| Goal!
Decision: Accepted
Stats:
* Fee Waiver Used?: No
* SAT I (by section): 710 M/730 CR/800 W
* SAT IIs: 770 US History, 750 Literature, 730 Math I
* GPA: Roughly 4.0
* Rank: 4/270
* ACT: N/A
* APs (including this year's):
* IBs (including this year's: n/a
* Senior Yr Courseload: AP Phys B, AP Eng Lit, AP Macro, AP Micro, AP Govt, AP Calc
* Number of Apps from Your School: 3
* Other stats (Awards, etc.): International Oratorical Contest winner, 2 time county debate champ, cofounder of Sony Sponsored organization, founder of MUN etc.
Subjective:
* ECs listed on app:MicroboticsEngineering.org, Debate, Mock Trial, MUN, etc.
* Job/Work Experience: n/a
* Essays (subject and responses): One about my passion for econ and another about my passion for oratory
* Teacher Recs: Stellar
* Counselor Rec: Told it was Stellar
* Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Very good vibe
* Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Cofounder of Sony Sponsored Organization
Location/Person:
* State or Country: NY
* School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Very low avg SAT, competitive within about top 5% only
* Ethnicity: African American
* Gender: Male
* Income Bracket: Middle class
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc): URM
* Strengths: My essays, EC's, and recs
* Weaknesses: Nothing glaring?
* Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Obviously URM status helped, but after seeing that URM's with similar stats got denied, I think it was the depth of my EC's and how i presented myself in the essays that really pulled me through.
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: *Pumps fist* |