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blvdofbroknteeth · 12-15-2008, 06:50 PM

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): CR: 740, M: 740, W: 700 8 essay (2180, but 2210 superscored)
ACT: took saturday
SAT II: Math 2: 790, Bio M: 740, French Listening: 680, World History: 600 (LOL)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8ish
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 7% ish
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Biology (5), US History (5), French Lang (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Yearbook, AP US Gov, AP Macroecon, Anatomy & Physiology, AP Chem, AP Calc BC, Lit & Social Justice
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, some piano and wushu awards, a dinky math award for school in freshman year

[ b]Subjective:[/b]

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Piano (K-12), lots of time commitment, passed state program (MTAC) and honors for another advanced programs; Wushu (2-12), assistant coach, leadership team
Job/Work Experience: Kumon Assistant Instructor (10-12)
Volunteer/Community service: congressional campaign for several weeks before election, various volunteer jobs for the city and library (usually events with kids) throughout high school and basically helped whenever help was needed
Summer Activities: none, just work and all other ECs
Essays: good?
Teacher Recommendation: dunno
Counselor Rec: dunno
Additional Rec: concise
Interview: okay

Other

State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: pretty good public
Ethnicity: asian but I didn’t check any boxes
Gender: F
Income Bracket: upper middle?
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none really

Reflection

Strengths: ECs? Nothing?
Weaknesses: GPA, SAT, class rank
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: haha I think it’s kind of obvious…

General Comments: bummed.

12-15-2008, 06:50 PM	#66
blvdofbroknteeth Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 67	Decision: Rejected Objective: SAT I (breakdown): CR: 740, M: 740, W: 700 8 essay (2180, but 2210 superscored) ACT: took saturday SAT II: Math 2: 790, Bio M: 740, French Listening: 680, World History: 600 (LOL) Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8ish Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 7% ish AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Biology (5), US History (5), French Lang (5) IB (place score in parenthesis): Senior Year Course Load: Yearbook, AP US Gov, AP Macroecon, Anatomy & Physiology, AP Chem, AP Calc BC, Lit & Social Justice Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, some piano and wushu awards, a dinky math award for school in freshman year [ b]Subjective:[/b] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Piano (K-12), lots of time commitment, passed state program (MTAC) and honors for another advanced programs; Wushu (2-12), assistant coach, leadership team Job/Work Experience: Kumon Assistant Instructor (10-12) Volunteer/Community service: congressional campaign for several weeks before election, various volunteer jobs for the city and library (usually events with kids) throughout high school and basically helped whenever help was needed Summer Activities: none, just work and all other ECs Essays: good? Teacher Recommendation: dunno Counselor Rec: dunno Additional Rec: concise Interview: okay Other State (if domestic applicant): CA Country (if international applicant): School Type: pretty good public Ethnicity: asian but I didn’t check any boxes Gender: F Income Bracket: upper middle? Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none really Reflection Strengths: ECs? Nothing? Weaknesses: GPA, SAT, class rank Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: haha I think it’s kind of obvious… General Comments: bummed.
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