Accepted into FYE
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1510 (730 R 780 M)
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II: 800 Math II 800 Chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~96-97/100
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): School doesn’t offer
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): A couple of Olympiad awards
Subjective:
Job/Work Experience: Two internships
Volunteer/Community service: ~100 hours
Summer Activities: See above
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App: Around an 8, wrote about travel and how it shaped my perspective
Purdue-specific: 9-10, short yet well-developed
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec: CS Teacher, 8-9 and Principal, 9
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: IE
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): India
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths: SAT II, Purdue-specific essays
Weaknesses: SAT I, ECs
Accepted, including honors
OOS
ACT (breakdown): Comp 35 / Reading 36 / English 35 / Math 34 / Science 36 / Writing 12
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Eng. Lang. (5),
Senior Year Course Load: Currently taking 5 AP classes and 3 college credit classes
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Nothing spectacular, couple of leadership roles
Job/Work Experience: works fulltime summers
Volunteer/Community service: 250 volunteer hours
Summer Activities: work, read
Essays (rating 1-10, details): improved for each application
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): College counselor~ stated the best recommendation ever given
Teacher Rec: guess is very high
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Engineering
School Type: private
Gender: male
Strengths: Grades/ ACT scores/ level of classes taken. Avid reader of history, literature, philosophy
Weaknesses: EC’s
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Grades/ACT/Recommendations
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Purdue, Miami of Ohio (honors with substantial scholarships), University of Dayton (honors with substantial scholarships)
Other applications are regular decision, high selective schools