**Decision: Deferred **
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1490; Math 800; Reading+Grammar 690
ACT (breakdown): didn’t take
SAT II: none
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): don’t know. probably REALLY low. Weighted 3.9 (Also to note that I got a C in junior religion class and F in a no-credit course)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not 100% sure but probably right in the middle (50%)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio 3 (did not report); 2D Art 4
IB (place score in parenthesis): school does not offer
Senior Year Course Load: CalcAB, French, APES. Our school has a weird policy that only allows seniors (except the top 10%) to take no more than 3 AP/honor courses.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 3 pieces (gold&silver&bronze) in an international photography competition; first place (in a 3-people group) in an international wildlife species searching&identification contest at a pretty professional level with some graduate/PhD scholars
TOEFL: 113 (R29 L29 S27 W28)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): captain of school crosscountry team; varsity xc & track (4 yrs)
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: volunteered at a botanical garden for 2+ yrs; did some volunteer in a national nature reserve in China during summer
Summer Activities: mentioned above. Off-site summer program offered by an ivy
Essays (rating 1-10, details): don’t know.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): don’t know
Teacher Rec #1: from my soph&junior yr math teacher & 4 yrs xc coach. I guess it’s pretty good
Teacher Rec #2: from my junior yr AP Bio teacher. really not sure about the quality.
Counselor Rec: She seems to like me but I’m not sure.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major and College: CALS plant science
State (if domestic applicant): attending high school in California. F1 visa (Not US citizen)
Country: born and attended school 1st thru 9th grade in China
School Type: private, religious, all-girl
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: female
Income Bracket: not sure. middle class.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nothing
Reflection
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I know 90% of my objective stats are basically TRASH. The extracurriculars might have saved me from straight rejection.
General Comments : I know that I’m a extremely weak applicant compared to others in my pool so I already feel like winning lottery for being deferred. Ready to take that L in the regular round. All the best to those who have received whatever results AND people applying the regular round!! 