RD decisions is out, and I noticed there wasn’t a thread…
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[ size=6][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]
[ size=6][ color=yellow][ b]Decision: Waitlisted**[/color][/size]
[ size=6][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected**[/color][/size]
[ b]Objective:**
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[ *] SAT I (Comp, Essay, CR, M, CW):
[ *] ACT (Comp, Essay, Eng, Math, Read, Sci):
[ *] SAT II (Type, Score):
[ *] Weighted GPA (out of ??):
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] 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.):
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[ b]Subjective:**
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[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendations:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
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[ b]Other**
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[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Assets:
[ *] Property:
[ *] Extenuating Circumstances:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
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[ b]Why you think you were accepted/not accepted and general comments:**
Please post lengthy stats posts here rather than in the RD thread.
Decision: Accepted
Objective:
ACT: 34
SAT II (Type, Score): Math II 730
Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.3922
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.73
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 53/633
AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo 5, World History 5, Environmental Science 4, USH 4, Calc AB 4, Latin 4, 2 others that were not submitted
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Lit, AP Macro, AP US Government, AP Spanish Lang, AP Biology, Advanced Latin (outside school), AP Psychology (outside school)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Presidential Volunteer Service Award 2x
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Junior Classical League (previous school + state office experience), Science Olympiad (captain + founded local middle school team), writing team (captain), teens’ library group
Volunteer/Community service: teens’ group at local library, Key Club
Summer Activities: volunteering for summer reading program at local library, various college summer programs, national Latin convention
Essays: wrote about my experience with cancer and how it shaped me for common app 7/10; Rice essays were better. I mentioned professors I wanted to research with/take classes from and had a funny start to one of them
Teacher Recommendations: both 8/10; one was from AP Latin teacher (when I took the class online) and other from AP Lang teacher
Counselor Rec: 6/10 I actually got to see this one and my name was spelled wrong in it. Gotta love large public schools
Other
State (if domestic applicant): in the US
School Type: public
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: f
Income Bracket: middle
Extenuating Circumstances: I took a lot of online classes. It’s a little complicated.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): minority, brother also going to college, cancer
Why you think you were accepted/not accepted and general comments: I honestly have no idea. There were applicants who were WAY more qualified from school than me get rejected.
I am bumping this thread. Please post lengthy result threads here rather than in the RD Discussion thread.