Class of 2016 Regular Decision Results!

Zadrii
Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:17:36 +0000

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (800 CR, 740 W, 780 M)
ACT: Didn’t take
SAT II: 800 Bio M, 800 USH
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/314
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), Bio (5), Chem (Not yet) Calc AB (Not Yet)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Chem, Honors LA, Honors Social Studies, Spanish 3A, Band, Law and Society
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit, National Achievement, Harvard Book Award, some school awards, and some mock trial attorney awards
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): ASB (Senior Class Cabinet Member), Varsity Soccer (Co-Captain), Varsity Mock Trial, Study abroad to Brazil for 1 year, Softball, NHS, Key Club, GSA, BSU, Literary Magazine Editor
Job/Work Experience: Reading Tutor, Internship at Refugee Summer camp/ summer school
Volunteer/Community service: Clothing bank volunteer, food bank volunteer, exchange student orientation volunteer
Summer Activities: internship
Essays: I wrote about my exchange to Brazil. It was good, not great.
Counselor Rec: My counselor loves me. Loves me. But I read the recommendation and it was nice, but not well written. Pretty superficial.
Additional Rec: APUSH teacher/ Mock trial coach. Knows me very well, wrote FANTASTIC letter. Also from my AP Bio teacher, also very good.
Interview: Alumni interview. I thought i went very poorly. He said a word I didn’t know and it was really obvious and embarrassing.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Government
State (if domestic applicant): Washington
School Type: Large, inner city public school, really kind of bad…
Ethnicity: Black
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: ~~$100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy, URM
Reflection
Strengths: Extracurriculars, academics
Weaknesses: Extracurriculars
General Comments: Congratulations to everyone who was admitted, I am sorry to everyone who didn’t-- I can tell there were a lot of excellent applicants and I wish everyone the best!