Decision: Accepted - CC
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (CR: 800 M: 770 W: 780 essay 10, one sitting)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: Latin 800, Math 2 800, Biology E 780, US history 770
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94 out of 4.33
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language (5) Calculus AB (5) French Language (4) Latin (4) US History (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs, 2 post-AP seminars, 1 non-AP seminar type class
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 2x National Latin Exam gold medalist, 1x NLE silver medalist, 2x National Greek Exam High Honors recipient (do these even count as major awards?)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (prefect) (president of model UN) (president of film club) (head peer tutor)
Job/Work Experience: barista
Volunteer/Community service: none
Summer Activities: Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy French, SYA Summer France
Essays (rating 1-10, details): common app 8.5 (I personally didn’t love it but I’d say it was interesting and unique, coming-of-age travel story), why Columbia & why major 9.5
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): probably 10
Teacher Rec #1: very strong from head of humanities department at my school (loves me)
Teacher Rec #2: (probably very) strong from head of classics department at my school
Counselor Rec: probably very strong from college counselor (head of college counseling office)
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: 7.5-8? Though he did email me later to congratulate me on my acceptance if that means anything.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: classics and French
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): South Korea
School Type: boarding school
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: >100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths: 1) huge focus on classics as an Asian female. You don’t see that often. Who even takes ancient Greek anymore? 2) My high school has one of the best classics departments in the country. 3) Heavy course load. I had 5 APs my junior year.
Weaknesses: not a huge math/science person.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I intend to major in classics and many prestigious institutions like Columbia with outstanding classics departments tend to lack students to fill these departments. I showed a focus on classics throughout high school and excelled at it.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: N/A
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