<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
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[<em>]Fee Waiver Used?: No.
[</em>]SAT I (by section): CR760, M780, W780.
[<em>]SAT IIs: Biology 730; Chinese 800; Physics 800; Math 800.
[</em>]GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: Weighted 3.62; Unweighted not sure (3.8-3.9 probably);
[<em>]Rank: No rank. If counselor filled out %: top 5%.
[</em>]ACT: N/A;
[<em>]APs (including this year's): 2006: Micro-econ. 5; Macro-econ. 4; 2007: Art History 5; US History 4; Calculus AB 5; Physics B 5; Eng. Lang. 5; Studio Art-Drawing 5. Currently taking Calc. BC, Chem, Eng. Lit., Gov and French.
[</em>]IBs (including this year's: N/A;
[<em>]Senior Yr Courseload: Most rigorous;
[</em>]Number of Apps from Your School: Just me for early;
[<em>]Other stats (Awards, etc.): AP National Scholar, National Merit Sch. Semi-finalist, Model UN award (yeah not very impressive :P)
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Subjective:
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[li]ECs listed on app: Art, theater set design, newspaper layout editor, Model UN/Congress, alt. student representative to the Board of Ed., Student Advisory Council, student council, volunteering (UN), science league.[/li][</em>]Job/Work Experience: Part-time job at the library (exciting, right?)
[<em>]Essays (subject and responses): 1. My personal views on architecture as a field and a way to influence the world, as well as its relationship to my multicultural background and the socioeconomic development of China; 2. Carpentry
[</em>]Teacher Recs: One was from an English teacher who sent many students to top schools and who really likes and knows me. Other one was from a physics teacher who seems to like me but doesn't know me that well. (Also see hook)
[<em>]Counselor Rec: New counselor this year. She doesn't know me at all, but seems to have worked hard on the rec.
[</em>]Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): On-Campus during August. Student interviewer. We talked about architecture, how to change the world, theater, etc. It was fun but not as good as some other interviews. I think I impressed/scared him with my creepy enthusiasm, though.
[<em>]Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Architecture. I went to the Cornell Summer College for architecture (a notably intense program, although not at all selective) and got a -perfect- evaluation from the professors. I had architectural as well as fairly good art work in my supplementary portfolio and tied my extra-curricular activities (set crew, art) to architecture. Also I guess my UN volunteering experience sounds somewhat interesting, but I didn't focus on that. Lastly, I took several AP tests that weren't offered in my school and that I studied for and aced independently.
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Location/Person:
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[li]State or Country: New Jersey.[/li][</em>]School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public. About 100-110 in each class. We sent about 15 to top schools last year, but they were exceptional. Middle class district.
[<em>]Ethnicity: Chinese (and wrote about it in my essay).
[</em>]Gender: Female.
[<em>]Income Bracket: $80,000 ish.
[</em>]Strengths: Ambition in architecture? Also academically satisfactory, sort of.
[<em>]Weaknesses: Not interesting :P No cool extra-curricular activities or even any notable awards.
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I think my architecture obsession separated me from other applicants. Although many others have far more interesting extra-curricular activities, exhibit greater leadership and excel academically, I might have seemed different because not too many people are really fanatic about things like architecture or art history, especially not from a humanist + humanitarian perspective.
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Other Factors: Nothing really...
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I feel incredibly fortunate =) Good luck to everyone else, regardless of the decision you received.</p>
<p>^Copied that from my Yale SCEA one, so if anything's odd, yea =)</p>
<p>(Ok that post took me about four tries... I don't deserve to be in Pton.)</p>