kcb452

Decision: Rejected

Stats:

• Fee Waiver Used?: no
• SAT I (by section): 730V/750M/690W 1480/2170
• SAT IIs: Math II: 760, Lit: 750, Physics: 710
• GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.1W 3.7UW
• Rank: 11/360. top 3%
• APs (including this year's): alot
• Senior Yr Courseload: 4 classes, all AP
• Number of Apps from Your School: 4
• Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Hispanic Scholar
  

Subjective:

• ECs listed on app: not many
• Job/Work Experience: alot
• Essays (subject and responses): mine were ****ty. i wrote them the day before and put zero effort into them. i didn't really want to go to stanford too much.
• Teacher Recs: decent
• Counselor Rec: decent
• Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): naw
  

Location/Person:

• State or Country: TX
• School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public
• Ethnicity: hispanic
• Gender: female
• Income Bracket: >100k
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
• Strengths: sort of good sat scores.
• Weaknesses: gpa, EC's
• Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: i guess URM status isn't everything. they could probably tell that i didn't really seem interested because my essays were so mediocre
• Other college decisions: Accepted at MIT, Rice. Rejected: UCB.
  

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I can't really picture myself at Stanford. I don't really think it's my type of school. MIT was my dream school and the school i cared the most about.. the fact that i got in makes up for the rejections..