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Decision: Deferred
Objective:
Deferred EA? Yes. Blah.
SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (CR: 740, M: 780, W: 770/10essay)
ACT: Did not submit
SAT II: Math2: 750, German: 750; Physics: 730
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/78
AP (place score in parenthesis): German Language (5); US Gov't (5); English Language (4); Physics B (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, Chemistry (with AP Independent Study), AP English Language and Composition, AP Computer Science A, Honors Japanese IV, PSEO Spanish I at a community college
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF, also Yale Book Award and Bausch&Lomb Science Scholar, 3 most outstand student awards
Subjective:
Extracurriculars:
Was a year-long foreign exchange student to Germany as a sophomore
Cross Country (2x Honorable Mention, Coach's Award)
United Way Club (President, this year we set county record)
Key Club (Treasurer, heading recycling project)
Model United Nations (Club Founder and Chairperson)
Academic Challenge (Top 3- was on TV)
Rotary 4-Way Speech Contest (Winner)
Lots of other little things
Job/Work Experience: Subway- "Sandwich Artist", 18hrs/wk
Volunteer/Community service: Already in ECs, also I helped out my school's tech dept. during my freshman summer
Summer Activities: 9-Tech Dept. Help, 10- Exchange, 11- University of Notre Dame Summer Experience Program
Essays: Fine, I guess... I'm sending in two new essays
Teacher Recommendations: One was beautiful, the other was boring and didn't say anything
Counselor Rec: I didnt see it, but I read a different rec she wrote for me... it exaggerated a lot: "incredibly brilliant", "an inspiration to the rest of the school", that sort of thing... is that bad?
Additional Rec: None
Interview: The interviewer told me that I was by far his top applicant
Other
State (if domestic applicant): OH
School Type: Tiny public where no one's ever even applied to Yale before!
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: Middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, I guess.
Reflection
Strengths: Yearlong Foreign Exchange
Weaknesses: Essays, Teacher Recs?
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I wish I knew so I could fix it… I'm hoping the new essays I sent in help, also I asked my gov't teacher to write me one, and I think he'll do a good job.
General Comments: Good Luck everyone, and Congratulations if you’re in! If anyone has any suggestions/ideas on why i didn't get in, tell me please!
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