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rolledeyes611 · 12-15-2008, 06:46 PM

Decision: Deferred

[*] Intended Major: undecided

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): Math- 800, Critical Reading- 770, Writing- 780
SAT II: World History- 770, US History- 770, Math II- 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/316
AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang- 5, Calc AB-5, US History- 5, World History- 5
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Lit, AP Studio Art, AP Calc BC, AP French, band, and computer programming
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, NJ Governor's School

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band (Drum Major- 11, 12, Clarinet Section Leader- 12), various music ensembles for clarinet including North jersey area band, Debate (captain- 11, 12), NHS (secretary- 12), NAHS (treasurer 11, 12), Tri-M (secretary 12), World language honor society, science league, math league, newspaper club
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: above mentioned honor societies, Senior Girl Scou,t received bronze adn silver award, currently working towards my gold award
Summer Activities: New Jersey Governor's School for the sciences after junior year, online precalc/ trig course from Johns Hopkins University after sophomore year, marching band all four summers
Essays: I liked them at the time but i think my common app one was too cliched. It was about overcoming a failure in music. The other about my experiences as an artist i liked a lot better.
Teacher Recommendation: Pretty sure they were good, but you never know.
Counselor Rec: glowing.
Additional Rec: didn't send them, probably will now
Interview: I had two of them one on campus and one off. Didn't go badly persay, but in both cases I had trouble connecting with the interviewers.

Other

State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public suburban
Ethnicity: white
Gender: F
Income Bracket: middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none what so ever

Reflection[list][*] Strengths: leadership, scores, probably my recs[*] Weaknesses: community service, interview[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: There were thousands of people who applied and I'm sure we all were smart well qualified people. But you can accept a certian number of smart well qualified people. And i wasn't in that number.

12-15-2008, 06:46 PM	#61
rolledeyes611 New Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 17	Decision: Deferred [] Intended Major: undecided Objective:* SAT I (breakdown): Math- 800, Critical Reading- 770, Writing- 780 SAT II: World History- 770, US History- 770, Math II- 800 Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/316 AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang- 5, Calc AB-5, US History- 5, World History- 5 Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Lit, AP Studio Art, AP Calc BC, AP French, band, and computer programming Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, NJ Governor's School Subjective: Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band (Drum Major- 11, 12, Clarinet Section Leader- 12), various music ensembles for clarinet including North jersey area band, Debate (captain- 11, 12), NHS (secretary- 12), NAHS (treasurer 11, 12), Tri-M (secretary 12), World language honor society, science league, math league, newspaper club Job/Work Experience: none Volunteer/Community service: above mentioned honor societies, Senior Girl Scou,t received bronze adn silver award, currently working towards my gold award Summer Activities: New Jersey Governor's School for the sciences after junior year, online precalc/ trig course from Johns Hopkins University after sophomore year, marching band all four summers Essays: I liked them at the time but i think my common app one was too cliched. It was about overcoming a failure in music. The other about my experiences as an artist i liked a lot better. Teacher Recommendation: Pretty sure they were good, but you never know. Counselor Rec: glowing. Additional Rec: didn't send them, probably will now Interview: I had two of them one on campus and one off. Didn't go badly persay, but in both cases I had trouble connecting with the interviewers. Other State (if domestic applicant): NJ Country (if international applicant): School Type: public suburban Ethnicity: white Gender: F Income Bracket: middle class Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none what so ever Reflection[list][] Strengths: leadership, scores, probably my recs[] Weaknesses: community service, interview[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: There were thousands of people who applied and I'm sure we all were smart well qualified people. But you can accept a certian number of smart well qualified people. And i wasn't in that number.
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