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Accepted

Stats:

• SAT: didn't take
• SAT II: chem 780, math I 730, math II 740
• ACT: 35
• GPA: 4.477
• Rank: 11/300
• Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AMC: took them but I never got the scores back, so I didn't write it on my application / AP: Chem 5

Subjective

• Essays: I've worked on them since the beginning of summer. I wouldn't be surprised if there was 150 hours of my time put in to each essay
• Teacher Recs: I got one from my Pre-calc/Trig teacher and one from my AP Chem teacher. They were good, but not great. I also got letters from my choir teacher (because I'm the piano accompanist), the head of the cardiovascular research department at Columbia University Medical Center (summer research internship), and from my orthodontist (on going internship). The last two wrote awesome letters
• Counselor Rec: I didn't read it
• Supplementary Material: a CD/DVD of 2 piano performances at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, an art picture (charcoal drawing)
• Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):

Personal

• Location: NJ
• High School Type: public
• Ethnicity: chinese
• Gender: female

Other

• Extracurriculars: Emergency Medical Technician for 2 ambulance corps (over 700 hours of service) / Piano (10 yrs) / Drawing (8 yrs) / Research Intern at Columbia University Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy / Orthodontic Office Assistant / Dental Office Assistant / NJ All State Mixed Chorus / NJ All State Women's Chorus / School Choir+Chorus piano accompanist / NJ Governor's School of the Arts Finalist / School Yearbook Editor / Spring Track&Field / Gifted and Talented / Emergency Medical Services Club (Internal response team)
• Awards: U of Rochester Bausch & Lomb Science award / performed in solo piano concerts at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center / winner of various piano competitions / 100m High Hurdle Gold Medal
• Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:

College isn't all about straight A's and high SAT scores anymore. You have to get out and show you can do other things.