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randomnerdz · 03-31-2009, 06:49 PM

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): M: 780; CR: 760; W: 800 (12E)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: Lit: 740, US History: 760, Math II: 770
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/570
AP (place score in parenthesis): APHG (5), CHEMISTRY (4), USHISTORY (4), SPANISH LANGUAGE (4), STATISTICS (4), ENGLISH LANGUAGE (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Several state, national, and international writing (poetry) awards.

Subjective:

Extra Curriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Interact Community Service Club (President)
Model Organization of American States (President)
Student Council (Student Body Executive)
Literary Magazine (Editor-in-Chief)
Business Professionals of America
UIL Literary Criticism & Ready Writing
Varsity Orchestra
Interfaith Club (Secretary)
Job/Work Experience: I worked at a calling center last summer
Volunteer/Community service: I volunteered as a Research Assistant for two Psychology Professors last summer. I have hundreds of service hours and organize many youth and community action/activist projects.
Summer Activities: Calling Center, Research Assistant
Essays: How I promote human rights/activism with Interact; My beard -- and how it's taught me that no stereotype can constrain me; My empathy with strangers (creative piece)
Teacher Recommendation: 1st- It was good. Not as good as it should have been.
2nd- It was positive, but my teacher obviously didn't edit it. It was replete with grammar and factual mistakes.
Counselor Rec: Wonderful
Additional Rec: Interact Club Sponsor-Glowing; I'm one of her favorite students from the past 21 years
Interview: On Campus-Exciting. I think he was impressed that I had arranged meetings with profs/department heads on my visit and that I had conducted individual research in Psychology.
Off Campus- We talked for like 2.5 hours in a coffee station. She had just graduated, I'm not sure she knew what she was doing.

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
State (if domestic applicant): TX
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large Public
Ethnicity: South Asian
Gender:Male
Income Bracket: Middle Class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.

Reflection

Strengths:My essays were very, very creative. I spent a lot of time on them. I am ridiculously active in my school. I dream big. I write poetry pretty well, I suppose.
Weaknesses: Teacher Recommendations, Ethnicity..
Why you think you were rejected: I was deferred early and now this. Yale just hates me, I suppose...even though I CLEARLY expressed my love for it.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Columbia, Amherst, Williams, Grinnell, Tufts, UT; Waitlisted: Stanford, Princeton, Brown; Rejected: Harvard, Yale

General Comments: Don't get too emotionally attached to schools. Rejection stings.

03-31-2009, 06:49 PM	#32
randomnerdz New Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 24	Decision: Rejected Objective: SAT I (breakdown): M: 780; CR: 760; W: 800 (12E) ACT: N/A SAT II: Lit: 740, US History: 760, Math II: 770 Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/570 AP (place score in parenthesis): APHG (5), CHEMISTRY (4), USHISTORY (4), SPANISH LANGUAGE (4), STATISTICS (4), ENGLISH LANGUAGE (5) IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous. Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Several state, national, and international writing (poetry) awards. Subjective: Extra Curriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Interact Community Service Club (President) Model Organization of American States (President) Student Council (Student Body Executive) Literary Magazine (Editor-in-Chief) Business Professionals of America UIL Literary Criticism & Ready Writing Varsity Orchestra Interfaith Club (Secretary) Job/Work Experience: I worked at a calling center last summer Volunteer/Community service: I volunteered as a Research Assistant for two Psychology Professors last summer. I have hundreds of service hours and organize many youth and community action/activist projects. Summer Activities: Calling Center, Research Assistant Essays: How I promote human rights/activism with Interact; My beard -- and how it's taught me that no stereotype can constrain me; My empathy with strangers (creative piece) Teacher Recommendation: 1st- It was good. Not as good as it should have been. 2nd- It was positive, but my teacher obviously didn't edit it. It was replete with grammar and factual mistakes. Counselor Rec: Wonderful Additional Rec: Interact Club Sponsor-Glowing; I'm one of her favorite students from the past 21 years Interview: On Campus-Exciting. I think he was impressed that I had arranged meetings with profs/department heads on my visit and that I had conducted individual research in Psychology. Off Campus- We talked for like 2.5 hours in a coffee station. She had just graduated, I'm not sure she knew what she was doing. Other Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes Intended Major: Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies State (if domestic applicant): TX Country (if international applicant): School Type: Large Public Ethnicity: South Asian Gender:Male Income Bracket: Middle Class Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None. Reflection Strengths:My essays were very, very creative. I spent a lot of time on them. I am ridiculously active in my school. I dream big. I write poetry pretty well, I suppose. Weaknesses: Teacher Recommendations, Ethnicity.. Why you think you were rejected: I was deferred early and now this. Yale just hates me, I suppose...even though I CLEARLY expressed my love for it. Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Columbia, Amherst, Williams, Grinnell, Tufts, UT; Waitlisted: Stanford, Princeton, Brown; Rejected: Harvard, Yale General Comments: Don't get too emotionally attached to schools. Rejection stings.
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