Case Western Class of 2018 EA Results

Nereidon
Tue, 12 Aug 2014 06:58:39 +0000

Regular Decision; Waitlisted (opted not to stay on waitlist)

Objective:
SAT I: 2230 (700 M/740 CR/790 W/8 Essay)
SAT I Superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2320 (730 M/800 CR/790 W/8 Essay)
SAT II: 780 Math II/730 Spanish
Weighted GPA: 5.93/5.00
Rank: top 2%
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): European History (5), Microeconomics (4), Macroeconomics, Spanish Language (5), English Language and Composition (5), U.S. History (4)
Senior Year Course Load: Honors Orchestra, AP Psychology, AP Spanish Literature and Culture, AP Calculus BC, AP Physics C, Honors Wind Ensemble, AP Music Theory, Honors Writing Seminar
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, Dean’s List, National Merit Commended Scholar, National Spanish Exam Gold Medals, National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society, Principal Chair in District Orchestra, District Band, All-State Honors Orchestra

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Math Team (junior yr), Literary Magazine (sophomore-senior yrs), Marching Band (freshman-senior yrs, Drill Captain, Staff, Section Leader), Future Flute Educators and Performers Project (junior-senior yrs, Founder and Project Leader, group of students teach flute, pro-bono, to area socioeconomically disadvantaged youth)
Job/Work Experience: Kumon
Volunteer/Community Service: Chinese School Teaching Assistant, Food Pantry Volunteer
Summer Experience: Intern at a Trade Center (sophomore), Travel Abroad to Mexico on a world languages scholarship from a local foundation (sophomore), flute camp (sophomore, junior)
Teacher Recommendation #1: Spanish, decent (did not read)
Teacher Recommendation #2: English, quite good (did not read)
Counselor Rec: excellent (did not read)
Additional Info: Music Supplement; won national essay contest; won state essay contest; published in national literary magazine; NHS, principal flute in school band, orchestra, marching band; placed in Chicago Area National Spanish Contest (top 10 out of nearly two-thousand competitors); took masterclasses with renowned flute teachers
Interview: did not sign up

Writing: feminism

Date Submitted App: ~December 28th
School Type: top public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket Range: ~60,000-80,000
Hooks: none

Strengths: writing, roundedness
Weaknesses: overqualified
Other Results: Accepted at Penn (Likely Letter, Ben Franklin Scholar), Dartmouth (Likely Letter), Amherst (Early Notification; prestigious scholarship that is awarded to 5 students), Northwestern, Oxford, Emory, UIUC Engineering (James Scholar); Rejected at Yale, Princeton, Harvard, Brown, Duke; Deferred at UChicago, Waitlisted at Vanderbilt, Case Western Reserve, Williams, Cornell (opted not to stay on any waitlists); Shortlisted and then Rejected at Yale-NUS
What would you have done differently?: would have done more research on Yale-NUS, would have applied to Stanford