Class of 2020 Decisions

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Fri, 11 Dec 2015 21:12:48 +0000

[ size=4][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted **[/color][/size]

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[ b]Objective:**
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[ *] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 580 / MA: 600 / WR: 560 (didn’t send – thank god)
[ *] ACT (breakdown):
[ *] SAT II: Maths I: 510 / French: 660 (don’t get me started on those and didn’t send either)
[ *] Unweighted GPA: French school so doesn’t calculate but upward trend
[ *] Weighted GPA:
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):Full IB Diploma 36/45 - graduated in May 2015: IB English B HL (7), IB French A HL (5), IB History HL (5), IB Biology SL (5), IB Maths Studies (6), IB Art HL (5), Theory of Knowledge (B), Art Extended Essay (A)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: IB English B HL, IB French A HL, IB History HL, IB Art HL, IB Maths Studies, IB Biology SL, Theory of Knowledge.
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Jeannine Manuel Award
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[ b]Subjective:**
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[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Swim Team, Art, Portuguese
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Intern at Kenzo Paris, Au Pair in Brazil
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: +200 of CAS, Habitat for Humanity, French Tutor, 1st Grade English teacher assistant
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays: Wrote about dealing with Islamophobia in my conservative Christian family in Alabama. Best essay I could possibly write in 650 words.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: English teacher and Maths teacher; both, I was told, were excellent.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read it but she loves me so I have no doubt that it was really good.
[ *] Additional Rec: Art teacher (I know her very well and was her best student)
[ *] Interview: Went really well, was with a Francophile Senior interviewer from Zambia, lasted 45 minutes, discussed Wesleyan (duh), travelling and feminism.
[ *] Supplementary Material (portfolio, etc.):
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[ b]Other**
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[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[ *] Intended Major: Film Studies and Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): France (US Dual Citizen)
[ *] School Type: Small bilingual school
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Already graduated so IB grade being definite? Gap year, French well-traveled liberal with conservative relatives in Alabama?
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[ b]Reflection**
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[ *] Strengths: Definitely Common App essay, international background, interview, recommendations
[ *] Weaknesses: Hardly any extracurriculars, no real leadership? (In France, school finishes at like 6 so yeah :/)
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I guess they felt I was a good fit and definitely showed a lot of interest in the school
[ *] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Intended to apply to: Middlebury, Barnard, Oberlin, Smith, Kenyon, Denison, Bard, Hamilton but hey we’ll never know
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[ b]General Comments: ** YAYYYYYYYYYYY