Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1550, 800 M, 750 CR
ACT (breakdown): 35 E, 35 M, 34 R, 34 S
SAT II: 780 US History, 780 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): None
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on APWH, APUSH, Eng Lang, Stats, Calc AB & BC, 4 on Physics 1
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Macro, AP Eng Lit, AP Art History, AP Music Theory, AP Psychology
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Jazz Band of America, GRAMMY Jazz Band Finalist, Youngarts Winner in Jazz Composition
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lots of jazz, I’ve gotten awards for my playing and composition.
Humanities Conservatory
Job/Work Experience: Internship with Tech Consulting Firm
Volunteer/Community service: Music related, 50+ hours
Summer Activities: Jazz camps for the most part
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8/10
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details): 6/10 Probably okay he wouldn’t stop talking about me to his class the next year according to his students
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): 7/10 she saw me struggle in biology and then get one of the highest grades in chem two years later.
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 7 Probably decent, she knows me and likes me
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details): 9/10: from a pretty famous jazz trumpeter that knows me quite well
Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: I forgot lol but I’m not getting it either way
Intended Major: Jazz Studies and Economics Dual Degree
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: About 250k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflections: I’m super thankful I got in. After my audition I was not feeling super great about my chances but this was a nice surprise.
Strengths: Grades, Test Scores,
Weaknesses: Lack of academic ECs, not enough APs
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Good grades and jazz department must have liked me
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Deferred from Harvard,
Accepted at Berklee College of Music, University of North Carolina, Cornell (Likely letter), UCSD, UCLA, University of Michigan, McGill University, Lawrence University,
Rejected from Juilliard, Johns Hopkins University