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[*] SAT I (breakdown):
[*] ACT:
[*] SAT II:
[*] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[*] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[*] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[*] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[*] Senior Year Course Load:
[*] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
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[*] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[*] Job/Work Experience:
[*] Volunteer/Community service:
[*] Summer Activities:
[*] Essays:
[*] Teacher Recommendation:
[*] Counselor Rec:
[*] Additional Rec:
[*] Interview:
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[*] State (if domestic applicant):
[*] Country (if international applicant):
[*] School Type:
[*] Ethnicity:
[*] Gender:
[*] Income Bracket:
[*] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
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[*] Strengths:
[*] Weaknesses:
[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[*] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
SAT I (breakdown): 2240 (CR: 780 M: 760 W: 700 E: 10)
ACT: 34 (did not submit)
SAT II: 780 Math II, 770 Chem, 800 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/450
AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography (5), World History (5), Psychology (5), Chemistry (5), Music Theory (5), Calc AB (5), APUSH (5), English Language (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: All AP / Most Rigorous (AP Bio, AP Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Micro, AP US Gov, AP Physics, Band VI
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None other than National AP Scholar / School awards
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band (Drum Major, 2 years), Clarinet, Piano, Composition (submitted Arts Supplement), Jazz Band, National Honor Society (Leadership Board past two years), Mu Alpha Theta (Vice President), Odyssey of the Mind (8 years, world finals three times).
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Around 300 hours, hospital, church, etc. small things
Summer Activities: FSU Summer Band Camp, volunteering, stuff for school Band
Essays: Common App 9/10, Yale Supp: 10/10 (I am very pleased with what I wrote)
Teacher Recommendation: One of them I read and it was stellar quote: “The best thing I’ve ever written about a student in 26 years of teaching,” the other one I didn’t read but the teacher really likes me
Counselor Rec: Probably good (large public school), counselor barely knows me
Additional Rec: None
Interview: Not Contacted
Other
State (if domestic applicant): FL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large Public
Ethnicity: W
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 120k-140k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths: ECs, Essays
Weaknesses: Sat I Scores, No Hook… etc
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No hook
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Dartmouth, Penn, Duke (Likely Letter), Emory
Waiting on: Harvard, Brown, Stanford
Rejected: Princeton, Yale
General Comments:
Looking back on my essays, they weren't as good as they could have been (esp. the "why yale" essay". Glad this process is over. Grats to the admits!
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Calculus BC, Physics C, English, Biology, European History, Psychology
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP Physics C, AP English, AP Biology, AP European History, AP Psychology, concert band, linguistics independent study
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Team (co-captain), iGEM (founder and leader), trumpet, piano, Hebrew High School, FIRST robotics
Job/Work Experience: physics internship at local college
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities: SSEP, SciTech
Essays: I liked them a lot, and I think they were creative and said a lot about me. Common app was about my love of fantasy and science fiction, Yale supplemental was about finding a robin’s egg in my backyard when I was five.
Teacher Recommendation: Bio teacher and English teacher – both should have been great.
Counselor Rec: Also good.
Additional Rec:
Interview: Went quite well.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy
Reflection
Strengths: essays
Weaknesses: math grades, no stellar ECs
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably legacy and essays, like I said above. It helps.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Brown, UChicago (EA). Rejected: MIT. Still waiting on Harvard.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0. 104.218 weighted on 100 pt scale.
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/262
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History - 3 (10th grade)
IB (place score in parenthesis): All being taken in May
Senior Year Course Load: Band, IB Eng A1 HL, IB Bio SL, IB Span B HL, IB Math SL, IB ToK, IB HoA HL, IB Music SL, IB Mentoring, Economics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Scholar and National Merit Commended (first in my school in A WHILE). Gates Finalist. Being cool.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (Drumline and all percussion endeavors in the Band (also going to state for a snare solo and was second chair percussion in my district honor band)), (Mu Alpha Theta Founder and President), History Club, Model UN, NHS, Interact Club
Job/Work Experience: Some with family business
Volunteer/Community service: 935 hours of CAS in IB
Summer Activities: Duke TiP from 2007 - 2010, Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science (MITES) in 2011, Dartmouth Bound in 2011
Essays: Loved the first one. About my father and unique circumstances. Very bold and emotional in my eyes. Other essays were all strong imo, but I definitely preferred some over others.
Teacher Recommendation: I didn't see them, but my bio teacher felt bad when I got deferred from Yale because she said she was too strict on my common one. I dunno how that'll go...
Counselor Rec: No clue in the slightest.
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview:
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Biology: Cellular, Molecular, and Developmental
State (if domestic applicant): TX
School Type: Inner-city Public in an underfunded and "Academically Unacceptable" (according to TEA) campus
Ethnicity: Hispanic, roots from Mexico
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Under the cutoff for full aid.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, First in a TRUE college (Dad dropped out and mom has a license but not a degree)
Reflection
Strengths: Writing, scores relative to location, doing as much as I can in my school, summer programs.
Weaknesses: Lack of EC and leadership positions
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied:
Where else you were accepted/waitlisted/denied:
Accepted: Columbia (likely), Cornell (early writeish), Dartmouth (likely), Williams (early write), Bowdoin (early write), Amherst (early write), MIT, Rice, UC Los Angeles, UC Santa Barbara (Honors), UC Santa Cruz (Honors), Northwestern, Boston U (Honors), Hofstra (Honors), UTexas, Texas A&M, Fordham (likely), Simpson, St. Johns, Iowa State, Drexel, Houston Baptist. Waitlisted: Princeton, WUSTL Rejected: Yale (deferred SCEA)
General Comments:
This sucks, but oh well. It's all good I guess.
SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Math I, 800 Chemistry, 800 Biology E, 770 US History, 770 Literature, 750 French, 740 Latin
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/360
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus BC (5), Latin (5), Physics B (5), Chemistry (5), US History (5), English Lang (5), Biology (5), French (5), Environmental Science (5), Human Geography (5), Macroeconomics (5), US Gov (5), Psychology (5)
Senior Year Course Load: Post-AP French Literature, AP Comp Gov, Linear Algebra, AP English Literature, AP Physics C, AP European History, AP Art History, Post-AP Latin
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Various Olympiad/AMC/AIME awards, National Merit Finalist, National AP Scholar, various scholarships, leadership awards, volunteer awards, etc.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Tennis (1st Singles 4 years, team captain 3 years), Varsity Boys Lacrosse (4 years, captain 2 years), Varsity Boys Soccer (4 years, co-captain 2 years), US Senate Page Program, Varsity Debate (4 years, qualified to Tournament of Champions twice, NFL Nationals three times, CFL Nationals 4 times), Mock Trial captain, Literary Magazine contributor and assistant editor, Violinist (local youth orchestra)
Job/Work Experience: Interned at state governor’s office for 2 summers, Interned at an attorney’s office, Worked at local ice cream store for four years
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at local nursing home since I was 9, reading to them, bringing my pet dog, taking care of them, playing music for them, talking to them, etc.
Summer Activities: Debate camp, volunteering, interning, reading, working, etc.
Essays: Excellent
Teacher Recommendation: Best in career.
Counselor Rec: Best in career.
Additional Rec: From state governor, wonderful comments.
Interview: Good
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NY
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 75,000-100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation
AP (place score in parenthesis): Spanish Language (5), Human Geography (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): Will take French HL this year.
Senior Year Course Load: IB English, IB History of the Americas, IB Environmental Systems and Societies, IB Mathematics (Calc AB), IB French VI, Studio Photography, Journalism, IB TOK
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Rotary Youth Leadership Award
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Interact Club (Vice President, District Governor)
NHS
French HS
Student Senate
Play(ed) Varsity Football
Job/Work Experience:
Worked at a Restaurant, then Retail
Volunteer/Community service:
Counselor at a Nature Camp for Elem. school
Coach Intramural Middle School Basketball
Counselor at Rotary Youth Leadership Award
Total, about 1000 hours in the past two years
Other Activities:
Spent Junior Year abroad in Italy as a Rotary Youth Exchange Student
Essays: About my experience in Italy, and discovering an interest in Philosophy. I'd say it was pretty good.
Teacher Recommendation: From French teacher, really genuine, though almost childish (she used Comic Sans font).
Counselor Rec: Decent
Additional Rec: From English teacher, not bad.
Interview: excellent ... went two hours longer than expected
Other
State (if domestic applicant): Colorado
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Medium-sized Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic, but White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:$40k-$50k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, parents did not graduate college
Reflection
Strengths:High involvement, year abroad, grades
Weaknesses: ACT, SAT
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:I must have seemed like an interesting person to have around campus, but not quite academically there ...
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted Colorado College, Bowdoin, Colby, Princeton; rejected at Dartmouth
General Comments:
Indecisive on whether I should stay on the waitlist or not ... Princeton is great, and Harvard has yet to reply.
SAT II: 2400 (800 Math II, 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.90
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My school doesn't rank, but I think my counselor put my rank as "1/900".
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: A Level maximum load (General Paper, Project Work, Economics, Math, Chemistry, Physics)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Top 10 in national math olympiad, top in national programming competition.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science and Math Council (Deputy President), High school YMCA (IT Director), Multimedia Club (President), Tech Council, Guitar Ensemble, Math Club.
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: 1000+ hours of Community Service
Summer Activities: Nothing much
Essays: I liked my Common Apps essay, though my counselor said it's "decent". Didn't spend that much time on Yale supplement.
Teacher Recommendation: didn't get to read, but I think one was very good and one so so.
Counselor Rec: Excellent. She loves me.
Additional Rec: None
Interview: It went pretty well, though that's what happens to most interviews.
Other
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Vietnam (but spent 4 years of high school in Singapore)
School Type: Public / Independent
Ethnicity: Vietnamese
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: below $10,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths: Strong EC & Counselor Rec, decent stat & grade.
Weaknesses: Cookie-cutter Asian
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don't know, honestly. College admission is way random.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Princeton, Brown, Cornell
Wailisted: MIT, UChicago, Columbia, Yale
Rejected: Penn (Wharton)
General Comments: Congrats to those who were accepted
