Priority Applicant Decision Thread and Statistics

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Maryland - College Park
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<p>Since admissions decisions are coming out any day now, someone suggested that we have a thread that would allow us to record this year's Priority App decisions and the applicants' stats. Here's a template to do just that; copy it for your post and fill in your stats: </p>

<p>DECISION: </p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT:
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Weighted GPA (out of 5.0):
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays:
Teacher Recommendation:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:</p>

<p>Other:
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>

<p>Reflection:
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>

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<p>Please add “major” under “decision” before you fill out the form. Mea culpa.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted – Honors College!!! (Gov’t and Politics major)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]</p>

<p>[li] SAT I (breakdown): 2120 (CR: 660 Math: 710 Writing: 750) </p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT: Didn’t take</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT II: 750 US History 740 World History</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94/4, 4.41/5 (Two B’s from middle school in </p>[/li]
<p>high school classes (Alg 1 + Geometry), none in hs; maybe some on mid-year)</p>

<p>[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/475</p>[/li]
<p>[li] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World (5), AP Human Geography (4), </p>[/li]
<p>APUSH (5), AP Euro (5), AP Comp Gov (5), AP Lang (4), AP Calc (3), AP US, AP </p>

<p>Lit, AP Psych, AP Macro, AP Micro, AP Stat, AP Environmental Science, AP Comp </p>

<p>Sci</p>

<p>[li] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Senior Year Course Load: All the ungraded AP exams (8 AP classes)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None major, but: Outstanding Delegate </p>[/li]
<p>Award (MUN/Regional); AP Scholar w/ Distinction; Varsity Letters; Swimming </p>

<p>State Meet Qualifier/Competitor</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>

<p>[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honor Society </p>[/li]
<p>(VP), Quiz Bowl (Team Captain), Student 2 Student (Executive Committee), </p>

<p>Online Entertainment Organizations (Leader/Founder/Co-leader/Manager/–</p>

<p>worked with advertisers; pulled together contracts; sought legal counsel; </p>

<p>organized and recuirted content producers, editors, and graphics designers; </p>

<p>served as primary liaison to other organizations; all content centered around </p>

<p>video games/Call of Duty), Mock Trial Lawyer (Lead for Defense), Model UN </p>

<p>Delegate, Tutor, Interact/KenyaVenture volunteer, Varsity swimmer (2 years) </p>

<p>[li] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard Summer (10th, 11th, 12th): 40 hrs/week, </p>[/li]
<p>Lifeguard Fall/Winter (12th): 18 hrs/week, Online Organizations (it was like a </p>

<p>job. I wrote about it in every essay asking for an EC)</p>

<p>[li] Volunteer/Community service: Through NHS/Interact, couldn’t list all of it on </p>[/li]
<p>my Common App, but mainly tutoring 5 hrs/week all year, IS and OOS(chool)</p>

<p>[li] Summer Activities: Work; study</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Essays: Common App 9/10 (Wrote about being a liberal in a strictly </p>[/li]
<p>conservative family)</p>

<p>[li] Teacher Recommendation: #1 AP Comp Gov: 10/10 (Excellent), I went in his </p>[/li]
<p>room during lunch to read from his collection on political theory; my Model UN </p>

<p>coach and Interact advisor</p>

<h1>2 AP Government: 7/10 (Neutral), My Mock Trial coach, nothing else to say</h1>

<p>besides his recommendation neither hurt nor helped my app</p>

<p>[li] Counselor Rec: #3 GC: 10/10 (Excellent), First day freshman year I went in </p>[/li]
<p>and expressed interest in going to a top tier school, explaining my career path to </p>

<p>him. Been in contact since. He sends a lot of people to UMD every year.</p>

<p>[li] Additional Rec: N/A </p>[/li]
<p>[li] Interview:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]</p>

<p>[li] State (if domestic applicant): MD, Anne Arundel County</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Country (if international applicant): USA</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type: Public, large, surprisingly competitive for the top 20 in class (#4’s GPA </p>[/li]
<p>is 4.42, mine’s a 4.41 and I’m #10)</p>

<p>[li] Ethnicity: White</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: Male</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Income Bracket: <180,000</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing huge, maybe some small </p>[/li]
<p>stuff like my father’s job (high in gov’t), but nothing to give me a developmental admit </p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]</p>

<p>[li] Strengths: EC’s, Leadership, Online organizations and contract experience, </p>[/li]
<p>GPA, course rigor, essays</p>

<p>[li] Weaknesses: SAT scores, SAT scores, SAT scores; unhooked applicant</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: </p>[/li]
<p>[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: </p>[/li]
<p>Accepted: UPitt (Honors), McDaniel (Honors, 21k per year, interviewing for full ride), UMD College Park (HONORS! SO EXCITED! :D)</p>

<p>Waiting: Brown, Carnegie Mellon, UChicago, Cornell, UDelaware, Duke, </p>

<p>Georgetown, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, UKentucky,</p>

<p>UMichigan, UNC Chapel Hill, Northwestern, UPenn, Penn State, UVA, Vanderbilt, </p>

<p>Wake Forest, William and Mary</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments:
OH MY GOSH I’M SO HAPPY! I posted a chance me thread for the honors college back in August and didn’t think I’d get in, especially with a 1370/1600. Absolutely elated :smiley: UMD is one of my top choices! </p>

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<p>DECISION: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>MAJOR: BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 800CR+690M
ACT: n/a
SAT II: Literature 720 Spanish Listening 770 Spanish 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.55
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): Macro (5) US Govt (5) Spanish Lang (5) Calc BC (5) Chem (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): European History (6) English Lit (6)
Senior Year Course Load: gap year 2013-14
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Squash 4yrs/co-captain, lots of other stuff
Job/Work Experience: landscaper
Volunteer/Community service: over 600 hours
Summer Activities: Student Conservation Association (AK & YNP)
Essays: good
Teacher Recommendation: probably pretty good
Counselor Rec: probably pretty good
Additional Rec:
Interview: spent a day shadowing an Honors College student</p>

<p>Other:
State (if domestic applicant): MD
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: nationally ranked public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: >100K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>

<p>Reflection:
Strengths: essays, SAT, GPA, rigor, ECs, Spanish fluency, 4 years of Italian; 2 months Gap Year in Florence; lab research NIH Gap Year
Weaknesses: Math score on SAT; leadership
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA, rigor, SAT
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Pitt, Tulane, Boulder</p>

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<p>Accepted into Honors
Major: Economics</p>

<p>SAT - 2250 (710 CR, 750 M, 790 W)
SAT II- 750 Math II, 750 US History
GPA - 3.95 unweighted, 5.61 (out of 6.0) weighted
Class rank: 5 out of 450</p>

<p>Coursework:
Freshman: all honors classes
Sophomore: AP world history (4) and all honors
Junior: AP English (5), AP Calc (5), AP Stat (5), AP US (5), AP Spanish, honors physics and engineering
Senior: AP English, AP Calc BC, AP Economics, AP Compute Science, AP European History, AP government, honors biotechnology</p>

<p>Activities:
Field Hockey (9, 10-captain, 11, 12-captain)
Cheerleading(9, 10-captain)
Track (9, 11)
Student Government- Class of 2014 co-president
Young Life
Bigger Faster Strong Conditioning club
Club field hockey year round
Math Club
NHS
National Spanish Honor Society
Student Athlete Leadership Board</p>

<p>Job/ Work Experience:
Have worked every summer since Freshman year as a lifeguard and swim instructor</p>

<p>Essays: Pretty good, creative
Recommendations: would assume to be pretty good</p>

<p>State: MD
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Hooks: none really haha</p>

<p>Strengths: AP coursework, SAT scores, GPA, leadership
Weaknesses: lack of volunteer work/ consistency in sports other than Field Hockey</p>

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<p>Vctory, you applied to 22 schools??? And you took 15 APs? Oh my gosh. Well congrats. You seem really happy!</p>

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<p>Son of Fauster</p>

<p>DECISION: Accepted Kinesiology / Honors</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I: 2000
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10 / 300</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Football, County-wide Leadership Program
Essays: Killer (Practicing leadership during a zombie apocalypse)</p>

<p>Other:
State: PA</p>

<p>School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Reflection:
Where else were you accepted: Accepted at Pitt, Delaware, Drexel, Lebanon Valley College. 5 for 5.</p>

<p>Now we wait to see if there’s any merit money to make UMD competitive.</p>

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<p>Posting my son’s stats…</p>

<p>DECISION: Accepted – Honors College, Clark School of Engineering (Mechanical)</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): 740 M, 720 V</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.6
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15/323
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (4), English Lang & Comp (4), CS AB (4), US Govt (3)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, Calc BC, AP Spanish, English Hon, Anatomy&Phys, World Religions, CS IV</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 yrs XC/Track (3 seasons/year) (Captain); 3 yrs. swimming (yr. round club team); Church youth group
Job/Work Experience: Lifeguarding (2 summers)
Volunteer/Community service: Peer Tutoring; Homeless shelter meal prep/service</p>

<p>Other:
State (if domestic applicant): MD (Howard County)
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: W
Gender: M</p>

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<p>DECISION: REJECTED</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): M 670, R 730, W 710
ACT:
SAT II: None
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.3
Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 3.5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 50%
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lang 4 , APUSH 2, APES 3
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 3 AP, 3 regular
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Not Much
Essays: Good essay
Teacher Recommendation: average</p>

<p>Other:
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large Urban
Ethnicity: Asian / Indian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: > $ 120,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NONE</p>

<p>Reflection:
Strengths: SAT I
Weaknesses: GPA, especially D in Junior Math Class
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Poor GPA
Where else were you accepted: NC State, Univ Texas Dallas, University of Houston</p>

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<p>DECISION: Accepted, Honors College</p>

<p>Major: Computer Science</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2160 (750 CR, 800 M, 610 WR)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 710 Chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.36
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 35/520
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (4), Calc BC (3), Human Geography (5), Statistics (5), Computer Science A (5), World History (5), Chemistry (4), English Language (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP, 3 post-AP</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Internship at NASA Goddard, Hand Bells, Church Youth Group, Tutoring
Essays: Decent
Teacher Recommendation: Decent
Counselor Rec: Standard (new counselor senior year)
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a</p>

<p>Other:
State (if domestic applicant): Maryland (Anne Arundel)
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Suburban public, STEM magnet
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a</p>

<p>Reflection:
Strengths: 1550 CR+M
Weaknesses: ECs
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: stats
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Northeastern University, waiting on CMU, JHU, Cornell</p>

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<p>DECISION: Accepted!! Honors, Clark School of Engineering–Mechanical Posting for Son</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 760 M, 800 CR, 800 Writing
ACT:
SAT II: 800 Math2, 760 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.71
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/336
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB: 5, Physics: 4
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Physics, AP Econ, AP Comp Sci, GT Engineering, English Honors, Piano
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF (finalist pending), National Spanish Exam Silver</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): XC 4 yrs (JV Captain 1yr), STEM club, NHS, Spring Track
Job/Work Experience: NASA Space Club Scholars Summer Internship
Volunteer/Community service: Youth Group, trail clean up
Summer Activities: see above
Essays:<br>
Teacher Recommendation:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:</p>

<p>Other:
State (if domestic applicant): MD
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: W
Gender: M
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>

<p>Reflection:
Strengths: Strong focus on engineering, NMSF, Grades, SATs, showed strong interest in UMD with multiple visits, attending Maryland Marquis Day and shared a day with an Honors student
Weaknesses: Average extracurriculars
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:<br>
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted Pitt, UDel, waiting on Carnegie Mellon, Brown, Lehigh</p>

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<p>DECISION: Accepted Chemical Engineering Honors College</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): did not take
ACT: 32
SAT II: did not take
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA (out of 5.0):
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (2)
IB (place score in parenthesis): no scores yet
Senior Year Course Load: IB English, American history, math, biology, TOK, spanish
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Volleyball, Club Volleyball, Ballet
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: Hundreds of hours during 4 years of High School
Summer Activities: HITES Engineering Camp UTK, CSI Forensic Camp MTSU, German exchange
Essays:
Teacher Recommendation:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:</p>

<p>Other:
State (if domestic applicant): TN
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity:
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>

<p>Reflection:
Strengths: Math
Weaknesses: History
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted Purdue, U Mass Amherst, U of Alabama (full tuition scholarship), Colorado School of Mines, waiting for Virginia Tech and Columbia</p>

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<p>S2 stats
Decision- Accepted/Honors
Major- Computer Science
objective
Sat I- M-800, CR-720
ACT- 34
SAT II- Math II-800, Physics-760
UGPA-4.0
WGPA-4.4
Rank- 2/300 #1 SCEA-PRINCETON
AP- Five with all (5) scores through junior year
Senior course load- AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, AP Economics, Digital Electronics through Stanford, English
Subjectivity
Extracurriculars- track 4yrs, Football 2yrs
Essays- Excellent
Teachers Rec- Excellent
Counselors Rec- Excellent
Other
State- NY
School Type Ranked Public
Ethnicity- Snow white
Gender- Male
Income- 200 plus
Hooks- none
Reflection- Introduced to UMD at my brothers accepted student open house in 2013. Found ACES program loved it!
Strength- Academics
weakness- Computer geek
Why accepted- Academics
Where else accepted/denied- Accepted- Umich, UIUC. Deferred P’ton. waiting on Cornell, CMU, Stanford and Hopkins</p>

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<p>DECISION: ACCEPTED (computer science) (college park scholars)</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):N/A
ACT:32
SAT II:N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Unknown
Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 3.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):96/342
AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang (4) Psych (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Mostly reg classes oops
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Illinois State Scholar</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Every band activity (section leader 1st chair) soccer, tennis, track, tri-m, more that I’m forgetting
Job/Work Experience: Subway sandwich artist
Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hours save-a-pet
Summer Activities:
Essays: good I think?
Teacher Recommendation: not sure
Counselor Rec: not sure
Additional Rec:
Interview:none</p>

<p>Other:
State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: ~200k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>

<p>Reflection:
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Deferred to Purdue, rejected to U of I (damn engineering department) waiting on a bunch of others</p>

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<p>DECISION: Accepted into Honors (English Major)</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1960 (690 CR, 590 M, 710 W)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96 (Straight A’s except a year-long B in IB Math Studies)
Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.44
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8 out of 475
AP (place score in parenthesis): World (4) Psychology (5) Environmental Science (4) (I took the AP Exam for Psych & Environmental while in the IB Class)
IB (place score in parenthesis): Math Studies (5) Environmental Systems & Societies
Senior Year Course Load: IB Psychology II, IB French II, IB English II, IB TOK II, IB History of the Americas II, AP Statistics, AP European History</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Theatre - Stage Crew 9-12 (Props Crew Chief 11, Stage Manager/Set Designer 12)
Critics and Awards Program 10-12 (Lead Critic 12), Awarded Best Rising Critic 10, Nominated for Best Junior Critic 11
International Thespian Society 10-12 (VP 12)
National Honor Society 10-12
French Honor Society 10-12
Church Youth Group
Church Council (Youth Representative)
Church Mutual Ministry Committee (Youth Representative)
Vacation Bible School 9-11 (Assistant Director)
School Newspaper 10 (Copy Editor)
IB Newspaper 11
Family Responsibilites: Cargiver for my 2 year old cousin, who spends the weekend at my house.
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service:
Cats R Us Foster Home, Spring of my Junior Year
ELCA World Hunger Dinner Fundraiser
Angel Tree (Holiday gift program for needy children)
Habitat for Humanity Missions’ Trip (Week-long)
Summer Activities:
Habitat for Humanity Missions’ Trip
Vacation Bible School
Essays: Strong, I believe.
Teacher Recommendation: #1: Very good; from my director, who has known me all four years, mentored for my Extended Essay, teaches English, and went to College Park. </p>

<h1>2: Very good; from my AP Euro teacher who had me last year for General Psychology. I do very well in her class.</h1>

<p>Counselor Rec: Decent. She doesn’t know many of us personally, but knows the general attitude of commitment of her students.</p>

<p>Other:
State (if domestic applicant): MD
School Type: Public, diverse school with many low-income families.
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: <50,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Child of single mom. </p>

<p>Reflection: I am very excited! This is the first letter I have gotten back because I applied RD to my other two schools. I love UMD and the in-state tuition will be a major pull factor for me.
Strengths: GPA, class rank, extracurriculars, and recommendations.
Weaknesses: SAT Math, no science class this year.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Course rigor and academics.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Still waiting on NYU & Susquehanna.</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED (Letters and Sciences) (College Park Scholar)</p>

<p>GPA: 4.03 weighted, 3.69 unweighted (all A’s and B’s)
Senior Year Schedule
AP Spanish 5, AP En-sci, AP US Government, AP Stats, AP Studio Art, Advanced TV Prod, Honors English, Phys Ed
First semester grades will be all A’s (GPA 4.75)
Total APs: Calc AB, Calc BC, US History, US Gov, Chem, En-Sci, Spanish 5, Stats, Studio Art</p>

<p>ACT: 34 (35M, 34 E, 33 R, 32 S)
Writing - 10
AP: US History 4, Calc AB 4, Calc BC 4</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Started eBay business (2006-Present). 250 Sales. Also expanded to Amazon and Craigslist.
Diving (9-12) - High School and Pitt Aquatic Competitive Team (12 hrs/week)
Sectional and Regional Finalist, four-year Varsity Letter winner, three-year Varsity Captain, four-year Academic All-Conference
JV Golf (9-10)
Model UN (11-12) - Best Delegate Award at UVA national conference (2013)
Honorable Delegate Award (2012)
Caddy (2008 - Current) Promoted from “C” caddy to “B” caddy to “A” caddy in two years.
Video / Sound / Photography: Spark Visuals (started business)
Music Videos, Live productions. Shot, Ediited, Produced films of 3 high school musicals and 2 Junior High Musicals.
National Honor Society (11-12)
National Art Honor Society (11-12)
Student Government Representative (9-12)
Volunteer hours- 150+
DJ and Master of Ceremonies - Indiana township youth day (9-12)
Junior High fall musical technical assistant (11-12) 50+ hours</p>

<p>Reflection: Very excited
Strengths: ACT, ECs
Weaknesses: GPA…
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Strong test scores, great essays.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Waiting to hear from UCs, Tufts, American, Emory</p>

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<p>DECISION: Accepted (Biological Sciences Major, College Park Scholar)</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2020 (650 CR 710 M 660 W)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
AP (place score in parenthesis): Eng Lang (5); US History (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Calc, AP Chem, AP Eng Lit, Honors Chinese IV, Honors Physics </p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Book Club (VP); 4 Honor Societies; Concert Band; Stage Crew
Job/Work Experience: Inpatient Pharmacy Internship
Volunteer/Community service: Children care (100+ hours); tutoring
Essays: Great
Teacher Recommendation: Great
Counselor Rec: Great</p>

<p>Other:
State (if domestic applicant): MD
School Type: Parochial
Ethnicity: White + Asian
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a</p>

<p>Strengths: Academics
Weaknesses: ECs
Why you think you were accepted: Academics, plus my one of my essays was a little unconventional<br>
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted - Western New England, UMass Amherst, Towson;; Deferred - Northeastern;; Waiting on - Boston College, Boston U, Hopkins, Brown</p>

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<p>Objective:
ACT: 31 (31 M, 29 E, 33 CR, 32 S, 11 Essay)
SAT II: 710 M2, 610 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.81
Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.05
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 APUSH, 4 AP EURO, 3 AP LANG
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, Calc AB, Comp Sci, Psychology
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience: Tutor, Family Business, tennis, cello
Volunteer/Community service: Tutor
Summer Activities: Tutor
Essays: good
Teacher Recommendation: good
Counselor Rec: good
Additional Rec: no
Interview: no</p>

<p>Other:
State (if domestic applicant): OOS
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 70K </p>

<p>Strengths: well rounded
Weaknesses: scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: scores/gpa
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: NC State, Deferred: UIUC, Georgia Tech</p>

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<p>DECISION: ACCEPTED (Clark School of Engineering, Computer Engineering)</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2080 (760 CR, 710 M, 610 WR)
ACT: 33
SAT II: NA
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.25
Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 3.62
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 31/153
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Gov (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Intro to Drama (Univ of Delaware 88), Intro to Short Story (Univ of Delaware, in progress), AP Calc, AP Bio, World History, Physics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Business Professionals of America (President), Student Government Association (President), Math League, Golf (Varsity 4 yrs), Boys State Delaware
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: none
Summer Activities: none
Essays: Strong, wrote about failure
Teacher Recommendation: Precalc/Calc teacher, Strong; Bio/AP Bio teacher
Counselor Rec: Meh. Uninspired copy and paste from my resume
Additional Rec: NA
Interview: none</p>

<p>Other:
State (if domestic applicant): Maryland resident
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: nationally ranked public (top ranked public school in Delaware)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>

<p>Reflection: I really shouldn’t have gotten in but I did
Strengths: SAT, Essay
Weaknesses: Everything else
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SATs, State Residency
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted with full ride to Alabama, Waiting: Georgia Tech and Duke</p>

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<p>DECISION: Accepted, Honors, Biological Sciences</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):660 M, 700 R, 630 W
ACT:NA
SAT II:NA
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):don’t know
Weighted GPA (out of 5.0):4.46
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):2/160
AP (place score in parenthesis):Lang (4), Environmental (3), Psych (3), US History (3), Bio (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP’s and 1 Honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
None
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 years of soccer, heavily involved in church with community involvement.
Job/Work Experience:None
Volunteer/Community service:Church groups, no real extensive activity though
Summer Activities:
Essays: I guess they really liked my essays, I honestly don’t remember what I wrote about, but I enjoy writing so I put time into it.
Teacher Recommendation: AP Lang teacher who is well respected and seemed to like me in class
Counselor Rec:assigned by school, so I really don’t have any relationship there
Additional Rec: math and science teacher who I had junior and senior year
Interview:</p>

<p>Other:
State (if domestic applicant):Maryland
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:Small, rural school. Class of 160
Ethnicity:Caucasian
Gender:Male
Income Bracket:middle class ~80,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):not a legacy or a first generation student </p>

<p>Reflection: I’m not sure how I got into honors but hey I’ll take it! I guess my essays and recs really paid off.
Strengths: Essay, recommendations
Weaknesses: my SAT scores were lower than some, but I don’t know
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I just put a little thought into my essays and chose one I wanted to write about, I suppose I was silly to worry about being rejected,.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Towson, Susquehanna, Ohio State and now UMD. Still waiting for Miami, gonna be a tough decision between Ohio State and Maryland!</p>