Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: N/A
ACT superscore: 33
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5 ish
Weighted: 4.65
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 100/350
AP (place score in parenthesis): (5, 5, 5, 4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 3 AP’s the rest honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience: camp counselor, park maintenance
Volunteer/Community service: tutoring burmese refugee students, Be Loud Sophie foundation, set design volunteer
Summer Activities: Working on a Quaker commune as a camp counselor and farm intern
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9-10. Essay was a reflection on how my self worth came to be dependent on what the commune I work at thought of me, how this became a problem, what I learned etc. I would say it was a pretty good essay and covered the difficult topic of getting rejected form something w/ Quakerism and my values and stuff which was good for swat
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): I am very close to several teachers, and provided one extra rec to go with my arts supplement.
Teacher Rec #1: English (strongest subject, very close to teacher)
Teacher Rec #2: AP Biology (favorite class, not super close to teacher)
Teacher Rec #3: Art teacher (she loves me, I was her best student for 3 years)
Counselor Rec: Many extracurriculars to talk about
Additional Rec:
Interview: N/A
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: I wrote undecided because the intended major is not strongest subject, which puts applicant at disadvantage. But I intend to study bio of enviro. Always put that your intended major is your strongest subject (this is advice directly from the coach who wanted me in)
State (if domestic applicant): NC
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public (very rigorous)
Ethnicity: caucasian
Gender: female
Income Bracket: middle middle class lol
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Quaker background
Reflection
Strengths: Very well rounded, challenging courses, athletics, elected in student government, president of feminism club, interest in social justice, decent test scores, excellent extracurriculars and probably solid recs.
Weaknesses: low GPA and class rank, no summer experience
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I was accepted because I met the test score requirements, was very well rounded with good essays and had the support of the coach.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: N/A
General Comments :
**** -I am a stud athlete, meaning I would not have gotten in without the support of my recruiter at Swarthmore. A big part of the difference in the acceptance rates in ED vs. RD is that all the athletes who have been recruited and sorta know that they are going to get in (because the coaches show our info to admissions way in advance to see whether or not we will make it) apply ED.
-I submitted an arts supplement which was very strong, and an additional rec to go with it
Congrats