Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t submit
ACT (breakdown): 35 (36 Math, 36 English, 36 Science, 32 Reading)
SAT II: 790 Math II, 740 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/400
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Human Geography (5), Chemistry (4), Macroeconomics (4), European History (4), Language and Composition (4),
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, Honors Advanced Studies in American Government/We the People (Basically AP Gov on steroids), Honors Multivariable Calculus, Band, Honors Advanced Debate, AP Psych, AP Physics II, AP Spanish Lang
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Kansas Honor Scholar, National Merit Commended, Presidential Service Award, AP Scholar with Distinction, Math League 5th Place at Internationals, Mock Trial National Qualifier, Bunch of debate stuff, DECA nat qual, Bunch of piano awards
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate (VP), Tri-M (President), Kay Club (VP), Relay for Life (Board Member), Categories (Co-Captain), Science Honor Society (President), Tennis, Political Science Club, Math Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, Piano
Job/Work Experience: Interned with Congressman Kevin Yoder, Worked at Kumon
Volunteer/Community service: Hospital, Library, Service Club, Relay for Life, Religious group
Summer Activities: Internship, Work, Debate camp
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Common App Essay: 9/10, Talked about personal growth
Why Dartmouth Essay: 8/10, Spent a lot of time on it, thought it was pretty good
Second Essay: 8/10, Talked a lot about my passion pretty well
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 7/10, I’m guessing it was alright
Teacher Rec #2: 8/10, I’m guessing it was alright
Counselor Rec: 7/10, generic I’m guessing but I know her decently well so it’s probably alright
Additional Rec: 8/10, really good friend and really good write, I’m sure it was good
Interview: 9/10, felt pretty confident, had a convo with my interviewer
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yuh
Intended Major: Political Science
State (if domestic applicant): KS
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nah
Reflection
Strengths: Essays, Extracurriculars
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I worked pretty hard and put a lot of time into it
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: KU, Minnesota, George Mason,