This is beyond hilarious. I’m actually dying of laughter. Accepted at Vanderbilt, waitlisted at WUSTL, accepted at Berkeley, and accepted at UC Irvine Honors. WAITLISTED AT UC DAVIS?
Decision: WAITLISTED for Computer Science. What the fuck?
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (740CR 720M 770W 11E) first sitting. 2310 (740CR 800M 770W 12E) superscored.
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: 800 Math IIC, 770 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Not sure. UC GPA is around a 4.1.
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 4%
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar, MTAC Advanced Level
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Student Government Vice President (11) Student Government President (12). Founded a scholarship for community college students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Started an internship program with Kaiser Permanente and PG&E for students at my high school. Multiple Robotics awards, Robotics Club President, raised $500 for clubs activities (9-12), Varsity Swimming/Water Polo (9-12), USTA Tennis with multiple awards (10-12), California CM Advanced level Piano, Chess Club Founder (12). Church volunteer and youth group leader (9-12).
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: Founded a 501 c(3) non-profit organization that builds desktop computers for the needy, tutored ESL college students, and set up internships for students at my school. Raised over $2000 in donations and made it to local news. Total ~800 hours. Worked and set up computers for my school’s IT department.
Summer Activities: Interned at a local accounting firm for over 3 years. Volunteered at a care home for the mentally disabled.
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Spent two days on them. Talked about the summers I spent in Taiwan as a child and my early experiences with computer hardware. 7 or 8?
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): N/A
Interview: N/A
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Undeclared
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Competitive Public
Ethnicity: Asian/Pacific Islander
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 250k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: LMFAO
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Deferred: Duke (ED)
Accepted: Berkeley, Florida Tech ($20,000 merit scholarship), UCI Honors, Vanderbilt (will attend)
Waitlisted: Washington U in St. Louis, UC DAVIS LMFAO
Waiting on: USC, Northwestern, WashU, Cornell, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCSC, Claremont McKenna, NYU, Tulane, Occidental, and Pepperdine. Will probably have to withdraw all of them though since I’m going to Vanderbilt.
I find this hilarious for some reason. I never thought I’d get waitlisted at my safety after getting accepted at Cal and Vanderbilt. Yield protection? Who knows…