I recently got accepted into the February RD wave, and just wanted to create a forum for stats and share my own for those who are interested! (I used the format from GT’s EA results forum)
Decision: Accepted
Intended Major: BME
State (if domestic applicant): In-state
Country (if international applicant):
SAT I (breakdown): 1250 (630R, 620M)
ACT : N/A
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA: 3.95
Weighted: 4.35
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/360
AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo (1, didn’t submit), World Geo (3), AP Stats (N/A)
Senior Year Course Load: IB Diploma courses, AP Stats, General Economics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing special: National Merit Commended Scholar, Top 10%, Visual Arts Governor’s Honors qualifier
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Science Honor Society (President), Tennis (Manager), Cross Country (Manager + Athelete), Beta Club, Habitat 4 Humanity, Arab Cultural Society
Job/Work Experience: Teacher’s assistant at summer camp, Hostess at a restaurant
Summer Activities: Volunteer at a summer camp, Volunteer at Children’s Museum of Atlanta
Essays: 8/10… Personal essay was okay, my funny story one was really good, and my art one was okay
Teacher Recommendation: 8/10… Picked a qualified and well-worded teacher, and the other doesn’t know me very well but really liked me in the classroom
Counselor Rec: 5/10… Counselor doesn’t know me well and submitted my documents very late, so they probably did not put much effort in my recommendation letter
Additional Rec: 7/10… One from the museum volunteer program’s director, I was an active participant but we rarely communicated
Interview: N/A
Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
School Type: Public school in the suburbs
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Poor, <$50,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation
Personal life circumstances/unexpected events? N/A
Reflection:
Strengths: GPA, rigorous courses, work experience, maybe my extracurriculars
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: My essays were very personal and subjective, so I tried to highlight my passions and talk about what made me, me
Weaknesses: Test scores
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: GPA, rigorous courses, essays
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Don’t know yet, but I’ve applied to GT, UGA, Emory, and Vanderbilt!