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CCPWNZ · 03-31-2009, 08:37 PM

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 730R, 780M, 760W = 2270
ACT: 35 English, 35 Science, 35 Math, 30 Reading, 32 English/Writing = 34 Composite
SAT II: 760 Math II, 770 Chem, 780 Physics, 790 Korean w/ Listening
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): idk man, it was 100 weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): world history, english lang/comp, physics b (5), us history (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered
Senior Year Course Load: ap chem, calc bc, english lit, comparative gov/pol, spanish
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): intel semi national merit commended ap scholar w/ honor

[ b]Subjective:[/b]

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): tae kwon do science olympiad school newspaper etc
Job/Work Experience: just tutoring
Volunteer/Community service: nursing home
Summer Activities: research for intel
Essays: alright, prolly nowhere near good as humanities crazy people at yale
Teacher Recommendation: all good
Counselor Rec: good, prolly bland
Additional Rec: rec from research mentor good
Interview: guy was real nice, couldn't have helped or hurt it was so informal and i learned more about yale than he prolly did about me

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yeah ($33k!!)
Intended Major: mechanical engineering
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant): (orignally south korea but i got moved over to regular us permanent resident later)
School Type: public
Ethnicity: KOREAN YO REPRESENT
Gender: male
Income Bracket: ~$130k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): anti hook for being korean and crappy grades

Reflection

Strengths: maybe coming here from korea in 6th grade? alright at math/science compared to english
Weaknesses: suck at sat/act reading, gpa low compare to others, have trouble with english sometimes
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: 100% luck
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: waitlisted literally EVERY ivy and other schools too (i.e. johns hopkins cooper union mit), rejected stanford/princeton.

General Comments: OMG OMGOGMOGMOMGOMGOMGOMOGMG WHAT???? WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

03-31-2009, 08:37 PM	#44
CCPWNZ Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Yale 2013! ^_^ Posts: 118	Decision: Accepted Objective: SAT I (breakdown): 730R, 780M, 760W = 2270 ACT: 35 English, 35 Science, 35 Math, 30 Reading, 32 English/Writing = 34 Composite SAT II: 760 Math II, 770 Chem, 780 Physics, 790 Korean w/ Listening Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): idk man, it was 100 weighted Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5% AP (place score in parenthesis): world history, english lang/comp, physics b (5), us history (4) IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered Senior Year Course Load: ap chem, calc bc, english lit, comparative gov/pol, spanish Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): intel semi national merit commended ap scholar w/ honor [ b]Subjective:[/b] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): tae kwon do science olympiad school newspaper etc Job/Work Experience: just tutoring Volunteer/Community service: nursing home Summer Activities: research for intel Essays: alright, prolly nowhere near good as humanities crazy people at yale Teacher Recommendation: all good Counselor Rec: good, prolly bland Additional Rec: rec from research mentor good Interview: guy was real nice, couldn't have helped or hurt it was so informal and i learned more about yale than he prolly did about me Other Applied for Financial Aid?: yeah ($33k!!) Intended Major: mechanical engineering State (if domestic applicant): NY Country (if international applicant): (orignally south korea but i got moved over to regular us permanent resident later) School Type: public Ethnicity: KOREAN YO REPRESENT Gender: male Income Bracket: ~$130k Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): anti hook for being korean and crappy grades Reflection Strengths: maybe coming here from korea in 6th grade? alright at math/science compared to english Weaknesses: suck at sat/act reading, gpa low compare to others, have trouble with english sometimes Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: 100% luck Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: waitlisted literally EVERY ivy and other schools too (i.e. johns hopkins cooper union mit), rejected stanford/princeton. General Comments: OMG OMGOGMOGMOMGOMGOMGOMOGMG WHAT???? WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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