Decision: Deferred
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1500
ACT (breakdown): 35
SAT II: Math II: 780 Physics: 780
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Weighted GPA: 4.5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 17 / 560
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 AP German, 5 English Literature and Language, 4 AP World History
IB (place score in parenthesis): None yet
Senior Year Course Load: BC Calculus, IB German HL/ AP German VI, AP Statistics, IB HL English IV, IB World History SL, Theory of Knowledge, IB HL Physics, IB SL Computer Science
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Dean’s list Finalist (National Robotics Award), National Merit Semifinalist
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Robotics FRC (President), Orchestra (1st Chair of Cellos), No Place for Hate (Founding member), SACOT (Founding member), Amigos, NHS (Secretary)
Job/Work Experience: Internship at NASA, DLR (German NASA), Bosch (German electrical engineering)
Volunteer/Community service: a lot with NHS and Amigos
Summer Activities: internships, online programming classes, traveling
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App: 7 - it was well polished, but could have had more personality; Short answers: 9 - had humor and were well structured; Optional essay: 8 very personal and I hope represented me well
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details): 7 - she was my ToK teacher, but I didn’t have her senior year
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): 10 - she has been my math teacher for 3 years and we are really close
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 7 - big public school, so maybe not too personal
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details): 8 - my manager when I did research, but she is used to German students; 8 - my manager at NASA who proved the experiences I had; 8 - my robotics mentor who knows me very well
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details): 6 - we got along well, but I don’t think we clicked
Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): Texas
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflections: I honestly don’t know what went wrong. I do know, however, that Harvard applicants are brilliant, so I’m lucky to at least be deferred.
Strengths: My dedication to engineering, I hoped.
Weaknesses: Maybe my interview? That was the only uncontrollable variable.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: The number of girls who applied for engineering.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UT Austin, A&M, Colorado School of Mines
General Comments (if any): I hope I get reconsidered, but I don’t know what I have to change. If you see something that I’m missing, feel free to send me a message!