[ size=6][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]
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Objective:
SAT I (Comp, Essay, CR, M, CW): 1570, 21 essay, 800 M, 770 R
ACT (Comp, Essay, Eng, Math, Read, Sci): N/A
SAT II (Type, Score): Math II - 800, Chemistry - 790, US His-800
Weighted GPA (out of ??): 4.5 out of 5
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo (5), Calc BC (5), Chemistry (5), World History (5), Psychology (5), Seminar (4), English Lang (5), Chinese (5), Physics 1(5), US History (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Econ, AP English Lit, Choir, AP Physics C (both courses), Linear Algebra independent study
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AIME Qualifier, Lots of Piano and Voice Comps (see below)
Subjective:
Note: I lived in Texas from 9th to 10th grade and in Illinois from 11th-12th.
9th-10th grade ECs (Texas)
Piano: Placed at many state-wide competitions and won an International Competition + $1500
Voice: All-State Men’s Choir member (9th grade), All-State Mixed Choir Member (1st Chair, 10th grade), got 2nd Place at a state voice competition
Choir Section Leader
Varsity Swim Team member
Founder of Math Club
VP of Free Thinkers Club
Taught piano from home
11th-12th grade ECs (Illinois)
Piano: Placed at many national competitions and represented USA at one of the biggest international competitions in the world…prepped 1.5 hrs of music for it r i p
Voice: Finalist in the Schmidt National Voice Competition, Illinois All-State Choir Member x2 (1st Chair), won a state competition in Illinois
Math: Placed at ICTM State Math Competition, AIME Qualifier, State top 2 finisher in Purple Comet Competition
MUN Participant
Taught piano for free
Picked up bodybuilding as a hobby
Volunteer/Community service:
Over 200 hours in church teaching kids, leading worship, etc.
Taught kindergarteners science at local elementary school’s science club
Essays:
NU Essay: Talked about my current piano teacher (who is a professor at NU) and talked about why I love their economics program (9/10).
Common App Essay: talked about how I changed my attitude towards music after one of my piano competitions(9/10).
Teacher Recommendations:
11th grade English teacher: I ate lunch in her room every day last year and during that time we really connected on many different levels. She knows me very well as a person and not just a student (10/10)
11th grade Physics 1 teacher: He is also one of my favorite teachers. Always called me a cool nickname in class and ummmm yeah hes a pretty chill dood (9.5/10)
Counselor Rec:
Probably generic but she knows about my moving struggles but idk if she put them in my letter r i p (7/10)
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeeeeeeeeeeeee
Intended Major: Econ + Piano!
State (if domestic applicant): IL
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Chinese (R I PPPPPPPPPPPP)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope