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emoticon89 · 03-31-2008, 04:35 PM

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 790 CR, 800 M, 680 W
ACT: 35
SAT II: 680 Chem, 720 Bio, 770 M2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.212 W, 4.0 U
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/355
AP (place score in parenthesis): WH(2), Bio(4), AB(5), Eng11(4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs, 2 art, 1 honors phys
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (VP), Student Council (Sec), Science Club (Pres), Beta Club, Science Honors Society, Spanish Honors Society, Interact Club, Drumline 4 years, Swim Team 4 years
Job/Work Experience: 15 hrs/week
Volunteer/Community service: 30+/year during school
Summer Activities: Swim Team, Marching Band, work
Essays: they were ok... i found things to change after it was all sent in.
Teacher Recommendation: +++
Counselor Rec: +
Additional Rec:
Interview: I thought it went well, but none of my scholarship interviews went well apparently... so I guess I don't know what a good interview is.

Other

State (if domestic applicant): GA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 105000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Recovered after semi-serious hospital stay.

Reflection

Strengths: Fairly well rounded, interested in anything and everything
Weaknesses: not enough community service, no outside projects
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i thought that was answered in the weaknesses section

General Comments: meh... whatever, i got into UGA, vandy, and UVA. I'm happy... would have been nice to have bragging rights even if i didn't go. but i probably would have. oh well.

03-31-2008, 04:35 PM	#100
emoticon89 New Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Georgia Gender: Male Threads: 1 Posts: 16	Decision: Rejected Objective: SAT I (breakdown): 790 CR, 800 M, 680 W ACT: 35 SAT II: 680 Chem, 720 Bio, 770 M2 Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.212 W, 4.0 U Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/355 AP (place score in parenthesis): WH(2), Bio(4), AB(5), Eng11(4) IB (place score in parenthesis): NA Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs, 2 art, 1 honors phys Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Subjective: Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (VP), Student Council (Sec), Science Club (Pres), Beta Club, Science Honors Society, Spanish Honors Society, Interact Club, Drumline 4 years, Swim Team 4 years Job/Work Experience: 15 hrs/week Volunteer/Community service: 30+/year during school Summer Activities: Swim Team, Marching Band, work Essays: they were ok... i found things to change after it was all sent in. Teacher Recommendation: +++ Counselor Rec: + Additional Rec: Interview: I thought it went well, but none of my scholarship interviews went well apparently... so I guess I don't know what a good interview is. Other State (if domestic applicant): GA Country (if international applicant): School Type: Public Ethnicity: White Gender: Male Income Bracket: 105000 Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Recovered after semi-serious hospital stay. Reflection Strengths: Fairly well rounded, interested in anything and everything Weaknesses: not enough community service, no outside projects Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i thought that was answered in the weaknesses section General Comments: meh... whatever, i got into UGA, vandy, and UVA. I'm happy... would have been nice to have bragging rights even if i didn't go. but i probably would have. oh well.