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onimpulse · 04-02-2011, 06:33 PM

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 750 CR, 690 M, 800 W
ACT:
SAT II: 750 U.S. History, 760 Literature
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): My average is 95%
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/92
AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: Literature 12, AP European History, History 12, Comparative Civilizations 12, Theatre Performance 12, Guitar 11, ICT 11, Christian Education 11, Calculus 12
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Show Choir, Concert Choir, Theatre, Yearbook, Light Volunteering, Student Council, Grad Committee
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Light community service
Summer Activities: Summer school?
Essays: Very unique and somewhat risky
Teacher Recommendation: Very good
Counselor Rec: Good
Additional Rec: Good
Interview: Interviewed for Middlebury, Yale, Princeton

Other

Province: British Columbia
Country (if international applicant): Canada
School Type: Private Catholic
Ethnicity: Filipino
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Don't know but not a lot
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, so far as I know

Reflection

Strengths: ESSAY.
Weaknesses: Lack of meaningful ECs so far as I can tell
ACCEPTED: UPenn, Notre Dame, Middlebury, Vassar, NYU, UMiami, McGill, Boston College, Fordham
WAIT-LISTED: UChicago, Cornell
REJECTED: Columbia, Swarthmore, Stanford, Dartmouth, Yale, Princeton, Harvard

General Comments (and view on the whole process, advice for future Canadian CC'ers and where you are headed!): If you wish to have the best chance at getting into a prestigious university in the states, apply to a lot of them, because you'll be rejected by many, and some schools that accept you will be not feasible financially.

However, the best advice is to follow your heart.

04-02-2011, 06:33 PM	#4
onimpulse Junior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Canada -> Notre Dame '15 Posts: 103	Objective: SAT I (breakdown): 750 CR, 690 M, 800 W ACT: SAT II: 750 U.S. History, 760 Literature Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): My average is 95% Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/92 AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a Senior Year Course Load: Literature 12, AP European History, History 12, Comparative Civilizations 12, Theatre Performance 12, Guitar 11, ICT 11, Christian Education 11, Calculus 12 Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None Subjective: Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Show Choir, Concert Choir, Theatre, Yearbook, Light Volunteering, Student Council, Grad Committee Job/Work Experience: None Volunteer/Community service: Light community service Summer Activities: Summer school? Essays: Very unique and somewhat risky Teacher Recommendation: Very good Counselor Rec: Good Additional Rec: Good Interview: Interviewed for Middlebury, Yale, Princeton Other Province: British Columbia Country (if international applicant): Canada School Type: Private Catholic Ethnicity: Filipino Gender: Male Income Bracket: Don't know but not a lot Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, so far as I know Reflection Strengths: ESSAY. Weaknesses: Lack of meaningful ECs so far as I can tell ACCEPTED: UPenn, Notre Dame, Middlebury, Vassar, NYU, UMiami, McGill, Boston College, Fordham WAIT-LISTED: UChicago, Cornell REJECTED: Columbia, Swarthmore, Stanford, Dartmouth, Yale, Princeton, Harvard General Comments (and view on the whole process, advice for future Canadian CC'ers and where you are headed!): If you wish to have the best chance at getting into a prestigious university in the states, apply to a lot of them, because you'll be rejected by many, and some schools that accept you will be not feasible financially. However, the best advice is to follow your heart.
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