<p>Old threat but I figured I’d post my stats as well…</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 Writing, 780 Math, 690 Critical Reading = 2270
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Chemistry, 800 Math II, 740 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 Weighted: 4.75
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of 180
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem 5, US History 5, Psychology 5
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Stats, Honors Christian Literature, AP Physics C, AP Biology, AP English Literature, AP Government
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): not really…
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Cross Country, Varsity Track, Varsity Wrestling (Captain) (no I was not recruited for any of these), National Honor Society (president), Respect Life Club (President), School Newspaper (Copy Editor)…
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship at Buck Institute for Age Research,
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital Volunteer (150+ hours), Assistant Karate Teacher, built homes in mexico, etc… about 310 hours total
[<em>] Summer Activities: internships and working
[</em>] Essays: excellent for penn. did the optional ones also
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: one is supposedly amazing, and the other is pretty good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: outstanding
[<em>] Additional Rec: amazing, from my mentor at Buck Institute
[</em>] Interview: Yes
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Biochem/Bio/BBB
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] School Type: private, competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Income Bracket: upper
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): zero…
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: my transcripts (nothing lower than an A, not even A-, and I have a 5.0 right now), standardized testing, and essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: one of the teacher recs possibly
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: because i’ve put a ton of work into high school[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone who got in! If you didn’t, I’m sure you will thrive elsewhere. Also note that I was accepted as a Ben Franklin Scholar and Vagelos Scholar in the Molecular Life Sciences!!</p>