Class of 2018 ED I Decision Thread

hobbithopeful
Fri, 13 Dec 2013 22:09:47 +0000

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT (breakdown): 32 (31 M 30 R 30 E 35 S)
[] SAT II (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (4.33 W)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/563
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 11 Total with senior year: World History (no exam), Environmental Science (5), Biology (5), English Lang (5) Chemistry (4) Calculus AB (4) US History (3)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stat, AP Lit, AP Physics B, AP Euro, Zoology/Botany, Regular gov/econ and a TA course for a science teacher
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 2 State DECA awards and a couple regional awards, nothing huge
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Young Dawgs Internship, Environmental Science Club (Treasurer), Science National Honor Society (Secretary), Science Olympiad (Captain), DECA, Varsity Track (Captain), a couple of other little service clubs
[] Job/Work Experience: 15 Hours a week at a local daycare
[] Volunteer/Community Service: 10 hours a week at a hospital, tutoring, maintained a gorilla habitat (project), numerous 5ks/can drives/fundraisers, animal shelter, recycling throughout school
[] Summer Activities: Hospital volunteering/Young Dawgs internship (biochemistry research)
[] Essays: I would put it at a 9/10, mine was pretty unique and showed the quirky side of me.
[] Teacher Recommendations: (2) One was from a teacher I’ve had for 3 years and the other was one for 4 years… Always in their rooms and whatnot. I would expect them to be amazing.
[] Counselor Rec: Generic probably, he sounded really impressed by me when I had a talk with him about college.
[] Additional Rec: From a professor at UGA, he said I was a lot like his son so maybe it was really good.
[] Interview: It went really really well, the guy sounded like he really wanted to promote the university (his entire family and extended family went there) so I think he wanted to do everything in his power to get people in to go there.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Georgia
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~150k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My recommendation letters and my essays were really nice, I think I had a lot of leadership as well on top of my GPA
[] Weaknesses: Test scores… I only had a lone ACT (and it was low)
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think my essays were really unique and my course load was immense. My ECS were really related to my major and I showed dedication and passion there.
[li] Where else you are applying or have already applied: UGA EA (accepted), GT[/li][/ul]General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: If you didn’t get in, don’t fret. They can’t take everybody who is qualified. I bet they had hundreds of competitive and qualified applicants and they can only take so many. Good luck to everyone to whatever college the end up going to and hopefully they find the right place for them.