Consolidated EA/RD 2014 results thread

RondoMaiEggo
Fri, 26 Mar 2010 23:49:20 +0000

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2400; 800 M, 800 CR, 800 R
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 Chem, 800 US History, 780 Phys
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/600ish
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), Calc BC (5), US History (5), English Lang (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Eng Lit, AP US Gov, AP Art History, Sociology, Journalism, Advanced Science
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Intel ISEF x2, 4th Place x1
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School Newspaper (Editor-in-chief), National Honor Society (President), Research, Key Club, Tennis
[] Job/Work Experience: A bit of math tutoring
[] Volunteer/Community service: At local library
[] Summer Activities: Research at Scripps, community service
[] Essays: Unique, to say the least =P. Total hit or miss.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Awesome, I’m guessing
[] Counselor Rec: Awesome too, I’m guessing
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Management Science and Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 70-100k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Unique essays, test scores, ISEF, MY OPTIONAL!, thriving at an underperforming school.
[] Weaknesses: Underperforming school, lack of AP science classes.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SOMETIMES LUCK DOES WORK OUT. Gutsy essays, hehe.
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General Comments:
Also got into Stanford and UChicago and likely letters from Yale/Brown. MIT got rickroll’d, Chicago got cheesed, and Stanford got Taylor Swiftboated.