<p>Decision: Accepted
Objective:
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[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Did not take the SAT
[</em>] ACT: 34 (10 on writing)
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.44 Weighted, unsure of UW
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of 170
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World History (4), APUSH (5), AP Calc AB (5), AP Chem (4), AP Physics B (4).
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Calc BC, AP English, AP Poli Sci, AP Spanish, Advanced Programming
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction[/ul]
Subjective:
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[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (President), Spanish Club and Spanish Honor Society (President), Math Team (Captain), Mu Alpha Theta (VP), Drama Club, Chess Club (Founder/President), Tennis
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked in my school’s computer lab and tech department over summers (paid position)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: About 90 hours
[<em>] Summer Activities: Work
[</em>] Essays: Common App essay was about the spot I go to with my telescope (6 or 7/10). I chose “You are you and your…” and wrote about my bookshelf for the extended essay. In my opinion, it is some of the best writing I’ve done, 10/10. Other two essays were short and I touched on a lot of topics.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Both my teacher recs were FANTASTIC, these surely helped a lot.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Did not read
[<em>] Additional Rec: My boss wrote one, but I did not read it.
[</em>] Interview:[/ul]
Other
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[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Small Catholic school
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: Not sure, tbh.
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): My dad works at Argonne NL, but I am not sure if this is a ‘hook’ so to speak.[/ul]
Reflection
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[</em>] Strengths: My recommendations and essays are what put me over the edge to acceptance I think. Both of them highlighted the kind of learning environment I am looking for. My grades and test scores certainly helped as well.
[<em>] Weaknesses: Extra curriculars are a little lacking. I don’t do much to really show my interest in my intended major. I could have done more volunteering as well.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Recs and Essays
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: This is the first result I’ve gotten[/ul][/li]General Comments: Very happy right now</p>