Rice 2015 RD Decisions

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<p>** Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2310: 800 Reading, 710 Math, 800 Writing (single sitting, only time I took it)
[</em>] ACT: 34 (35 English, 33 Reading, 33 Math, 33 Science)
[<em>] SAT II: Didn’t take
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/19
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): None offered at school
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None offered at school
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: (rigorous for my school) College Credit/Independent Living, Dual-Credit English Comp I/Dual-Credit English Comp II, Chemistry, Band, Art II, Consumer Economics, Contemporary Literature/College Into to Literature, Dual-Credit College Algebra-Trig
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Questbridge Finalist, National Merit Finalist (Semifinalist on app), not really “major” but national qualifier/gold medalist in an FCCLA STAR competitive event
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FCCLA (chapter president, district president, state officer), band (1st chair flute), one-act, speech (team captain), letter winner’s club (president), NHS (president), quiz bowl (3-year captain), senior class vice-president, cross-country (letter winner), track (3-year letter winner), four-year stat keeper for basketball team, JETS TEAMS pre-engineering team (captain)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: on family ranch
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: a bunch through FCCLA (decorating nursing home, various fundraisers for charity), AWANA preschool teacher, timing for junior rodeo
[<em>] Summer Activities: National FCCLA (x2), State 4-H Horse Show, state officer leadership academy, Girls State
[</em>] Essays: I don’t have anything to compare them to, but I think they were good. I liked my Rice supplement ones.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I’ve had them all for 6 years of junior high and high school… but nobody from my school ever applies to top-tier schools… so I’m not sure! They know and love me, though! :relaxed:
[</em>] Counselor Rec: She’s known me since I was in elementary school… she’s awesome! However, she has NEVER in 15+ years of counseling even had someone use the Common Application, so…
[<em>] Additional Rec: Good, I assume. Again, had me for 6 years.
[</em>] Interview: Yup, with an older alumnus who got his master’s degree there. I think it went pretty well. :slight_smile:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
[</em>] Intended major?: Double major English/Physics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Nebraska
[</em>] School Type: Absolutely tiny (75?? students in high school) K-12 school in a town of 300. No AP or IB classes offered, never sends kids to top schools.
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Weird situation… Massively negative AGI (-400k 2 years ago, -90k this year), but own a ranch worth 2.5 million that’s been in our family for 70 years… net operating loss for over 5 years with huge debt, though.
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Living on a ranch in Nebraska? haha
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test scores, living on a ranch (diversity?), very involved, Rice is my DREAM and I let them know that!
[</em>] Weaknesses: Little rigor due to lack of options, having administration/teachers unfamiliar with the process, lack of major awards
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted: Good fit, geographic diversity, oodles of interest… a miracle?!
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: University of Chicago, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Creighton University Honors Program,
Waitlisted at WashU
[/ul]General Comments: We submitted financial documents late so no award info yet. I’m so nervous. I wanna go so freaking bad. This is my dream school!</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED! =D my stats are on the wash u thread</p>

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<p>Accepted! I’ll post the detailed version later (on my iPhone), though I must admit I’m kind of surprised. My supplement essay was rather rushed. So happy. :D</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t take
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Not really sure. 3.7ish
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): didn’t report
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP calculus, AP English, physics, government, economics, personal finance/financial technology, band
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band (President), cross country, math and science team, finance team (captain), track, youth group (leadership)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Currently have 2 part time jobs and a summer-only job
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: lots of church and local environment stuff
[<em>] Essays: A bit untraditional but well written. I don’t know how they would have liked them
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: My counselor writes awful letter
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Physics/Biology
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Mississippi
[<em>] School Type: Medium sized public school
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Less than 40k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First gen college
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: ECs and possibly essays
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA, lack of interview, and possibly essays
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m not sure how much of a role the interview played in the admissions process, but I’m sure my main problem was my low GPA
[/ul]General Comments: I wasn’t expecting much but was still hopeful. I haven’t actually gotten into any school other than my safeties (waitlisted at a couple), so it kind of bummed me out with just a couple of decisions left.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted!!!</p>

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<p>Autolux… Wow… Must be nice to be a URM…</p>

<p>Waitlisted. In retrospect, writing the perspective essay about my vision and contact lenses may not have been the best idea. Oh well.</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2120/700/780/680
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 800Math2 770Phys 750Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 14/440
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Comp Sci 5 Chem 5
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): CompSci<em>SL 6, Span</em>SL 6
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB (SL) TOK, Music; (HL) English, Physics, Bio, Comp Sci, Hsitory, Math
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Qual’d for Science Bowl Nationals?
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (MUN) (Programming Team) NHS Science Fair, Piano(3 district awards 1 state) some others
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Intel Intern for soph-jr summer, State Uni intern for jr-snr
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: (Key Club Chair)
[<em>] Essays: Okay.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I think one really effed me over by saying I had a speech impediment… The other was great.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Generic, okay
[</em>] Additional Rec: /
[<em>] Interview: none
[/ul][ b]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: CompEngineering
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): OR
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): -
[</em>] School Type: Public Competitive (
[<em>] Ethnicity: ASIAN
[</em>] Gender: MALE
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100’s
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
[/ul][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[<em>] Strengths: Focus on CS (didn’t mention it on the list, but it was there)
[</em>] Weaknesses: Scores, lack of major award
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not going to toot my horn…[/li][/list]General Comments: GL all waitlisted.</p>

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<p>@Pancaked: That actually sounds like a really cool essay haha.</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (670CR, 800M, 790W), first and only take
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Chemistry, 800 Math Level 2, 770 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/495
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Other: 11A’s in O Level, 6A’s 1B in AS Level
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: A Level Further Mathematics, A Level Biology, A Level Chemistry, A Level Physics, A Level Economics
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): CIE High Achiever Awards: Top in World in O Level Mathematics (Syllabus D), Top in World in O Level Additional Mathematics, Top in Region in O Level Statistics, Best 7 and 8 O Levels in Region, Selected for NMTC (Pakistani equivalent of USAMO) 2 times, National Spelling Bee Champion, 4th in Pakistan in Kangaroo Math Competition
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Club (president), Rubik’s Cube Club (founder and president), Help Society (president), Tutoring Service for Math and Science, International Student Help Site (Moderator of the Month), Chess Club (president), Soccer Team (goalkeeper), Swimming Team (founder and captain), Track Team (founder and captain), Table Tennis Team (captain), Student Council (class proctor), Quiz Bowl Team (captain), Stanford University EPGY Quantum Mechanics, Research Paper on Math Problem
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship at an eye hospital and setting up free eye camps for people of northern areas of Pakistan, Internship at a bank, Working at an ice cream parlor
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Building and Painting Houses in New Orleans, Cooking for homeless in Soup Kitchens in New Orleans, Organizing various fund raising events for Pakistan Flood Victims, Tutoring an Autistic child, Organizing a Cleanliness Drive in neighborhood, Volunteer Teaching in Orphanage
[</em>] Essays: CommonApp one was good, Rice ones were just OK, nothing special.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Math teacher, amazing. 9/10. English teacher, OK. 7/10.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Made me cry. 9.5/10
[<em>] Additional Rec: From bank in which I interned. 8/10
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Electrical Engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): N/A
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Pakistan
[<em>] School Type: Private, very competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Pakistani)
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: < $10000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Passion for math, grades, CommonApp essay
[<em>] Weaknesses: CR score, lack of non-science EC’s, supplement essays, international student applying for financial aid
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See weaknesses.
[/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to those who were accepted. You really deserved it!</p>

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<p>Waitlisted. Let’s see what happens. Otherwise, accepting UMD offer.</p>

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<p>freakozoid,
Yours are great credentials. It’s puzzling why you were not accepted.</p>

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<p>I also applied to U of Chicago, WUSTL, and Rice. The feeling I get from my own decisions, and from reading this forum and the WUSTL forum, is that “waitlisted” often means “You have the grades and the scores, but we weren’t so happy with your supplement essay.”</p>

<p>I loved the U of Chicago questions, wrote a perhaps controversial/cynical essay (but very good nonetheless), and was accepted even though my scores were no more than qualifiers. </p>

<p>WUSTL, as you know, does not require an essay, and they waitlisted me (along with everyone else).</p>

<p>I expected to get into Rice, (aced interview, 2170 SATs, 3.86 GPA with very tough IB classes, good extracurriculars, good ca essay, excellent interview, strong recs), but I hit a wall on the supplement essay and really didn’t like it. Waitlisted…</p>

<p>Read carefully through the people who were waitlisted on this forum. Many have ridiculously good scores, but I’m noticing they didn’t like their supplement essays too much, even if they wrote a good common app essay.</p>

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<p>I just found out that I got 17,500 in Trustee scholarship and got accepted to BioMed Engineering. Good luck to the waitlisted candidates. I may be one of the few who may end up handing my Rice spot to the waitlisted candidates if I happen to hear from some of the dream BS/MD programs or Harvard. So keep your hopes high. IMHO, there would be 50-100 people giving up their spots to the waitlisted folks.</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): M-660 R-780 W-720
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Math I-720
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Composition (4), Psychology (5), Us History (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Full schedule of really difficult classes
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Flute player in several different bands, private flute lessons, a few random sporting experiences
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer Bungee jumping job
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Worked at a raptor center for 120+ hours
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were really good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I think really good, my counselor likes me.
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview: Yes, on campus. I flew all the way to Houston just for that.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: English
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): North West
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Demonstrated interest, high school record, essays, recs
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT, lack of awards/crazy ecs
[</em>] Why you think you were rejected: Rice is competitive and they can’t accept everyone. I had some weaknesses, and I guess this time they outweighed the positives.
[/ul]General Comments: Im really bummed, but thankfully I got into another school a few days ago. Rice was really my dream, and now I will have to get another. Congratulations to everyone who got in, you have been given a real gift!</p>

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<p>freakozoid,</p>

<p>honestly, i’m on the same boat as you are and i think the only reason we didn’t get accepted despite strong credentials is that we are international.</p>

<p>i think it’s totally unfair (understandable, but still unfair).</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2380
ACT: 35
SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 US History, 750 Lit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank: 1/630
AP: 5’s in US, World, Art History, and Lang. 4 in Chem. 3 in French (lol)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Physics B, AP Lit, AP Euro, Newspaper, Health, Oral Communications (last two are graduation reqs)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): unless you count National Merit, nothin’
Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Newspaper (editor), Quiz Bowl (captain), Eagle Scout, Tennis team
Job/Work Experience: nope
Volunteer/Community service: Mostly done in conjunction with Scouts. Not an amazing amount though.
Summer Activities: nope
Essays: Common App essay was pretty good I thought, hopefully kinda deep. Rice Perspective essay was fun. I wrote about bringing fashion to Texas. Why Rice was horribly generic.
Teacher Recommendation: I have no idea. Probably could’ve been slightly better.
Counselor Rec: Great.
Interview: Didn’t have one.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yup
Intended Major: English
State: Arkansas
School Type: pretty standard public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $100K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): unfortunately not. Should’ve gotten better at sports.
Reflection
Strengths: Scores, grades, geography
Weaknesses: ECs. And who knows about my recs and essays.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: My test scores and grades were really good and I came across as a likeable guy in my essays. I think that was enough.
General Comments: Congratulations to everyone else who’s gotten in. Rice is one of my top choices so I’m obviously very pleased with how this worked out. Financial aid isn’t fantastic though, so I guess I’ll have to see some more offers and then decide whether Rice is worth what they’re asking my family to pay.</p>

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<p>Accepted. :slight_smile: I will post stats later. (on iPhone)</p>

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<p>Pick one:
Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 700 M, 710 CR, 690 W
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 710 US, 720 MATH II, 690 LIT
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10 percent
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): psych - 5, apes - 4, lang - 4, us - 5, world - 5
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: film, cooking, ap spanish, ap lit, ap calc, anatomy
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): regions winners, state final four for tennis.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): pres of film club, nhs, spanish honor society, another service club, tutoring autistic students, varsity tennis, club tennis, piano, newspaper writing
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: food bank, volunteering, nursing home
[</em>] Essays: good common app, rushed thru rice supplements :confused:
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: assuming good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: prolly ok
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: none</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[</em>] Intended Major: english and poli sci
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): georgia
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: high
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none really
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: just pretty solid all around i suppose
[<em>] Weaknesses: pretty low ranking, no hook or stand out thing, maybe a lil weak on ECs
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[/ul]General Comments: I was pretty surprised I got in. And sad. I love Rice but it is so expensive. :frowning: I got a big fat scholarship from GA tech, and I have been unable to check merit stuff online. Sooo unless I get a merit scholarship from Rice in the mail I won’t be able to go…</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2070 (740 Reading, 670 English, 660 Math) Bad Day, don’t ask
[</em>] ACT:32: 36 Reading, 34 English, 31 math, 28 science -same composite on retake
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted):
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.86
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):4/60
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):4 Language and composition
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:Almost all college classes
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):All-State in Group Improvisation, National Qualifier and state qualifier in many FFA events, All-Golden Triangle Newspaper Academic, All Eastern Iowa Senior Class, National Council on Youth Leadership Local Winner
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Small Group Speech, Large Group Speech, Church Youth Group (Chairman), Basketball (Captain, all-conference), Golf, FFA, 4-H, Church Member, Band, Chorus, Jazz Band, Show Choir, I coach a youth basketball teamteam, National Council on Youth Leadership, FFA Academic Recognition Award,
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:Worked at Snow Valley Basketball School, Nationally Known Recruiting Reporter.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Over 300 hours
[<em>] Essays: Good, with one excellent one.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation:Very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec:Okay, although we’ve had our battles in the past, so it wasn’t tremendous
[</em>] Additional Rec:Very good.
[<em>] Interview: Missed the deadline, which sucks since I’ve won everything I’ve ever interviewed for.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?:Yes
[<em>] Intended Major:Sports Management
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):Iowa
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type:Public
[<em>] Ethnicity:White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket:50-75K
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:Essay, I skipped a grade, had an essay on that
[</em>] Weaknesses:I took every advanced class our school offered, but that wasn’t a ton since it’s a small school.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Variety of factors. [/li][/ul]**General Comments: I hope I get off the waitlist! **</p>

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<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2380: 800, 800, 780 (one sitting)
[</em>] ACT: 35 (one sitting)
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 4-800’s & 1-780
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/~800
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): All 5’s
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: most rigorous available – all AP’s plus music
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): does NMF count?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): music (intentionally vague – lots of leadership, all-state, etc.) plus 2 other “smaller” ECs
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: music gigs
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: same community service job for over 5 years
[</em>] Essays: good?
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: saw one – it was amazing; didn’t see the other
[</em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t see
[<em>] Additional Rec: very good
[</em>] Interview: yes, on-campus last summer</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: large public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket: middle-class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: grades, class rank, test scores, all-state?
[</em>] Weaknesses: no research, no science EC’s
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see strengths, plus excellent recs?[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck to All!! My son probably will not be able to afford attendance. He got very generous aid, but not quite enough to make it work. Grateful and happy … but still a little sad.</p>