5), US (4), Bio (5), Env Sci (5), Eng Lang (3)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Calc, AP Spanish, AP Gov, AP Physics, College Marketing
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Spanish Contest Honorable Mention, El Premio Spanish Award [/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Youth Court (4), Hospital Volunteer (2), Natural Helpers (Senior Trainer, 3), Varsity Tennis (League Champ, All League, 4), NHS, NSHS, a few clubs
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Teach tennis to children weekly
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Over 200 hrs with Youth Court and Hospital, trip to Israel on a leadership program/com service for 5.5 wks, trip to NC for 6 wks to build houses and restore poor homes (180 hrs)
[</em>] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): About how I failed as a Prosecuting Attorney in Youth Court but succeeded as a Judge, tied it into trying new thing/persevering, I thought it was good.
[<em>] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): About a conversation I had in NC with a fanatical Christian at a food distribution center and it’s impact on my life. I think this is the best essay I’ve ever written.
[</em>] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it):
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it):
[</em>] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it):
[<em>] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): Letter from program director from NC trip, pretty good
[</em>] Interview: went very well [/ul]Other</p>

<p>[ul] [<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White/Jewish
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):None [/ul]Reflection</p>

<p>[ul][<em>]Strengths: GPA, ECs, Community Service
[</em>] Weaknesses: Avg. ACT Score, maybe could’ve been a president of a club
[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Lots of community service/diverse interests [/ul]</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>[ul] [<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1950
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): none
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
[<em>] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): Varies too much
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 101/351 at submission
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (4), Physics B (2), U.S. History (3)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English, AP Chemistry, AP Psychology, AP Government/Politics, AP Macroeconomics, Calculus Honors, Foods and Nutrition
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Rugby (11,12), Science National Honor Society (11, 12)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: none
[<em>] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): Nothing special there. I wrote about rugby.
[</em>] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): It was as perfect as a college essay gets. It is a very personal reflection on the past 10 or so years of my life. It is very philisophical.
[<em>] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): none
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): Didn’t See it
[<em>] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): Didn’t See it
[</em>] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): Recommendation from Doctor John Veillete, Founder of PAVE and former Dean of Admissions
[li] Interview:[/ul]Other</p>[/li]
<p>[ul] [<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Tennessee
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public 4 year
[</em>] Ethnicity: Biracial African American/Persian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):[/ul]Reflection</p>

<p>[ul][<em>]Strengths: My existence as a human.
[</em>] Weaknesses: None, I’m overall perfect.
[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul] I was likely accepted due to the recommendation letter from Doc V and my college essay. My workload this year probably had some effect to it. My GPA is lacking but I suppose my ACT is 31. Those smart people at the University probably already knew what a perfect person I am too.</p>

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<p>yeah which school is everyone going to? some people didn’t post it in their replies.</p>

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<p>I’ll be in the College of Arts and Sciences</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted!!!</p>

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<p>Arts and Sciences</p>

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<p>yes same :)</p>

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<p>Don’t really have the time to do an in-depth analysis right now, but I’ll be in the CoAS in the fall! So Excited!!</p>

<p>Quick Facts:
ACT - 31
GPA- 4.0 UW
Captain of Football Team
From Texas - Part Hispanic</p>

<p>Go 'Dores!!!</p>

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<p>remove the spaces after each opening bracket if there’s an empty space.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>[ul]
[<em>]ACT: 32
[</em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
[<em>] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes : A’s and B’s
[</em>] Rank : 20/290
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Calculus, AP Government, Pottery, Art Independent Study, AP Psychology, Sociology
[</em>] Major Awards: National Honors Society
[/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Art Club (3 years), Indoor Soccer (2 years), Physics Club (3 years), John Marshall Club(3 years), Building/Painting sets for the school play(3 years)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Mcdonalds…yeah it sucks.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Only the hours required for NHS
[</em>] EC short answer : Indoor soccer. I talked about how I loved playing indoor soccer because the lack of competition made it an amazing sport for someone with little to no athletic ability
[<em>] General Essay : how switching from a private to a public school my sophomore year was a major increase in diversity and made me appreciative of my public high school even though the academics aren’t all that great
[</em>] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): It was awesome. He talked about my standing in the school, grades, test scores, and me overcoming obstacles to do well in school.
[/ul]</p>

<p>Other:</p>

<p>[ul]
[<em>] State : Illinois
[</em>] School Type: Public school, about 300 in class, horrible academics
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection:</p>

<p>[ul][<em>]Strengths: Class Rank, ACT, really good recommendations, AP classes
[</em>] Weaknesses: My essay, Grades Freshman year, no leadership experience, lack of community service
[li] Why you think you were accepted: I’m guessing because of my grades, scores and recommendations. I honestly didn’t think I was going to get in and was completely shocked when I got my acceptance letter.[/li][/ul]</p>

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<p>and school of engineering for me! although I’m considering attempting to switch to A&S after school starts</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted!!</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>[ul] [<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 730 reading, 690 math, 750 writing
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 630 physics, 620 US history
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): about 3.9
[<em>] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): all A’s
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no rank :slight_smile:
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US history (4), physics B (4), English language & composition (4)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: full 8-period schedule with 5 APs first semester & 4 second semester…no lunch
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): choir (4 years, including 2 in select choirs), teen teaching (2), BBYO & NFTY (2 each)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 1 summer as a day camp counselor, currently work as a hostess at a restaurant
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: teacher/office aide at my synagogue during Sunday school for 2 years, random other things
[</em>] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): I wrote about teen teaching & how it meant a lot to me and wasn’t just a blowoff class like it is at a lot of schools. I think it was good since I applied to Peabody & had an EC related to teaching
[<em>] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): I wrote about my precal teacher and basically how I want to be just like her! It was kind of unoriginal, but again, reinforcing the teaching/Peabody thing
[</em>] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it):
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): didn’t see them, but one of them was from the same teacher I wrote about in my essay
[</em>] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): didn’t see it
[<em>] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): didn’t see it, but it was from my teen teaching teacher
[</em>] Interview: n/a[/ul]Other</p>

<p>[ul] [<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public, but very competitive academically. 636 people in my class
[</em>] Ethnicity: white & Jewish
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):[/ul][ b]Reflection**</p>

<p>[ul][<em>]Strengths: test scores (except subject tests) & GPA, probably my rec letters, consistency of my ECs, and I took more classes with increased difficulty every year
[</em>] Weaknesses: SUBJECT TEST SCORES. I immediately regretted sending them. Also my grades and lack of challenging classes freshman year
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my rec letters probably had a LOT to do with it. I didn’t think I would get in since I felt like my grades & whatnot were pretty average for Vandy standards. Also my application had a pretty coherent theme… applied to Peabody, wrote about teen teaching and my favorite teacher, with a rec letter from her and my teen teaching teacher. [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>I AM SO HAPPY!!</p>

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<p>Accepted arts and sciences!!! Hit up vandy on facebook grats!!!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>[ul] [<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2160 (740 writing, 720 math, 700 reading)
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 780 math II, 730 biology
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): As in bio, chem, us history. currently getting As in stats, AB calc, us government, and Spanish.
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2 of 170
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), US History (4), Chemistry (2…)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: band, physics, ap spanish, ap stats, acp english, ap calc, ap government/econ.
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none really. [/ul]
Subjective:

[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): NHS (President, 2), Spanish Club (officer, 3), key club (representative, 2), Speech (Vice President, 4), Band (4), Track (4), Cross Country (2), Tennis (2) (I played tennis and ran XC in the same season one year, if that helped).
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: I spent one month this summer as a Crew Boss, making sure the hispanic field workers worked well, incorporating spanish and using it to improve my fluency.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: active at a food pantry, various NHS + Key Club stuff.
[</em>] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): I wrote about the summer job working with the hispanic laborors and how it helped me with speaking Spanish while also giving me a taste of another culture.
[<em>] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): I chose the author Kurt Vonnegut as the “person who most influenced you” and honestly, I’m incredibly proud of the essay. It was definitely a selling point for me.
[</em>] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it):
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): I didn’t see either of the two, but I’m sure they were both great.
[</em>] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): It was very simple, but genuine and complimentary.
[<em>] Additional Rec (only if you saw it):
[</em>] Interview:[/ul]
Other</p>

<p>[ul] [<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Indiana
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none. [/ul]Reflection</p>

<p>[ul][<em>]Strengths: well-roundedness, personal statement.
[</em>] Weaknesses: anything to make me “stand out”, and that god-awful AP Chemistry test score, but I don’t think they consider those very much.
[*] Why you think you were accepted: well-roundedness [/ul]</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR 730 M 700 W
ACT (breakdown): n/a
SAT II: DIDN’T SEND
730 Chemistry
690 English Literature
690 Biology M
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): our’s is out of 12. 11.39 UW.
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP: European History (3) English Language (4) English Literature (5) Chemistry (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Biology, AP Psychology, Science 12, Guitar Ensamble, Latin 4 Honors
Major Awards: 3 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, Mock Trial award, 6 varsity letters, guitar ensemble award, published in a local writing anthology</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: Varsity Field Hockey 9/10/11, Varsity Lacrosse 9/10/11/12, Mock Trial 9/10/11/12, Student Ambassador 9/10/11/12, BBYO 8/9/10/11/12 (secretary of local chapter), Friendship Circle 9/10/11/12, Animal Friends 11/12, Guitar 9/10/11/12 (1st chair)
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: Friendship Circle and Animal Friends ^^ above
Summer Activities: got credit for a psychology class at georgetown summer between sophomore and junior year
Essays (rating 1-10, details): wrote about why I want to study chemistry and science in general over my lifetime. Related plato’s cave to my need to push away the shadows of the cave and understand reality, even if reality still may be a shadow. One of the best essays I’ve written, I’d give it a 9.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): two teacher recs from my gen chem teacher and my AP chem teacher. 10/10. AP chem teacher HATED me since 9th grade and now really likes me–he refused to turn in my rec because he thought that would mean that I would stop talking to him (I’d keep bugging him to send in my rec and I don’t have him for a class this year). I’d given them 8’s or 9’s.</p>

<p>Teacher Rec #1: General Chemistry/AP Psych/Science 12 teacher
Teacher Rec #2: AP Chemistry teacher
Counselor Rec: knew me really well, 10/10
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a</p>

<p>Other</p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Chemistry
State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant): n/a
School Type: Private Prep
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Income Bracket: ???
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): white Jewish girl going into the sciences? not sure if I had a hook really</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>Strengths: Strong grades, strong 1600 score, great essay
Weaknesses: flat–majority of my application was about chemistry and science. Sure I had extracurriculars but both my teacher recs were science teachers and my essay was about chemistry.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: strong academically and extremely passionate about what I want to do
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted early @ Tulane with a presidential merit scholarship. I applied to UMich & UMiami EA but am going to withdraw my applications. If I didn’t get into Vandy I was going to apply to Harvard & WUSTL RD.</p>

<p>General Comments:
Visit Vandy. I had my heart set on Harvard and a friend of mine who attends Vandy said to look into it…I kind of ignored him and didn’t believe that I’d even like Vandy–rich, southern, pretentious. I was 2000% wrong. I visited twice and was absolutely floored. Don’t believe any stereotypes about any school and don’t think you know where you’re going to sophomore year. It will change. Feel free to ask me any questions & GOOD LUCK.</p>

<p>ANCHOR DOWN!!!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Engineering (Biomedical)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): did not submit
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): did not submit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (4.56W)
[<em>] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): straight As all throughout high school
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/427
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Microeconomics (5), AP Chem (4), AP Calc BC (5), AP Psych (5)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Ind. Study AP Comp, AP Physics (1&2), APUSH, Calculus 3 at local university
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Student
[/ul]Subjective:

  • [<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): yearbook (editor-in-chief), student council, JETS engineering competition, NHS, dance (15 yrs), spring fling crew
    [</em>] Job/Work Experience: Retail (Amusement Park): 2012-2014, Retail (American Eagle Outfitters): 2013-current
    [<em>] Volunteer/Community service: math tutor, habitat for humanity, local soup kitchen, etc.
    [</em>] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): wrote about yearbook and how I was not chosen to be editor in middle school but became high school editor, felt kinda eh about it
    [<em>] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): “How I Failed at Sports” wrote about how I tried multiple sports until I realized my love for dance and the confidence that dance has instilled in me
    [</em>] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it):
    [<em>] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): saw one (pretty good I guess I don’t really know what else to say about it)
    [</em>] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): did not get to see it, but my school has very few kids who actually apply themselves so I know my counselor really took up an interest in me/my college search
    [<em>] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): did not see it, but I attended the PA Governor’s School for Engineering at Lehigh University and had someone from there write me a rec
    [</em>] Interview: NA

Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Pennsylvania
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): first generation college
[/ul]Reflection I think the biggest thing for people reading this is not to look at these posts as what you MUST have. I remember looking through the class of 2018’s results thread crying to myself because these people all sounded so much more qualified than I was, yet many were getting rejected. Unfortunately there’s no way to know for sure what you MUST have to get in, but if you really want to go here then at least give it a try and don’t stress out too much over this board.</p>

<p>[ul][<em>]Strengths: high school courses/grades
[</em>] Weaknesses: essays
[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul] I’m honestly not sure other than the fact that I worked my butt off the past few years for this, but I do know that I’ve never been happier!</p>

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<p>lmao just realized this is the wrong thread (yet somehow I got into vanderbilt…) so ignore the above post :expressionless: </p>

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<p>Same here.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2210 (780M/740CR/690W)
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II: 740 Bio m / 720 Math 1
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): School doesn’t have AP’s but I take most rigorous course load
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Based heavily on math and science
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Currently Semi-finalist in Spirit of Innovation Challenge, may go to finals</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Robotics (9-12)
Captain
4th in the world out of 11,000
Top 10 in other years
A Cappella group (10-12)
Officer
Travel Internationally</p>

<p>8 other activities that are not as significant but still helped</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: Abercrombie and Fitch Student Lifestyle Consultant
Volunteer/Community service: Two trips to Guatemala for Youth Group (forgot to mention these)
Summer Activities: internship at Drexel University Biology lab
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8.5/10 Common app essay was really good, about my lab experience, supplement was pretty good, wrote about a cappella, not robotics, to show diversity
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 9/10</p>

<p>Teacher Rec #1: Biology teacher 8/10
Teacher Rec #2: Calc teacher 9/10
Counselor Rec: 10/10 she loves me
Additional Rec: Lab mentor
Interview: Glitch, couldn’t get one</p>

<p>Other</p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 90,000 >
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>Strengths: Robotics, A cappella
Weaknesses: GPA, Disciplinary infraction involving alcohol
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: N/A
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Deferred from Tulane and Case Western (over qualification?)</p>

<p>General Comments:</p>

<p>I really did not expect to get in</p>

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2210 (760 CR/700 M/750 W)
ACT : 35
SAT II: 740 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP: World History (5), Music Theory (5), Biology (4), US History (5), Language and Composition (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus, AP Gov, AP Literature, AP Spanish, AP Physics BC, Orchestra, Choir, Chamber Orchestra, Vocal Ensemble
Major Awards: AP Scholar, Principal’s Honor Roll (4 years)

Subjective:

Extracurriculars:
Cross Country- 4 years (Captain, MVP, Coaches Award winner)
Spring/Winter Track - 4 years (Captain)
National Honor Society
Spanish Honor Society
Tri-M Honor Society
Global Justice Club
Gay Straight Alliance
Athletes Helping Athletes (President)
Music Appreciation Club (Treasurer)
Songwriter: local performances 2x/week

Job/Work Experience: paying gigs as singer-songwriter
Volunteer/Community service: 2 hrs/week at soup kitchen, 1 hr/week at respit service for church
Summer Activities: volunteer teen coach at cross country camp
Essays: Common App essay was funny, well written (about my first time performing live),
EC essay about cross-country.
Recommendations: didn’t read them but I have good relationships with both teachers and my counselor. My counselor’s rec letter was really Vandy-based, too (it’s been my dream school since 8th grade).

Interview: didn’t have one

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: English
State: NY
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 90,000 >
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection

Strengths: SAT/ACT, ECs, essays
Weaknesses: not much work experience
Why you think you were accepted: I maintained a close relationship with my admissions officer for 4 years, stayed on target, had an upward trend of grades.

General Comments:
GO 'DORES!