<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Reasoning Test: Not submitted
[</em>] ACT: 30 Composite, 34 Math, 32 Science, 30 English
[<em>] SAT Math Level II Subject Test: 800
[</em>] SAT Language Subject Test/AP Exam Score: 4 AP Spanish Language
[<em>] Unweighted GPA: 3.000
[</em>] Rank: 49/112 (56th percentile)
[<em>] AP (score): Calculus BC (4) AB Subscore (5), AP Spanish Language (4)
[</em>] IB (score): Not submitted
[<em>] Senior Courses: AP Calculus AB Tutor, Spanish IV Tutor, AP United States History, Local History, AP English Literature and Composition, AP United States Government and Politics, AP Statistics Independent Study
[</em>] Major Awards: National Achievement Scholarship Semi-Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (leadership): Secular Student Alliance (Founder, President, Student Congress Club Representative), Policy Debate (Freshman and Junior Captain), Lincoln-Douglas Debate (Senior Captain), Business Professionals of America (Secretary)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Mexican Restaurant, Grocery Store, McDonald’s, 45 summer hours/week, 20-35 school year hours/week (depending on season)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Elementary School Tutoring
[</em>] Summer Activities: None
[<em>] Essays: Perfect
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Perfect, “best student in 40 years”
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Not sure
[</em>] Additional Rec: Perfect
[<em>] Interview: Not sure, but confident
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State: Montana
[<em>] Country: United States
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White, African American, Native American
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>]Income Bracket: $8,700 to $35,350
[</em>] Hooks: under-represented minority, under-represented state, first-generation student
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays, Recommendations, ACT Math Score, SAT Subject Test
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, class rank
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[/ul]General Comments: If I’m not accepted, then I won’t dwell. :)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 610 CR, 780 M, 720 W (10 on the essay) (wasn’t depending on the CR score)
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II: 780 Chemistry, 750 Math 2, 740 Math 1, 610 Japanese (wasn’t depending on these either)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): 41/42
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB Chemistry, Math and Economics HL. IB History, English and French SL
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Scholar Awards, IGCSE Distinction+school topper</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN (Head Delegate, President), Mock Trial, Running (community runner as my school doesn’t have a team), Dance, Drama, Community Service, Student Government (Academic Captain)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Product Reviewer at an online retailing firm
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Teaching, recording books for blind children, selling merchandise, etc.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Research intern with the India-ASEAN-Sri Lanka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, research intern at the Coffee Board, Govt. of India
[<em>] Essays: They certainly killed it
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Fantastic (I think :P)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Fantastic
[</em>] Additional Rec: No idea
[li] Interview: This was the most decisive factor. Applied for Huntsman in Japanese, interviewer did the same. He also used to go to my school in Japan so we actually connected well</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other</p>
<p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): India
[<em>] School Type: International
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: $100,000+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): International exposure, languages known, article published on the Foreign Policy Journal, research work, etc</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection
[<em>] Strengths: Hooks and recommendations
[</em>] Weaknesses: Standardized test scores
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: The essays (especially the Huntsman one) and the interview were the main factors, and the hooks helped
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>
<p>General Comments:
I think I’m missing a lot of things but I mentioned the most important ones I think</p>
<p>Objective:
ACT: 35
SAT Math Level II Subject Test: 800
SAT Language Subject Test/AP Exam Score: 560-(I know, bad test day)/Enrolled in AP
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Senior Courses: International Affairs, AP German, AP Lit, AP Chem, Advanced Topics in Mathematics
Major Awards: Nat. Merit Semifinalist</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (leadership): Environmental Club President, Muon Research Club President, Peer Group Leader, State Environmental Competition (kind of a green dork)
Job/Work Experience: Local Consulting Internship
Volunteer/Community service: Prairie preserve guide, tutor
Summer Activities: Cosmic ray research internship, 3 week immersion trip to Germany
Essays: Creative and risky; I liked my Penn essays best out of all schools I applied to
Teacher Recommendation: German teacher-awesome, she really wanted me to get in; Chem/Phys teacher-have known him for four years
Counselor Rec: ehh, he’s new this year so I imagine nothing inspiring
Interview: Decent, my interviewer showed up 20 minutes late and felt really bad, so that kind of helped</p>
<p>Other:
State: Illinois
Country: USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 250k+
Hooks: -</p>
<p>Reflection:
Strengths: good essays, strong academics, leadership positions
Weaknesses: SAT Subject Test score, no business extracurriculars
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I met with Inge twice (visit and overnight), I’m in an academic program at high school that is specifically committed to international affairs and has a pretty good rep, underrepresented language, strong math background</p>