CWRU Class of 2020 RD Results Thread

macncheese23
Sun, 13 Mar 2016 23:09:19 +0000

**Decision: Accepted **

Objective:
SAT I and/or ACT (breakdown): 2240 (CR 740, M 710, W 790)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank/Percentile: 4 / 285
AP (place score in parentheses): European History (5), English Lang (5), Biology (4), U.S. History (5)
Senior Year Course Load:
Intro to Engineering/CAD
Honors Environmental Science
AP English Language
AP Comparative Government
AP Calculus AB
AP Physics
Honors Theology IV
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): (nothing too major) national merit commended, AP scholar award, several school awards, multiple statewide and nationwide volleyball medals

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Community Service Corps (senior representative; hundreds of volunteer hours), Piano (started in first grade), Club Volleyball (competed at high level since fourth grade; AAU Nationals participant 2013-2015), Art (have artwork displayed in museum, competed in several art contests, paint in free time), Mathletes (member of A/B teams, moving on to state championships)
Job/Work Experience: babysitter??
Volunteer/Community Service: mostly involved through school activities and United Way services
Summer Activities: summer counselor, volleyball camps and visits, travelling across the country with family, studying for next school year ha
Essays: talked about overcoming adversity and failure, maybe 8/10
Teacher Recommendations: 8/10 for both english and biology teacher; don’t get to read them but I think they knew me pretty well
Counselor Rec: 6/10 I can’t imagine something very personal or insightful since I got a new counselor senior year
Interview: 9/10 so honest and relatable! we talked for about an hour

Other
Applied for Financial Aid? no
Projected Concentration: Biomedical Engineering
State/Country: PA
School Type: private
Ethnicity: W
Gender: F
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): female engineer?

Reflection
Strengths: probably my essays and grades
Weaknesses: not too many interesting ECs or experiences to talk about
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: showed lots of interest, kept up some good grades, tried to show my true personality
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Rose-Hulman, Bucknell, Tufts, WPI, Dartmouth (lol), Stanford (more lol)
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: I was very happy to be accepted into CWRU! I thoroughly enjoyed visiting the school and am so glad to see all of these other acceptances! best of luck to everyone in their college searches.