<p>Accepted: Williams (Early Write), Swarthmore (Early Write), Emory, UChicago (EA), Georgetown (EA), UPenn, Brown and Princeton.</p>
<p>Waitlisted: Columbia and Dartmouth</p>
<p>Rejected: Harvard, Yale and Stanford.</p>
<p>Did you get any scholarships/ Honors program: University of Chicago Merit Scholarship</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 730W/690R/570M - 1990
[</em>] ACT: 34W/29R/26S/25M (32 Essay) - 29
[<em>] SAT II: 700 US/670 Lit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 96%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 US/3 Lit
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish and AP Psych (among others)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Discus Award Winner</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Track and Field (Jump Team Captain), National Honor Society, Ebony Club, Yearbook.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Soup kitchen volunteer
[<em>] Essays: My Common App essay was a response to visiting the land of my ancestors. It took me about five months to get it just right.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good, but nothing spectacular.</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): New York City
[</em>] School Type: Catholic
[<em>] Ethnicity: African American
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM (and recruited for Track and Field at Williams, UChicago and Emory)
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Essays, grades and achievements in Track and Field
[li] Weaknesses: Standardized test scores[/li] [/ul]General Comments:
This was a long, long process. But the pain, the sweat, the tears were all worth it. Future applicants, dont let anyone stop or discourage you from pursuing the schools you want to attend. Try your absolute hardest. Push yourself (mentally and physically).Work. You will achieve. AND DONT SKIMP OUT ON ANY WRITING IN YOUR APPLICATIONS! I strongly believe this was the tipping factor for me. Best of luck to you all!</p>