College Confidential is truly the epitome of evil however it would be hypocritical of me to not post since I have spent more hours than I care to admit on this website. Hopefully this provides someone out there with some comfort and ease…or not.
Decision: Rejected
Objective:
• SAT I: N/A
• ACT: 31/32 superscore
• SAT II: 740 Bio M/ 780 MII/ 800 French
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no idea
• AP scores: Bio-4 French-5
• IB scores: N/A
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP Government, AP Literature, AP Calc BC
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): some French and speech and debate awards
Subjective:
• Extracurriculars: Competitive soccer for basically my whole life (lots of traveling, played ECNL for those that know what it means), Varsity soccer 4 years, Co-Founder and VP of speech and debate club at my school (literally my baby), NHS/CSF, HOP leader (helping freshman), Ambassador Mentor (helping international students), did a research internship at a private research lab over my junior summer and did a surgical skills internship at Stanford my sophomore summer.
• Job/Work Experience: I worked as a cashier at Five Guys during my sophomore and junior year. It was literally THE worst.
• Volunteer/Community service: Volunteering at local hospital for two years, then some random NHS/CSF events and tutoring that actually, in the end, added up to quite a bit of hours (300+ hours)
• Essays: spent a lot of time on them, I think they captured my personality well
• Teacher Recommendations: AP Bio Teacher- I honestly have no idea how this one turned out. She wrote me a letter of rec for a research internship over the summer and my mentor said that she spoke highly of me???
English Teacher- yea same situation, no idea.
• Counselor Rec: HA! I think she had to write like 100 of these so…haha
• Additional Rec: N/A
Other:
• State (if domestic applicant): CA
• Country (if international applicant): USA
• School Type: Large Public
• Ethnicity: African American
• Gender: F
• Income Bracket: 0-100
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I have a lot of them in my closet?
Reflection:
• Strengths: you tell me
• Weaknesses: I know for a fact my ACT scores
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t read minds
• Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Tulane, UCSB, Washington University in St. Louis, UCSD, Williams College, Boston University, Johns Hopkins,
Waitlisted: UC Davis, MIT, Columbia, Dartmouth
Rejected: UCLA, UC Berkeley *sigh, UCs do not like me very much
General Comments:
Like I said before, this website is absolute evil. It makes you compare yourself to others, lowers your self-esteem and honestly makes life a little bit (A LOT) crappier. But hey, I spent wayyyyyy to much time on this website so I would feel guilty if didn’t post. So because I am compromising my principles by posting on this website, I feel like I should share the immense amount of wisdom I have gained over the past couple of months. Instead of trying to analyze my stats and figure out how the hell I got in (or didn’t get in), here are some things to take away from this is: 1) Do not compare yourself or try to copy others. It is human nature but try to remember that everyone is unique 2) please don’t try to look for some pattern on these stat threads. Trust me. I tried, I failed, don’t waste your time. 3) You may think that some people on this website who are rejected/accepted are gods who can walk on water but…dramatic pause… it is all an illusion (GASP). What you see on these stats are people in their best light with all their flaws excluded. I mean looking now at my stats, I am quite impressed but if you met me in person, haha, that would be a different story 4) You probably won’t believe me now but no matter how good the acceptance feels or how shitty that rejection feels, you won’t remember it a couple months down the road. For those who were rejected, just remember this, you can’t mourn a fate that isn’t yours. You WILL end up in a place that is right for you, a place that will make you happy. So even though you may think I am just spouting out a bunch of bullshit, all I ask for is to give me the benefit of the doubt.
Wow that was a lot. If you made it to the end, AWESOME! I hope I was able to enlighten you. So, in summation, be yourself, like the number pi there is no pattern, unlike what you may see on this website none of us are perfect, give me the benefit of the doubt and in the words of Stanley Fich, have fun, be safe, and party hard.
