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girtrude · 03-28-2008, 07:31 PM

Rejected/Biology

Stats:

SAT: 800 M/640 CR/670 W
SAT II: IIC-760; Chem-750; BioM-710
ACT: 33
GPA: 4.5 W; 3.93 UW
Rank: School doesn't rank, probably top 10%
Other Tests: AP Bio-5; AP Calc BC-5; AP Calc AB subscore-5; AP Gov, AP English, AP Spanish

Subjective

Essays: Common App ones were pretty good, I thought, but I totally didn't try on the JHU supplement
Teacher Recs: probably good
Counselor Rec: good
Supplementary Material: nope
Hook: none

Personal

Other

Extracurriculars: varsity tennis captain, wind ensemble, marching band, piano, flute, NHS, CSF, Link Crew, intern at a pharmaceutical company, Stanford Summer College
Awards: Green and White Award
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I don't know. A bit bummed, but whatever. I hope this isn't a reflection of the decisions for my other privates.

03-28-2008, 07:31 PM	#48
girtrude New Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: CALIFORNIA Threads: 7 Posts: 28	Rejected/Biology Stats: SAT: 800 M/640 CR/670 W SAT II: IIC-760; Chem-750; BioM-710 ACT: 33 GPA: 4.5 W; 3.93 UW Rank: School doesn't rank, probably top 10% Other Tests: AP Bio-5; AP Calc BC-5; AP Calc AB subscore-5; AP Gov, AP English, AP Spanish Subjective Essays: Common App ones were pretty good, I thought, but I totally didn't try on the JHU supplement Teacher Recs: probably good Counselor Rec: good Supplementary Material: nope Hook: none Personal Location: CA High School Type: big, public Ethnicity: asian Gender: female Applied for Financial Aid: no Other Extracurriculars: varsity tennis captain, wind ensemble, marching band, piano, flute, NHS, CSF, Link Crew, intern at a pharmaceutical company, Stanford Summer College Awards: Green and White Award Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I don't know. A bit bummed, but whatever. I hope this isn't a reflection of the decisions for my other privates.