<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 740 W: 760 (Math score was bad, so opted to submit ACTs instead)
[ *] ACT: 32
[ *] SAT II: Didn’t have to submit
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Junior Year: AP US History (5), AP English Lang (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): My school does not have the IB program
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP French, AP Enviro, Advanced Math/Science Research Course (i’m conducting a yearlong project collaborating with a professor at a major university), Adv. Precalculus, Adv. Chorus
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): My film work has won stuff in different regional festivals, National Merit Commended Scholar, Regional and State Vocal Music Awards. I’ve also won a lot of school-specific prizes both in the arts and academics. (Dramatics Cup, Award for Sophomore English, Award for Junior English).
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<p>Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Heavy HEAVY involvement with the arts at my school. I am in 2-3 school theatre productions each year (mostly lead roles). I do a lot of film both in and out of school. I have been involved in the production of 14 student directed films (both independent and collaborative projects). I am the editor-in-chief of my school’s literary arts magazine. I do a lot of vocal music stuff
[ *] Job/Work Experience: none
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: none
[ *] Summer Activities: a bunch. I won’t be too specific with names because I don’t want to give away my identity
2009:
-Summer Film Program in Major European City (2 weeks)
-Summer Filmmaking Program at Major University (Intensive, 4 week program)
-Creative Writing Program at Major University (2 weeks)</p>
<p>2008
-French Immersion Program (4 weeks)</p>
<p>2007
-Talent-Based Academic Summer Program (3 weeks)</p>
<p>[ *] Essays: Gooood! I wrote about how physics and the arts are interconnected!
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: I had my physics teacher who I became really close with write one as well as my AP English Lit and AP English Lang teachers each write one.
[ *] Counselor Rec: I am veeery close with my counselor, so I’m pretty sure he wrote a good rec.
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview: went great! </p>
<p>Other
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
[ *] Intended Major: not entirely sure yet. i like the sciences, but i’m also very interested in the arts. I plan to take a very diverse set of classes.
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: private
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: $500,000-1,000,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): not really anything
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Writing most definitely. Also I’m from Florida, so that probably helps in terms of geographic distributions
[ *] Weaknesses: I’m a white girl. 'Nuff said.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because the admissions office is crazy.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I didn’t apply to other schools, but i’m guessing that of the list I previously had, I would have probably gotten in to Skidmore, Pitzer, and Bard.</p>
<p>General Comments: THIS DOES NOT SEEM REAL. It’s all very surreal. I’m feeling over the moon and slightly like my toes don’t quite touch the ground? Anyone else feeling weiiiiird? I really didn’t think that I would get in</p>