<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): First: 2060 (CR690, M660, W710, E 11) Second: 2230 (CR710, M790, W730, E 10)
[</em>] ACT: First: 32 (E29/M30/R33/S36/E10) Second: 34 (E36/M33/R36/S31/E11)
[<em>] SAT II: 720 Math I, 710 Bio M
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0. 104.218 weighted on 100 pt scale.
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/262
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History - 3 (10th grade)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): All being taken in May
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Band, IB Eng A1 HL, IB Bio SL, IB Span B HL, IB Math SL, IB ToK, IB HoA HL, IB Music SL, IB Mentoring, Economics
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Scholar and National Merit Commended (first in my school in A WHILE). Gates Finalist.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (Drumline and all percussion endeavors in the Band (also going to state for a snare solo and was second chair percussion in my district honor band)), (Mu Alpha Theta Founder and President), History Club, Model UN, NHS, Interact Club
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Some with family business
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 935 hours of CAS in IB
[<em>] Summer Activities: Duke TiP from 2007 - 2010, Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science (MITES) in 2011, Dartmouth Bound in 2011
[</em>] Essays: Loved the first one. About my father and unique circumstances. Very bold and emotional in my eyes. Other essays were all strong imo, but I definitely preferred some over others.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I didn’t see them, but my bio teacher felt bad when I got deferred from Yale because she said she was too strict on my common one. I dunno how that’ll go…
[</em>] Counselor Rec: No clue in the slightest.
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Biology: Cellular, Molecular, and Developmental
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[</em>] School Type: Inner-city Public in an underfunded and “Academically Unacceptable” (according to TEA) campus
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic, roots from Mexico
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Under the cutoff for full aid.
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, First in a TRUE college (Dad dropped out and mom has a license but not a degree)
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Writing, scores relative to location, doing as much as I can in my school, summer programs.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Lack of EC and leadership positions[/ul]</p>
<p>Partly Hispanic Male (but White)
Colorado
ACT: 31
SAT II’s: 800 Spanish, 690 Math 2
GPA: 4.00 unweighted, 4.61 weighted
Rank 2/197
APs: Spanish (5), Human Geography (5)</p>
<p>Spent junior year abroad in Italy as an exchange student.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
National Honor Society
French Honor Society
Interact Club Vice-President
Interact Club District Governor
Counselor at a Summer Leadership Conference for 8th graders
Basketball Coach for Middle School
Counselor for Elementary School Nature Camp
Played Football, Basketball
Probably some stuff I’m forgetting</p>
<p>Haha and yeah, the financial aid is excellent. I think I qualify as “diverse” so they are flying me out for the Bowdoin Experience.</p>
<p>I can’t believe I got an early write; I wasn’t expecting to be accepted.</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Math 690, CR 690, Writing 720
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0.
Weighted GPA: 4.5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/368
IB (place score in parenthesis): IB Environmental System and Societies SL (6), (All the rest will be taken in May. Internal predicted grades have all been marked as 7’s) IB English HL, IB Spanish SL, IB History HL, IB Art HL, IB Math Studies SL
(I also took as many additional “honors” classes as possible)
Major Awards: Hamilton Award Winner</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech and Debate (Varsity for four years, State Champion, National Qualifier), two-year class president, 4-year section leader in orchestra/jazz band, MUN (many awards at state level for two years), lots of theatre, published artist
Job/Work Experience: Part-time job for the past eight months
Volunteer/Community service: A lot. I don’t really know where to start. Upwards of 600 service hours over past three years. I founded a few service organizations and regularly initiate service projects for myself and other students as a director of our school’s Social Entrepreneurship club
Summer Activities: Summit Debate speech camp
Teacher Recommendation: I haven’t seen them, but they were written by two teachers that I am very close to that are very well known for writing outstanding rec letters</p>
<p>Intended Major: Romance Languages, History
State (if domestic applicant): Montana
School Type: Public, about 1,400 students. Only IB school in the state
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Still working on finishing application for financial aid</p>
<p>Strengths: Extracurriculars and community involvement (demonstrated achievement in both areas), leadership positions, teacher recommendations (probably), essays
Weaknesses: Test scores</p>
<p>Congratulations to everyone, and good luck to all those still waiting to hear back! :)</p>
<p>Seeing everyone else in the same boat I was in last year is super nostalgic :]. Don’t worry if you haven’t gotten a letter yet, as I didn’t get mine until April last year. I’m Asian (if you couldn’t tell) and even though we get screwed by affirmative action, its definitely possible so I wish you all good luck!</p>
<p>Many older New England families have Indian lineage to some extent. The cultural aspects of the Nations were suppressed near the urban centers but they have been maintained in the rural areas. As you travel further north towards Canada and Quebec, the influence of the French colonials and the Indian nations is more strongly experienced. In some ways you’re actually the majority.</p>