Class of 2017 Decisions Thread (RD)

Galatea47
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:06:23 +0000

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):2360
[] ACT:
[] SAT II:760,760 (Math II, Lit)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):98/100
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5555542 (bio, euro, latin, eng lit, eng lang, macro micro)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: ap ab calc, ap environmental science, music, ap english,
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):eagle scout, citizenship award
Subjective:[list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): student government (all 4 years), boy scouts (hundreds and hundreds of hours), tutoring
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: hundreds of tutoring hours
[] Summer Activities:boy scouts, tutoring
[] Essays (rating 1-10, details): 10, started all my essays the minute junior year ended after studying the college process extensively. talked about my conflicted feelings about boy scouts because of all their good messages and yet they discriminate against LGBT and atheists people.
[] Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):10- chose teachers who loved me
[] Teacher Rec #1:science
[] Teacher Rec #2:english
[] Counselor Rec: got some facts wrong but good
[li] Additional Rec:[/ul][/li][li] Interview:went great [/li]
Other[list]
[] State: Georgia
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Black
[] Gender:Male
[] Income Bracket:200,000+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):URM, double legacy [/li]
Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: test scores, legacy, essays, rec letters
[] Weaknesses: extracurriculars
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not too many black males with high test scores and I’m sure my recs helped
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Duke (full-scholarship), UGA, UVA, Duke, Vandy

**General Comments:i wish i could clone myself and go to all these schools…also, DO BOY/GIRL SCOUTS! It builds character and you can get tons of community service