Decision: Rejected
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1710 (440 R, 770 M, 500 W), just once taken
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: 800 M II, 790 Ph
Unweighted GPA: 3.85 unweighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/28
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous: Differential Calculus & Integral, Discrete Mathematics, Analytical Geometry and Linear Algebra, Physics, Chemistry, English Language, Persian Language.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None, but a few minor ones like: Tournament of the Towns, Mathematical Olympiad first stage.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Nothing special, Mathemaical Olympiad preparatory team (leader), Teaching math and physics, car designing and rendering, piano playing.
Job/Work Experience: Benz Classical Car Workshop
Volunteer/Community service: N/A
Summer Activities: Attended Number Theory, Calculus, Physics, Algebra classes in Sharif University of Technology (Iran’s first ranking university)
Essays: They were really good and maybe great.
Teacher Recommendation: They really like me.
Counselor Rec: He really likes me.
Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Mechnical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Iran
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: <30000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection:
Strengths: I had an invention idea that would change the world which I explained in my essays but I think they didn’t payed attention, senior year course load.
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: My invention idea
Weaknesses: I’m totally weak, my scores, being from Iran, neading huge amount of financial aid, no major awards.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Look at the weaknesses
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Rejected: MIT, Case Western Reserve University.
Notes: As it seams colleges and universities pay more attention to achievements and numbers than I tought. But they forget that all these are circumstantial, I even didn’t know for example that there are events like robotics cmpetetions. All I asked from admissions office is to first look at all those difficulties I’ve had to deal with, my family’s circumstances and sacrifices they have made, the struggles that I have made, and the nights that I’ve not slept just to have a little more time to study, and take into consideration that I was lonely in this path and I myself had to find my own way and as a result I’ve had to experience everything on my own and this has consumed a lot of time. Consequently, I’ve always dropped behind and straggled. In Olympiads, In Tournaments of the Towns, and in SAT I had just a little time to get prepared. It may seem that I’m trying to make excuses, but after all these are the facts. Now, please take a look at what I have achieved: my invention ideas, high SAT Subject scores and GPA, Tournaments of the Towns. I think you will agree that I’m dreadfully determined and motivated, I’m acquainted deeply with adverse circumstances and more able to overcome them, I’m assiduous in my studies, and I toil to reach my goals, but the admissions office didn’t.