International ED Results

braden
Sun, 14 Dec 2008 03:40:53 +0000

Here you go, patched this together from a few threads:

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I: 2220 (750M, 750CR, 720W)
[] SAT IIs: 730 Math II (ouch, I know…), 740 Chem
[] GPA: 4.0, 92%
[] Rank: No exact rank, top 5-8%
[] APs (including this year’s): Calc AB and Physics B (2 of 4 offered at my school, max I could take)
[] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Calc, Chem 12, Musical Theatre, Physics 12, Leadership 12, Math 12, English 12, AP Physics
[] Number of Apps from Your School: Only one, as far as I know.
[] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Royal Commonwealth Society Essay Competition BC - Commended. TRU Chemistry Contest - 94th Percentile, Top 25% on Pascal Math Contest, Principle’s List Distinction for three years. Also got athletics and service awards from my school, as well as one of three recipients of a all-around student award. Won a film contest too.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Sound/Lighting Crew (Student Director), track/cross country, Film Club (founder), drums/guitar, scuba diving, photography, t-shirt design, website design, outdoor lazer tag coordinator.
Job/Work Experience: Spent a summer working at a web solutions firm for the new Blackberry database and have done freelance web design.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Random stuff around the school and in the leadership class for my program.
[] Summer Activities: Spent last summer at EPGY at Stanford doing Investigations in Engineering, summer before at University of Washington at a film course.
[] Essays (subject and responses): Did the Common App essay for “evaluate a significant experience” on my running, and how it fundamentally changed me into a more focussed and determined individual over time. It was a very passionate essay, got good responses from readers. I did Mudd’s “one thing we won’t know about you” supplement on the method I use to argue with people, which was rather quirky. I allowed more humour into that one, helped round out my character with the other essay.
[] Teacher Recs: Probably good. Got one who could speak more to my character and my mind, the other more for my academic promise (I’ve always done nearly perfectly in her classes).
[] Counselor Rec: Better than I expected, was actually quite good.
[] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Didn’t feel great. Though I felt my answers were decent, I never clicked with the interviewer, and it didn’t feel like she understood me, nor did it ever feel like a conversation. Had it at Mudd during a visit with a student worker.
[] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Er… Can’t really think of one. My athletics are promising, but that’s not necessarily what they’re looking for… Being an international was good for diversity, but a Canadian? I’d say my essays were the best part.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Canada
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): I’m in a special enriched/accelerated program that piggybacks on a main public school and is itself a public school, just one that requires testing and an interview and whatnot. Generally filled with some of the smartest students, who have a reputation for going onto decent universities, usually at least a couple into Ivies each year.
[] Ethnicity: White as can be, and third generation Canadian.
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Middle class.
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.
[] Strengths: Essay, recs, GPA, the fact that I applied ED, athletics, leadership.
[] Weaknesses: Interview, average SAT, only a few very dedicated ECs, few awards.
[*] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I guess they liked what I had to offer.[/ul]