Decision: Waitlisted Objective:- SAT I (breakdown): 2180; V: 760/M:660/W: 760
- ACT:
- SAT II: Biology: 690; U.S. history: 790; literature: 780
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/719 --> (midyear) 2/691
- AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (5), Biology (5), Calculus BC (5)
- IB (place score in parenthesis): haven't taken any of the tests yet but HL Math, HL English, HL History, HL Spanish, SL Physics, SL Psychology
- Senior Year Course Load: all IB classes
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist
Subjective:- Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mock Trial (vice-president), Cross Country, Peer Tutoring, Liberty in North Korea, California Scholarship Federation, Academic Decathlon (leader of Honors team)
- Job/Work Experience:
- Volunteer/Community service: Big Brothers/Big Sisters, junior high ministry at local church
- Summer Activities:
- Essays:
- Teacher Recommendation: HL History and English teachers; saw the English teacher's and thought it was fairly good
- Counselor Rec: I.B. coordinator and known me since freshman year, thought it was pretty amazing
- Additional Rec:
- Interview: yes with an alumni, thought it went simply 'okay'
Other- State (if domestic applicant): CA
- Country (if international applicant):
- School Type: public
- Ethnicity: Filipino
- Gender: female
- Income Bracket: upper middle-class
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection- Strengths: rigorous course load
- Weaknesses: lack of leadership in extra-currics
- Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I had fairly good stats and solid essay and recs so that's why they didn't out-right reject me but my decent extra-currics and just the competitiveness of the applicant pool and low admittance rate this year meant I got wait-listed
General Comments: Congratulations to all those accepted! I was surprised to even get wait-listed and actually don't feel too bad about it because I applied to Harvard for my mom and always thought I'd enjoy it more for grad school. For those wait-listed or not accepted, please don't be too hard on yourself.
I think we'll all end up going where we're meant to be and I don't plan on staying on the waiting list but have decided to attend University of Pittsburgh.
