<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Decision Date: Dec. 14
Date you submitted application: 10/28
Application Plan: EA1 </p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown): W: 690 CR: 680 M: 650 Total: 2020
ACT: didn’t take
SAT II: Math II: 650 Literature: 750 Biology E: 690
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5ish
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My school doesn’t rank or percentile
AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology: 4
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus, AP Government/AP Macroeconomics, English 12, Psychology, Yearbook
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None, really. I received the President’s Award in 9th grade (mostly everyone in my school did) and a Badminton Most Improved Award, and a Community Foundation award for my club</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: Captain of badminton team (been on the team for 4 years), yearbook class photo editor, CSF active member, club president, club secretary
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered for over a year at the following: a local hospital, the library, the SPCA animal adoption center
Summer Activities: attended a Global Health program at USC (I did not put this on my application), camp counselor
Essays: I wrote about diversity and overcoming the challenges of being a minority
Teacher Recommendation: I had two, one from my math teacher and one from my english teacher who is also my club advisor so I’m guessing the one from her was pretty strong
Counselor Rec: None
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None</p>
<p>State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public, EXTREMELY competitive; top 10% is a 4.35-5.0 W GPA
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Does this mean how much my family makes a year? If so, about 140k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>
<p>Strengths: I got a little creative with my essay which probably helped, and my recommendations and extracurriculars were relatively strong
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I know diversity is very important to Willamette so by focusing my essay on that issue and how it relates to me probably boosted my chances of getting accepted.</p>