Barnard Class of 2019 Results

perridot
Fri, 27 Mar 2015 00:02:04 +0000

**Decision: Accepted

[ b]Objective:**
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2080: 700 M; 700 R; 680 CR
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 700 Math II; 700 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8-ish?; 4.0+ weighted
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/103
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): School does not offer AP classes during the regular school day, so I had to do these on my own time: AP English Lang (3); AP Government (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Linear Algebra; Physics II; Chemistry II; Anatomy II; Literature and Culture; History: East Asia since the 1600. (All of these taken at NMSU)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None[/li]
[/list][ b]Subjective:**
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Graphic design (graduate artist + moderator on online forums); yearbook (editor); piano (playing for 13 years + teacher for 3); springboard diving; quilting (taught my own class based from home); student government.
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: About 100 hours at the local soup kitchen.
[] Summer Activities: Traveling with my family (we’re big scuba divers); reading; summer school (it’s required at my high school)
[] Essays: Writing is a big hobby of mine, so I think they were acceptable. I wrote about my decision + transition to veganism for my Common Application. For the Barnard supplement, I wrote about Audrey Hepburn (woman you admire) and scuba diving (“I majored in unafraid”).
[] Teacher Recommendation: Pretty good. My teachers have been extremely supportive of me throughout my time in high school, so they put a lot of care and effort into what they said.
[] Counselor Rec: Likewise. He also used to be my English teacher, so he also knew me on a personal level.
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: I had it at Barnard’s campus with a rising senior. Went pretty well.
[] Supplementary Material: N/A

[/list][ b]Other**
[] State (if domestic applicant): New Mexico
Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Early college high school; public.
[] Ethnicity: Filipino American
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): 100,000 +
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

[/list][ b]Reflection**
[] Strengths: Essays, recommendations, clear love for my extracurriculars, course rigor (because of my school type, I have been taking classes at the local university for the past two years).
[] Weaknesses: SAT, GPA, too many outstanding applicants.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Smith, Brandeis, Providence. Wait-listed: Wellesley, Boston College.

[/list]**General Comments: ** To be honest, I’m shocked. After being wait-listed at Wellesley and Boston College, I was pretty sure I’d be rejected at Barnard. But I’m beyond excited and grateful. Assuming everything works out, it looks like I’ll be in New York next fall.
Congrats to everybody else who was accepted!