goalie1006

I am a caucasian, male senior applying RD to Hamilton. I go to a moderately competitive public school in NJ.

UW GPA: 3.983 (4.0 scale)

Percentile: 98th (I think I'm 6/438)

Superscore SAT: CR 800, M 740, WR 790=2330 total

SAT IIs: Math II 800, Chem 720, US History 700, Bio E 620 (freshman year w/o AP Bio)

AP Classes Taken (total of 8): Junior--Chem, US History, Span Lang, Stat
Senior--Physics, Euro, Calc BC, English Lit

AP Grades: Chem 4, US History 4, Stat 4, Span Lang 3

Sports: 4 years soccer ranked as high as 3rd in state, 2 years baseball, 4 years club soccer on a high level team competing in college showcases around the country

Extracurriculars: 4 years math team, Writer on school paper as a junior, Sports Editor as a senior, 2-year member of Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation

Volunteer Work: 20 hours at local animal shelter, 32 hours in summer program in Costa Rica

Work Experience: Counselor at nearby soccer camp for several weeks as a rising junior coaching youngsters, private tutor for several students each year ranging from 5th to 11th graders

Common App Essay: Overcoming adversity to make varsity soccer team and win Most Improved as a senior after being on JV for three years, very passionate (pretty well-written)

Recommendations: Excellent

--No interview. Will this hurt me?

rdh1991

your scores and GPA is nice. Good EC's. You should be in, but not having interviewed will hurt you at Hamilton.

goalie1006

How much does the lack of an interview hurt? Can you say from experience (are you a student or applicant or something to that extent) or are you speculating based on stuff you've heard? Thanks!

Also, how score and grades oriented is Hamilton? Just curious since those seem to be my strong points.

rdh1991

From what I've read the interview is fairly important. Did you end up getting in?

goalie1006

Yep, accepted.

WCASParent

Will you be attending Hamilton or somewhere else?