<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): CR 750 M 600 W 690
ACT: 30 (didn’t send. I think)
SAT II (if submitted): NA
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.19, (3.21 weighted)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): about 130 out of 850
AP (place score in parenthesis): WH: 3, USH: 4, English Lang.: 5
IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
Senior Year Course Load: ap english lit, ap spanish lit, ap art history, ap psych, stats, econ/gov, journalism
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): just ap scholar, but i doubt that counts
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Journalism (Entertainment Editor/staff writer), Book Club (founder/vice prez)
Job/Work Experience: NA
Volunteer/Community service: Nope
Essays: For the Bard essay, I sent a research paper about social networking that I wrote in my junior year. I didn’t think it was particularly good but I got an A on it and it got me into Bard…
Teacher Recommendation: Both excellent
Counselor Rec: NA
Additional Rec: NA
Interview: NA
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: YES
Intended Major: Lit. or art history
Country (if international applicant): NA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Mexican
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: slightly less than 70,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): first generation college student
Strengths: strong writer, strong SAT’s, intellectual interest. it probably also helps that i’m mexican and from a city bordering with east l.a.
Weaknesses: GPA, class rank
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essay, recommendations
General Comments: I was rejected from every other private school I applied to (Grinnell, Hampshire, Macalester, and waitlisted at Reed) so I was surprised to see I got into Bard. My embarrassingly low g.p.a. can be attributed to my grades in 9th grade (i got a 2.0/2.8) but since, I’ve only gotten 3.5’s and above. I’m crossing my fingers the financial aid comes through because it really seems like a great school.</p>