<p>Colleges:[ul]
[<em>]APPLIED TO (EA, ED, RD, ROLLING): Questbridge RD: Stanford, USC, Pomona College, Princeton, and Brown. UCs: UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC San Diego, and UC Santa Barbara. Other: Harvard RD.
[</em>]ACCEPTED: USC (Trustee Scholar), UC San Diego, and UC Santa Barbara (with Honors).
[<em>]DEFERRED: N/A
[</em>]WAIT LISTED: Princeton, Brown, & UC Berkeley (chemical engineering)
[<em>]DENIED: UCLA (chemical engineering), Pomona College, Harvard, and Stanford.
[</em>]MERIT AID: USC Trustee Scholarship
[<em>]ATTENDING: USC 
[/ul]Objective:[ul]
[</em>] SAT I (breakdown): Single sitting: 2060 (680 CR, 650 M, 730 W); Super-scored: 2100 (680 CR, 690 M, 730 W)
[<em>] ACT: 29
[</em>] SAT II: Spanish 800, Math L2 630, and US History 610
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/327
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Spanish Language (5), AP Spanish Lit (5), AP Calc AB (4), AP English Lang (4), & AP US History (3)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Art History, AP Chemistry, AP Calc BC, AP Literature, & regular Economics/Gov.
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Questbridge Finalist, National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar, AP Scholar w/Distinction, & the President’s Volunteer Service Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Tennis (4 years, varsity for last two, several awards from coaches)
Track & Field (4 years, varsity distance runner)
ASB (last 2 years, current), Senior Class Vice President, HOBY and Camp Royal leadership camps
Piano (2 years -received a 2-year scholarship for lessons, self taught afterwards)
Church worship group (lead vocalist, participated for two years)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: About 150 hours in varying projects (230 if my worship group involvement is counted as service).
[</em>] Summer Activities: Tennis conditioning + Stanford EPGY
[<em>] Essays: I immigrated to the US about 4 years ago. Wrote my essays about growing up in my native country and about how moving to USA redefined my character.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read, but good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read either. Good as well.
[</em>] Additional Rec: From my tennis coach. Definitely good.
[<em>] Interview: I loved my Harvard interview. My interviewer and I met at Starbucks; we clicked really well. Guess it wasn’t enough. Princeton and Brown interviews were over the phone; they were OK.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Chemistry
[</em>] State: CA
[<em>] School Type: Public. About 1500 students total.
[</em>] Ethnicity (Country of Origin): Hispanic (not stating country for privacy reasons)
[<em>] Race(s) (AI/AN, Asian, AA, NH/PI, White, not reported): Didn’t report race.
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: $50-$80k
[</em>] Hooks/tips (URM, athlete, legacy, 1st gen, etc.): URM, Questbridge finalist, & resident of a rural/underrepresented area
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Unique essays + decent ECs + high GPA + good test scores for safeties & matches
[</em>] Weaknesses: Low test scores for reach schools + no outstanding ECs + no major awards (state/national)
[/ul]General Comments:[list] Stanford was my “dream school” & everyone thought I’d get in. I feel like other people are disappointed, but I’ve made my peace. After receiving my early acceptance notice, I gradually fell in love with USC. I’m confident that God has a purpose for me there, and I couldn’t be happier to become a Trojan. Fight on! :)>- :)</p>