<p>Well this is a bit late…</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2130 (740 CR 700 WR 690 M) <= (math fail)
SAT I superscore (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 32 (32 R 32 E 35 S 29 M) <= (again, math fail)
ACT superscore (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: Bio-e 650 Chinese 700 <= seriously epic fail cuz I’m Chinese. Altho I do speak a different dialect…?
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Weighted GPA: 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/30
AP (place score in parentheses): n/a
IB (place score in parentheses): History (5)
Senior Year Course Load: Full IB Diploma… Kill me now. (IB Math HL, IB English HL, IB Biology HL, IB Mandarin SL, IB Music SL with an extra class for all my HL classes which means I will graduate with .25 more credits in those classes)
Number of other applicants in your school: ~5
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Mostly musical stuff…</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Music Ensemble (Founder), Student Council, Jazz Band (Pianist), Portland Youth Philharmonic, Swimming (Varsity), Model UN (Ambassador), Piano, Violin
Job/Work Experience: World Forestry Center Intern
Volunteer/Community service: Chinese School Volunteer, Tutor, Accompanist</p>
<p>Other
Date Submitted App: 12/14/10
State (if domestic applicant): OR
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian (-_-)
Gender: M
Income Bracket: ~$120,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope.</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: essays, SAT’s
Weaknesses: grades, extracurriculars
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Decent grades and SAT,
Where else have you been accepted/deferred/rejected:
Rejected: Columbia, Brown, Johns Hopkins, Carnegie Mellon, USC.
Accepted: Oregon State U - Honors, U Washington, U Michigan.
Waitlisted: Stanford!! (lol how did this happen), UCSD, UCLA.
What would you have done differently?:
Better grades??
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I was kind of expecting a waitlist, but I am excited that I was accepted! Especially since I got rejected at nearly every other school I applied to lol</p>