Rush10

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 2310 superscore (800m 770w 740 cr)
• ACT: 32
• SAT II: 800mII 800 physics 740 world history
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):14/~550
• AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem, Physics C, Comp Sci AB, World History, Language, all 5s.
• IB (place score in parenthesis):
• Senior Year Course Load: Most intense
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
  
  

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Founder of Bike Club, FIRST Robotics, Research internship, Boy Scout
• Job/Work Experience:
• Volunteer/Community service: 400 hours at the zoo, and another 100 in Boy Scouts
• Summer Activities: Research internship
• Essays:
• Common App Main: 7
• EC Short Answer: 7
• "Profile" questions: Depends... Not sure how to quantify this.
• Intellectual Vitality Essay: 7
• Letter to Roommate Essay: 7
• What matters to you and why? Essay: 7 (I thought all of my essays were fairly good, but they just highlighted my academic achievements and didn't show myself)
• Teacher Recommendation: No clue, but the teachers I asked love me.
• Counselor Rec: No clue
• Additional Rec: Didn't send one
• Interview: N/a
  

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
• Intended Major: Engineering
• State (if domestic applicant): CA
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: Large public
• Ethnicity: Asian
• Gender: Male
• Income Bracket: <$100,000
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
  

Reflection

• Strengths: Scores, extracurriculars
• Weaknesses: Essays
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my essays were the weak link.

General Comments: GRRR time to work on apps again ><