Barnard Class of 2019 Results

VW1965
Mon, 30 Mar 2015 21:53:14 +0000

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:
[] SAT I (breakdown): nope
[] ACT: 34C: 36E, 35R, 31M, 33S
[] SAT II: didn’t send
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Stats, AP Psych, AP Gov, Dual Enrollment Physics & others
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): DECA Awards, NCWIT Aspirations in Computing National Runner-Up & Affiliate winner, Elks Student of the Year[/li]
[/list][ b]Subjective:**
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): DECA (President), Elections Committee (President, Student Government Chair), NHS (Officer), Humanitarian Advocate Leadership Council (Founder), Tutoring Center (Founding member, Coordinator)
[] Job/Work Experience: Make websites and graphics and run social media for a local not for profit org.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at my local children’s museum, tutoring, and drive for CHOICE Humanitarian, various other little things
[] Summer Activities: Utah Business Week
[] Essays: Two of my Barnard ones were probably too similar but I thought they were okay, probably too generic or like I was trying too hard (6/10), Common App is probably my riskiest but I thought it was good/interesting (7/10)!
[] Teacher Recommendation: 2 from English teachers (7/10 they both like me!), 1 from Computer Science teacher (9/10 I cry every time I read it! She loves me.)
[] Counselor Rec: Probably not super insightful but she really likes me (6/10)
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: no
[] Supplementary Material: nope

[/list][ b]Other**
[] State (if domestic applicant): Utah
Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): 50,000 - 100,000 (applied for FA)
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Maybe girl in Computer Science, know an alumna?

[/list][ b]Reflection**
[] Strengths: Test scores, GPA
[] Weaknesses: could have had better ECs, had to email all my college adcoms twice due to transcript errors
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Just not interesting enough, probably didn’t show my passion too much in my essays (probably would have benefited from taking a few more risks)
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected - University of Chicago, Northwestern; Waitlisted - RPI, Accepted - NYU, USC Iovine & Young Academy, Tufts University, University of Utah

[/list]General Comments: Happy for everyone who got accepted! I got a likely letter from Columbia, so I may bump into some of you in the Fall!