<p>Stats
Award: $5,000 Rensselaer Leadership Award ($20,000 over 4 years maybe?)
UW GPA - 3.8
W GPA - 4.0
Rank - 5/108
ACT - 30
SAT II: Math Level 1 - 720, Math Level 2 - 750
1 AP (World History)
3 college courses (Physics, Calculus, Spanish V)
2 AP/college-level cross over classes (US History, English - can be taken for either AP cred, college cred, or both)
Catholic High School
Two Sports: Indoor and Outdoor Track
Tons of EC's w/ long-time commitment in most - a lot of which were at RPI.
Great leadership
Several summer programs
Internship + job
Hooks: African American and Native American</p>
<p>waitlisted
92.6
690 710 700 (Cr/M/W)
30 ACT
710 chem 700 math I
Rank: not sure
AP US | World | Computer science A | calculus BC | Government& Politics
4 College courses
EC: Science Olympiad, Robotics, Chess, Trivia Knowledge Club (all 3 or 4 years)
Internships plus 200+ hours of community service
Race: Asian</p>
<p>^That surprises me that you were waitlisted. Our stats seem very similar. Maybe it’s because I’m so active on the campus already. Not to mention, we’re both minorities, but I guess Asian is kind of an ORM at RPI.</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Did Not Take
ACT: 30 (English 28 Math 35 Reading 23 Science 33)
SAT II (if submitted): Did Not Take
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86 (currently)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 25/265 (Top 10%)
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Most Rigorous (My school offers very few AP class. It was either English AP or Calculus AP. Took Calculus instead)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Questbridge Finalist
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Choir:
Participating (9-12th)
All-East Freshman Choir (9th)
Tenor Section Leader (10th)
Lee University Honors Choir (11th)
Regional Math Competition:
Participated (9-11th)
Pre-Calculus 2nd (11th)
Science Olympiad:
Participating (12th)
Physics Lab (Regional: 2nd)
Trajectory (Regional: 1st)
School Awards:
Computer Architecture Award (10th)
Computer Science Award (11th)
Job/Work Experience:
None
Volunteer/Community service:
Creating/Organizing Church Documents: 200+ Hrs [9-11th] / 350+ Hrs [Since Middle School]
Essays:
My common application essay was about my first encounter with a computer (Anyone remember green-font computers?) Thought it was funny. Also, I believe I showed my interest in technology very well
Teacher Recommendation:
I got the chance to read my Govt. teacher’s one. She wrote an awesome recommendation for me. I think my Calc. teacher wrote a great one as well (Didn’t get to read his)
Counselor Rec:
Made a good impression on her in Sr. year (organized, well-planned) Hopefully, she reflected this on her rec.
Additional Rec:
Interview:
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Comp. Sci.
State (if domestic applicant): TN (Southeast)
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian/Korean
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~ 20K. Adjusted Income: ~10-15K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Questbridge Finalist?
Reflection
Strengths: Essay, Recommendation
Weaknesses: GPA, Test Score, Extracurricular, Volunteer hour
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No clue! I am a pessimist. So… yeah…
General Comments: Hmmm…</p>
<p>UW GPA: 4.0/4.0
W GPA: 4.8/4.8
Rank 1/About 500
6 AP Classes (5’s on 3, the other 3 are pending)
National Merit Finalist
ACT: 35
—English: 35, Reading: 34, Math: 33, Science:36
SAT: 2200
—800 Reading 730 Math 670 Writing</p>
<p>SAT Subject Tests:
—Chemistry: 800
—Math II: 700 <– this is the only standardized test I retook, and I got an 800 the second time.
So for the second time:
—Math II: 800
— US History: 720</p>
<p>Wonderful recommendations from teachers, but the counselor doesn’t really know me that well.
Decent essay. The content was good but the writing itself wasn’t all that great.</p>
<p>I was in/I did:
VEX Robotics, Chess Club (senior year)
FBLA (junior year)
Violin playing - 14 years, some school district honors/awards
Orchestra - since 6th grade, always in the highest level one available
Several freelance computer & design jobs
Some volunteer work, a couple hours a month.</p>
<p>It would cost me (ignoring loans), a little over $25k each year to attend. I don’t know if I’ll be able to attend; I have a full ride waiting at a state school. Since my brother’s in college, too, I’d have to take out pretty big loans at RPI. I’ll have to wait for other colleges to respond and I might try to appeal the financial aid office, I don’t know yet.</p>
<p>ACT: 30
GPA: 3.9 UW
Rank: Top 5%
School Type: Catholic
Ethnicity: White and African-American
Gender: Female
Major: Computer Science
3 AP Classes
Only a couple of ECs
Great Rec Letters from teachers and counselor
Award: Leadership Award (10K) and Grant (15K)</p>
<p>ACT: did not take
SAT: lowish
GPA: 3.9 W, 3.7UW
Rank: Top 10%
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Male
Major: Computer Science
All IB Clases
EC concentrating on computer science and math and science
Great Rec Letters
Award: Medal (15K)</p>
<p>Accepted!
w/ 10k per year (5k per semester) leadership scholarship.</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I: 730CR/740M/800W or maybe 730CR/800M/800W (I sent my most recent scores a month and a half after RPI’s deadline. Not sure if they were considered)
SAT II: 770USH/800MATHIIc/680CHEM
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.55
Weighted GPA: 3.95
Rank: 14/52
AP: US History (5), English Lang & Comp (5), Computer Science (pending), Literature (pending), Calculus AB (pending
Senior Year Course Load: Most Rigorous
Major Awards: None
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
(Class President (12th grade))
Did one sport every year. No real distinction.
Community service is sub-par but not overly so.
Have been working on an open-source neuroscience workbench for half a year and have co-authored published articles about it.
Two years of employment doing nothing special.
Teacher recs were ridiculously good. One teacher said I he’d call me, without hesitation, the best student he’s ever had. The other was only slightly less glowing.
Essay was epic.
Spent two weeks last summer in Japan with People to People</p>
<p>Additional Rec:
Interview: Nein
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Comp. Sci.
State (if domestic applicant): NH
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Snow White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~ 50K.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
Strengths: Test scores, Recommendation, programming experience, essay
Weaknesses: GPA, Volunteering
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because I’m epic.</p>
<p>There’s a decent chance that I’ll end up attending.</p>
<p>Btw do they even look at senior grade? I sent in my midyear report and it’s not listed on the received document page. I got rejected with 3.33 UW (4.13 W) GPA and 1910 SAT (540CR, 750M, 620W). I have taken 6 APs and will take 5 more this year.</p>
<p>GPA: 90/100 = ~3.5
SAT: 2180
Math IIC: 780
E.C.s - Lots, including President of Architecture Club and Dragonboat Racing.
Essays were great, recs should have been great too.</p>
<p>Waiting for USC’s financial aid letter before deciding, but RPI gave me an extremely generous package.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2200 M: 750, CR: 740, WR: 710 (Took only once as a Junior)
[</em>] SAT Subject Tests: Physics: 790, BioM 790, Math 2 790, Chem 780, Math I 710
[<em>] GPA-UW/W: 4.0
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>]AP/IB classes: GCSEs 9 A</em>s, 5 A Levels (Phy, Bio, Chem, Maths, Further Maths); 1 A* so far. Four more (hopefully) in July.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][<em>] Essays: Pretty Good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Probably Good. Didn’t Read Them
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably Good. Didn’t Read Them
[</em>] State or Country: American educated in London
[<em>] School Type: Boy’s (very) British Boarding School
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors, hook?: Went overseas in 8th grade to start school for five years. No friends or relatives and had a great experience. Top flight academics, activities and experiences. Lots of friends and good times. I am very fortunate. General Comments: Happy to be accepted! Awaiting word from HYPSM & UCB.</p>
<p>SAT: 2210, 800 on CR, 670 M, 740 W
SAT II: 740 Math, 660 Chem
UW GPA: 3.7
RanK: HS school does not rank
Calc, AP Physics, AP Eng, 90% Honors classes 9-11 grade
ECs - 3 varsity sports, school and private orchestra, leadership, community service, school awards, Boys State
Great letters of rec
HS is a silver medal, US News and World Report School
??</p>
<p>I can’t login to receive my admissions decision. Left a voicemail and email around 4:30 today to get help, but the website won’t even recognize my email. A little frustrating. Any advice?</p>
<p>Rensselaer Medal $15,000 Merit Scholarship Per year</p>
<p>GPA: 3.88
SAT: 2090
Math IIC: 760
Awards:
-EARCOS Global Citizenship Award (11) award presented to a student who embraces the qualities of a global citizen. One out of 53 recipients in the East Asia Region. Please see: East Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools
-Rensselaer Medal (11) - $15,000 per year merit scholarship to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as top Math/Science student (oh baby)
-Canadian Math Contest (Fermat) by University of Waterloo (11) Certificate of Distinction: Bronze Standard
-Bishop Brent Scholars Award (10-11)
-Brent Headmasters Award (9)</p>
<p>Leadership:
Executive Student Council - President (12)
Executive Student Council -Treasurer (11)
Sophomore Batch Council - Vice President (10)
Freshmen Batch Council - Vice President (9)
Advanced Band - Flute Section Leader (9-12)
Asia Pacific Athletic Conference: Band - Flute Section Leader (10-12)
Jazz Band Alto Sax Section leader (10-12)</p>
<p>Activities:
-Model United Nations Club (9-12)
-Asia Pacific Athletic Conference (APAC)1 Model United Nations (10, 12) Beijing Model United Nations Conference (BEIMUN)
-Model United Nations Assembly (9-12) Chair (12), in World Health Organization building in the Philippines.
-National Honor Society (10-12)
-Asia Pacific Athletic Conference (APAC) Choir (12) Tenor, held in Brent International School Manila
-Asia Pacific Athletic Conference (APAC) Band (10-12) Flute, Piccolo, held in Canadian Academy, Hong Kong International School, Shanghai American School, Pudong.
-Advanced Band (9-12) - Flute, Piccolo. School featured Soloist (12) -Hungarian Pastorale Fantasie by A. Doppler
-Jazz Band (Alto/Soprano Saxophone 10-12) Soloist (10-12)
-Chamber Winds Ensemble (11) Soloist (11)
-Dance Ensemble of Major Production Pippin (10)
-Hip-Hop Club (10)]</p>
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