<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>*International Student from Hong Kong</p>
<p>Objective:
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[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR - 780 Math - 730 W (with 8 essay)
[</em>] ACT: None
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): n/a → Predicted 41/42 for IB
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Math HL 6 → Predicted 7
[<em>] Physics HL 7 → Predicted 7
[</em>] Music HL 6 → Predicted 7
[<em>] English SL 7 → Predicted 6 (changed to a stricter teacher)
[</em>] Chinese SL 6 → Predicted 7
[<em>] ITGS SL 7 → Predicted 7
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Most Rigorous
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Piano ATCL Diploma, Harvard Book Prize, Top in Hong Kong for Music Exam, Top in School for Additional Mathematics and Information Technology (no MAJOR awards)</p>[/li]
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<p>Subjective:
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[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Computing Club (Leader/Founder/Teacher), Acapella (co-founder/leader), Piano, Hiking, Tennis, Camp Organization (Zombie Apocalypse! Leader/Founder)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Web Design for company and 24 Hour Race HK
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Sichuan after quake project (teacher, curriculum developer), TTTS needy school teaching (teacher, curriculum developer)
[</em>] Summer Activities: playing video games
[<em>] Essays: A deep self evaluation talking about how intuition and logic links together in me. PM me if you want to see
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: 6 year music teacher close relationship, 2 year physics teacher nice relationship
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Never even talked to him before
[</em>] Additional Rec: Math teacher who never submitted his rec
[<em>] Interview: none[/ul]
Other
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[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): n/a
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): Hong Kong (it’s separate from PRC for most purposes, not because politically, but culturally), PRC passport
[</em>] School Type: IB
[<em>] Ethnicity: East Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>]Income Bracket: 100k~150k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope[/ul]
Reflection
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[<em>] Strengths: Nothing, pure luck, maybe essay and computer science is strong
[</em>] Weaknesses: Not really, I’m well-rounded and good at many things, but I don’t have a major major achievement (lack of major awards) or a major major skill
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: As a whole I seem very well-rounded and intellectual
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UIUC for now[/ul]General Comments:
Be yourself. I shown introspective essays that coupled well with my personality. Although I have not done anything very significant, I thought I fit UChicago well.</p>