<p>Super duper late, but whatever…</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1920 (Reading: 740, Math:520, Writing: 660)
SAT II: Chem:580 Math Lvl 1: 600
ACT: Composite: 33
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.874
UC GPA: 4.051
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2
AP (place score in parenthesis): Comparative Government (5), Lit and Comp (4)
Senior Year Course Load: a year of PSEOP at Ohio State
Awards: Salutatorian, High Honors, etc.</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honor Society, Youth Leadership Council (Semi-presidential, there wasn’t really a ranking kind of thing), Key Club ( Secretary), Chinese Club (President), Anime and Manga Club (President), Marching Band, Biology Internship at OSU, Cross Country ( 1 year) , Regents Foreign Language Academy at Kent State (Russian) </p>
<p>Personal Statement:
I talked about what it was like to switch schools twice, growing up in a low income, single parent home, and my involvement at an LGBTQIAP youth center. A great deal of it was about being resourceful and adapting when things don’t go the way you expect them to go. </p>
<p>The second one was about my tendency to deviate from the ‘norm’ , my strong love of individuality, and some of the difficulties I’ve overcome in order to reach my goal of being a computer engineer. </p>
<p>Other
Intended Major: Computer Science and Engineering (Possibly switching to Computer Science in L&S)
State (if domestic applicant): Out of State, Ohio
Ethnicity: Black
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: GPA, ACT, PSEOP, possibly Personal Statement
Weaknesses: few APs, few extracurriculars, Out of State
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: </p>
<p>I think I was accepted because I have had a pretty consistent set of grades in high school. I had nothing but A’s until my senior year, and the only reason my grades fell this year was because I took two semesters worth of classes at OSU, with little in the way of an introduction to not overloading oneself with coursework,and to not overestimating one’s ability. I think my personal statements were relatively well written as well. It’d be nice to say that my race (Black) and gender (girl) didn’t have an effect on it, but considering those two things and my choice in major, they played some role in it. However, those were by no means the most important things, and I don’t think I was explicitly accepted because of them.</p>
<p>For high school students and even middle school students and parents, I second what @beaglebaseball47 said. Take some college courses during school so you can learn how to study, how to schedule yourself (so you won’t be overwhelmed), and because they probably treat prior coursework as AP work. It’s not as hard as it seems, and even if you have a hard time adjusting like I did, you get the experience and wisdom of having done it before. </p>