My results, and some (probably not super great) advice

beepybeetle
Wed, 26 Apr 2017 03:29:53 +0000

Stats:
Demographic Info
-Asian
-Male
-150k+ income bracket
-Both parents hold graduate degrees
Grades, Courses, Standardized Testing
GPA - 3.77 UW, perfect midyear report (4.0 UW), upward trend during Junior and Sophomore years.
Current Senior Schedule:
AP Macro Econ
AP Gov
AP BC Calc
AP Art History
AP Environmental Science
NJROTC
English 4
Rank - Comfortably within the top decile.
SAT I - 2250 (Super scored)
- 2170 (Single sitting)
ACT - 34 (Single Sitting)
SAT II - Math II and I (800 on both)
- Chem (800)
- US Hist (770)
APs taken before application was submitted:
AB Calculus (5)
Chemistry (5)
US History (5)
Physics (4)
Euro History (5)
Chinese (5)
Extracurriculars

Heavy NJROTC involvement (Officer four years, battalion CO Junior and Senior years)

Varsity Drill (Squad Leader)

Varsity Tennis

Student Government Officer (2 Years)

Horticulture Club (Founding Member, 1 year)

Violin (State aptitude batter passed Junior Year)

Volunteering: 200+ hours

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Veterans’ Groups
Local University/Exchange

Work: Tutor (2 years)

Summer Activities: [USNA Summer Seminar (Junior Year), Volunteering]

Awards: NROTC scholarship, assorted awards through veteran service groups, commendation from my Congressman for service.

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Applied to:
Brown Accepted
UCLA Accepted
UCSD Accepted
Cornell Rejected
Northwestern Waitlisted
Boston U Accepted
Tulane Rejected
USC Rejected
USNA [color=#FF0000]Rejected/color
I was told that I had very decent chances at Tulane, UCSD, Boston and decent chances at USC. Looking back, I’m not actually surprised I got the L from Tulane, since I’m pretty sure I was yield-protected due to weak interest. I’m very surprised that I got into Brown, and pleasantly surprised I got into UCLA since my UC GPA was quite low (4.1). I will comment to write about what I learned, since this post is uncomfortable to look at