Decisions due March 24, 5:01 PM Pacific

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 700 CR 710 M 700 W (did not submit)

  • ACT: 35 E 34 M 32 R 33 S
  • SAT II: ugh…
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.65
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/161
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): 3,1
  • IB (place score in parenthesis): school doesn’t offer
  • Senior Year Course Load: AP Cal AB, AP Bio, AP Micro, AP Gov, H Span 4, Brit Lit, Other electives
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist
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<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Created Calculus team, passion for baseball (member of the #1 team in the nation at one point), many other clubs (leadership position in several)

  • Job/Work Experience: nada
  • Volunteer/Community service: tons, created a baseball clinic for children with Down Syndrome
  • Summer Activities: Baseball, volunteer work
  • Essays: Excellent, lots of editing
  • Teacher Recommendation: 1 amazing, 1 very good
  • Counselor Rec: very good, small school (know my counselor well)
  • Additional Rec: none
  • Interview: none
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<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes

  • Intended Major: Mathematics and Statistics
  • State (if domestic applicant): AL
  • Country (if international applicant): N/A
  • School Type: Rich, competitive private
  • Ethnicity: Caucasian, Irish
  • Gender: M
  • Income Bracket: 120-140K
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): transferred from a mediocre public school to a more competitive private school to better myself (period of adjustment)
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<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>* Strengths: Good standardized test scores, good essays (CMC essay was risky… about Hitler), good recs, unique application

  • Weaknesses: Garbage GPA
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Passionate about what I do, unique application (apparently CMC wasn’t looking for grades bc my school’s co-valedictorian (33ACT, 3.95 UW) was waitlisted)
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<p>Accepted: Claremont McKenna, Boston College, Grinnell, Centre (merit scholarship), Alabama (full ride), Auburn (full ride)
Waitlisted: WashU
Rejected: Davidson
Awaiting: UPenn</p>