Class of 2016 Regular Decision Results!

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Sun, 25 Mar 2012 01:35:59 +0000

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): NA
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): NA
[] ACT (breakdown): C: 31 E: 32 M: 28: R: 33: S: 30 W: 10
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): NA
[] SAT II: Didn’t send.
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99 (One A- (freshman year))
[] Weighted GPA: NA
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11 (But not reported)
[] AP (place score in parentheses):World History (5), Language and Composition (5) European History (5)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): NA
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Literature, AP Psychology, AP Physics B, and Spanish 5
[] Number of other applicants in your school:
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar. Wisconsin State Senate Scholar. [/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):Student council- four years; Food Drive- three years (Director); Freshman mentor- two years; NHS- two years; FCCLA- one year (Director); karate (second degree blackbelt, demo team, masters team); Library advisory (Teen board member).
Freshman mentor
[] Job/Work Experience: Karate instructor (three years)
[li] Volunteer/Community service:Over 150 hours for food drive; forty hours in Peru going to schools etc; 45 hours teaching English in South African preschool; over 100 hours on an annual benefit garage sale; etc.[/ul] [/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):
[] Common App Main: Wisconsin politics. About waking up in the capitol building the night the assembly passed Walker’s “budget” bill. It turned out really well. It’s definitely my favorite essay.
[] EC Short Answer: About my passion for karate and how it’s so integral to my identity now.
[] Other:
[] Teacher Recommendation #1:My math teacher. I had him for Algebra Two and Precalc. He loves me. I actually got to read it, he said lot’s of nice things about me. Specific examples included. Great.
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: My AP Lang teacher. She loves me. I got to read that one too. It was beautifully written and she talked about my love of learning. Amazing.
[] Counselor Rec: I’m guessing it was really good. She’s been such an advocate for me in other situations.
[] Additional Rec: My karate instructor and employer. I got to read it. It was hilarious. Great.
[li] Interview: Had an on campus interview. It went well.[/ul] [/li]
Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: October 9th.
[] State (if domestic applicant): Wisconsin.
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public.
[] Ethnicity: White.
[] Gender: Female.
[] Income Bracket: Did not apply for financial aid.
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.[/ul]

Reflection[ul] It was a crazy couple of months.
[] Strengths: I was proud of my essays. I know that my recommendations were all really great. My interview went well.
[] Weaknesses: Low test scores. Didn’t send SATII. Not enough AP classes. No major awards.
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: