Consolidated EA/RD 2014 results thread

unitofobscurity
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:35:45 +0000

Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 800CR 750M 790W
[]SAT II: 800 Math II 770 Physics
[]GPA: 95/100
[]Rank: school does not rank
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): none relevent
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Excellent but perhaps too needy (I really love your school take me!!!111) in retrospect
[]Teacher Recs: “unconditionally best student I have ever had” in both cases
[]Counselor Rec: stellar AFAIK
[]Supplementary Material: music (oboe)
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none apparently
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: Vancouver BC
[]High School Type: Independent non-denominational
[]Ethnicity: not reported on application
[]Gender: male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: robotics (independent, not FIRST or anything), debating/MUN, music, writing (scifi)
[]Awards: assorted math/physics contest awards; other irrelevant humanities awards
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I really would have loved to attend, but I suspect on paper I would have looked like a poor fit. I’ll make sure to save my rejection letter for when I get tenure at Caltech :P[/ul]