<p>I really don’t feel like posting stats, but…</p>
<p>Rejected by Emory, deferred by Oxford.
White male. From Georgia.
3.43 UW, 3.8 W. Lots of Cs and Fs, huge downward trend – senioritis as a Sophomore.
2000 SAT. (580 M, 760 CR, 660 M, 8 Essay)
Class rank puts me in the 24th percentile.
8 APs by graduation.
Good letters of recommendation.
Crummy essays.
Decent ECs. Not many, but clearly devoted to the few I’m in.
Not many awards… AP Scholar with Honor, some school awards, and one quizbowl thing.
Legacy.
Other decisions? Deferred by Tulane and accepted by GA State.</p>
<p>What killed me? My grades. Definitely my grades. They’re still going down. Time to take the ACT in hopes of impressing them.</p>