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sopranosenior · 07-28-2008, 04:20 PM

Accepted: Yale (EA), Harvard, M.I.T., Columbia, U. Penn, Texas A&M
Rejected/Waitlisted: none

(Note: I applied to about four or five more schools besides the ones above, but after I was accepted EA to Yale I pulled those apps because I knew I wouldn't choose them over Yale.)

Actually Attending: Yale

High School Type: Public
Location: Maryland
Race/Gender: Black/Female
Prospective Major: Undecided, my essays implicated either an Astrochemistry or East Asian Studies Poli Sci. focus.
Class rank: 10/452
GPA UW/W: We didn't use a 4.0 scale and we weighted for APs. GPA was something like 99-100.
SATI: 2250 (800s in verbal and writing, 12 on essay)

SATIIs:
760 US History
780 Literature
750 Math II
740 Chemistry

APs:
Altogether, 9 classes. U.S. History (5), English Language (5), Calc AB (5), Chemistry (5), U.S. Government & Politics (5), Calc BC (5), English Literature (5), Music Theory (3), and Physics C Mechanics (4).

ECs:
-Chamber Choir (all of high school and middle school) this is where most of my awards came from, All-State all through high school, All-Eastern, Tri-County and All-County, solo and ensemble awards, district and state festivals, etc.
-Dance for 8 years with local competitive studio (hardcore time commitment, 13-15 hours a week)
-Mock Trial
-Citizens' Advisory Committee (got picked to serve on a board of county citizens by the Board of Education, I guess this would be leadership-ish?)

Basically, only a few EC's, but serious time, effort, and recognition displayed.

Work experience:
Legal secretary - summer of 9th and 10th grade, nothing remarkable
Intern at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - 2 summers (geodynamics one year, astrochemistry plus instrument programming the next)- I used this in my essay to talk about my potential majors and also submitted copies of my research along with my MIT app.

Essays: Main common app essay was about my work at Goddard, my interest in the space program, my love of the studies, etc. Wrote a couple varieties of a supplemental essay, but the best was about my trips to China and the interest I'd developed in the language, my self-directed studies, and my interest in one day working for state department there.

Recommendations: Saw a couple of them, not some others. Pretty good. Got them from chorus teacher because I'd had him all of high school, calculus and chemistry teachers, government teacher, mock trial coach, and dance teacher. Used same ones for different apps and scholarships.

Awards:
Ehh, school and county academic awards, Maryland Distinguished Scholar and also nominated for Maryland Distinguished Scholar in the arts, AP Scholar with Distinction from junior year, lots and lots of serious chorus awards and some dance awards. Also National Achievement Scholar from PSATs.

07-28-2008, 04:20 PM	#1000
sopranosenior New Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 23	Accepted: Yale (EA), Harvard, M.I.T., Columbia, U. Penn, Texas A&M Rejected/Waitlisted: none (Note: I applied to about four or five more schools besides the ones above, but after I was accepted EA to Yale I pulled those apps because I knew I wouldn't choose them over Yale.) Actually Attending: Yale High School Type: Public Location: Maryland Race/Gender: Black/Female Prospective Major: Undecided, my essays implicated either an Astrochemistry or East Asian Studies Poli Sci. focus. Class rank: 10/452 GPA UW/W: We didn't use a 4.0 scale and we weighted for APs. GPA was something like 99-100. SATI: 2250 (800s in verbal and writing, 12 on essay) SATIIs: 760 US History 780 Literature 750 Math II 740 Chemistry APs: Altogether, 9 classes. U.S. History (5), English Language (5), Calc AB (5), Chemistry (5), U.S. Government & Politics (5), Calc BC (5), English Literature (5), Music Theory (3), and Physics C Mechanics (4). ECs: -Chamber Choir (all of high school and middle school) this is where most of my awards came from, All-State all through high school, All-Eastern, Tri-County and All-County, solo and ensemble awards, district and state festivals, etc. -Dance for 8 years with local competitive studio (hardcore time commitment, 13-15 hours a week) -Mock Trial -Citizens' Advisory Committee (got picked to serve on a board of county citizens by the Board of Education, I guess this would be leadership-ish?) Basically, only a few EC's, but serious time, effort, and recognition displayed. Work experience: Legal secretary - summer of 9th and 10th grade, nothing remarkable Intern at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - 2 summers (geodynamics one year, astrochemistry plus instrument programming the next)- I used this in my essay to talk about my potential majors and also submitted copies of my research along with my MIT app. Essays: Main common app essay was about my work at Goddard, my interest in the space program, my love of the studies, etc. Wrote a couple varieties of a supplemental essay, but the best was about my trips to China and the interest I'd developed in the language, my self-directed studies, and my interest in one day working for state department there. Recommendations: Saw a couple of them, not some others. Pretty good. Got them from chorus teacher because I'd had him all of high school, calculus and chemistry teachers, government teacher, mock trial coach, and dance teacher. Used same ones for different apps and scholarships. Awards: Ehh, school and county academic awards, Maryland Distinguished Scholar and also nominated for Maryland Distinguished Scholar in the arts, AP Scholar with Distinction from junior year, lots and lots of serious chorus awards and some dance awards. Also National Achievement Scholar from PSATs. Last edited by sopranosenior; 07-28-2008 at 04:28 PM.