pianista

Decision: Accepted
Intended Major: Applied Mathematics and English

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 800CR, 800M, 760W, 12E
• ACT:
• SAT II: 800 Math II C, 780 Chemistry, 760 Biology-M
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1%/ 275
• AP (place score in parenthesis): 10 5s
• IB (place score in parenthesis):
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP CS AB, AP Euro, AP Phys C, AP French, Business Law, Public Speaking, Phys Ed, Differential Equations, Discrete Math
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, NMSF, Scholastic Gold Keys, Princeton Book Award, Bausch and Lomb, AIME Qualifier, Other Piano/Math/Writing awards
  

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Piano (awards), Music Club (president), School Music Stuff (orchestra, choir accompanist, lobby pianist for events), Math/Science Teams (awards), Math Research, Math Independent Study, Creative Writing (awards), Literary Magazine (2x editor-in-chief), Board of Education (2x student representative), Student Council (former class president), Interact (executive), JSA (chapter vp, state assembly rep), Presidential Campaign Volunteer, Tennis (varsity letter)
• Job/Work Experience:
• Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer Chinese Teacher to Adopted Children (4hrs/wk since I can remember I love the kiddies), Interact Stuff
• Summer Activities: Summer Science Program, Governor School for the Sciences, Writing Camps, Piano Camps, A lot of travel (I forget if I mentioned this on the app)
• Essays: One about a summer program, another relating two of my main interests; both are very well written, but nothing spectacular; short answers are mediocre;
• Teacher Recommendation: Should be decent.
• Counselor Rec: Should be decent.
• Additional Rec: Piano teacher's, sent with music supplement.
• Interview: Good. We had a lot of similar interests, but I rambled on and on about nothing.
  

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: No
• Intended Major: Applied Mathematics and English
• State (if domestic applicant): NJ
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: Top 15 publics in state.
• Ethnicity: Asian
• Gender: Female
• Income Bracket: Upper
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
  

Reflection

• Strengths: Well-triangled and generally well-rounded. A nice fit: Yale is looking for science/engineering kids and I fit the artistic mold quite nicely as well
• Weaknesses: Well-rounded upper class Asian female with no amazing awards/hooks.
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See strengths

General Comments: OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG! To those deferred and rejected: you guys are amazng. You've kept me sane these past two months, and each and everyone one of you deserves an amazing school. I'm confident that every one of you will end up at a school that you deserve