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Old 12-15-2008, 06:32 PM   #41
trabia-wind
Junior Member
 
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 52
Decision: Accepted
  • Intended Major: intl relations/biology

Objective:
  • SAT I (breakdown): 2400 12e (1 sitting)
  • ACT: 36
  • SAT II: 800 physics, math 2, chinese, french, biology.. 790 japanese
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0, weighted 4.73
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): idk, percentile is 1-5%
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 - euro, physics b, calc bc, biology, english lang, micro.. 4 - us history
  • IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
  • Senior Year Course Load: orchestra, calc iii + linear alg, ap chem, ap gov comp, ap eng lit, ap french lang, ap stats
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USABO semifinalist, natl council of english teachers achievement award.. national merit lol, bunch of math team + acadec stuff + other stuff

Subjective:
  • Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): math team, ARML (another math team) - won a lot of stuff from those, academic decathlon, webdesign + photoshop, learning languages.. i took japanese at a community college and self-studied it, always been really curious about languages
  • Job/Work Experience: nanotech internship.. good $$$, selective part of fellowship program thing
  • Volunteer/Community service: teach english to old chinese ppl, nhs, key club
  • Summer Activities: teaching english in china, the nanotech thing..
  • Essays: one about teaching in china, optional one about creative stuff (photoshop + writing)
  • Teacher Recommendation: math (really good and straightforward, i read it) and english (probably pretty good) teachers..
  • Counselor Rec: pretty good i guess, tho i don't really know her
  • Additional Rec: nanotech mentor
  • Interview: pretty good, the guy spent a lot of time convincing me that yale > harvard lol

Other
  • Applied for Financial Aid?: yessir~
  • Intended Major: intl relations/bio, but really undecided
  • State (if domestic applicant): illinois
  • Country (if international applicant):
  • School Type: public
  • Ethnicity: chinese!! x)
  • Gender: female
  • Income Bracket: 100k+
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection
  • Strengths: focused on my "curiosity"/language learning things..
  • Weaknesses: no sports or a lot of leadership i guess besides the teaching stuff
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my sat scores... jk
General Comments: i am sooooooooooo happy!!!!!!!! ;_;
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