<p>A2Wolves6, yes it wasn’t too tough of a choice, although I did have a few minor qualms about turning down Chicago econ.</p>
<p>Well what about Berkeley? If you are in-state there, then that would have been a great option. Unless of course you had need, whereas Stanford would have been perfect.</p>
<p>I agree with you, but it’s pretty difficult to turn Stanford down for Berkeley. I won’t say it’s the prestige that got to me (although I’m sure that’s partly true), but rather the opportunities that come with that prestige. I don’t mean opportunity as in will-make-big-$$$. I mean it as in the kind of students, faculty, and resources that are there. </p>
<p>As far as the financial side, my family is well off but not enough that $47k/yr doesn’t hurt. In fact, a decent chunk of it my parents decidely are not paying. We all agreed from the beginning that it was worth it, but we’ll see how it goes. :)</p>
<p>I like this thread:)</p>
<p>^ I agree, this was agreat idea</p>
<p>bump!!!11</p>
<p>Ok here’s my Stats. I go to a private international school which is very prestigious and well known where I live:</p>
<p>9th Grades:
English:A
Math:A+
Science:A+
Social Studies: A
French:B
Total:A</p>
<p>10th Grades:
English:A
Physics:A
Chemistry:A+
Biology:A
French: B-
Economics:A+
Total:A</p>
<p>11th Grade:
English:A
Pre Calculus:A+
Physics:A
Chemistry:A+
Biology:A
Economics:A+
Total:A+</p>
<p>12th Grade:
English:A
Physics:A+
Chemistry:A+
Calculus:A+
Economics:A+
Total:A+</p>
<p>Note: All ten and eleven grade classes were Honors and 12 were all AP courses</p>
<p>Rank: School doesn’t rank but was 1/50
SAT:2160 800M 700CR 660W
SAT2 800Chem 800Math level 2 740Physics</p>
<p>ECs (this is definitely my weakest part):
Head of the Safety department at my school Grades 9-12 with many hours per week
Chess Club
Squash</p>
<h2>Teacher Recommendations were amazing as was my school one( I mean brilliant)</h2>
<p>Decisions:
Accepted
Stanford
Carnegie Mellon
U Texas Austin
U Michigan Ann Arbor</p>
<p>Waitlisted
Cornell
Rice</p>
<p>Rejected
Princeton
MIT</p>
<p>Mind you, I was very BA/MD geared</p>
<p>Stats at time of application
SATs: 700 CR, 790 M, 740 W: 1490/2230
SAT II’s: Chemistry (10th grade) 750, Math IIC 790, Bio-M 750, US History 760
Rank: 1/390
GPA: 5.39/5.50 W
4.47/4.50</p>
<p>Most difficult curriculum in the school. Took 6/7 AP classes in the school. The seventh was not offered my senior year (the only year I could take it because not enough people signed up).
9th
Bio: A+
English I: A+
World Civilization: A+
Geometry: A+
Spanish II: A+
Band (4.5 Weighted Scale, others 5.5): A+</p>
<p>10th
English II: A+
AP History I: A+
Alg II/Trigonometry: A+
Chemistry: A+
Computer Science: A+
Spanish III: A+
Band: A+</p>
<p>CC Classes during sophomore year:
Calculus I: A
Calculus II: A</p>
<p>11th
AP US History II: A A+
AP English I (American Lit): A+ A+
Physics: A+ A+
Pre Calculus: A+ A+
AP Biology: A+ A+
Spanish IV: A+ A+</p>
<p>12th
AP English II (British Lit): A A
AP Chemistry: A A+
AP Calculus AB (took BC test): A+ A+
Spanish V: A+ A+
AP Computer Science AB: A+ A+
Topics in Modern Computer Programming: A+ A+</p>
<p>AP Scores:
English Lit and Comp: 4
Computer Science AB: 5
Chemistry: 5
Biology: 5
US History: 5
Calculus BC: 5
AB Subscore: 5</p>
<p>EC’s:
Varsity XC (captain)
Varsity Indoor Track
Varsity Outdoor Track
NHS (president)
Spanish NHS (vp)
Jr. Red Cross/Interact Club (vp)
Jazz Band (1st Chair Trumpet)
Marching Band
School Play Orchestra Pit
Hopsital Volunteering (193 hours)
EMS Volunteer</p>
<p>Awards:
NJSIAA Scholar Athlete Award
NJ Bloustein Scholar
Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award
etc, etc. don’t feel like putting down all the awards</p>
<p>Colleges:
GWU 7 year BA/MD: Accepted Undergrad, Accepted BA/MD; will be attending
TCNJ/UMDNJ 7 year BS/MD: Accepted TCNJ, rejected BA/MD
RPI/AMC Physician-Scientist Program 7 year BA/MD: Accepted to program
Villanova/Drexel 7 year BS/MD: Accepted to both
Brown PLME: rejected PLME, waitlisted undergrad
Johns Hopkins: Accepted with Bloomberg Scholarship (39k/year grant)</p>
<p>SAT: 1580 (old), SAT II’s: 800,790,770
GPA: 4.0 uw
EC’s: A lot of unique humanities-based activities.
Accepted: Harvard, Yale, Duke, WashU, Rice, Vanderbilt
Attending: Duke (with full scholarship)</p>
<p>GPA: 3.7 UW 4.7 W
7 AP’s through hs, the rest (besides core reqs) were honors.
rank:
30/261 (UW)
50/261(W)
nationally recognized public high school</p>
<p>SAT:
620 v, 710 m, 670 w –> 1330/2000
SAT II:
mathI 730, USHist 590(ouch)</p>
<p>ECs:
4 years soccer(3 year varsity player)
- Balt. county senior all star
4 years wrestling
science club
spanish club
NHS</p>
<p>Decisions:</p>
<p>accepted: University of Delaware(honors), University of Maryland(scholars), University of Michigan, Case Western Reserve</p>
<p>rejected: Cornell University
Waitlisted/rejected: WashU in stlouis</p>
<p>attending: Case Western</p>