<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2210 - 730CR/ 760M/ 720W (one sitting)
[</em>] SAT II: Spanish: 800, Math Level 2: 800 (one sitting for Spanish, two sittings for math)
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.84 (weighted: > 4.20)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/ 14 (not reported, but class GPA range reported, so obvious)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): May 2012 Candidate – Predicted: 44/45 with HL776
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB History HL (pr.7), IB English A1 HL (pr.6), IB Spanish B HL (pr.7), IB Math SL (pr.7), IB Chemistry SL (pr.7), IB Bulgarian A1 SL (pr.7), IB TOK (pr.3 with EE)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li]Two international awards from one of HYP for politics
Winner of an international essay contest for politics, including more than 1500 people from all over the world (but update was sent very (!) late so might have not been taken into account)
Twice Best Delegate, once Honorable Delegate and two more awards from one of the prominent international MUN conferences in the Middle East
One of few, if not only, high school student involved at high-level national politics
Full four-year merit based scholarship to attend the only international school in my country
All four years on the highest honor roll for academic excellence</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): MUN (look at awards), Interact Club at School (President, Past-President), District Interact Committee of my country (Secretary for two consecutive years, highest position available to a person my age), Youngest Moderator on of the largest country forum, Only high school member serving in a certain political organization, Junior Achievement club member, performed in plays for orphans and children with cancer
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A (nearly impossible to legally find a job under the age of 18)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Hours? More than 300, look at extracurricular activities for details
[</em>] Summer Activities: 2010 – Spanish classes for 5 hours a day, 2011 – a competitive summer school in the USA for…politics
[<em>] Essays: Common app – extraordinary, provocative, attention-grabbing and revealing what matters to me through the way I think; I think the topic has never been addressed in that way before; Supplement – about MUN, but very personal and relaxed;
[</em>] Teacher 1 Recommendation: Awesome (Counselor: “The best one I have seen in my career.”, but I haven’t seen it)
[<em>] Teacher 2 Recommendation: Very, very good… (Again, I haven’t seen it)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Pretty good, too (I haven’t seen this one either)
[<em>] Additional Rec: Very specific, honest and revealing a side of me the other 3 recs were not
[</em>] Interview: N/A</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Political Science/ Government
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): N/A
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Eastern Europe (not to be too specific)
[<em>] School Type: International
[</em>] Ethnicity: Eastern European
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, I guess?</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: essays, awards (in context), SAT II’s, full IB with 44/45 prediction, dedication (read: no jack of all trades), rank, recommendations, standardized tests taken only once, international schooling;
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, SAT I, no sports, had to drop a class due to a specific set of circumstances, international applying for lots of aid;
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted:
Waitlisted: Vassar, Wesleyan, Northwestern, Colby
Rejected: Colgate </p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: After 4 waitlists I have lost hope. Colgate was expected. Congrats to those who got in! 
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