Brandeis Class of 2015 RD Decisions Thread

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (CR: 770 M: 800 W: 800, 10E)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): US History (790), Math 2 (800)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9-ish
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): I have no idea, top 1-5%? out of 365
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Chem (4), Lang & Comp (5), World Hist (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: BC Calc, AP Bio, AP Eng Lit & Comp, AP Government, AP Macroeconomics, AP German, Adv. Comp Arts, Honors Choir, Accelerated Latin 1&2
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, NCTE Achievement Award, AP Scholar with Honor
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Piano (won a few competitions), Yearbook (Editor-in-Chief), Crew (Most Essential Rower, Scholar-Athlete), German Club, Math Club (Secretary), Natural Helpers, National Honor Society, Empire State Wind Orchestra Percussionist
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer camp counselor, Art Teacher @ Chinese School, Intern @ local hospital, Jewish Community Center graphic designer
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Chinese as a Foreign Language Teacher, Chinese School youth team, Nursery volunteer @ church, VBS leader, National Honor Society, tutoring
[<em>] Essays: Fairly good. I wrote about my mailman.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: One was once in career, I didn’t read the other one.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Once in career
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Undecided
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Competitive high school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: $140,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Recommendations, some awards
[</em>] Weaknesses: Community service could have been stronger
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Well, apparently Brandeis is Asian & Jew Land. Soo…[/li][/ul]General Comments:</p>