<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* Fee Waiver Used?: No
* SAT I (by section): 770 M, 770 R, 800 W (one sitting)
* SAT IIs: 770/750/730 : US History, Math II, Literature
* GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 unweighted, 4.7/5 weighted
* Rank: Top 5% (official), somewhere around 2/460 unofficially
* APs (including this year's): US History 5, Calc AB 5, French 3, Physics C Mech 5, Still to take: Macro, Micro, English, GovPol, Calc BC, French Lit, Chem
* Number of Apps from Your School: Three, including me
* Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Semi-Finalist
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<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: Fed Challenge (Second in Nation) Competing Team, Mock Trial (State Champions, Fourth in Nation) Lead Attorney, Model UN/Congress President (Five Awards from Conferences, Founder of Edible Schoolyard (a food-based community service project), French Club President, Literary Magazine, Varsity Fencing freshman and sophomore year
* Job/Work Experience: None
* Essays (subject and responses): One on economics, specifically, learning that the minimum wage is bad, and how that changed my world view; that one was very good. My other was on the Edible Schoolyard; it was fine, solid, but nothing fantastic
* Teacher Recs: Excellent- one was by my German teacher, and was sort of blandly enthusiastic, but definitely good, and the other was by my History Teacher and MUN advisor, and was really specific and long and very, very good ie "One of the best students I have ever had"
* Counselor Rec: Superlative- very, very enthusiastic, and knows me well
* Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): I felt good- I had a lot in common with my interviewer, and felt like I connected with him. It was in a nice cafe/breakfast place in my town, busy and loud.
* Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): National Recognition in two Extracurriculars, Started Own Community Service Project, New Jersey Scholars Program
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<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: New Jersey
* School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): A strong public school with a close connection to Yale. We sent 5 kids there last year, and send around 2 in an average year
* Ethnicity: White
* Gender: M
* Income Bracket: >200,000
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
* Strengths: Good SATs, Very Good Transcript, Great ECs
* Weaknesses: AP Scores and SAT IIs were mediocre
* Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Um I don't know- I guess I had some sort of unique activities, and my counselor was really pushing for me, and positioned me as a real intellectual
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<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I'm really excited- all the people I've met who go there and who were accepted seem awesome, and I'm almost certain I'm going there.</p>