<p>A thread for fellow PSs. Mrs. Starke emailed me to call her on yesterday and I did. I'm a PS! :]]]</p>
<p>anyone else here on cc a PS as well?</p>
<p>What did your application look like?</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I: didn’t send it in
ACT: 33(super scored: 33 reading and writing, 28 science, 36 math)
SAT II: didn’t send it in
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/423
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Lang/comp (5), World History (4), Chemistry (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 2nd place international sustainable world project olympiad, navy/marine award, Grand prize runenr up at dallas regional science fair, etc
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Class secretary, National Honor Society, Orchestra (Event Coordinator), Debate (Vice President), Science Fair, Student Executive.<br>
Job/Work Experience: summer swimming instructor
Volunteer/Community service: 100ish hours, jduging novice debate, library, hospital
Summer Activities: job, volunteering, debate camp
Essays: talked about international science fair for intellectual experience. talked about how adoption affected my life for the big essay.
Teacher Recommendation: I think they were good. Not sure though since my teachers never let me read them.
Counselor Rec: Very good
Additional Rec:
Interview: I believe I had a good interview for the PS since I got it :]
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Finance
State (if domestic applicant): TX
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: <65k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): adopted?
Reflection
Strengths: Science Fair, act math score.
Weaknesses: Being Asian</p>
<p>Daughter got the call last night that she didn’t get it. She was told another $5K was added to her Artistic Merit scholarship, but I think she is now Bama Bound. She’ll save her money to attend Guildhall in 4 years :-)</p>
<p>Has anyone else heard? I think they mentioned Thursday at the banquet.</p>