<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul][<em>] SAT I: 2100
[</em>] ACT: 30
[<em>] SAT II: 610 Biology M, 610 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.755
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 37/286
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Spanish (5), AP Biology (3), AP English Language (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP Calculus BC, AP Literature and Composition
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Football (4 years), Track and Field (4 years), BRIDGE Program tutor, Destination Imagination, Independent programmer, Poet, Creator of philosophical/metaphysical blog
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Outside Services at local elite golf club
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: minimal
[<em>] Summer Activities: Intern for two companies in Jakarta, Indonesia
[</em>] Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common app background story (9/10): about playing football with Christian players and coaches when I never grew up with religion, EC supplement (5/10): about my internships in Jakarta, Intellectual Vitality (6/10): pretty lame, about becoming a better writer in high school, Roommate (6/10): didn’t really show who I am as a person, What Matters (7/10): about movies and how they’ve given me perspective on life.
[<em>] Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):[list]
[li] Teacher Rec #1: 8/10, “a truly engaging member in the classroom”[/li][</em>] Teacher Rec #2: 9/10, “this student IS intellectual vitality”
[<em>] Counselor Rec: never read it
[</em>] Additional Rec:[/ul][<em>] Interview:Went well, but felt neither especially good or bad[/list]
Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Colorado
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indonesian/White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: <100k/year
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy (mother and both uncles)[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays, Legacy
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, SAT, ACT, ECs, Awards, Minimal community service, I probably came off as a student that wouldn’t have much impact at Stanford.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Low scores, no true hooks other than the legacy, but even that won’t make up for everything.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Stanford was my first admission decision[/ul]
General Comments: My kindergarten teacher knew me as the kid that wanted to go to Stanford, so you can imagine that this is a pretty life-changing decision for me. Looking back, I know I was setting myself up for disappointment. I wish my parents stopped me before the train got going and I became known as “that kid destined to go to Stanford”. On the other hand, this will be an invaluable life lesson.</p>