Accepted
Stats:
SAT: 2310 combined - 750 Math 760 CR 800 Writing (1 sitting)
SAT II: 800 Physics, 800 Math II, 780 Chem
ACT: N/A
GPA: good question?? I think ~4.5 weighted
Rank: 6/350
Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Physics C Mech, Physics C E&M, Chemistry, Calculus BC - all 5
Current Classes: Honors Art V, AP U.S. Gov., AP Lit., DE Engineering, Honors Forensic Chemistry, DE Differential Equations/Math Modeling, Honors Linear Algebra
Subjective
Essays: My Common App. essay was so solid, I wrote about how I was rejected from my school’s math/science specialty center and how that impacted my education there. My supplemental ones were pretty good as well; I wrote a great essay about why I wanted to go there, and my “for fun” essay was pretty great too. My ethics essay was a little wild because I talked about how I like let a cheating thing slide? It’s not as bad as it sounds but it’s probably not what they were looking for.
Teacher Recs:
Physics teacher - we’re super tight, I’m actually building a Tesla coil and Helmholtz coil on a counter in his room this year. He told me all the time that I was one of the best students he’d ever have, so obviously he thinks highly of me, but then again he wrote my rec the night before? I’d hope it was good but he’s seriously a wild card, so I honestly have no clue.
U.S. History teacher - also pretty tight. I had him last year and he really liked me, I worked pretty hard in his class.
Counselor Rec: holy crap my counselor actually hates me. I literally have no idea
Supplementary Material: IMMC math modeling paper
Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): HiMCM top paper (?? I think that counts? It’s international but idk)
Personal
Location: VA
High School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Other
Extracurriculars: Like 2 summer NASA programs, summer Governor’s school, president of Physics & Engineering Club, president of ACS Chemistry Club, president of SNHS, some other annoying stuff that doesn’t matter
Awards: HiMCM Outstanding & Top Problem B Paper, IMMC Meritorious paper (one of two U.S. teams), National Merit Semifinalist (didn’t put it on the app), several art/class awards
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:
I’m honestly dying? I never thought this could happen for me because I’ve honestly been rejected from just about everything I’ve ever applied to. I’m seriously in shock I don’t even know how to start processing this?