<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul][<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2160, 760 reading, 660 math, 740 writing
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: 760 math 2, 670 physics, 740 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 14 out of 796
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography, World History, English Lang, English Lit, US History, Calculus BC (5’s on all)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Physics (5), Psychology (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Full AP/IB classes
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None major, academic letter, teachers choice award, science olympiad regionals competition trophy[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Olympiad (vice president), Academic Decathlon (vice president), CSF member, made a podcast, founded JSA chapter at school
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Mathnasium
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Habitat for Humanity volunteer, tutor
[<em>] Summer Activities: Habitat for Humanity
[</em>] Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8 I’d say, talked about a common failure in common app but added a spin, talked about my wariness for group projects + my affinity for chess
[<em>] Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):[list]
[li] Teacher Rec #1: 9, english teacher adored me[/li][</em>] Teacher Rec #2: 7, physics teacher mentioned a lot about science olympiad
[<em>] Counselor Rec: 6, not sure
[</em>] Additional Rec:[/ul][<em>] Interview:[/list]
Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public, Large
[<em>] Ethnicity: South Asian (lel)
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: ~$35k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Humorous, witty, good writer
[</em>] Weaknesses: Shoulda retaken my SAT tbh, coulda scored way better, cause I only took it once. Shoudlve also taken AP Bio my sophomore year
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Simply other people were better than me and Stanford ED is waaaay too competitive for my scores and stuff. They say scores don’t matter as much, but looking at the people that got in, they sure add some weight.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul]
General Comments: Was bummed for about a day, got over it. Eh, would have loved to go there, and I suppose the whole college admissions process has made me jaded as an individual, but I’m still keeping my hopes up.</p>