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Remi10001 · 12-26-2007, 01:22 AM

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

Deferred EA? nope, accepted
SAT I (breakdown): 2400
ACT: 35
SAT II: 800 BIO-m, 800 M2. 790 USH
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.00
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2 of 804
AP (place score in parenthesis): USH(5) , Bio(5), Spanish Lang(4), Psych, Microecon
IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics (two semesters), AP Calc BC (2 semesters), AP World History, AP Chemistry, AP English Literature, AP US Gov
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Bausch and Lomb Science, Michelson-Morley Math/Science, Science Olympiad medals (team event compet not olympiad test), not too much else

[ b]Subjective:[/b]

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chess Team(Captain 11-12), Academic Team (Captain 12), Science Olympiads Team(captain 12), Student gov(didn't put on app though), boy Scouts(3 things including patrol leader), Church(president of youth group several times and other things)
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: lots with boy scouts(working on eagle scout project right now), hospital volunteering, random stuff with NHS
Summer Activities: church service thing, online classes, Boy Scout camp
Essays: pretty good, one about childhood leading up to my current career goals, other about reconciling academia and my religion
Teacher Recommendation: amazing "prodigal god of academia" by one (he has a real tongue in-cheek style
Counselor Rec: it did what it had to do
Additional Rec: nope
Interview: he wouldn't stop blabbering. I tried to interject here and there but it was mainly a lesson in futility

Other

State (if domestic applicant): OH
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Biggest Public in the state
Ethnicity: Caucasian (but oriental at heart)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 80k-90k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation, my parents are postal workers

Reflection

Strengths: Near statistical perfection, very good recs, purposeful essays
Weaknesses: EC's a bit, not being exposed to too much of the outside world here in Fairfield
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Academic Triple threat (course rigor, rank, scores), possess the intellectual vitality that Yale desires at the moment

General Comments: Good Luck!!

12-26-2007, 01:22 AM	#53
Remi10001 Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 238	Decision: Accepted Objective: Deferred EA? nope, accepted SAT I (breakdown): 2400 ACT: 35 SAT II: 800 BIO-m, 800 M2. 790 USH Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.00 Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2 of 804 AP (place score in parenthesis): USH(5) , Bio(5), Spanish Lang(4), Psych, Microecon IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics (two semesters), AP Calc BC (2 semesters), AP World History, AP Chemistry, AP English Literature, AP US Gov Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Bausch and Lomb Science, Michelson-Morley Math/Science, Science Olympiad medals (team event compet not olympiad test), not too much else [ b]Subjective:[/b] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chess Team(Captain 11-12), Academic Team (Captain 12), Science Olympiads Team(captain 12), Student gov(didn't put on app though), boy Scouts(3 things including patrol leader), Church(president of youth group several times and other things) Job/Work Experience: none Volunteer/Community service: lots with boy scouts(working on eagle scout project right now), hospital volunteering, random stuff with NHS Summer Activities: church service thing, online classes, Boy Scout camp Essays: pretty good, one about childhood leading up to my current career goals, other about reconciling academia and my religion Teacher Recommendation: amazing "prodigal god of academia" by one (he has a real tongue in-cheek style Counselor Rec: it did what it had to do Additional Rec: nope Interview: he wouldn't stop blabbering. I tried to interject here and there but it was mainly a lesson in futility Other State (if domestic applicant): OH Country (if international applicant): School Type: Biggest Public in the state Ethnicity: Caucasian (but oriental at heart) Gender: Male Income Bracket: 80k-90k Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation, my parents are postal workers Reflection Strengths: Near statistical perfection, very good recs, purposeful essays Weaknesses: EC's a bit, not being exposed to too much of the outside world here in Fairfield Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Academic Triple threat (course rigor, rank, scores), possess the intellectual vitality that Yale desires at the moment General Comments: Good Luck!!
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