**Decision: Accepted **
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 730/710/700
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2140
ACT (breakdown): 28/31/30/27
ACT superscore (breakdown): 29
SAT II (subject, score): Math I 690, Chem 750, Chinese 610 (didn’t send lol)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: n/a
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
AP (place score in parentheses): none (school doesn’t offer)
IB (place score in parentheses): none (school doesn’t offer)
Senior Year Course Load: Senior Chemistry, History, English (American Authors), Spanish. Online courses at state university: Calculus & Analytic Geometry I, General Chemistry II (finished all math at my high school),
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): n/a
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): National Merit Commended, Honor Roll, Valedictorian
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): National Honor Society Chapter founder, President (all four years); Chinese Language Society (founder and only regular member :’( ); low-level activism with the state Democratic Party which is not a huge thing in rural Mississippi…
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community Service: I live in a very rural area as my parents work at a remote military base, not many volunteering opportunities. Tutoring at my school, volunteering in China with my grandparents for two summers. “Volunteered” on a farm for a summer freshman year before I knew what volunteering was but they just used me as free labor.
Summer Experience: ^^
Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Essays: 10/10 - I wrote about hoping to be the first student at my high school to get into a college, and reflected on inequality and how out-of-place I’ve felt for my whole life living here. My school is very small and new (the old school that served my area was shut down for poor performance), and no one before me has gotten into any 4-year college from my high school (around 10 people apply each year). I could have gone to a high school or a private school in a nearby city, but my parents sent me to the local school because private school would have been very expensive, and I would either have to drive two hours or board there, and because competition at any of those high schools to get into college was a lot fiercer.
Teacher Recommendation #1: 10/10 Math teacher, I read it and she called me “the most brilliant person I have ever met in my life”
Teacher Recommendation #2: 9/10 English teacher, read after she submitted it, also really nice but said I’d make a fine doctor (not what I want to do and she didn’t seem aware med school is after UG anyway - d’oh!). There were also some weird comments about how she was afraid I wouldn’t know English when she first met me but I turned out to be her best student (actually my English is way better than my Chinese, see SAT II XD)
Counselor Rec: 5/10 Unfortunately apathetic, the counselor seemed annoyed he had to do this and didn’t know about the Common App or the process.
Additional Info/Rec:
Interview: I really enjoyed it! The interviewer was really nice but seemed to know everything! I felt intimidated since he brought up all kinds of things in current events and science and politics that I know nothing about, and seemed really puzzled that I didn’t know everything he did.
Art Supplement: n/a
Other
Date Submitted App: 12/20 (I think?)
U.S. State/Territory or Country: MS
School Type: Public rural
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male
Income Bracket Range: $100k
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): Rural, underrepresented school
Reflection
Strengths: Essay for sure!! Leadership (started clubs since my school didn’t have too many), being from a rural underperforming school
Weaknesses: Asian, no top awards
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Geography
What would you have done differently?: Nothing! Ha! 
Where else did you apply? Columbia (visiting a friend there right now!), Duke, University of Mississippi, University of Florida, all accepted
**Other Factors: **
General Comments & Advice:
OMGOMGOMG I can’t believe it, still in shock!! See you all next year at HARVARD!