Decision: ACCEPTED
Objective:
SAT I N/A
ACT: 29 composite
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank
Award(s) Granted:
State and National awards for Cello, music scholarship recipient
Ross Math scholar award
Subjective:
Extracurricular Activities (place leadership roles in parenthesis):
Cello: Associate principal and principal of a couple prominent youth symphony’s
Piano: Concerto competition winner
Chinese language outreach Face2Face, it helps immigrants learn to live life in America.
Job/Work Experience:
I have worked a full time job continuously since I left home at 16.
Summer Activities:
Working, started a non-profit to teach cello to underprivileged children in inner city schools.
Essays:
Pretty confident about them, I really put a lot into them.
Main essay discussed my struggle to live freely from my parents and how I came to terms with my fathers suicide.
Side essay discussed a situation where I had to report the abuse of a student even though I knew that the state would only make things worse.
Teacher Recommendation:
Couldn’t expect a better letter :).
Other:
State (if domestic applicant):
PA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private, international online
Ethnicity:
Hispanic/Caucasian
Gender:
Male
Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate):
12,000 ish
Hooks (First Generation College, Minority,Learning Disability, etc.):
First Generation, Minority, I was raised in a church compound and escaped, Foster care for a little bit, Gay
Reflection:
Strengths:
I’m like a quadruple minority or something ;p, My parents are essentially Amish so I had no contact with the outside world really, I have a great school with a renowned reputation and a great curriculum.
I am very involved in my community and trying to make education more accessible to low income students, I live in one of those lovely districts that discriminates against low income students when they do their budget.
Urban student.
Weaknesses:
Age, because I did not start school until I was 16 I am now 20 years old. I was really afraid this would disqualify me, also I don’t have a birth certificate or any legal documentation that I exist so there’s that…
Also lack of standardized tests. I have taken one ACT about 10 years ago.
Why you think you were accepted/rejected:
I think I was accepted because I showed on my application that my education is really everything to me, I risked everything and left home to pursue it, also it helps to have reasonably good academics especially considering I work a full time job.