CWRU Class of 2020 RD Results Thread

CCSenioritis
Sat, 12 Mar 2016 18:39:28 +0000

Decision: Accepted
University Scholarship - 23,500k/year

SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 29 Superscore (32E/31R/26M/25S)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.52 UW / 4.4 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 6%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Didn’t report
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Microeconomics/AP Gov’t & Politics, AP Calculus AB, AP Biology, AP European History, AP Art History, Dual enrollment Child Development and French Language
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): some hosa and fbla awards

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Human dev. infant lab internship(Student Intern) , marching band, non profit board member, FBLA(Vice President), HOSA, calculus club(Officer), the usual honor societies but i don’t remember reporting those.
Job/Work Experience: Worked at elementary school 11th grade summer
Volunteer/Community service: 200 hours at hospital
Summer Activities: Worked and completed my internships
Essays: Common App:(9) Took me forever to finish but it was very good.
Supplement(8/9) Really liked this one too, it got personal and also answered the question fully
Teacher Recommendation: (6/8) One from AP Physics 1 was probably generic but one from AP Psychology was likely really nice
Counselor Rec: 7 or 8 Heard that others she wrote were very nice so I’m assuming the same with mine.
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: Never contacted so N/A

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Cognitive Science
State (if domestic applicant): FL
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Black
Sex: Male
Income Bracket: 60k-70k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

Reflection

Strengths: Essay, recommendations
Weaknesses: GPA / ACT scores
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Most likely my essay were the tipping factor.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted: University of Florida, Case Western University, Florida A&M University.
Deferred: Cornell University
Rejected: Nowhere.
Waiting on: Emory, UPenn, Northwestern, Washington & Lee, UVa
Anything else: To all class of 2021 applicants, if you need help or have any questions, please don’t hesitate to PM me!