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lunar_years · 04-01-2009, 12:17 AM

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (800 V, 750 M, 800 W 12 essay)
SAT II: 800 Bio E, 770 Math IIC, 800 US History
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/520
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5's Biology, Calculus AB, English Language, Environmental Science, Spanish Language, US History, World History
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP European History, AP Macroeconomics, AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Psychology, AP Statistics, AP US Government, Yearbook Production
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): State academic bowls, regional writing awards, publishing poems and essays

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook (copy editor), academic bowl (MVP), service club (secretary), math club (secretary), lit mag (editor)
Job/Work Experience: None. I did get paid for some freelance writing stuff, lol.
Volunteer/Community service: Public library, local schools and parks
Summer Activities: Local newspaper internship, TASP
Essays: Very "literary."
Teacher Recommendation: Good?
Counselor Rec: Good, but generic?
Interview: Decent. We had some interests in common but didn't really click personality-wise. I reeled off way too many random facts about Yale because I was so nervous-excited. I think I might have accidentally implied that I'm a Maoist sympathizer or something. :P

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: History of Science and Medicine
State (if domestic applicant): TX
School Type: Large suburban public
Ethnicity: East Asian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: Middle class to upper-middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Possibly TASP and geography.

Reflection

Strengths: Essays (stylistically), geography, TASP.
Weaknesses: Ethnicity.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I actually got a likely, which I thought was really weird and still think is unwarranted. My regional rep said she liked my essays?
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted Brown, Cornell, University of Chicago, UT Austin, TAMU. Waitlisted Columbia, Harvard, Stanford. Rejected MIT.

04-01-2009, 12:17 AM	#69
lunar_years Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 507	Decision: Accepted Objective: SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (800 V, 750 M, 800 W 12 essay) SAT II: 800 Bio E, 770 Math IIC, 800 US History Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/520 AP (place score in parenthesis): 5's Biology, Calculus AB, English Language, Environmental Science, Spanish Language, US History, World History Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP European History, AP Macroeconomics, AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Psychology, AP Statistics, AP US Government, Yearbook Production Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): State academic bowls, regional writing awards, publishing poems and essays Subjective: Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook (copy editor), academic bowl (MVP), service club (secretary), math club (secretary), lit mag (editor) Job/Work Experience: None. I did get paid for some freelance writing stuff, lol. Volunteer/Community service: Public library, local schools and parks Summer Activities: Local newspaper internship, TASP Essays: Very "literary." Teacher Recommendation: Good? Counselor Rec: Good, but generic? Interview: Decent. We had some interests in common but didn't really click personality-wise. I reeled off way too many random facts about Yale because I was so nervous-excited. I think I might have accidentally implied that I'm a Maoist sympathizer or something. :P Other Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes Intended Major: History of Science and Medicine State (if domestic applicant): TX School Type: Large suburban public Ethnicity: East Asian Gender: F Income Bracket: Middle class to upper-middle class Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Possibly TASP and geography. Reflection Strengths: Essays (stylistically), geography, TASP. Weaknesses: Ethnicity. Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I actually got a likely, which I thought was really weird and still think is unwarranted. My regional rep said she liked my essays? Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted Brown, Cornell, University of Chicago, UT Austin, TAMU. Waitlisted Columbia, Harvard, Stanford. Rejected MIT.
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