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pvtejasvi · 03-31-2009, 09:44 PM

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): CR 640,590 (2nd time) , 630 (1st time), Math: 750, 670 (2nd time), 590 (1st time), Writing: 770,670(2nd Time), 600 (1st Time)
2160 (JAN SAT), 1970 Superscored before, 1910 (2nd time), 1820 (1st time)
ACT:
SAT II: US HIST: 770, MII: 680, CHEM:720, BIO-E: 700
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96/4.0
Weighted GPA: 5.35/6.00
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/906 (SECONDARY SC REP), 1/816 (MID YEAR)
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 US History, 4 Chemistry, 3 World History (IB STUDENT)
IB (place score in parenthesis): 4 SL Chemistry (TEACHER DIDNT TELL US ABOUT LABS) , 5 SL French
Senior Year Course Load: 8 IB & AP Classes + Decathalon
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):AP SCholar, Valedictorian, Optimist Award - Chemistry, and more

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis (1 year), Newspaper (2 yrs), Decathalon (1 year)
Job/Work Experience: Research Volunteer w/ paper being published
Volunteer/Community service: Nursing Homes, Hospitals, local Research Foundation
Summer Activities: Swimming, Tabla (INDIAN DRUM), Tennis, Research
Essays: Excellent
Teacher Recommendation: EXCELLENT but GENERIC
Counselor Rec: EXCELLENT but GENERIC
Additional Rec: Research Foundation Coordinator, Piano Teacher
Interview: EXCELLENT!!!

Other

State (if domestic applicant): TX
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: PUBLIC
Ethnicity: INDIAN AMERICAN
Gender: MALE
Income Bracket: above 250k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):NONE maybe research + ecs?

Reflection

Strengths: ECs + research
Weaknesses:SAT!!!! (3rd time - JANUARY SAT), ORM
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SAT WAS A problem - couldn't compete well enough in that area
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected
Rejected: Dartmouth, Brown, Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Northwestern
Waitlisted: Rice, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Upenn
Accepted: UT Austin, Boston University

General Comments: Congratulations everyone that got accepted!!! If u were rejected like me - u are still a great candidate - even by applying u have proven that you are up in the best. As for me I will be off to UT Austin, I will wait on my 4 waitlists. sigh

- more waiting - hopefully i will get in.....

03-31-2009, 09:44 PM	#54
pvtejasvi Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 120	Decision: Rejected Objective: SAT I (breakdown): CR 640,590 (2nd time) , 630 (1st time), Math: 750, 670 (2nd time), 590 (1st time), Writing: 770,670(2nd Time), 600 (1st Time) 2160 (JAN SAT), 1970 Superscored before, 1910 (2nd time), 1820 (1st time) ACT: SAT II: US HIST: 770, MII: 680, CHEM:720, BIO-E: 700 Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96/4.0 Weighted GPA: 5.35/6.00 Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/906 (SECONDARY SC REP), 1/816 (MID YEAR) AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 US History, 4 Chemistry, 3 World History (IB STUDENT) IB (place score in parenthesis): 4 SL Chemistry (TEACHER DIDNT TELL US ABOUT LABS) , 5 SL French Senior Year Course Load: 8 IB & AP Classes + Decathalon Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):AP SCholar, Valedictorian, Optimist Award - Chemistry, and more Subjective: Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis (1 year), Newspaper (2 yrs), Decathalon (1 year) Job/Work Experience: Research Volunteer w/ paper being published Volunteer/Community service: Nursing Homes, Hospitals, local Research Foundation Summer Activities: Swimming, Tabla (INDIAN DRUM), Tennis, Research Essays: Excellent Teacher Recommendation: EXCELLENT but GENERIC Counselor Rec: EXCELLENT but GENERIC Additional Rec: Research Foundation Coordinator, Piano Teacher Interview: EXCELLENT!!! Other State (if domestic applicant): TX Country (if international applicant): USA School Type: PUBLIC Ethnicity: INDIAN AMERICAN Gender: MALE Income Bracket: above 250k Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):NONE maybe research + ecs? Reflection Strengths: ECs + research Weaknesses:SAT!!!! (3rd time - JANUARY SAT), ORM Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SAT WAS A problem - couldn't compete well enough in that area Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected Rejected: Dartmouth, Brown, Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Northwestern Waitlisted: Rice, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Upenn Accepted: UT Austin, Boston University General Comments: Congratulations everyone that got accepted!!! If u were rejected like me - u are still a great candidate - even by applying u have proven that you are up in the best. As for me I will be off to UT Austin, I will wait on my 4 waitlists. sigh - more waiting - hopefully i will get in.....
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