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Millerl1te · 03-31-2009, 09:22 PM

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown):
ACT: 36
SAT II: 800MathII, 750 Chem, 720 USH
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0, 4.39 w (highest ever at school, except for valedectorian this year)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 APUSH and 5 Lang, taking 5 more APs this year
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs, theology, music theory honors, and band
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, Presidential Scholar candidate, huge Key club stuff

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): KEY CLUB(Pres, VP, Lt. Gov, chairman for huge projects that raised tons of money), Band, Peer Ministry, NHS, Rho Kappa, Mu ALpha Theta, SADD, Youth group, and a few more
Job/Work Experience: 12 hrs/week since junior year
Volunteer/Community service: over 900 (almost 9000 hehehe)
Summer Activities: Haiti Mission trip, work.... work. Boy's state. work
Essays: i thought they were pretty good
Teacher Recommendation: amazing
Counselor Rec: best student ever
Additional Rec: from boss. very short and to the point
Interview: i thought this went horribly

Other

State (if domestic applicant): FL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Catholic
Ethnicity: Mexican and white (halfy)
Gender: M
Income Bracket: Upper middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

Reflection

Strengths: act, uw gpa, urm
Weaknesses: sat IIs, no competitions and few awards outside of key club (didn't really apply to any...)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: prob URM, which makes me feel guilty
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected by Yale, but accepted by Harvard, MIT, BC, BU, UF, Fordham, Caltech, FSU, and Harvey Mudd

General Comments: congrats to those who got in. For those who didn't, I'm sure you will end up at another amazing place and will be even more amazing wherever you end up. Goodluck to all in making a decision.

Funny, in my rejection letter it said something like "we are sure you greatly disappointed." Not really. anywho, congrats to everyone who got into yale!

03-31-2009, 09:22 PM	#52
Millerl1te Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harvard '13 Posts: 675	Decision: Rejected Objective: SAT I (breakdown): ACT: 36 SAT II: 800MathII, 750 Chem, 720 USH Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0, 4.39 w (highest ever at school, except for valedectorian this year) Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2 AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 APUSH and 5 Lang, taking 5 more APs this year IB (place score in parenthesis): Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs, theology, music theory honors, and band Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, Presidential Scholar candidate, huge Key club stuff Subjective: Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): KEY CLUB(Pres, VP, Lt. Gov, chairman for huge projects that raised tons of money), Band, Peer Ministry, NHS, Rho Kappa, Mu ALpha Theta, SADD, Youth group, and a few more Job/Work Experience: 12 hrs/week since junior year Volunteer/Community service: over 900 (almost 9000 hehehe) Summer Activities: Haiti Mission trip, work.... work. Boy's state. work Essays: i thought they were pretty good Teacher Recommendation: amazing Counselor Rec: best student ever Additional Rec: from boss. very short and to the point Interview: i thought this went horribly Other State (if domestic applicant): FL Country (if international applicant): School Type: Catholic Ethnicity: Mexican and white (halfy) Gender: M Income Bracket: Upper middle Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM Reflection Strengths: act, uw gpa, urm Weaknesses: sat IIs, no competitions and few awards outside of key club (didn't really apply to any...) Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: prob URM, which makes me feel guilty Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected by Yale, but accepted by Harvard, MIT, BC, BU, UF, Fordham, Caltech, FSU, and Harvey Mudd General Comments: congrats to those who got in. For those who didn't, I'm sure you will end up at another amazing place and will be even more amazing wherever you end up. Goodluck to all in making a decision. Funny, in my rejection letter it said something like "we are sure you greatly disappointed." Not really. anywho, congrats to everyone who got into yale!
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