****OFFICIAL VANDERBILT RD 2018 Decisions*****

Colleges and Universities A-Z Vanderbilt University
321

<p>Choose One:
Decision: Waitlisted by College of Engineering</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2200 770 Math 720 Critical Reading 710 Writing
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II (place score in parentheses): 800 Math II, 770 Biology-E, 730 U.S. History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/547
AP (place score in parentheses): 5 AP U.S. Government, 5 AP World History, 5 AP Comparative Government & Politics, 4 AP Statistics, 4 AP U.S. History, 4 AP Human Geography
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP Physics B, AP Calculus BC, AP English Literature & Composition, AP Computer Science A, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, Writing Center
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction (Not really major)</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Mu Alpha Theta, History Bowl, numerous clubs
Job/Work Experience: Math Tutor
Volunteer/Community Service: 220 hours from volunteering at homeless shelters, at the library, at my school, and outside of school at Key service club projects
Summer Activities: Shadowed at a hospital over the summer and took online classes
Essays: I guess they were good, I talked about some family/personal issues and why I wanted to go to Vanderbilt.
Teacher Recommendations: Didn’t look at them, but were probably amazing.
Counselor Rec: Not sure, but should be decent. I am in a huge public school, so my counselor might not know me very well.
Additional Rec:
Interview: Didn’t have one.</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): Florida
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian American
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: < $30,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Test scores, GPA
Weaknesses: Asian American, lack of major awards
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: No national awards or hooks
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Harvard (Rejected), Duke (Rejected), USF (Accepted), UF (Accepted), Georgia Tech (Accepted), Emory (Accepted), Stanford (Rejected)
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Hoping that I get off the wait list, but given the amount of people on it who have great stats, not sure if that will happen. Congrats to all those who got in!</p>

322

<p>Decision: Accepted by CAS</p>

<p>Objective:

[ul] [<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2230 one sitting 800 math 760 reading 670 writing (6 on essay)
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: 800 chem 790 us history 780 math 2
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8 out of 656
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
Human (5)
Bio (5)
Psych (5)
World (3)
Stats (4)
Calc AB (5)
Enviro (5)
Lang (4)
Chem (5)
US hist (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:
AP Euro
AP Lit
AP Calc BC
AP Micro
AP US gov
AP Macro
AP comp gov
AP Physics C: mech
Organic Chemistry 1 (dual enrollment course this fall, received an A)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
National merit finalist
National AP scholar
[/ul]Subjective:
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): [/li]NHS
Beta
Mu Alpha Theta
Science NHS (President)
Conservative club (president, co-founder)
Rho Kappa
Rowing for 3 years
DECA
Quiz Bowl
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Not significant, I’ve been a referee for kids’ sports for 2 years
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Summer sports camps, SAT prep classes, other various smaller activities. (150-200 hrs)</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Summer Activities: Children’s sports camps (see above), fixing/building old cars, engaging in creative tomfoolery like successfully attaching a leafblower engine to a bike (it goes 25mph)
[</em>] Essays: Pretty solid I think, I’d give an 8/10 maybe for each
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: One was outstanding, didn’t see the other
[</em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t see
[<em>] Additional Rec: none
[</em>] Interview: none. Tried twice unsuccessfully to get an interview. The first lady had just moved back to Nashville, and the second never replied. The deadline to request another interview passed while I was waiting for a reply. I never bothered to make an issue of it or try to get another chance at an interview.
[/list]</p>

<p>Other

[ul] * [<em>] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: large Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>]Income Bracket: middle
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] Nothing in particular, really</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection

[ul] * [<em>] Strengths: Test scores, AP classes
[</em>] Weaknesses: Unweighted GPA, SAT writing score (I’m not sure they actually looked at writing though)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Strong scores for the most part, very rigorous schedule,
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:[/ul]
accepted at UF, alabama, auburn
rejected by Yale</p>

<p>General Comments:
Can’t explain my excitement. I’ve said all along that Vandy is the ideal school for me and it’s so great that I got in. I was very worried about money, because we don’t usually qualify for aid, but can’t pay for the 60k a year. Lucky for me though, they offered me 35k a year. Just shows how generous they are. If you haven’t applied to schools yet and you’re worried about money, just apply, and see what happens.</p>

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<p>Over the past five years, Vandy has seen crazy growth in the number of applications. It is not possible to continue the type of application growth Vandy has seen. This year, applications are down 5%. Some of this, I assume, is due to demographics: ie, fewer seniors this year compared to last. Any other causes??</p>

324

<p>Decision: Accepted by CAS</p>

<p>Objective:

[ul][<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 780 CR, 760 Math, 710 Writing, 10 Essay
[</em>] ACT:Nope
[<em>] SAT II: 780 physics, 760 math II, 760 chem, 790 US history
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): none
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US (5), Chem (5), Bio (4), Calc AB (5), Physics B (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Enviro, AP Macro, AP Micro, AP Gov Pol, AP Stat, Honor English, architecture
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): MUN Best Delegate, MUN Best Country Research Paper, AP Scholar with Distinction, Voice of Democracy: Certificate of Merit, Commended for PSAT
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): MUN - Pres, Red Cross- committee head[/li][</em>] Job/Work Experience:none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: library (120), Hospital (200)
[</em>] Summer Activities:volunteering
[<em>] Essays:Good - took a risk
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Very Good!
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Above Average
[</em>] Additional Rec:none
[li] Interview: didn’t get a chance to attend[/li][/list]</p>

<p>Other

[ul] * [<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:Asian
[<em>] Gender:Male
[</em>]Income Bracket:Middle Class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection

[ul]<em>[</em>] Strengths: Recs, SAT
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Good Recs, Good SAT
[li] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Wake Forest, Tufts[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments:</p>

325

<p>Decision: Accepted by (School of Engineering)</p>

<p>Objective:

[ul] [<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2110 Math-680 CR-730 Writing-700 Essay-9
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: US History-770
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/350
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): I forgot to report my AP scores but here: APUSH-5; AP Bio-3; AP Calc AB-5; AP Gov-5; AP Psych-5; AP Micro-3; AP Macro-4; AP Human Geography-4 (AP macro micro and human geo were self studied)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Stats, AP Chem, AP Lit, AP Computer Science, AP Environmental Science
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):None</p>

<p>Subjective:

[list] [<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Tennis, NHS, Foreign Language NHS, Environmental Club (Secretary), Foreign Language Club (Treasurer), Student Council, I also teach and perform dance
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 170 hours at the Cleveland Clinic
[</em>] Summer Activities: Volunteering at a hospital and shadowing doctors and an IT internship
[<em>] Essays: I wrote about being on Homecoming Court to try and be original. It was funny and relatively informal compared to more traditional essays. It was risky but luckily it paid off.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: They were pretty good, but I never had an amazing relationship with any of them. I was a great student in their classes and they liked me, but we never had an amazing rapport or anything like that.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I’d like to think hers was pretty good too, but they changed counselors on us this year and the one I’ve had for three years now wasn’t allowed to write me a recommendation, so I doubt just how personal her rec was.
[</em>] Additional Rec:None
[li] Interview:None[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Other

[ul] [<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>]Income Bracket: Pretty good
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection

[ul] [<em>] Strengths: Essay; Strong ACT Score; Relatively Intense Course Load; Extracirriculars; Recs
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA/Rank; Relatively low SAT scores and not enough subject tests; forgetting to report AP scores
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I’d like to think it was mostly my essay that helped me stand out. I thought it was relatively funny and gave light to who I am personally.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted- Neomed, UCLA; Waitlisted- Wash U, University of Chicago, Northwestern, Johns Hopkins; Rejected- Berkeley, Rice, Darthmouth
[/ul]</p>

<p>General Comments:
Congrats to everyone who got in!</p>

326

<p>Waitlisted. Wouldn’t have gone here, so definitely not too upset. </p>

327

<p>@faline2 @jkeil11 thank you for the kind words, it means the world to me. It’s been a huge relief. Can’t wait to be a 'Dore! :slight_smile: <3</p>

328

<p>Decision: Accepted by (College of Arts and Sciences)</p>

<p>Objective:
[<em>]SAT I (breakdown): 2360: Writing(800) Math(760) Critical Reading(800)
[</em>]ACT: Didn’t Take
[<em>]SAT II: Biology M(750) English Literature(750)
[</em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
[<em>]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Valedictorian (of a class of one ;))
[</em>]AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology(5) Microeconomics(4) Macroeconomics(5) APUSH(4) Latin(haven’t yet taken)
[<em>]IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>]Senior Year Course Load: Honors English 12, Calculus 1 (taken at community college), Anatomy and Physiology II (Taken at community college), General Psychology (taken at community college), AP US Government and Politics, AP Latin, AP Art History, Apologetics
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Commended, Summa Cum Laude on National Latin Exams I and II, Magna Cum Laude on National Latin Exam III</p>[/li]
<p>[/list]Subjective:
[<em>]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): JSA (Chapter Director of Debate), ICC (A speech, debate, and leadership organization. I held chapter level leadership positions each year and was on the national student leader council during senior year), Boy Scouts (Troop Guide), Soccer
[</em>]Job/Work Experience: Latin Instructor for high school Intro to Latin.
[<em>]Volunteer/Community service: EMT-B in Camden County NJ for 1.5 years and counting. I spent 60 hours over two congressional campaigns in the 2010 elections. I tutored over 300 hours in high school level sciences and grade school English, AP Literature class TA.
[</em>]Summer Activities: Mission trip to Honduras, LeadAmerica Healthcare and Medicine Conference at Johns Hopkins, Medical outreach in Kensington, Philadelphia, Medical Mission to El Salvador, 2 week trip to Tennessee to collaborate with a team and design a national tour that taught students across the U.S. public speaking, debate, and leadership skills.
[<em>]Essays: The Commonapp essay is one of the best I’ve ever written. I explored how I developed a taste for art because of my relationship with my father. Very real and personal.
I wrote my Vanderbilt essay on being an EMT and the intense experiences I’ve gained. It was very dense and exposed the more extreme side of emergency medicine that I’ve dealt with as a teenager (heroin OD’s, car accidents, etc.).
[</em>]Teacher Recommendation:One from my AP English Lang and Literature teacher for whom I am a TA. Didn’t read, but I believe based on past recommendations that it was excellent.
My Anatomy and Physiology professor from the community college wrote about my classroom experience and the leadership role I took in lab work. Certainly helpful for a non-traditional student.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: The benefit of being homeschooled is that your mother gets to write this. She used this as an opportunity to explain who I was and to give various insights into my life, family, and education. It was definitely unique and powerful.
[</em>]Additional Rec: A national leader from my speech and debate organization. Didn’t read it.
[li]Interview: The interview was ok, but rather stiff. I was able to connect with my interviewer, a Penn Doctor, on the medical side of things, though he seemed intent on carrying a poker face.[/li][/list]Other</p>

<ul>
<li><p>[<em>]State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
[</em>]School Type: Homeschool
[<em>]Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>]Gender: Male
[<em>]Income Bracket: 200K+
[</em>]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Homeschooled
[/list]Reflection</p></li>
<li><p>[<em>]Strengths: Pushing the limits of my EMT Certification, Diverse EC’s, Essays
[</em>]Weaknesses: GPA
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I took my passions and ran with them. Hard work and determination. As a homeschooler, I stood out even more.
[</em>]Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: Pitt, Drexel, William and Mary, UNC Chapel Hill, Haverford
Rejected: Harvard, Yale, Penn
General Comments:
Very excited for my acceptance. Congratulations to everyone who got in! Hard work does pay off in the end.</p></li>
</ul>

329

<p>Decision: Accepted by School of Engineering</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): Writing: 640, Reading: 760, Math: 740
ACT: 36 Writing:8
SAT II: Biology: 740, Math2: 780, US History 710
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7 unweighted, 4.37 weighted
Rank : no rank/percentile
AP : World History(5) Comp Gov(5) US Gov(5) Biology(5) Lang & Comp(4) </p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Calc BC, AP Lit & Comp, AP Human Geo, AP Macro,
Video Production, Jewelry/Metalworking 1&2
Major Awards : United States Institute for Peace Writing contest Honorable Mention</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars: 4 years Track (Pole Vaulting-no coach for 2 years, made varsity this year)
Juggling/unicycle club, Capture the Flag club,
Boy Scouts of America- Eagle Scout project is done, working on write-up, ASPL</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: 2 years Camp counsellor at Scout Ranch<br></li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: 1500 hours volunteering with Scouts</li>
<li>Summer Activities: Scouting, either working at the scout ranch, or attending the National Jamboree and
Philmont High Adventure Trek</li>
<li>Essays: written a long time ago</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: Honors Chemistry teacher and AP Lang teacher</li>
<li>Counselor Rec:</li>
<li>Interview: Went well</li>
<li><p>Other: Nationally competitive high school.</p></li>
<li><p>State: Colorado</p></li>
<li><p>School Type: Engineering</p></li>
<li><p>Ethnicity: White</p></li>
<li><p>Gender: Male</p></li>
<li><p>Income Bracket: middle class</p></li>
<li><p>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope</p></li>
<li><p>Reflection:</p></li>
<li><p>Strengths: Huge amount of volunteer time and grades/course load.</p></li>
<li><p>Weaknesses: Essays</p></li>
<li><p>Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Hard work ethic and it shows.</p></li>
<li><p>Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: Texas/Austin, Texas A&M, Auburn, GATech,<br>
Alabama, Baylor, TCU, Clemson, CU Boulder, CO School of Mines.<br>
Rejected: MIT, Duke</p></li>
<li><p>General Comments: Son’s choices are huge. Will be going to Vandy this week then to Texas and A&M. He has
worked very hard these last 4 years and it has paid off. He is very blessed.</p></li>
</ul>

330

<p>All I can say is wow on the class that has been accepted! Those statistics put most of us here already to shame. Congratulations and I hope you join us in Nashville.</p>

331

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED by College of Arts and Sciences (Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholar) </p>

<p>Objective:
•ACT: 35 Composite (one sitting in Grade 10)
•SAT II: Math Level 2 800, Chemistry 790, US History 800
•Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
•Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/278
•AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus BC 5, Chemistry 5, US Govt & Politics 5, US History 5, World History 5, Spanish Language 4, English Language & Comp 4, Psychology (self-studied) 4
•IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
•Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Statistics, AP Biology, AP Physics, Multivariable Calculus Independent Study, Medicaid Nurse Aide, Senior Seminar
•Honors/Awards: National Merit Finalist, National AP Scholar, Kentucky Governor Scholar, HOSA 1st Place State & Region Medical Math</p>

<p>Subjective:
•Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4-yr Varsity Soccer (Team Captain, Defensive MVP, All-Region, Academic All-State), Math Club/Mu Alpha Theta (Founder & President), Track & Field, Health Occupations Students of America HOSA (President, VP of Programming, Secretary), Club Soccer, Church Youth Group (3x Mission Trip Volunteer, Small Group Leader), National Beta Club (President, Treasurer), National Honor Society (President)
•Volunteer/Community service: 3x Mission Trip Volunteer and other church volunteer activities, TOPSoccer volunteer for young athletes with special needs, volunteer math tutor
•Summer Activities: KY Governor’s Scholar 5-week summer program in Physical Science (12), DukeTIP Institute of Advanced Cancer Therapies (11), “So You Want to be a Doctor?” online course while recovering from ACL surgery (10), Three Mission Trips (9, 11, 12), Soccer conditioning every summer
•Essays: Common app essay was very personal about a family set-back that we all had to overcome
•Teacher Recommendation: Great (I requested way in advance)
•Counselor Rec: Great - she loves me
•Additional Rec: Club Soccer Coach and Church Youth Pastor
•Interview: Very good</p>

<p>Other:
•State (if domestic applicant): KY
•Country (if international applicant): USA
•School Type: Public
•Ethnicity: White
•Gender: F
•Income Bracket: Middle class
•Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): ??girl who is good at math from Kentucky??</p>

<p>Reflection:
•Strengths: High test scores & GPA , Rigorous course load & AP classes/exam scores, focused elective course load in Health Sciences, Valedictorian, good ECs with leadership and continuity, good essays and recommendations
•Weaknesses: Non URM, no USAMO/Intel/Major Awards, no research experience
•Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Took time on my essays…tried to make sure they weren’t boring, turned in admissions application and scholarship application way before deadline, visited campus twice, emailed with area admissions rep, luck
•Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted to Harvard, Princeton, Vanderbilt w/ Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholarship, Northwestern with HPME, Notre Dame, Georgia Tech, UVA and Jefferson Scholar Finalist, UF, UGA, Auburn, Alabama, Clemson, UK and BS/MD, UofLouisville and GEMS; Wait Listed at MIT and WashU; Rejected Yale and Stanford</p>

<p>General Comments: So thrilled to be accepted to Vanderbilt and with the Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholarship!! Fantastic school, in a great city, with good weather!!<br>
Don’t get caught up on one school - apply to many you would be happy attending, apply way before deadlines, and just suffer through all of the essay questions as best as you can without going insane; Try not to take the rejections personally even though that is much easier said than done!</p>

332

<p>Accepted into CAS!</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take it
ACT: 35
SAT II: none
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 4%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Didn’t apply with any
Senior Year Course Load:
-Consumers Education
-Journalism II
-AP Stats
-AP Biology
-AP Lit
-Honors Spanish IV
-AP Human Geography</p>

<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): um none? I was nominated for a local rotary club award.</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-Varsity Swimming
-School publications (Student Life Editor)
-Spanish Honor Society (el presidente)
-Model United Nations (president)
-NHS
-Unitarian Universalist Youth Group </p>

<p>Job/Work Experience:
-Lifeguard
-Swim Instructor (<3)</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service:
-general NHS things
-volunteer at my job a lot
-church things
-spearheaded a multicultural movie night at my school</p>

<p>Summer Activities:
just a lot of work and traveling across the Midwest</p>

<p>Essays: I essentially gave my life story while relating it “Crossroads” (that movie that stars Britney Spears). It was weird, but I think it payed off. </p>

<p>Teacher Recommendation: I never read them, but the two who wrote them were my favorite teachers. They sponsored the clubs that I was president of.</p>

<p>Counselor Rec: Her letter was so sincere and heartfelt. A definite strong point of my application.</p>

<p>Additional Rec: none
Interview: nope</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian/Whtie
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I’m thai, if that matters</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Marked display of academic improvement, my ACT score, my essay, my passion for my job, and my councilor rec, the sense of curiosity i displayed lol
Weaknesses: GPA/Rank; No SATs or APs
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted:
-Indiana University Bloomington
-Tulane University
-WashU in STL
-Macalester College</p>

<p>Rejected:
-Northwestern</p>

333

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): M 710 CR 770 W 730, superscore: 2210
ACT (breakdown): 30 (didn’t submit)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Math I (750) Chemistry (770)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 94
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/104
AP (place score in parentheses): AP US (5) AP Bio (4) AP World (4) AP Spanish (4)
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Physics B, AP English, AP US Gov, AP Stats
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Scholar, American Chemical Society Award for Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry, New York State Department of Education Scholarship (highest regent examination scores)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Co-Captain of Varsity Hockey (4 years), Chess Team, Math Team, Soccer Team goalie, Robotics Team,
Job/Work Experience: Paid Tutor
Volunteer/Community Service: Volunteered Hospital
Summer Activities: 2 summers at Harvard taking General Chemistry (b+) and Organic Chemistry (B+)
Essays: Amazng – Spoke about my love for science and how I view the world in a quirky way.
Teacher Recommendations: Both amazing
Counselor Rec: I think it was good
Additional Rec: Recommendation from my Professor in Gen Chem who also is the head of the chem department at Harvard
Interview: Went pretty good
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 70,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):Urm, Organic Chemistry at Harvard, and Letter of rec from head of chem department at harvard
Reflection
Strengths: Strong focus in chemistry, very good essays and subject test scores
Weaknesses: Gpa and rank could have been higher (9th grade)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My essays, my letters of rec, and my summer classes (organic chem as a high schooler)
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Duke, Northwestern, Cornell, NYU (full tuition), Macaulay Honors College, Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education. Wait listed: Yale, Princeton, Amherst College, University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins, University of Chicago, Washu, Rice, Vanderbilt. Rejected: Harvard (deferred EA), Dartmouth
General Comments: Apply to as many schools as possible. Each year, acceptance rates keep going down. As you can tell, had I only applied to 11 schools, there could have been a chance of getting in nowhere. Make sure you work on those essays since everyone starts to look the same with the same stats. Also regardless of where you get in, know that what you do in college counts much more than where you go to college.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted by School of Engineering (off of waitlist)</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2330; 800M, 740R, 790W
ACT: N/A
SAT II: Math 2 - 780, Bio - 790, Chem - 800, Physics - 750
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75 (estimating); weighted was 4.25 (given by HS)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): HS doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), Bio (5), Latin (4), Calc BC (5), Gov (pending), English Lang (pending), Physics C (pending)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP English Lang, AP Physics C, Multi-Var, Organic Chem, Biotech, Geosystems
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Science Olympiad 2nd place - Technical Problem Solving (highest award in state history), Eagle Scout</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Olympiad (Captain, Group Leader), Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout), Medical Society, started international tutoring program, STEM outreach
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: Boy Scouts, NHS
Summer Activities: Started Cub Scout Troops, VASTS at NASA Langley Research Center, STEM outreach
Essays: not so good
Teacher Recommendation: amazing
Counselor Rec: strong
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: missed the interview</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): VA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public (requires application)
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Extra-currics (maybe?), awards, SAT, recs
Weaknesses: GPA, essays, summer activities
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: i showed interest off the waitlist.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accept: UMich, Case (scholarship), George Mason, VCU (scholarship), St. Vincent College (scholarship)
Deny: Duke (ED, defer, reject), Georgia Tech (waitlist, reject), UVA (waitlist, reject), MIT, Cornell, Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, Rice, UPenn, Brown </p>

<p>General Comments: So happy to be going to Vandy next year, anchor down! The biggest thing I learned from this process is to show interest in colleges. For a lot of applications, I wrote bad essays because I was running out of time. Never make this mistake. </p>