CWRU Class of 2020 RD Results Thread

yxm8991
Wed, 16 Mar 2016 02:01:56 +0000

**Decision: Accepted **

Objective:
SAT I and/or ACT (breakdown): Highest Composite: 34. E: 34. M: 33. R: 32. S: 35.
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Chemistry (740). Math II (790)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
AP (place score in parentheses): Calculus BC (4). Chinese Lang. & Cult. (5). Chemistry (4). Will take more for senior year.
Senior Year Course Load: Honors/AP English, AP Spanish, AP Statistics, AP Biology, IB/Honors Organic Chemistry, Introduction to C Language Programming.
Awards: National Merit, school junior book award, National Spanish Exam gold and silver awards, academic all-state.

Subjective:
Extracurricular (place leadership in parentheses): School newspaper (section editor and senior editor), varsity field hockey
Volunteer/Community Service: volunteer in anesthesia department at local hospital
Summer Activities: volunteering at local hospital (anesthesia department and gift shop; nearly 300 hours total)
Essays: Common App was okay.
Teacher Recommendations: Both were very nice teachers and I would give both 8/10. Wasn’t able to see the rec. though.
Counselor Rec: 7/10? Wasn’t able to see the rec.

Other
Applied for Financial Aid? No, but was offered University Scholarship $25,500.
Projected Concentration: Applied undecided Engineering and will be taking part in pre-med studies.
State/Country: Michigan
School Type: Private Prep
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: upper middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): asian…? (not at all lol)

Reflection
Strengths: ECs, test scores, and high school is a well-known private school.
Weaknesses: CA essay may have been a little iffy. GPA isn’t the best compared to some of my classmates. Made a few mistakes on the application (like reporting 2 ACT scores when it was one. oops.)
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I would mainly think because the colleges know about my school. Personally, I think it would be the test scores, but other than that it’s up to your interpretation.
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Accepted to University of Michigan, Washington University in St. Louis, and Purdue Engineering. Awaiting decisions from Carnegie Mellon, University of Rochester, Cornell, Duke, Rice, and Northwestern. Fingers crossed!!!
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Not much really. But, I think just be more confident in your abilities. Because, quite frankly, I didn’t expect getting the scholarship. So… be optimistic!