Decision: Deferred
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1510: Math: 780, Reading: 730
ACT (breakdown): 31
SAT II: Math II: 800, Physics: 750, (US History: 650 not reported)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4
Weighted GPA: 5.2 (6 max)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5: Euro, AB Subscore, Physics 1, Macro, Micro; 4: Lang, Calc BC
Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Phys C, AP US Gov, APUSH, AP Latin, AP Lit, Calc III (dual enrollment)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): DAR Good Citizen Award Nominee for my school, Rho Kappa Written Communications Commendations (Scholarship, Overall Excellence)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): MUN, Piano, Science Olympiad, Bowling, Scripture study class before school (contradicts my essay, but it’s a big enough commitment I listed it anyway)
Job/Work Experience: 7 hrs/week, (June 2017 - present) at a Nationwide office
Volunteer/Community service: 90 hours at Humane Society listed on application
Summer Activities: Secondary School Program at Harvard (2018), NC Boys’ State (2018), Job (see above) (2017)
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8 talked about my faith transition out of Mormonism into atheism/agnosticism
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): (I haven’t read any of them)
Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details): 9 Latin Teacher I’ve had all of high school. Knows I have a strong work ethic.
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): 9 Taught Honors intro to law & politics (Jr. year) and APUSH (sr. year). Got very good grades on my research papers in her classes, and improved throughout the year.
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 6 I don’t know her too well and was more reserved than I should have been during our meetings.
Additional Rec (rating 1-10, details): 8 The Professor who taught one of the classes I took at Harvard last summer I have no idea what he wrote, but I was elated he wrote it.
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details): 2 I’m terrible at interviews. This wasn’t really an exception. I forgot everything I’ve ever done in my life and had difficulty keeping eye contact. I asked several questions that he answered extensively and it was still barely 40 minutes long. Tried to do some damage control in a thank you email the next day.
Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Government
State (if domestic applicant): NC
School Type: Independent
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: M
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflections: Disappointed
Strengths: Recommendations, GPA, essay (I thought)
Weaknesses: Interview, SAT (sort-of)